Detective Susan Logothetti lives her professional life deep in the past, investigating cold cases at the Everett Police Department, north of Seattle.
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Logothetti → live → Seattle
I love that people who thought they could get away with it 40 years ago are looking over their shoulder now, wondering what they left behind.
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they → love → what
One case in particular from 1984 came to consume her: the killing of Judy Weaver, 42, a divorced mother and a manager of a bar and cafe.
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case → come → bar
It was called the Bel-Nes Cafe. … one of the roughest bars on Hewitt Avenue, if not the roughest.
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It → call → Avenue
The murder of Judy Weaver
Judy Weaver was beloved by her rowdy regulars for her generous shots of hard liquor and for being a little rough around the edges herself.
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Weaver → belove → edges
She could stand up to anybody.
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She → stand → anybody
The former local beauty queen could turn ugly when it came to dealing with intoxicated patrons, says her daughter, Cathy Myers.
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daughter → turn → patrons
Cathy Myers: … she'd just throw them out.
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she → throw → them
Peter Van Sant: What, grab them by the collar and you're out of here?
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you → grab → collar
Peter Van Sant (looking at family photos): This is the beauty queen?
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This → look → photos
She worked hard to make sure us girls had what … we needed.
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we → work → what
But all that changed when Judy started dating the owner of the bar, Bill Richards.
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Judy → change → bar
Cathy Myers (pointing at photo): This is Bill Richards, my mom's boyfriend.
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This → point → photo
They eventually got engaged.
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They → get → ?
Judy's daughters didn't like him very much.
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daughters → like → him
He didn't treat my mom very well.
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He → treat → mom
He'd yell at her.
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He → yell → her
He hit her a few times.
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He → hit → her
Did you witness that?
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you → witness → that
I never witnessed it, but I've seen the bruises.
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I → witness → bruises
Wanting a fresh start, on the evening of June 1, 1984, Bill and Judy popped some champagne.
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Bill → want → champagne
They were celebrating the sale of the Bel-Nes.
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They → celebrate → Nes
… they were there with friends, and they were partying.
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they → party → friends
… Judy, she got pretty tipsy that night.
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she → get → ?
Too tipsy to drive and too tired to wait for a cab, Judy decided to walk home leaving Bill at the bar.
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Judy → drive → bar
At some point, along the darkened streets, Judy was spotted and followed.
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Judy → darken → streets
Det. Susan Logothetti: … this is where Judy Weaver would have walked to, to come home.
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Weaver → walk → where
That last door you see down here …
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you → see → ?
Det. Susan Logothetti: Judy likely left the back door unlocked when she came home.
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she → leave → door
She goes inside.
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She → go → ?
What do you believe happens next?
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you → believe → ?
Det. Susan Logothetti: He … comes, finds the door unlocked and enters and attacks Judy.
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door → come → Judy
About an hour later, says Logothetti, a neighbor saw smoke billowing out of Judy Weaver's apartment.
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smoke → say → apartment
When firefighters enter that apartment, what did they find?
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they → enter → what
The bedroom door was closed.
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door → close → ?
When they opened it, it was filled with black smoke.
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it → open → smoke
Inside the smoldering bedroom was Judy Weaver, tied up and motionless.
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Weaver → smolder → bedroom
Why do you suppose the suspect set this fire?
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suspect → suppose → fire
Logothetti spent hours examining the physical evidence: the silent witnesses to murder.
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Logothetti → spend → murder
This was a pillowcase found next to Judy Weaver's body, and it's believed that it was covering her head.
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it → find → head
…and 334 more, not listed.
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