Ep:66 - From Disappearance to Justice - A conversation with Cpl. Rob Betnar | Murder Unscripted

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Ed and Melissa sit down with Rob Betnar, the Pennsylvania State Police investigator who cracked the 1985 murder of 13-year-old David Wellington Reed in Schuylkill Haven, Pennsylvania. Drawing from the original police files - not rumors - Rob walks us through how a long-cold disappearance became a homicide case and, ultimately, a solved mystery.

Ed previously produced this case for ID’s Nightmare Next Door and A&E’s Cold Case Files. Now it's Rob's turn to tell his version of what it really took to bring David's killer to justice. 🕵️‍♂️📂

🔎 What we cover:

• Reopening a small-town cold case and building it from the ground up 🧭

• The rail yard timeline: caboose, impact evidence, and that crucial skull fracture 🚂✊

• How an exhumation and fresh forensics shifted the case from “undetermined” to homicide

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