Solve this case: Who Killed Kay Wenal? | Full Episode

Help solve a murder case: a former model brutally killed in her Georgia home. Someone out there knows something ... is it you? "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty investigates. Watch more full episodes of "48 Hours" on Pluto TV.
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  • @48hours
    @48hours11 ай бұрын

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  • @mfi-cf7sp

    @mfi-cf7sp

    11 ай бұрын

    we can do without the “ritzy glitzy” Vegas style music.. it makes it seem cheesy and when you’re talking about someone’s life being taken away, you don’t need to add that corny big band or rat pack style music please and thank you

  • @WarriorGirl_113

    @WarriorGirl_113

    11 ай бұрын

    in my humble opinion, the blood on the towel in the upstairs bathroom was the murderer wiping off the blade, and they put on a wig to disguise themselves before leaving.

  • @scendyvale

    @scendyvale

    11 ай бұрын

    1a

  • @bushbaby64

    @bushbaby64

    11 ай бұрын

    ​@@mfi-cf7spI totally agree. X

  • @daphneweldnichols3846

    @daphneweldnichols3846

    10 ай бұрын

    I love everything about this program!

  • @RatherBookish
    @RatherBookish10 ай бұрын

    Her staying home unexpectedly that day is the biggest clue. Her killer had to be someone close, to know she’d be home.

  • @drewphillips2907

    @drewphillips2907

    10 ай бұрын

    Yes.

  • @apebitmusic83

    @apebitmusic83

    9 ай бұрын

    Or she stayed home specifically TO meet someone

  • @theresachung703

    @theresachung703

    9 ай бұрын

    @@apebitmusic83That thifuht did not occur to me but yes

  • @dalyand5944

    @dalyand5944

    9 ай бұрын

    Or he was just following her and noticed she was home.

  • @SandraBradshaw-ps2jf

    @SandraBradshaw-ps2jf

    9 ай бұрын

    ​@@apebitmusic8300 Sz

  • @wyldflwr
    @wyldflwr11 ай бұрын

    Hal wanted to keep the house like it was the last time she was in it. What he did isn't any different than a parent who leaves a deceased child's room the same. It's like changing it would erase their essence, the last vestiges of their life.

  • @MsMoniqueLynn

    @MsMoniqueLynn

    11 ай бұрын

    Or he gets off on the power when seeing it because he killed her

  • @mysunsetglasses

    @mysunsetglasses

    11 ай бұрын

    If he had cleaned it all up, they would've been suspicious about that too 🤦🤷

  • @SidewaysInTraffic

    @SidewaysInTraffic

    11 ай бұрын

    Yup, my wife's ex-boyfriend's sister had passed away at 13 and they left her room the same for over 12 years.

  • @craigime

    @craigime

    11 ай бұрын

    @@MsMoniqueLynn and your evidence for this is?

  • @wyldflwr

    @wyldflwr

    11 ай бұрын

    @@SidewaysInTraffic A lot of the parents in these true crime shows do the same thing. Whatever it takes to help their grieving process...

  • @st4849
    @st484910 ай бұрын

    She was supposed to leave for work, but suddenly "became ill". Then she opened the door to someone she knew. ..and the person knew she'd "become ill" and stay at home. Sounds like it was supposed to be a secret they'd meet.

  • @kat-75

    @kat-75

    9 ай бұрын

    Could have been an electronic or phone stalker!

  • @huskyjerk

    @huskyjerk

    2 ай бұрын

    I think your scenario contains the answer. That was the person who killed her.

  • @mightymouse1005

    @mightymouse1005

    Ай бұрын

    Maybe a family member or someone close that knew she was home. Where was her car? Visable or garage. Could she have called someone?

  • @randallsmerna384

    @randallsmerna384

    6 күн бұрын

    ​@@kat-75 Who would let in an internet or phone stalker? Come on use your head.

  • @WildAscension
    @WildAscension10 ай бұрын

    I’m so impressed that her husband tried so hard. He probably died of a broken heart.

  • @sirvilhelmofyonderland

    @sirvilhelmofyonderland

    10 ай бұрын

    Kay wasn’t faithful. At all.

  • @VioletJoy

    @VioletJoy

    10 ай бұрын

    ​@sirvilhelmofyanderland1902 There was no evidence that she was having an affair at that time, though. That also doesn't mean that he didn't deeply love her.

  • @EzraCubas

    @EzraCubas

    10 ай бұрын

    @@sirvilhelmofyonderland doesn't seem so

  • @mamiesews123

    @mamiesews123

    10 ай бұрын

    OmG he had her killed..not sorry

  • @beastiekat4562

    @beastiekat4562

    9 ай бұрын

    @@MW-eg3bn What's so horrible about a man being a simp for someone? not a thing.

  • @-Ennui-
    @-Ennui-11 ай бұрын

    The husband paid for all the extra testing and investigations. He kept the house as a shrine to her because it was the last place she was alive and he couldn't let her go. Psychologically these are not the acts of someone who is the killer. He really couldn't let her go. He even left the drops of her blood uncleaned. Maybe he hoped that if any future investigations needed to be done, if he kept everything the same, they could see the crime scene preserved.

  • @cannablissdreams

    @cannablissdreams

    11 ай бұрын

    no.. that's NOT how NORMAL people react to a house where a BRUTAL homicide of a loved one occurred.. his behavior was irregular.. ESPECIALLY since it was a rental!! (29:23) who stays in a RENTAL where your SPOUSE was brutally murdered?? makes ZERO sense

  • @ASAMB12

    @ASAMB12

    11 ай бұрын

    I agree. He probably wanted to preserve the crime scene for as long as he could, in case investigators ever needed to reference it again. He was obsessed with finding the truth.

  • @QueenSugar72

    @QueenSugar72

    11 ай бұрын

    ​@@cannablissdreamstotally agree. He wasn't happy about all the affairs and was sick of it

  • @MsMoniqueLynn

    @MsMoniqueLynn

    11 ай бұрын

    No he’s getting off on all of it that’s why and that money isn’t a lot considering how much he’s saved by having her dead. Also it didn’t matter how much money he put up for an award because he KNEW no one would claim it because HE did it.

  • @Explorer24904

    @Explorer24904

    11 ай бұрын

    ​@@MsMoniqueLynnhe not only put up money for award in finding her..But he finance alot of the DNA researching...Why would he do that?!...

  • @SewWhittle
    @SewWhittle11 ай бұрын

    I have a cousin who’s wife died (cancer) about 5 years ago, and he, too, has kept the house the same as when she was alive. Clothes still on the bench at the end of the bed, etc. It’s not as uncommon as people think.

  • @Douglas_Hamilton

    @Douglas_Hamilton

    10 ай бұрын

    Fair enough but who doesn't clean up bloodstains from his murdered wife?? When friends/family come visiting him he's like: "Oh it's her blood.. I keep it there as part of the shrine to her..."

  • @SewWhittle

    @SewWhittle

    10 ай бұрын

    @@Douglas_Hamilton I didn’t say I agree, but people all grieve in their own way.

  • @siaitsme6800

    @siaitsme6800

    10 ай бұрын

    @@SewWhittle Very true...

  • @gigi9301

    @gigi9301

    10 ай бұрын

    @@SewWhittle Agreed; I really don't think the most current husband/widower had anything to do with it; was a hired hit from either the best friend, disgruntled business person of husband, an ex-husband, or a jilted lover (since they were swingers)...IMHO

  • @pinkpugginz

    @pinkpugginz

    10 ай бұрын

    my stepdad tore the house up the second my mom died and moved in his new wife, married 3 months after her death

  • @gentlespiritjw4904
    @gentlespiritjw490410 ай бұрын

    I NEVER answer my door, period. No one can tell if I'm home or not. If I AM expecting someone, I still check to make sure it's them. This story broke my heart. For her to open the door, she knew her killer. 😢

  • @chomka426

    @chomka426

    9 ай бұрын

    I don't either. I wouldn't even answer the door for a cop whp was looking for info on the neighbors at 2 in the morning. If he wants me, he can have the department call me and tell me a REAL officer is outside my door. I told my sister I wouldn't answer any door in the middle of the night. So, if someone dies, they'll still be dead in the morning anyway.

  • @gentlespiritjw4904

    @gentlespiritjw4904

    9 ай бұрын

    @@chomka426 I'm like you; I won't open my door to a police officer unless I have confirmation he's legit. There are crazy men out there who are fake.

  • @mazie7952

    @mazie7952

    9 ай бұрын

    Seems it was most likely someone she knew.

  • @nevadatan7323

    @nevadatan7323

    9 ай бұрын

    She didn't necessarily know them. Somebody could have used a ruse, eg courier, telephone repair etc

  • @Marlaina

    @Marlaina

    7 ай бұрын

    I don't answer my door either. It drives me nuts that my husband answers for anyone who knocks and often has to shoo away scammers. I keep saying, stop answering the damn door!

  • @SpiritLedLisa
    @SpiritLedLisa10 ай бұрын

    Oh how i wish the dead could talk or give some kind of clues. Unsolved cases are beyond frustrating

  • @supertrucker99

    @supertrucker99

    21 күн бұрын

    They always do u gatta recognize the clue

  • @jamesmaguire9518
    @jamesmaguire951811 ай бұрын

    I think that letter was complete BS. There’s no way a killer would put suspicion on himself by admitting he was an ex lover that killed her

  • @ceilconstante640

    @ceilconstante640

    11 ай бұрын

    To Throw the police off the real killer.

  • @BunnySlippers82

    @BunnySlippers82

    11 ай бұрын

    It's as if the letter sender wanted to make Kay look like a wh ore. Perhaps it was a jealous woman who knew about Kay's life and past and was jealous of her. Whoever killed Kay might have been a professional due to the lack of evidence.

  • @eraldadevole

    @eraldadevole

    11 ай бұрын

    First thing I thought when they were reading it how felt like a woman wrote it

  • @ceilconstante640

    @ceilconstante640

    11 ай бұрын

    @@BunnySlippers82 I think they should look into her best friend Karen again. To see if she was also involved in BDSM. Kay had to have some kind of connection to a swingers club or something.

  • @BunnySlippers82

    @BunnySlippers82

    11 ай бұрын

    @@ceilconstante640 I completely agree, they do need to look into her friend. Something is not right, and even that former assistant of Kay's husband said that Karen spoke badly of Kay behind her back.

  • @palehorse6250
    @palehorse625011 ай бұрын

    She stayed home that day. Red flag #1 is that she chose to change her behavior that day. How many people were aware of that and could have acted that quickly to take advantage of the fact? It's super short notice if she truly only changed her plan for the day without warning anyone ahead of time. So, she either decided to skip work because she had spontaneously made plans to perhaps meet someone, or she wasn't feeling well and called in sick, and one of the few people who were aware of the fact that she was now home for the day took the opportunity to catch her there alone. And of those few people, one of them was extremely angry at her.

  • @PinkGrammarGirl

    @PinkGrammarGirl

    11 ай бұрын

    I'm inclined to believe another person she was hooking up with and she cancelled and he went over and got mad. It's definitely personal and full of anger.

  • @kathybates1751

    @kathybates1751

    10 ай бұрын

    The killer knew she was going to be home that day. That should provide a clue.

  • @barbieblue3336

    @barbieblue3336

    10 ай бұрын

    Or she was afraid of someone at work

  • @richardernsberger5692

    @richardernsberger5692

    10 ай бұрын

    @@PinkGrammarGirl If she was hooking up with someone or having an affair, there would almost be communications between the two---texts, calls, emails, something--and apparently investigators found nothing.

  • @richardernsberger5692

    @richardernsberger5692

    10 ай бұрын

    Anyone who worked at the company would have known, presumably.

  • @kellik5453
    @kellik545310 ай бұрын

    I think the assistant hired the guy in the sketch to perform the hit. She used the 'off the books' money from her boss to pay for it, so the transaction was untraceable. She is also one of the few people who would know that Kay was home sick that day, since they worked together. And of course, she would know that Kay didn't like the house and some of those other personal things in the letter.

  • @shadesofgray5476

    @shadesofgray5476

    10 ай бұрын

    That seems very plausible.

  • @danielsmith337

    @danielsmith337

    10 ай бұрын

    Maybe they was watching her and that's just how it went down . Opportunity knocked

  • @steveknick1978

    @steveknick1978

    10 ай бұрын

    I posted about seeing this one various times over the years. After finishing watching it again, I only have 2 theories: 1 - recent affair gone sour, or ex boyfriend from distant past carried out a long held grudge 2 - Karen hired a hit, hitman didn't have access to a gun so he used a knife, Karen didn't benefit financially afterward like she thought she would. #1 explains the violent nature of the crime only #2... - also explains the violent nature - explains the profiler saying that a female sent the “magazine letter” - explains the letter trying to redirect cops focus to an affair as the motive - explains Karen constantly checking with the police for case progress - explains Karen calling Hal away from the house the morning of the crime - explains Kay's autopsy showing no recent intimate activity (no affair). #2 does seem to fit pretty well. I wonder if Karen thought Hal would marry her after Kay died, & Karen would inherit most of his fortune.

  • @LyndaCoulson64

    @LyndaCoulson64

    10 ай бұрын

    @@steveknick1978 I believe whole heartedly that what you have stated is 99.9% True! That would also explaine why it's still a cold case. Detectives need to call her back in and then question her motives again and telling her of these explaniaries and then watch her body language because if Karen is lying, she would unconciously be aware of her body language as she would be too focused on how to answer the questions.

  • @kosmosbjm

    @kosmosbjm

    10 ай бұрын

    However, it said that Kay likely new her assailant and opened the door to him.

  • @ashley-journeyreign8178
    @ashley-journeyreign817810 ай бұрын

    Why wouldn’t they get the footage from the post office for around the days the letter was mailed???

  • @lovelyandfloppy
    @lovelyandfloppy11 ай бұрын

    This case haunts me. It's so scary to think that not even experienced detectives can find the person cause he was THAT professional.

  • @karinhaland-kinnapel9219

    @karinhaland-kinnapel9219

    11 ай бұрын

    12:24 8 12:24 😢

  • @Ze_Moose

    @Ze_Moose

    11 ай бұрын

    My bet is someone close to her. This was personal and I'm surprised they didn't mention her finances. "Follow the money!"

  • @moniqueloomis9772

    @moniqueloomis9772

    11 ай бұрын

    No, the perpetrator is not THAT professional. The truth is LEOs only solve about 2% of crimes...

  • @SidewaysInTraffic

    @SidewaysInTraffic

    11 ай бұрын

    She had 3 prior marriages and still was cheating...And at her age had a black leather harness that her current husband didn't know about LOL.

  • @JulStar13

    @JulStar13

    11 ай бұрын

    @@Ze_Moosethis was a hit. Likely someone from her past.

  • @CIVIC24
    @CIVIC2411 ай бұрын

    What about Kay’s husband’s family? The letter sounds judgmental, the reward and investigators were fired after Hal died. I just wonder if someone on his side of the family disapproved of Kay and wanted her gone.

  • @JulStar13

    @JulStar13

    11 ай бұрын

    Exactly. Who was the executor of the estate.

  • @lilyj-nm1ii

    @lilyj-nm1ii

    11 ай бұрын

    Agree! Why in this video, no one talks about the husband' s family members and provide any information about them?

  • @colettegibson6516

    @colettegibson6516

    11 ай бұрын

    Follow the money usually garners results.....

  • @barbieblue3336

    @barbieblue3336

    10 ай бұрын

    Does he have a son?

  • @margaretfiester3689

    @margaretfiester3689

    10 ай бұрын

    That's what I thought too.

  • @jacquibradley1598
    @jacquibradley159810 ай бұрын

    I have become an avid watcher of your show. I am from England but live in the med in Cyprus. I love 48 hours as you have the GREATEST interviewers, and investigate as much as you can, I am so sad for the people who get wrongly convicted, but love it when you can help solve. God Bless you. 👍👍👍👍🙏🙏 Please don't stop.

  • @julieuk5855

    @julieuk5855

    8 ай бұрын

    Jacqui, is that you from the tennis club?

  • @jacquibradley1598

    @jacquibradley1598

    8 ай бұрын

    @@julieuk5855 Sorry Julie, no.😎😎

  • @Alison-ku5ko

    @Alison-ku5ko

    2 ай бұрын

    Totally recommend catfish after episodes like this.

  • @interestingvideos4me
    @interestingvideos4me10 ай бұрын

    Follow the money…I believe the person who benefited was the blonde woman who was her husband’s “right hand man”. She comes across as someone with a lot to hide, motive, and awareness of Kay’s schedule. That is the way forward.

  • @Soothsayer937

    @Soothsayer937

    10 ай бұрын

    Always follow the money. Who had the most to gain?

  • @genkiferal7178

    @genkiferal7178

    10 ай бұрын

    that woman might be having an affair with Kay's husband

  • @susang9499

    @susang9499

    10 ай бұрын

    Exactly my thoughts as well.

  • @kalel311superman9

    @kalel311superman9

    4 ай бұрын

    well said

  • @laurariley7071

    @laurariley7071

    21 күн бұрын

    My thoughts exactly

  • @milmomterry
    @milmomterry11 ай бұрын

    So sad they haven’t solved this case. I pray the family gets justice for this beautiful lady.

  • @orionxtc1119

    @orionxtc1119

    11 ай бұрын

    Having so many affairs is inviting trouble

  • @Bigboro

    @Bigboro

    10 ай бұрын

    @@orionxtc1119And fun at same time 😅

  • @meleasepolete7509

    @meleasepolete7509

    10 ай бұрын

    Regardless These should not happened too her.

  • @meleasepolete7509

    @meleasepolete7509

    10 ай бұрын

    Super sad She could had make patient mad In here CARREE as a nurse.

  • @pizzaearthpancakesandother2549

    @pizzaearthpancakesandother2549

    10 ай бұрын

    I pray to. It's also sad that Hal was getting "slippery seconds" if you follow

  • @sngray11
    @sngray1111 ай бұрын

    Sadly, I don’t think this case will be solved unless someone comes forward with additional information. 💔

  • @cannablissdreams

    @cannablissdreams

    11 ай бұрын

    or a confession

  • @heavenlymajesticking

    @heavenlymajesticking

    11 ай бұрын

    A reward!!

  • @jaycole5353

    @jaycole5353

    11 ай бұрын

    ​@@heavenlymajesticking$250 k is the reward

  • @jaycole5353

    @jaycole5353

    11 ай бұрын

    Home security cameras around the area and or shopping/ stores in the area

  • @heavenlymajesticking

    @heavenlymajesticking

    11 ай бұрын

    @@jaycole5353 Okay! Thanks for replying!

  • @541pew
    @541pew5 ай бұрын

    This is my grandma. What an insane time these years were.

  • @laurariley7071

    @laurariley7071

    21 күн бұрын

    I am so sorry for your loss

  • @clannadgirl46

    @clannadgirl46

    21 күн бұрын

    I am also sorry! 😢❤

  • @AmandaQuincey-xy2kn

    @AmandaQuincey-xy2kn

    3 күн бұрын

    Who do you believe it was?

  • @screamqueen1946
    @screamqueen194610 ай бұрын

    one thing that’s not suspicious to me is the husband wanting to keep the house exactly how it was (including the blood) AND stay there. grief is weird & sometimes we hold onto any tiny little piece that was from them when they were alive, even her blood. that actually made me really sad for him to hear he hates going home, but won’t leave that house 😭 he prob felt like it was betrayal to leave “her” (in spirit) there alone.

  • @boathousejoed1126

    @boathousejoed1126

    10 ай бұрын

    Either that or by keeping it a crime scene he could say to himself "bye-bye bitc@" every day.

  • @steveknick1978

    @steveknick1978

    10 ай бұрын

    He was elderly & 2 years away from dying of a heart attack. So he probably doesn’t feel great physically, & then you add a massive pile of grief on top of that. Not sure why anyone is suspicious of him not changing things or cleaning every last drop of blood up…maybe his eyesight wasn’t even good enough to see the blood drops.

  • @pizzakrydder2515

    @pizzakrydder2515

    Ай бұрын

    It reminded me of a recent epsiode of Dateline, the one with the bicyclist who was murdered in her friend's home. The friend found her and gave CPR. She said that when she cleaned the blood off her hands she felt absolutely awful, because the blood was all she had left of her friend. A few of those investigators on this 48 Hours ep seems to lack an understanding of human nature..

  • @elainer946
    @elainer94611 ай бұрын

    The letter makes me think a female composed it because of the reference to Kay "hating" her house. Generally, I think a man would not mention that , especially after all the "lies'& love" etc.

  • @nellyb2434

    @nellyb2434

    10 ай бұрын

    Unless Kay threw that at him in arguments? She hated the house, he was old and fat....he felt she only married him then for his money. I think Karen helped him with the letter.

  • @megbeg759

    @megbeg759

    16 күн бұрын

    I think it was the husband

  • @leslielutz6140
    @leslielutz614011 ай бұрын

    I think the key lies in what the killer did after he killed her. The steps he took around the house. Up the stairs and into her closet and who knows where else. He was looking for something otherwise why bother. Get out. This is why he didn't use a gun. Someone always hears the gun shot. He was very stealth and professional in my opinion.

  • @chewsday5760

    @chewsday5760

    10 ай бұрын

    Yeah that bothers me. Did the assailant went upstairs just to wipe some blood? That's weird because the attack took place in the kitchen area, there should be some kind of wipe or cloth there, or maybe use the sink if he wanted to do a little cleanup.

  • @semperfidelification

    @semperfidelification

    10 ай бұрын

    Professional would have a silencer for their gun

  • @JaneDoe-tr5xy

    @JaneDoe-tr5xy

    10 ай бұрын

    He had to retrace his steps to get something he left in the bedroom ~ wink wink

  • @patriciaterrell7509

    @patriciaterrell7509

    10 ай бұрын

    No a woman that hated her wanted to go look in her closet

  • @CrustyUgg

    @CrustyUgg

    10 ай бұрын

    Not always!

  • @leahstone9308
    @leahstone930810 ай бұрын

    The estate stopped paying for the investigation to continue as soon as he died. Whoever is running the estate/his beneficiary would know how desperately he wanted to bring her killer to justice, but his wishes were not carried out after his death. Who is in charge of the estate? Who is his beneficiary? This seems like an incredibly obvious course of investigation, and I don’t know why it was left out of this video. A typical first question people always ask (and rightfully so) is who stood to benefit from the victim’s demise?

  • @mtaylor7307

    @mtaylor7307

    10 ай бұрын

    Rewards are often not cash values but insurance policies purchased to pay in the event a tip verifies according to the policy.

  • @steveknick1978

    @steveknick1978

    10 ай бұрын

    His children were likely grown & had little or no connection to Kay. They may even resent her for bringing some portion of this drama into Hal’s life, & him dying just 2 years later. Are they really going to take their portion of the inheritance - which was already reduced by money Hal spent on the investigation- & continue to put more money toward it? Of course not.

  • @mrsx7944

    @mrsx7944

    6 ай бұрын

    It's not unusual that his children stopped paying for the investigation. Why would they?? She wasn't their family.

  • @ginagray603

    @ginagray603

    8 күн бұрын

    I wonder if he had a bitter ex-wife?

  • @srichey444
    @srichey44410 ай бұрын

    It definitely was Personal. No break in, so she knew the person or felt ok enough to open the door. They made sure not to drive in the neighborhood so no vehicle tag could be recorded. Nothing was missing, so it wasn't a robbery. This wasn't random, but very thought out. I feel so sorry for her Husband & Sister. 🙏🏽

  • @patriciaterrell7509

    @patriciaterrell7509

    10 ай бұрын

    Maybe a neighbor

  • @magical8013

    @magical8013

    10 ай бұрын

    Unless it was her husband, she sounds like she could be a handful and maybe he was ready to get rid of her without spending millions of his self earned money

  • @jamig.7254

    @jamig.7254

    10 ай бұрын

    I disagree. It wasn't personal. It was business.

  • @always_b_natural703
    @always_b_natural70311 ай бұрын

    This had to be someone Kay knew and didn't think she was in danger. Otherwise, there's no way she would have turned her back on the attacker.

  • @Douglas_Hamilton

    @Douglas_Hamilton

    10 ай бұрын

    Her husband Her husband's co-worker/friend Her lover Her friend Her relative

  • @willywokeup9112

    @willywokeup9112

    10 ай бұрын

    Her so called best friend

  • @user-zg7nf5yv1r

    @user-zg7nf5yv1r

    10 ай бұрын

    Her husband. He is very creepy. The so-cold best friend wrote the letter.

  • @michaelstephens9852

    @michaelstephens9852

    10 ай бұрын

    ​@@user-zg7nf5yv1rhusband could've paid somebody to do it

  • @steveknick1978

    @steveknick1978

    10 ай бұрын

    What makes you think she turned her back? She apparently answered the door mid-morning. At that point the killer may have forced his way in. After that he punches her like the investigator said, she crawls away to the kitchen & he kills her there.

  • @22vx
    @22vx11 ай бұрын

    48 Hours is my favorite true crime series👌

  • @davidb2206

    @davidb2206

    6 ай бұрын

    Forensic Files. They have solved murders off of a TREE DNA!

  • @jgunn03

    @jgunn03

    Ай бұрын

    I'm addicted.

  • @jenniferjones6976
    @jenniferjones697610 ай бұрын

    My question is, was the investigation taken to the post office where the letter was mailed from? And do they have surveillance cameras?

  • @jessebrettjames

    @jessebrettjames

    10 ай бұрын

    I thought this originally as well, however, the letter could have been posted from any local box. This person importantly has the same avoidance of detection abilities as the killer. They may quite plausibly be one in the same.

  • @ali143penina
    @ali143penina10 ай бұрын

    The way that the sister laughed at Karen Scott “She was my Best Friend”… & then Karen not want to interview for her BEST FRIEND … Right Karen! We know you did it !!!!!!

  • @Daria_Es

    @Daria_Es

    3 ай бұрын

    Nobody knows who did it!! As you could see in the movie, the sister didn't know a lot of things about what K was doing and who she was close friends with.

  • @MomOf5inIN
    @MomOf5inIN11 ай бұрын

    Couple things I felt needed expounded on in this episode was why the estate halted the investigation and withdrew the reward money. Who was in charge of the estate? Lawyers? Family members? What was the reasoning? Second was the autopsy report. They stated how she died, that it was a sharp force instrument and how they think her throat was slashed, but is that from the report? The coroner would be able to tell which side it started from and where it ended. As far as those that are suspect in my mind: Firstly, the "best" friend. She had the most to gain and I feel she wanted Hal and wanted Kay's life. The letter may have been a red herring, but if I had to pick an author, it would be her. A man wouldn't mention the house. The friend had money issues of which Hal was constantly bailing her out of. I could see her getting angry with Kay for shirking what Hal provided her and being grateful, instead complaining about it. She resonated with me the most as far as sus. The second would be the identity of the man in the photo, who age progressed, could be the man in the sketch. Not that he's sus, it seems a strange coincidence that needs sorted out. Just my thoughts though. I hope they solve it for her sister's sake. I can't imagine living with a situation like this... not knowing.

  • @craigime

    @craigime

    11 ай бұрын

    1. that doesn't need to be expounded on... unless he specifically put in his will that he wanted to continue funding the investigation, the estate has no obligation to continue. 2. the coroner isn't necessarily gonna be able to tell which side the cut started from

  • @Desantisgogoboots

    @Desantisgogoboots

    11 ай бұрын

    @@craigime They discussed that the autopsy showed where the cut started and ended, which is why they think the killer is right handed.

  • @BrittanyCollins10

    @BrittanyCollins10

    10 ай бұрын

    My thoughts exactly! It would be his dying wish. He wanted it solved no matter the costs. Someone got the rest of his estate .

  • @richardernsberger5692

    @richardernsberger5692

    10 ай бұрын

    @@BrittanyCollins10 Did he have children? It's not mentioned, but if he did they would have been from a previous marriage and so not the victim's children, and therefore they wouldn't want to make a big payout and may not have all that much interest in solving the crime.

  • @ItCantRainForever2

    @ItCantRainForever2

    10 ай бұрын

    ​@@craigimethey said they slit her neck from left to right since they were right handed.

  • @nataliebrown29112005
    @nataliebrown2911200511 ай бұрын

    Massive house on a wealthy street and not one camera?

  • @CAK10111

    @CAK10111

    8 күн бұрын

    We think cameras are everywhere but in 2008 they were far less common.

  • @grundged
    @grundged4 ай бұрын

    The husband did it. He hired a professional killer. Then he paid for his own investigation team to keep any suspicion off of him.

  • @jgunn03

    @jgunn03

    Ай бұрын

    Agree.

  • @KDMeowmmy

    @KDMeowmmy

    Ай бұрын

    My thoughts as well.

  • @sisterkerry
    @sisterkerry10 ай бұрын

    I think the letter was the work of a woman. There was almost a craft element to the letter. There was too much writing, Only a woman would "talk" so much. The denigrations has a spiteful, jealous feeling to them. According to the autopsy, Kay hadn't had sex in a while. There was also no digital trail pointing to a lover. Why would the "best friend" not want to be interviewed? A genuine best friend, or even casual friend would do anything to get the case solved. Unless of course she was the one responsible. The best friend would know lots of details that were in the letter. I think the reason for the letter was to further destroy her reputation. This is simply not the way men usually communicate. I do not think the "best friend" did the act herself. Such brutality in female killers is not unheard of, but it is unusual. Whether she did, or hired someone, she is the most likely person responsible for her death. The primary motive was jealously.

  • @brittanymitchell6948
    @brittanymitchell694811 ай бұрын

    I’m not sure how this case will be solved but I have feeling it will be. So strange

  • @Razormiller
    @Razormiller11 ай бұрын

    The letter is obviously total bogus. It does seems like someone was getting investigated and tried to mislead the detectives with that letter.

  • @nellyb2434

    @nellyb2434

    10 ай бұрын

    I don't like to blame a d*ad husband and I of course might be wrong, but, the things that were said in that letter were almost like things she may have actually said to him in an argument for example, like, she hated the house, her 'old fat' husband or something along those lines. 'She told me'....I don't know, that letter pointed to him imo. He dissed himself by saying what she had said to him..and also she had been cheating. 'She only wanted him for the money'. I think it's him, angry and hurt by how she made him feel and I wonder if his right hand woman 'made' the letter.

  • @sbiheanachor4646
    @sbiheanachor464610 ай бұрын

    Q1. Are the investigators saying because a cell phone is at home a person must be at home? Not true.

  • @larar10
    @larar1010 ай бұрын

    It was the husband who killed her and he sent that serial killer letter to throw the police off his trail. He also gathered together this group of retired cops to make it look like he was trying to help find out who did it but really was further from the truth.

  • @AppalachianHistoryDetectives

    @AppalachianHistoryDetectives

    10 ай бұрын

    I think so too

  • @steveknick1978

    @steveknick1978

    10 ай бұрын

    Nope. If he ordered the hit…. - Hal wouldn’t spend a dime on an investigation that might eventually lead back to him. Police find the hitman & he would give Hal up to avoid the death penalty. - Hal wouldn’t stay in the house because it would be a constant reminder of guilt

  • @mv5075

    @mv5075

    9 ай бұрын

    💯

  • @steveknick1978

    @steveknick1978

    9 ай бұрын

    @@mv5075 name a situation where a killer ever hired investigators to work the case. It doesn’t happen & makes no sense. People usually take out a spouse for 1 of 3 reasons (or a combo of them): 1 - love 2 - money 3 - child custody Hal didn’t remarry (love), he had all the money in the relationship, & they shared no kids because they were older. He doesn’t have any of the classic motives.

  • @captaintsubasa472

    @captaintsubasa472

    9 ай бұрын

    I agree with you, Hal was smiling in the beginning of interview and saying too much. I would not live in the house. Remember he was described as a lier.

  • @CurlyCookies
    @CurlyCookies11 ай бұрын

    SHE REMINDS ME OF MY AUNT. VERY BEAUTIFUL AND HAS A VIBRANT SPIRIT. YOU CAN TELL THAT ALL THROUGHOUT THESE PHOTOS. RIP TO KAY AND MY AUNT ROSE .

  • @pilotswife06
    @pilotswife0611 ай бұрын

    I feel like they suspected Hal, and anything that poor man did was viewed as suspicious. If he’d had the house cleaned, they’d question why he was erasing evidence. He left it as a living tomb, and they are suspicious as to why he didn’t clean it.

  • @Douglas_Hamilton

    @Douglas_Hamilton

    10 ай бұрын

    But leaving the bloodstains left is just morbid. Nobody would've blamed him for cleaning that off yet he never did. Very very strange...

  • @JanetteFay

    @JanetteFay

    10 ай бұрын

    @@Douglas_Hamiltonit’s not strange at all!! Hal was beside his self with grieve!!! Holy Cow!!

  • @danielaharcarufkova

    @danielaharcarufkova

    10 ай бұрын

    ​@@JanetteFayThere was not one sign of grief during interview.

  • @JanetteFay

    @JanetteFay

    10 ай бұрын

    @@danielaharcarufkova Oh Sorry 😐 l didn’t see that! Till l watched it a second time! Yes True there was no grief! But it wasn’t long before he followed his wife, from a heart attack! 🤔 from all the stress l think?

  • @jgunn03

    @jgunn03

    Ай бұрын

    @@danielaharcarufkova I agree. He did it. If he was aq woman, the comments here would be totally different. Heck, the narrative in this video would be 100% different. All fingers would point to the wife.

  • @meowMix03
    @meowMix0310 ай бұрын

    Why am I addicted to 48 2020 & dateline. Wish there were more episodes. Lots more

  • @HurricaneWV
    @HurricaneWV4 ай бұрын

    Patterns have shown that men do the cut out letter notes also

  • @Nostalgic_1
    @Nostalgic_111 ай бұрын

    Who took control of the estate once Hal passed away? They sure cut off the finances for the reward and the private investigators. Maybe they wanted Kay out of the way before Hal passed away and she messed up them getting control of the estate?

  • @ItCantRainForever2

    @ItCantRainForever2

    10 ай бұрын

    No not necessarily. It could be that they weren't fond of Kay and could care less who murdered her. Selfish people out there.

  • @Irunwithscissors63

    @Irunwithscissors63

    10 ай бұрын

    @@ItCantRainForever2yes. Kay Wenal was indeed selfish. Why would people, who aren’t related to her, waste their inheritance finding who killed her?

  • @ItCantRainForever2

    @ItCantRainForever2

    10 ай бұрын

    @@Irunwithscissors63 exactly it's common sense to me

  • @Irunwithscissors63

    @Irunwithscissors63

    10 ай бұрын

    @@ItCantRainForever2 it seems to be lost on the opening commenter whom, I’m sure, would spend every last cent of any inheritance on finding the killer of the dead wife of their dead relative 😂

  • @lynnelimehouse9128

    @lynnelimehouse9128

    3 ай бұрын

    I feel like if that were the case they might have potentially then taken and sold her jewelry?

  • @betsy1947
    @betsy194711 ай бұрын

    I still don't discount Hal hiring someone to do it.

  • @awillis244

    @awillis244

    11 ай бұрын

    But he or her sister did it-expect the unexpected.

  • @ShannonsJourney
    @ShannonsJourney10 ай бұрын

    Have they tried to test if there was any DNA inside the glove pieces? I also absolutely think a woman could have done this brutal crime.

  • @mrsx7944

    @mrsx7944

    6 ай бұрын

    I'm sure they did.

  • @jenneth6587
    @jenneth658710 ай бұрын

    Sounds like a hit for hire. Only professional killers know how to hit that way. She was so beautiful. This is heartbreaking😢

  • @mohammaddavoudian7897

    @mohammaddavoudian7897

    8 ай бұрын

    Sorry but it was not a hit as you put it.

  • @user-ee4pf3zz7d

    @user-ee4pf3zz7d

    7 ай бұрын

    ​@@mohammaddavoudian7897It may have been. No DNA, no fingerprints or footprints, no hair fibers, etc Sounds very professional.

  • @SheriLynNut

    @SheriLynNut

    6 ай бұрын

    Why would a hit man go upstairs and leave a bloody towel in her closet tho?

  • @KDMeowmmy

    @KDMeowmmy

    Ай бұрын

    @@SheriLynNut Because he can.

  • @XCookieEaterX
    @XCookieEaterX11 ай бұрын

    These are one of the reasons I want to be a detective one day. Cases like this. I feel horrible for her family, especially her sister and husband. Justice hasn't come for them yet and it's a pain to think about. I want to be able to be the kind of person to help solve cases like this. Cold cases, no matter how long it's been, no matter if the murderer or the family is dead. Justice is something that should be given to the victim either way. The world has to know who the horrible person is so they would have a horrible image even in their death.

  • @cannablissdreams

    @cannablissdreams

    11 ай бұрын

    you sound sweet.. but.. the cold reality is.. these are RICH whyte people.. rules don't apply to them.. you're gonna find out REAL quick that some crimes they WANT left unsolved.. irrespective of their APPEARANCE to care.. the money is always the goal.. the money dried up.. so.. those detectives stopped giving a damn.. because they never cared to begin with.. they were motivated by Hal's money.. NOT motivated to SOLVE the crime.. think about it.. FOUR "professionals" sitting at that table and.. collectively.. they couldn't find their way out of a paper bag!! the ineptitude at that table is astounding!! OR is it that they simply DGAF now that the money stopped flowing like water from Hal's vulnerability?

  • @sadlad2005

    @sadlad2005

    11 ай бұрын

    You sound like a totally decent human being, and I sincerely hope you reach your goals and DO become a successful detective one day... May you have strength, courage, dignity and a wealth of wisdom in your work you are dedicated to doing. So refreshing to hear what your dream is, compared to all the negativity going around.

  • @XCookieEaterX

    @XCookieEaterX

    11 ай бұрын

    @@cannablissdreams That reality is very harsh but also one of the reasons I want to become a detective. I want to help the people that others rejected or given up on. It may and could be very dangerous but taking a big risk is a big part of it and I'm willing to take it to help others. It is really sad how people can get driven by money.

  • @XCookieEaterX

    @XCookieEaterX

    11 ай бұрын

    @@sadlad2005 Thank you so much, your comment made me smile. Not many people say that to me and it's a big impact, I wish for your happiness and success too! ❤❤

  • @suzymoroka297

    @suzymoroka297

    10 ай бұрын

    @@cannablissdreamsyou make some interesting points

  • @southernmom1506
    @southernmom150611 ай бұрын

    Have they thought about checking the piece of glove for DNA and using familial DNA to find someone they're related to? I think that may be the only way to solve the case. It perked me up watching this story when they told about the cut and paste letter was mailed from Augusta, GA because that's where I live. I sure hope they solve this case. I felt so bad for her husband and the fact he left the house like it was. I think he left it like that because it was her there as creepy as it may sound to others. He was so heartbroken I don't believe he had anything to do with it but I think that woman claiming to be her best friend definitely could have. The thing she had to gain was Hal. I think she wanted Kay's life. I believe she didn't think Kay deserved Hal.

  • @craigime

    @craigime

    11 ай бұрын

    what piece of glove?

  • @jaycole5353

    @jaycole5353

    11 ай бұрын

    The person had to have left something somewhere

  • @jaycole5353

    @jaycole5353

    11 ай бұрын

    ​@craigime The rubber glove piece they left. Probably a finger piece

  • @kristyhines7443

    @kristyhines7443

    11 ай бұрын

    As soon as they mentioned they found pieces of a latex glove, I thought the same thing. They didn’t say anything about testing it for DNA.

  • @infinitefiresflyinghigh7294

    @infinitefiresflyinghigh7294

    11 ай бұрын

    What is this for investigation? What type of glove, what size of glove, what type of dna was in there?

  • @kelliboone3755
    @kelliboone375510 ай бұрын

    I find it suspicious that if anyone knew she hated her house, it was her husband! So why would he keep it the same as when she was alive! For spite maybe???

  • @elliotjacobs3357
    @elliotjacobs33574 ай бұрын

    Y'all the instruments and sound effects, I can't 😂

  • @suzsnnesanders4742
    @suzsnnesanders474211 ай бұрын

    I feel she knew whoever it was

  • @RK-su4hs

    @RK-su4hs

    11 ай бұрын

    why?

  • @TheDriftwoodlover

    @TheDriftwoodlover

    11 ай бұрын

    @@RK-su4hsshe let him in and turned her back on him almost immediately, apparently, if the detective is correct on where and how she was hit first.

  • @RK-su4hs

    @RK-su4hs

    11 ай бұрын

    @@TheDriftwoodlover ty

  • @Rakel6784
    @Rakel678411 ай бұрын

    This is why I have hidden cameras inside and outside of my home...You never know what can happen with all the crime going on in this scary world...and only I know that I have hidden cameras...In Kay's case I feel that she knew the person that killed her since she opened the door for this person..She stayed home that day and someone knew that..She wasn't robbed or raped..So this was a premeditated hit on her

  • @Lei3195i

    @Lei3195i

    10 ай бұрын

    Yeah I am surprised we don't hear about what cameras picked up inside or outside the home.

  • @pamspencer5733

    @pamspencer5733

    10 ай бұрын

    Too many Jekyll & Hyde's🎭. Smart but also sad 💙

  • @01denese

    @01denese

    10 ай бұрын

    All that S & M meant no cameras.

  • @Sloanmatthews

    @Sloanmatthews

    6 ай бұрын

    This happened years ago so cameras inside and out of the house was not common.

  • @laurahoward5426

    @laurahoward5426

    6 ай бұрын

    Living in fear?? So sad

  • @veronmae7990
    @veronmae79909 ай бұрын

    I was so llooking forward for this to be solved😢

  • @divarose2017
    @divarose201710 ай бұрын

    He seems too calm in the interview, he probably hired someone, and tried to blame her past.

  • @diannenaworensky6698
    @diannenaworensky669810 ай бұрын

    Thank you 48hours for putting this full episode on

  • @bamin93
    @bamin9311 ай бұрын

    i’m not buying that the husband was not involved 🧐

  • @George39gmail.

    @George39gmail.

    11 ай бұрын

    Hi bamin🌹 How are you doing?

  • @supriseimblack

    @supriseimblack

    11 ай бұрын

    Exactly

  • @supriseimblack

    @supriseimblack

    11 ай бұрын

    She literally changed her plans at the last minute. Not only that but the perpetrator had to be EXTREMELY comfortable in the home..

  • @Momo-nz7xe
    @Momo-nz7xe10 ай бұрын

    I believe the husband is the scorned lover here and he probably found out that she was cheating on him or told him she was going to leave him and he had her killed. The note was most probably made by the best friend because she gained a lot from her death. Unfortunately her husband did a great job in throwing off investigators by his involvement in the investigation himself.

  • @lelemurray5320

    @lelemurray5320

    10 ай бұрын

    Yea I absolutely agree. The husband killed her.

  • @survivorship4290

    @survivorship4290

    6 ай бұрын

    I'm thinking along the SAME lines

  • @justlyfaith3454
    @justlyfaith345410 ай бұрын

    I feel bad that the killing of Kay exposed her “private side” to the world also. Hope justice is found.

  • @jenniferlawrence9473

    @jenniferlawrence9473

    10 ай бұрын

    But it's her private life that might have put her in danger. It's a necessary part of the story, but yeah, I know what you mean.

  • @justlyfaith3454

    @justlyfaith3454

    10 ай бұрын

    @@jenniferlawrence9473 so true embarrassing but true.

  • @SassySmith-gf5bq

    @SassySmith-gf5bq

    9 ай бұрын

    @@jenniferlawrence9473 foreal

  • @laurahoward5426

    @laurahoward5426

    6 ай бұрын

    Her private life got her killed

  • @robertelliot4196
    @robertelliot419611 ай бұрын

    He ripped off a lot of wealthy people, and one of them was angry enough to take from him what he most loved. The hired assassin is utterly cold-blooded, seems to enjoy his work. It will never be solved. Too many suspects.

  • @craigime

    @craigime

    11 ай бұрын

    assumption

  • @DaRkHoRsE-_-

    @DaRkHoRsE-_-

    11 ай бұрын

    Good point

  • @PinkGrammarGirl

    @PinkGrammarGirl

    11 ай бұрын

    She wasn't supposed to be home. How would the killer know that?

  • @maryanne7161

    @maryanne7161

    10 ай бұрын

    ​@@PinkGrammarGirlHe was seen in that area the day before as well.

  • @alteredcatscyprus

    @alteredcatscyprus

    10 ай бұрын

    But how did they know she stayed home that day?

  • @sandyheller5438
    @sandyheller543810 ай бұрын

    I don’t feel bad for the husband. I think he hired some professional killer and had the letter sent by someone else. He kept the house the same so they don’t suspect him. He’s a liar. What kind of life insurance did he have on her?

  • @m.c.2899

    @m.c.2899

    10 ай бұрын

    Precisely my thought.

  • @genkiferal7178

    @genkiferal7178

    10 ай бұрын

    i also think he hired someone to do it, but she may've been hateful to him. idk.

  • @lelemurray5320

    @lelemurray5320

    10 ай бұрын

    My thoughts all the way around

  • @sammychem5920
    @sammychem592010 ай бұрын

    They should have examined Hal more closely. Did he benefit financially from her death (e.g. was she an over spender, did he collect insurance $, was she controlling of how he ran his business, did she keep a tab on how he spent his $, etc?). His smiling demeanor at 12:50, is quite strange. Only a person very close to her would have known that she was sick that day and acted quickly. Only a person well aquainted with that house could have pulled it off without leaving evidence.

  • @teresacatherine3811
    @teresacatherine381110 ай бұрын

    This may be far fetched, but could the husband have done it because he was having an affair with Karen and all his and her actions afterward were to make it seem like he was the grieving husband and she the sorrowful best friend? The fact of the towel with blood on it upstairs seems to say this person knew where things were and they didn't make a mess in the house? I don't want to believe that he was the perpetrator but stranger things have happened.

  • @nellyb2434

    @nellyb2434

    10 ай бұрын

    He's my no 1 suspect but I'm not sure he was having an affair but I might be wrong. I think she may have said those things in the letter in arguments maybe...like he was 'old and fat' and he felt she only married him for his money. She had also been cheating. I think he put the hurt in the letter and also it deflected from him. I think he hired private detectives to make it look like he wanted answers but he felt confident enough they wouldn't find any. I think Karen helped him and possibly 'made' the letter.

  • @mightymouse1005

    @mightymouse1005

    10 ай бұрын

    Why would he keep the house the same, spend tons of money on solving it and no signs of his having a relationship. People talk, if a neighbor or friend, coworkers thought he was having a relationship, they would talk

  • @nellyb2434

    @nellyb2434

    10 ай бұрын

    @@mightymouse1005 I'm not convinced he was having an affair, but I think she had affairs and of course this is just a theory, but if others knew she hated her house and this appeared in the letter - well that was a bit of an alarm bell to me. I wondered if she threw it at him in arguments and perhaps called him the names that were in the letter..and that she was only with him for the money sounds like he could be feeling that way...he felt that that's the only reason she was with him. I thought he might have had enough of feeling used and verbally ab*sed. I think anyone would spend money on a PI to make it look like they didn't do it if it meant they stayed out of jail and they had the money to spare! As I said, just a theory, but the letter felt a bit odd to me and I thought perhaps Karen might have helped him out with that part.

  • @enterprisemarinerv2608
    @enterprisemarinerv260811 ай бұрын

    Apparently, there were no surveillance cameras available around the house. What about surrounding areas? Nothing?

  • @ms_needle3502

    @ms_needle3502

    10 ай бұрын

    Yeah esp rich ppl usually have a surveillance camera installed on their house that might have caught vehicles or ppl on the street etc

  • @alexandria65

    @alexandria65

    4 ай бұрын

    This was back in 2008.

  • @AlexAndra-iy5zu
    @AlexAndra-iy5zu11 ай бұрын

    My mother was removed by ambulance 11/2020 She passed away December 6 from Covid. The house remains exactly the same. I now live with my father because he needs medical attention and I’ve yet to do anything to the property because I want my dad to live in a house that he and Mom lived in . Why in the world would I change the house around it’s what is comfortable to Dad. So that part I don’t understand?? I guess everyone’s different

  • @efranklin755
    @efranklin75510 ай бұрын

    It seems so obvious to me that the husband Hal kill3d her. That letter sealed it for me, reminds me of a movie where the suspect sent a letter bashing himself & the victim to divert attention. Hal planned the perfect murd3r; putting up reward money, hiring detectives, holding on to the house/ her things…all a ploy to look like a distraught & devastated husband. We’ve seen it before. He may have experienced guilt afterwards which could explain some of his actions but I personally think it was all an act. He could’ve been obsessed with her, tired of her cheating, fetishes, or it could’ve been as simple as a fight leading him to hiring someone.

  • @asmichi8516

    @asmichi8516

    7 ай бұрын

    I was just scrolling through the comments and looking for this, thank you! isn't it super obvious? Like, from the very first moment

  • @Yui789esss

    @Yui789esss

    Ай бұрын

    @@asmichi8516I agree, I watched hundreds of forensics and suspicious letters always come from the spouse or family members, from the top of my head miriam helmick Brian hummert Christopher Porco Chris Coleman were all convicted and had sent letters to their victims to get suspicion off them …. The husband will be most likely or one of her siblings

  • @TheCrabbyCrafterlol
    @TheCrabbyCrafterlol10 ай бұрын

    @33:33 "that kind of violence" must be a man??? Women can be every bit as violent and evil as men. Especially if they feel betrayed...Stephanie Lazarus shot, beat and bit her victim; Jodi Arias stabbed her ex boyfriend 27 times, slit his throat and shot him; Omaima Nelson repeatedly stabbed her husband with scissors before beating him with an iron and castrating him...then butchered him on the kitchen floor, putting his head in the freezer so she could break out his teeth and boiled his hands. The "she's 'just' a girl" and "a 'mother' could never be this violent" routines are getting old. It's time to bring profiling into the current century.

  • @leahstone9308

    @leahstone9308

    10 ай бұрын

    In the current century, only around 6% of murders are committed by women. Check the stats.

  • @janemiettinen5176

    @janemiettinen5176

    5 ай бұрын

    I think it was more about the force of the surprise punch, no defensive wounds, how easily Kay was overpowered and how women rarely slit throats. I agree, women can be just as bad as men, but when you add it all up in this case, I have to agree with the investigators. They are looking for a dude.

  • @theylied1776
    @theylied177611 ай бұрын

    As a long-time member of the Baker Street Irregulars, I don't trust anyone named Moriarty.

  • @LeahHa8

    @LeahHa8

    10 ай бұрын

    😂

  • @ef9208
    @ef920811 ай бұрын

    We don't expect peace on earth, but taking a life away???? Not just a human life, any life is worth of respecting.

  • @krisquigley4497

    @krisquigley4497

    11 ай бұрын

    Hitler, Pol Pot, Stalin, Idi Amin, Vlad the Impaler...

  • @BEAUTYnIQ

    @BEAUTYnIQ

    10 ай бұрын

    ​@@krisquigley4497bingo. yet the OP also wants you to not eat steak, fish, venison, chicken, etc..

  • @BEAUTYnIQ

    @BEAUTYnIQ

    10 ай бұрын

    @ef9208 .. that steak did not come from the styrofoam plate at the publix..

  • @hannahmitchell87

    @hannahmitchell87

    10 ай бұрын

    @@BEAUTYnIQ labrador steaks, right?

  • @BEAUTYnIQ

    @BEAUTYnIQ

    10 ай бұрын

    @@hannahmitchell87 in some parts of the globe, yes.

  • @amandalong112
    @amandalong1126 ай бұрын

    Sounds like my grandma, “Run around Sue” 😂 Love you grandma RIP

  • @redrumhum
    @redrumhum10 ай бұрын

    Former model? What did she model, bug spray?

  • @alexandria65

    @alexandria65

    4 ай бұрын

    She was in Playboy.

  • @wizzardofpaws2420
    @wizzardofpaws242011 ай бұрын

    I think that letter is a fake. Some crazy person wanted to get involved in the case.

  • @IH8YALLL

    @IH8YALLL

    10 ай бұрын

    But they said she did hate her house. So how would a random person know that about her?

  • @sirmadam8183
    @sirmadam818311 ай бұрын

    Clue: whoever killed her knew she was home. It was a work day. She went home not feeling well. Who knew she was home?

  • @russell7054

    @russell7054

    11 ай бұрын

    Lol. Not if it was an interrupted robbery.

  • @IH8YALLL

    @IH8YALLL

    10 ай бұрын

    @@russell7054if it was a robbery, they would’ve taken her jewelry and other expensive things.

  • @tinamarie1948
    @tinamarie19485 ай бұрын

    I definitely think the husband KNOWS something

  • @islandyyt
    @islandyyt5 ай бұрын

    That friend, Karen, should be looked into further . . . Sounds fishy to me.

  • @AstroEssexGirl
    @AstroEssexGirl11 ай бұрын

    They keep saying ‘him’ but it could be a woman. I think a woman could be that brutal and it was definitely someone who she was happy to let in her house in Broad daylight so knew them and wasn’t scared of them. Remember she was 60, a woman punching her that hard would floor her, a man punching her that hard would knock her unconscious. I personally think it was someone who wanted her husband and what she had, and wanted this woman out of the picture or if Kay was having an affair, then it was the affairs Wife. The letter was a distraction to make them think it was a man, still think it was a woman who then felt guilty and was scared of getting caught. Don’t think it was a hitman, it was way to personal with the cutting of the throat for that. This was a crime of jealousy

  • @bobzelley5100

    @bobzelley5100

    11 ай бұрын

    A Psychopath could do this. 1 %to 0.5 % Of the population are psychopaths.

  • @krystagail8019

    @krystagail8019

    11 ай бұрын

    someone @ the investigators

  • @cannablissdreams

    @cannablissdreams

    11 ай бұрын

    or revenge.. jealousy usually stabs the heart.. and then they cover the victim's face.. this was RAGE and RETRIBUTION

  • @AstroEssexGirl

    @AstroEssexGirl

    11 ай бұрын

    @@cannablissdreams yesss good point.

  • @kleeamd8274

    @kleeamd8274

    11 ай бұрын

    @op it's NOT a woman. The DNA found at the crime scene was MALE. The neighbor witnessed a strange MAN. Furthermore, the average woman doesn't have the strength to cut a throat where it leaves the victim nearly decapitated Do you know how tough & hard the muscles & tendons are to cut through??? Feel your own throat -----feel how muscular it is and how rigid the tendons are. Few women have that strength unless they're body builders or something

  • @nancyann1014
    @nancyann101411 ай бұрын

    To her sister: Please don't give up. ❤❤❤❤

  • @spoly8139
    @spoly81398 ай бұрын

    It was the husband...as usual! Just look at his demeanor while being interrogated. He did not look distraught. Offering the reward was a ruse. He knew she was home and he didn't need to force entry. Motive? Well he became sick and tired of her screwing around and his anger and resentment exploded. It was overkill...very personal.

  • @bonniecreighton4163
    @bonniecreighton416310 ай бұрын

    She decided to stay home that day. Why? Was she expecting someone she knew to come to the house? In regard to her "secret life" (based on what they found in her wardrobe)...when and for whom was she role playing using that wardrobe? Was she part of a "swingers club" (without Hal?), Where did she play out her fantasies wearing those items? Private homes? Private Clubs? With someone in her own home? A one hour portrayal of a case like this is of course never going to be enough time to explore all the questions still unanswered in addition to the ones continuing to be asked. My heart goes out to her sister and I pray the day comes when whoever did this is caught and brought to justice.

  • @G.Lollie
    @G.Lollie11 ай бұрын

    Watching the husband in the interview has me believing he has something to do with it. He didn't seem like he was grieving to me. It seemed like an act. No matter I hope the family gets answers in their life time. Thank you for the case review

  • @Saturdays.Script

    @Saturdays.Script

    11 ай бұрын

    Nahhh he's from a stoic generation where men keep their emotions on lock down all the time.

  • @Lei3195i

    @Lei3195i

    10 ай бұрын

    I do too. If not him personally, then he knows more. He is too warm and jovial. If he didn't know anything he'd at least have a better idea about a suspect. I know people may say you can't tell by how someone acts when they are supposed to be grieving. I get it. That's not enough to make an indictment. It's an opinion. There are some people, more often men, who act stoic and not show much emotion. But he's not like that. He's all warm and friendly. We did not hear much about his personal life to know how many exes or affairs he had.

  • @m.c.2899

    @m.c.2899

    10 ай бұрын

    Yes I believe this since I saw that act the first time.

  • @user-zg7nf5yv1r

    @user-zg7nf5yv1r

    10 ай бұрын

    The husband is weird and creepy. He had something to do with it or knew someone who did it.

  • @mightymouse1005

    @mightymouse1005

    10 ай бұрын

    He spent an awful lot of money trying to get it solved and kept the house exactly the same. He apparently never had another relationship

  • @diannenaworensky6698
    @diannenaworensky669810 ай бұрын

    Hal had to pay Private Detectives. He knew the police department would cry saying how broke they are and cannot pay for DNA and fiber analysis. I think he knew that it was the only way to get answers. Cutting off the money after Hal's death was suspicious. How bout checking out those individuals

  • @branchtana315

    @branchtana315

    7 ай бұрын

    I doubt anyone willfully cut off the funding. Most likely there were no provisions in his will to continue funding the investigation. The executor was probably a lawyer or some other hired professional who was simply doing their job based on what the will stated.

  • @nigelbutler5040

    @nigelbutler5040

    14 күн бұрын

    His last will and testament can cut off the funding. The trustees have a right to cut off the funding also. The beneficiaries of the will have a right to cut off the funding.

  • @mywarmkisses9450
    @mywarmkisses945010 ай бұрын

    This case is mesmerizing!!

  • @jmb1666
    @jmb166610 ай бұрын

    It's weird they keep saying how financially well-off he was...but he was renting the house. And it's not really that spectacular of a house.

  • @VictoriaMarch13
    @VictoriaMarch1311 ай бұрын

    I feel like if Hal was really involved he would've immediately cleaned up the blood. The fact that he didn't and left everything exactly the same makes me think he was completely innocent.

  • @nellyb2434

    @nellyb2434

    10 ай бұрын

    Don't you think he'd look more suspicious if there was no blood??

  • @pjnix5618

    @pjnix5618

    3 ай бұрын

    You feel that way ?!! lol Obviously not how HAL felt.

  • @JulStar13
    @JulStar1311 ай бұрын

    Weird reaction by whomever controlled his estate after he died. Who was the executor of the estate? They were SO greedy they even took the reward money back?? Look there.

  • @steveknick1978

    @steveknick1978

    10 ай бұрын

    Hal & Kay would’ve met when they were older, therefore none of the kids were likely to have a close connection to the wife. They may not have even liked her, so to take their inheritance (which was probably split 2-3 ways) & put more of it towards the investigation is a lot to ask. At some point it’s up to the cops in my opinion but that’s just me.

  • @jamig.7254
    @jamig.725410 ай бұрын

    My scenario: 1. Gansters wanted to buy the mini-shopping mall. They first encountered the wife for discussion. Hal turned down their offer. Other events unknown to us took place...Then the hit was made. 2. The mini-mall was a money laundering business for Hal, gangsters, and Karen. The wife might have become too talkative. Karin could of informed the gangsters, and the hit was made. Karin was actually working for the gangsters as an informant. In other words, a lookout for potential problems.

  • @angelicavasquez3870
    @angelicavasquez387010 ай бұрын

    It’s obvious to me whoever was his beneficiary did it. Does he have kids? They probably didn’t want her to get their money.

  • @LaMostraVia

    @LaMostraVia

    10 ай бұрын

    Good theory 🏆

  • @moniqueloomis9772

    @moniqueloomis9772

    10 ай бұрын

    ​@@LaMostraViaThanks, Goku.

  • @AndreWhyte
    @AndreWhyte11 ай бұрын

    She has too many strings attached to her life. This is unsolvable. Someone will have to confess.

  • @jaycole5353

    @jaycole5353

    11 ай бұрын

    Nope it could be solved

  • @AndreWhyte

    @AndreWhyte

    11 ай бұрын

    @@jaycole5353 So who did it?

  • @JulStar13

    @JulStar13

    11 ай бұрын

    @@AndreWhyteI’d start with whomever the executor of his estate was.

  • @Douglas_Hamilton

    @Douglas_Hamilton

    10 ай бұрын

    Her husband Her husband's friend/co-worker/client/hired hitman Her lover Her lover's hired hitman Her ex-husband Her ex-husband's hitman Her family Her friend

  • @polynesia8733
    @polynesia873311 ай бұрын

    The husband doesn't seem to beat up about his wife's death during the interrogation. I think he and that blonde secretary lady conspired somehow without doing it directly. I think the husband was glad she's gone.

  • @ItCantRainForever2

    @ItCantRainForever2

    10 ай бұрын

    I was thinking the same thing

  • @amyyoung2804

    @amyyoung2804

    10 ай бұрын

    Me as well

  • @lesleyjones5817
    @lesleyjones581710 ай бұрын

    Love your videos ❤

  • @randallsmerna384
    @randallsmerna38410 ай бұрын

    A life FULL of adultery. Shame on all of them!

  • @davidb2206

    @davidb2206

    6 ай бұрын

    True. Their immoral lifestyles was guaranteed to produce some tragic consequences, one way or another, ... just like this end for her.

  • @user-hv2kj6so4t
    @user-hv2kj6so4t11 ай бұрын

    The fact that it was done with a sharp object doesnt mean it wasnt for hire. It just means that whoever ordered it really hated her and maybe wanted it specifically that way

  • @chrismanspeaker9372

    @chrismanspeaker9372

    11 ай бұрын

    If I hated her, why would I use a nice sharp knife? Why not use a rusty spoon?

  • @maryanne7161

    @maryanne7161

    10 ай бұрын

    ​@@chrismanspeaker9372Would the rusty spoon hurt more?

  • @user-ee4pf3zz7d

    @user-ee4pf3zz7d

    7 ай бұрын

    ​@@maryanne7161definitely! You'd have to saw!

  • @joeking433
    @joeking43311 ай бұрын

    48 Hours is great on KZread!

  • @bbb22940
    @bbb2294010 ай бұрын

    Her "best friend" did it and if your watching this you will reap what you sow

  • @steveknick1978
    @steveknick197811 ай бұрын

    Feels like there’s no hope with this one, have seen this episode multiple times over the years. It was definitely personal & violent…comes across like it could be a paid hit, but it’s too violent & personal for the killer to not have a grudge with her specifically. Maybe she was having an affair that turned sour & the other man did it. If there were doorbell cameras back then & they got his car on video, they probably would've solved it. EDIT: after finishing watching it again, I only have 2 theories: 1 - recent affair gone sour, or ex boyfriend from distant past carried out a long held grudge 2 - Karen hired a hit, hitman didn't have access to a gun so he used a knife, Karen didn't benefit financially afterward like she thought she would. #1 explains the violent nature of the crime only #2... - also explains the violent nature - explains the profiler saying that a female sent the magazine letter - explains the letter trying to redirect cops focus to an affair as the motive - explains Karen constantly checking with the police for case progress - explains Karen calling Hal away from the house the morning of the crime - explains Kay's autopsy showing no recent intimate activity (no affair).

  • @kimlarso

    @kimlarso

    11 ай бұрын

    Not if ur paid to make it look that way

  • @aruglaempire2518

    @aruglaempire2518

    11 ай бұрын

    @@bobzelley5100 Who has the money for this calibre hired killer? Not any physical evidence left. Hubby had money and maybe other past hook-ups did as well.

  • @AlexAndra-iy5zu

    @AlexAndra-iy5zu

    11 ай бұрын

    The info says no vehicle 🤷🏻‍♀️

  • @steveknick1978

    @steveknick1978

    11 ай бұрын

    @@AlexAndra-iy5zu Right, he was canvassing the neighborhood on foot. Still, he had to have a vehicle somewhere, even if it was outside the neighborhood (unless he rode a bike or took a bus).

  • @cannablissdreams

    @cannablissdreams

    11 ай бұрын

    ​@@steveknick1978there are NO busses in RICH whyte neighborhoods!! come on now..

  • @handylady8015
    @handylady801511 ай бұрын

    Commercial real estate? 2008? Dude was probably broke.

  • @fatbottombiker3038

    @fatbottombiker3038

    11 ай бұрын

    Good point I never thought about but so true

  • @Sisflowflow

    @Sisflowflow

    10 ай бұрын

    Renting a house is a 🚩 for money issues

  • @margaretmlekush523
    @margaretmlekush5239 ай бұрын

    One other thing I'd check with this case is everyone agrees Kay hated the house she and Hal were renting or did not own----she may have then gone without Hal knowing it to a real estate agent to find a house she did like--maybe the agency listing the house in her neighborhood and perhaps another agent walking around her hood with the house for sale borchure saw her at the agency where he got that brochure---Or maybe she toured the house as he waited in a car with clients toi tour it after her and saw her there---but the FACT a man wandering her area with a borchure in hand for a house he did not tour is really TROUBLING and I think the key to it all.........along with the fact Kay hated her house she was only renting.....

  • @JodyFidelis
    @JodyFidelis7 ай бұрын

    Her husband was trying to pin it on the ex-husband. But Hal is clearly involved - I think he hired someone, and had the hitman ready to do it when she would be home alone. Very few people knew she would be home alone that afternoon. The cut-out letter supports Hal's theory that it was the ex hubby - yet I think Hal glued those letters and mailed it from Augusta. WHY? He disparaged himself (fat and old), he knew she didn't like their house (how many would know that??) he knew she was married before to the "jilted" ex hubby who wrote about it. Hal AGAIN is accusing her ex-husband, but the letter is a RED HERRING written and mailed by Hal. JMO. I also think Hal's conscious bothered him afterward, and he died 2 years later from guilt.

  • @helena3631

    @helena3631

    6 ай бұрын

    i agree the husband has the money to get kay taken care of she was embarassing him cheating this was his get back

  • @allisoncole9595
    @allisoncole959511 ай бұрын

    how sure are they about the doctor that looks just like him. i immediately thought it was doctor or someone in the medical field.

  • @George39gmail.

    @George39gmail.

    11 ай бұрын

    Hi Allison 🌹 How are you doing?

  • @user-ku1np8bs8n

    @user-ku1np8bs8n

    Ай бұрын

    This.

  • @rickyrico80
    @rickyrico8011 ай бұрын

    "She needed to be loved" 😄 Look, I'm not judging but please call it what it is. She went around, no need to sugarcoat it or to be ashamed of.

  • @jamesmaguire9518

    @jamesmaguire9518

    11 ай бұрын

    See that’s what confused me. I thought the same thing. But then then when they examined her body after she had died, they said there were no signs of recent sexual activity with her husband or anyone else

  • @craigime

    @craigime

    11 ай бұрын

    @@jamesmaguire9518 yes, "Recent".... doesn't mean she wasn't still riding the carousel

  • @joeframo3347
    @joeframo33478 ай бұрын

    48-hours a great program it's very put together good❤

  • @terryjohnson3814
    @terryjohnson38148 ай бұрын

    Heartbreaking! Fly high beautiful Angel.