The Path Went Chilly

July 11, 1988. Walnut Creek, California. Lester Garnier, a 30-year old vice officer with the San Francisco Police Department, is found shot to death inside his car in a shopping center parking lot. Eyewitnesses recall seeing at least two unidentified blonde women in the parking lot the previous night and speculation mounts that Lester’s murder might be connected to his involvement in the recent high-profile bust of a teenage prostitution ring. Twenty years later, authorities announce that a partial fingerprint from the crime scene has been matched to Catherine Kuntz, a Scottish national with an extensive criminal history, but there is not enough evidence to file charges. Was Kuntz responsible for Lester Garnier’s murder? If so, what was her motive? Were other people involved in this crime? What was Lester doing in that parking lot to begin with? This week’s episode of “The Path Went Chilly” explores a baffling unsolved murder of a police officer which has a number of unanswered questions.

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Additional Reading:

https://unsolved.com/gallery/lester-garnier/

https://www.sfgate.com/magazine/article/SAN-FRANCISCO-S-COLDEST-CASE-A-coverup-is-still-2669756.php

https://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/Fingerprint-may-solve-mystery-of-cop-s-killing-3281170.php

https://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/Suspect-in-S-F-cop-s-1988-slaying-is-deported-3173664.php

July 11, 1988. Walnut Creek, California. Lester Garnier, a 30-year old vice officer with the San Francisco Police Department, is found shot to death inside his car in a shopping center parking lot. Eyewitnesses recall seeing at least two unidentified blonde women in the parking lot the previous night and speculation mounts that Lester’s murder might be connected to his involvement in the recent high-profile bust of a teenage prostitution ring. Twenty years later, authorities announce that a partial fingerprint from the crime scene has been matched to Catherine Kuntz, a Scottish national with an extensive criminal history, but there is not enough evidence to file charges. Was Kuntz responsible for Lester Garnier’s murder? If so, what was her motive? Were other people involved in this crime? What was Lester doing in that parking lot to begin with? This week’s episode of “The Path Went Chilly” explores a baffling unsolved murder of a police officer which has a number of unanswered questions.

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Additional Reading:

https://unsolved.com/gallery/lester-garnier/

https://www.sfgate.com/magazine/article/SAN-FRANCISCO-S-COLDEST-CASE-A-coverup-is-still-2669756.php

https://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/Fingerprint-may-solve-mystery-of-cop-s-killing-3281170.php

https://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/Suspect-in-S-F-cop-s-1988-slaying-is-deported-3173664.php

May 12, 2000. The South Pole, Antarctica. While working at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, 32-year old Australian astrophysicist Rodney Marks becomes seriously ill before he dies. Rodney’s death is initially assumed to be natural causes, but when his body is transported to New Zealand months later, an autopsy reveals that he died from acute methanol poisoning. The New Zealand Police attempt to launch an investigation, but run into jurisdictional issues and since Rodney’s American-based employers prove to be uncooperative, a coronial inquest fails to reach a conclusion about how Rodney died. Was Rodney Marks’ methanol poisoning a tragic accident or was he the victim of foul play? We shall explore all the different possibilities on this week’s episode of “The Path Went Chilly”, which covers our very first mystery from Antarctica.

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Additional Reading:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_Markshttps://www.mensjournal.com/features/a-mysterious-death-at-the-south-pole-20131125

http://www.igpp.ucla.edu/public/mkivelso/refs/PUBLICATIONS/polar%20death.pdfhttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/jan/14/antarctica.robinmckie

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10415310

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10534046

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10534295

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10561809

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10561811

https://www.nytimes.com/2000/05/17/us/scientist-dies-at-south-pole-research-site.html?module=inline

May 12, 2000. The South Pole, Antarctica. While working at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, 32-year old Australian astrophysicist Rodney Marks becomes seriously ill before he dies. Rodney’s death is initially assumed to be natural causes, but when his body is transported to New Zealand months later, an autopsy reveals that he died from acute methanol poisoning. The New Zealand Police attempt to launch an investigation, but run into jurisdictional issues and since Rodney’s American-based employers prove to be uncooperative, a coronial inquest fails to reach a conclusion about how Rodney died. Was Rodney Marks’ methanol poisoning a tragic accident or was he the victim of foul play? We shall explore all the different possibilities on this week’s episode of “The Path Went Chilly”, which covers our very first mystery from Antarctica.

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Additional Reading:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_Markshttps://www.mensjournal.com/features/a-mysterious-death-at-the-south-pole-20131125

http://www.igpp.ucla.edu/public/mkivelso/refs/PUBLICATIONS/polar%20death.pdfhttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/jan/14/antarctica.robinmckie

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10415310

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10534046

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10534295

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10561809

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10561811

https://www.nytimes.com/2000/05/17/us/scientist-dies-at-south-pole-research-site.html?module=inline

June 16, 2009. Rosses Point, Ireland. The body of a man who appears to be in his late fifties or early sixties is found washed up on a beach and his cause of death is believed to be acute cardiac arrest. Four days earlier, the man had arrived in the nearby town of Sligo and checked into a hotel under the name “Peter Bergmann”, but it turns out this name was fake and he carries no identification. Investigators believe that he travelled to Ireland from another country and use CCTV footage to track his movements in the days prior to his death. They theorize that he spent time gradually disposing of items which might have provided a clue to his identity, but no one ever comes forward who recognizes this man. On this week’s episode of “The Path Went Chilly”, we explore a unique mystery involving an unidentified decedent known as “Peter Bergmann”.

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Additional Reading:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Bergmann_case

https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/people/the-unsolved-mystery-of-peter-bergmann-1.3923308

https://www.vice.com/en/article/8xwkdg/peter-bergmann-case-crime-sligo

http://www.irishcentral.com/news/The-man-who-went-to-Ireland-to-disappear-VIDEO.html

https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/inverness/2410021/north-forensic-artist-provides-assistance-in-bid-to-solve-11-year-mystery-of-peter-bergmann/

https://www.independent.ie/regionals/sligochampion/news/mystery-mans-last-surprise-27570679.html

https://www.lemonde.fr/m-moyen-format/article/2015/03/12/l-homme-qui-voulait-effacer-sa-vie_4592522_4497271.html

June 16, 2009. Rosses Point, Ireland. The body of a man who appears to be in his late fifties or early sixties is found washed up on a beach and his cause of death is believed to be acute cardiac arrest. Four days earlier, the man had arrived in the nearby town of Sligo and checked into a hotel under the name “Peter Bergmann”, but it turns out this name was fake and he carries no identification. Investigators believe that he travelled to Ireland from another country and use CCTV footage to track his movements in the days prior to his death. They theorize that he spent time gradually disposing of items which might have provided a clue to his identity, but no one ever comes forward who recognizes this man. On this week’s episode of “The Path Went Chilly”, we explore a unique mystery involving an unidentified decedent known as “Peter Bergmann”.

Patreon.com/julesandashley

Patreon.com/thetrailwentcold

Additional Reading:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Bergmann_case

https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/people/the-unsolved-mystery-of-peter-bergmann-1.3923308

https://www.vice.com/en/article/8xwkdg/peter-bergmann-case-crime-sligo

http://www.irishcentral.com/news/The-man-who-went-to-Ireland-to-disappear-VIDEO.html

https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/inverness/2410021/north-forensic-artist-provides-assistance-in-bid-to-solve-11-year-mystery-of-peter-bergmann/

https://www.independent.ie/regionals/sligochampion/news/mystery-mans-last-surprise-27570679.html

https://www.lemonde.fr/m-moyen-format/article/2015/03/12/l-homme-qui-voulait-effacer-sa-vie_4592522_4497271.html

Join us for part two of our discussion about the case of the Lady of the Dunes/Ruth Marie Terry.

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Ashley is away this week so join us as Robin tells me the case of the lady of the dunes, the connection to Stephen King's son, the movie Jaws and how she got her identity back after all of these years.

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December 8, 2000. Dublin, Ireland. After spending a rainy evening at a staff Christmas party, 22-year old Trevor Deely walks from a nightclub to his place of employment, the Bank of Ireland Asset Management headquarters. Trevor chats with a co-worker and grabs an umbrella, but after leaving the building to walk home and passing by an ATM camera over ten minutes later, he vanishes without a trace. CCTV footage would show an unidentified man standing outside Trevor’s workplace and interacting him with that night. Was this man involved in Trevor’s disappearance? For the first time, “The Path Went Chilly” will be travelling to Ireland to cover one of their most famous unsolved missing persons cases.

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Additional Reading:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Trevor_Deely

https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/people/the-disappearance-of-trevor-deely-part-1-1.2120358

https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/people/the-disappearance-of-trevor-deely-part-2-the-search-1.2119911

https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/people/the-disappearance-of-trevor-deely-part-3-living-with-loss-1.2119923

https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/people/trevor-deely-the-search-ends-and-continues-1.3230396

December 8, 2000. Dublin, Ireland. After spending a rainy evening at a staff Christmas party, 22-year old Trevor Deely walks from a nightclub to his place of employment, the Bank of Ireland Asset Management headquarters. Trevor chats with a co-worker and grabs an umbrella, but after leaving the building to walk home and passing by an ATM camera over ten minutes later, he vanishes without a trace. CCTV footage would show an unidentified man standing outside Trevor’s workplace and interacting him with that night. Was this man involved in Trevor’s disappearance? For the first time, “The Path Went Chilly” will be travelling to Ireland to cover one of their most famous unsolved missing persons cases.

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Patreon.com/thetrailwentcold

Additional Reading:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Trevor_Deely

https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/people/the-disappearance-of-trevor-deely-part-1-1.2120358

https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/people/the-disappearance-of-trevor-deely-part-2-the-search-1.2119911

https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/people/the-disappearance-of-trevor-deely-part-3-living-with-loss-1.2119923

https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/people/trevor-deely-the-search-ends-and-continues-1.3230396