Deputy Jeffrey Mitchell

Unresolved

Unresolved Productions

True Crime, Society & Culture, History

4.5 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 16 February 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

"OFFICER SHOT. WHITE CHEVY VAN. NO PLATE."

In the early morning hours of 27 October 2006, Deputy Jeffrey Mitchell of the Sacramento County Sheriff's Office told dispatchers that he was pulling over a white Chevy van off of rural Highway 16. Seven minutes later, his radio "keyed," a common sign of distress. After failing to respond to calls on his radio and cell phone, dispatchers sent out other deputies to Mitchell's last known location with lights and sirens.

Arriving just minutes later, officers found Deputy Mitchell laying on the ground near his vehicle, bleeding from a single gunshot wound to the head. As they'd soon learn, he'd been shot with his own weapon during a "significant struggle" with an unknown person...

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0:00.0	This episode contains graphic content that may not be suitable for all ages.
0:08.0	Listener discretion is advised.
0:10.0	If you or someone you know is struggling or in crisis, help is available.
0:15.0	Call or text 988 or chat with someone at 988 lifeline.org. Those outside of the U.S.
0:22.6	reach out to someone at your local crisis center or hotline.
0:25.6	Please do not suffer in silence.
0:32.6	Slew House is an unincorporated community in Sacramento County, California, located roughly
0:43.3	20 miles southeast of Sacramento itself.
0:46.6	The community is known for its lush white cornfields, as well as its warm summer climate,
0:52.3	but honestly, not much else.
0:54.5	For many, Slew House is the type of place you generally only drive through.
0:59.0	But in October 2006, just days before Halloween, it became the site of an expansive police
1:04.5	investigation that began to spread through the entire area.
1:08.3	A show of force typically only ever seen
1:10.9	when one specific thing happens,
1:13.5	the death of a police officer.
1:16.5	This is the story of Deputy Jeffrey Mitchell. Jeffrey Vaughn Mitchell was born on May 28, 1968, in Campbell, California, a suburb of San Jose.
1:30.3	Before graduating from Westmont High School in 1986, Jeff became known as someone who was
1:48.3	always smiling.
1:49.9	In fact, that's something that many people would recall over the years, with longtime friend
1:55.0	Doug Thurmond, who met Jeff in eighth grade, later recalling.
1:59.0	Mitch was basically a friend to everybody. Most of us have to think
	...

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