February 25, 2014. Perranporth, England. The nude body of an unidentified male is discovered after washing up on Perranporth Beach. The victim has a sock stuffed in his mouth, which has been tied in place by headphones. He is soon identified as Alan Jeal, a 64-year old loner from the town of Wadebridge. Investigators use CCTV footage to track Alan’s movements on the night before he was found and learn that he travelled to two other nearby towns before he went to Perranporth. The footage opens up a lot of perplexing questions, but no answers about how Alan wound up dead. Did Alan commit a very bizarre suicide or was he a victim of foul play? We look at both angles on this week’s minisode of “The Trail Went Cold”.

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Additional Reading:

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cornwall-27505054

http://www.cornwalllive.com/police-reveal-information-case-wadebridge-man/story-21119561-detail/story.html

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cornwall-26674176

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cornwall-27678525

The Trail Went Cold is produced and edited by Magill Foote.

All music is composed by Vince Nitro.