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The Murder In My Family

William Arleigh Walker

The Murder In My Family

AbJack Entertainment

True Crime

4.61.1K Ratings

🗓️ 11 August 2018

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

On August 2nd, 2008 in the small town of Moses Lake, Washington, a 69 year old man named William Arleigh Walker was killed by an explosion inside of his garage. Less than 24 hours later, a second man died in an explosion in his home across town, and the authorities soon discovered that both men had been killed by pipe bombs. With no known connections between the two men, investigators have been stumped as to who targeted the pair and why. William Walker’s Granddaughter Victoria is my guest and tries to he
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You can support this podcast by visiting Patreon.com forward slash the

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murder in my family. This episode may contain unsettling material or

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subject matter.

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Listener discretion is advised. You're going to do.

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Do you know?

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Oh,

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do you know?

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Do you know

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do you do you know do you The town of Moses Lake Washington is located about 100 miles southwest of Spokane,

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with a population of around 20,000 people. Moses Lake consists of about 18

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square miles of land. It's the kind of place where most residents might know each other.

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The chances of a Moses Lake resident being the victim of a violent crime are one in two hundred and four.

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However, our residents chances of being the victim of a property crime such as burglary, arson, larceny, or vehicle theft is 1 in 17.

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Still, Moses Lake hardly seems to be a place where

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to expect any shocking crimes to occur.

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But in August of 2008, not one but two shocking crimes

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did occur there within less than 24 hours of each other.

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On the morning of August 2nd of that year, 69-year-old retiree and grandfather, William Arley

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Walker, who went by Bill, was tinkering in his garage when an explosion occurred. His wife Dorothy had gone on a road trip with some family members to the town of Wenatchee, a town about an hour away.

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So Bill was home alone when the explosion happened.

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At some point, Dorothy tried to call home to

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Bill but she didn't get an answer. This wasn't typical of Bill who always

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