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Why Stick Around?? #crimejunkies #truecrimestories #truecrimeinvestigation #podcast 0 (0)

Because Toby Tate died instantly, investigators knew she couldn’t have made it into the back of her van on her own. They believe the suspect pulled her from the driver’s seat into the cargo area, and dropped something along the way. A cigarette was found next to Toby’s body, and she wasn’t a smoker. There was no sign of sexual assault, but Toby’s wallet and the camera her family said she had with her were missing. The theory at the time was that this was a robbery, and moving her body bought the suspect time. A van that looked like [See More…]

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Her Sister NEVER Stopped Calling… #crimejunkies #truecrimepodcast #truecrimeinvestigation 0 (0)

For decades, Priscilla Tate kept calling investigators about her sister Toby’s 1983 murder. In 2018, after the Golden State Killer was arrested, she called the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office to ask if he could have been responsible. Investigators didn’t believe he was, since his MO was completely different, but evidence from Toby’s case had been collected and preserved. In 2017, Detective Clint Cole became the agency’s first dedicated cold case and unsolved homicide detective. About two years after Priscilla’s call, she got a call of her own. On the other end was Detective Cole, telling her he was [See More…]

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What Deputies Found Inside This Van… #crimejunkies #truecrimeinvestigation #truecrimepodcast 0 (0)

On November 15, 1983, sheriff’s deputies in San Luis Obispo County, California, responded to what looked like a low-speed car accident on a dirt road just off Highway 1 near the beach. A 1980 Chevy camper van sat halfway off the road with a damaged fender, a bent hood, and shattered passenger windows. There was blood by the driver’s seat, but both front seats were empty. When a deputy opened the van’s sliding door, he found 41-year-old Dorothy “Toby” Tate lying in the cargo area. She hadn’t been hurt in the crash. She had been shot once below her left [See More…]