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Morning Cup of Murder

Convincing Teenagers To Become Murderers - April 3 2024

Morning Cup of Murder

Morning Cup of Murder

Society & Culture, History, Documentary, True Crime

4.7723 Ratings

🗓️ 3 April 2024

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

April 3rd: Ruben Borchardt Killed (1994) Some adults are in positions of trust. And some choose to abuse that trust and place young people in danger. On April 3rd 1994 a man was shot in his home in a case that saw a conspiracy that placed three young people on trial for his murder. All at the behest of someone they trusted. https://murderpedia.org/female.B/b/borchardt-diane.htm, https://thecinemaholic.com/ruben-borchardt-murder-where-is-diane-borchardt-now/, https://delanirbartlette.medium.com/diane-borchardt-the-murderous-mrs-b-a8ed554afcdd, https://talkmurder.com/diane-borchardt/, https://www.spokesman.com/stories/1995/may/21/woman-convicted-of-hiring-killers/, Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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There were two more murders, 15 miles away.

0:02.6

When police arrived, they found the telephones and electricity lines.

0:06.0

We have a weird homicide.

0:08.8

A scene described by one investigator as reminiscent of a weird...

0:12.1

A cup of murder...

0:16.0

Some adults are in positions of trust, and some choose to abuse that trust and place young

0:22.8

people in danger.

0:24.8

On April 3, 1994, at 3.35 a.m. in Jefferson County, Wisconsin, Chuck Borhardt, a 17-year-old

0:32.8

boy, who some sources claim was just 16, was fast asleep in the first floor bedroom of his home

0:39.3

when he heard the sound of a loud bang followed closely by the sounds of moaning.

0:46.1

Getting his wits about him and heading towards the living room to see what was going on,

0:51.5

Chuck walked through the home and immediately recognized the smell of gunpowder.

0:57.7

Following the sounds of the moans, Chuck rushed down the cellar stairs and, at the bottom,

1:04.0

found his 40-year-old father, Rubin, slumped across a chair with a gunshot wound to his chest

1:10.0

and back. Still conscious, but in immense

1:13.7

pain, the young boy called 911 and held his father's hand as his life slipped away. As it did,

1:22.1

he murmured his last few words. I can't believe she would do this to me. Immediately, Chuck knew that the she

1:30.7

his father was referring to was his 45-year-old wife, Diane. With Rubin being declared dead

1:38.5

upon arrival at the hospital, and based on what Chuck told officials, officers entered the home and found that,

1:46.4

though several items had been thrown around and the phone line unplugged, which suggested a burglary,

1:53.8

nothing of value was reported missing from the home, and the scene was determined to be staged.

2:00.4

Immediately, suspicion landed on Chuck,

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