Sipping on Some Crime

The Complicated Case of Cecil Wells


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In 1953, Cecil Wells was a wealthy businessman who was married to the picture-perfect bombshell blonde and was a huge investor in many Alaska businesses; he had it all. That all changed in October of 1953, when he was murdered in his bed, and his wife was severely beaten and left for dead. Cecil’s wife, Diane, survived her injuries, and initially, investigators believed it was a robbery gone wrong, but just a few days later, police began looking deeper into Diane and her rumored affair with a Jazz drummer. The case made national headlines, and public opinion became torn between Diane being a victim or an accessory to her husband's murder. The headlines caused real damage to Diane and their son, and to this day, the case remains unsolved.

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