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Cold Case Files

REOPENED: Graveyard Shift

Cold Case Files

A&E / PodcastOne

True Crime, Society & Culture, History, Talk Radio

3.88.1K Ratings

🗓️ 13 October 2022

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

A gas station attendant is brutally murdered in the middle of the night, and investigators struggle to indict their prime suspect despite eye witness testimony. Over a decade later, a lead surfaces that might finally close the case. Check out our great sponsors! Clare: Go to Clare.com/coldcase for 10% off your order! ClickUp: Sign up at ClickUp.com and use code "coldcase" to get 15% off their massive Unlimited Plan! KiwiCo: Get your first month of ANY crate line FREE at KiwiCo.com/coldcase SimpliSafe: Get 40% off your order when you visit SimpliSafe.com/coldcase June's Journey: Download June’s Journey today! Available on Android and iOS mobile devices, as well as on PC through Facebook Games! Progressive: Quote at Progressive.com to join the over 27 million drivers who trust Progressive!

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0:00.0

Hey cold case fans, we have something special for you. We're bringing you double the episodes

0:05.2

every week. We know you dedicated fans need your fix in between new episodes, so every Thursday

0:11.4

we are back bringing some of our best episodes from previous seasons. Let us know which classic

0:16.4

episodes you'd like to hear again in the comments. And don't worry, we'll see you back here every

0:20.7

Tuesday for all new episodes of Cold Case Files 2. Now onto the episode.

0:30.5

On August 17th, 1984, Billy Dilts' Gas Tank was empty. He'd been called into work.

0:37.7

There's an emergency at the oil rig. At around 2am, he pulled into a 24-hour

0:44.2

Texaco station called the star stop to fill up his gas tank. But something seemed a bit off.

0:51.5

Normally you'd pull up and the attendant inside would see you were there and they would turn the

0:55.2

pump on. So I'd pull up and got out, put the nozzle in my gas tank filler tube, and it turned

1:01.6

around and looked and I didn't see anybody in the store. Billy went inside, laid his credit card

1:07.6

on the counter, and asked the clerk to turn on the pump. I stood there a minute and turned around

1:13.0

and looked at him in the store and he's standing there like he's messing with the little switches

1:17.6

that you use to turn to different pumps on. And all of a sudden I noticed he's coming outside

1:21.7

the store walking towards me across the parking lot there. And so I started over towards him,

1:27.0

he's got my credit card in his hand. He said I cannot get the pump to turn on.

1:32.3

Annoyed by the situation, he drove off trying to remember another 24-hour gas station,

1:37.5

hopefully with more competent workers. What Billy Diltz didn't know was the man that he

1:45.3

had handed his credit card to wasn't the employee at the Texco station. It was her murderer.

1:54.0

From Annie, this is Cold Case Files.

1:56.8

Two hours after Billy Diltz left the station, the newspaper delivery person stopped by to get a cup

2:09.0

of coffee. He waited at the cash register to pay, but no one seemed to notice him. He peeked in

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