The Photo That Proved the Payroll Killer Walked In Free
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The Photo That Proved the Payroll Killer Walked In Free
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The idea that a soaked payroll bag and a dry birthday photograph could contradict each other is chilling: twenty-two thousand dollars found waterlogged in a ditch while a five-by-seven print tucked above the waterline remained perfectly dry. Which man in that kitchen photo holds the key to who walked into a locked industrial building and killed William Evans at 3:15 a.m. on March 4, 1971?
In this episode, we lay out the facts from the original file and the overlooked evidence that never made detectives look twice, following the timeline from the night of the murder to the photograph’s thirty-one-year stay on a property-room shelf. Could a single studio print - stamped Walcott Photo and Portrait, 114 Crestview Drive - solve a case that sat cold for decades?
Person: William Evans
Date: March 4, 1971
Location: Carver Industrial Supply, Drummond Avenue
Case: Payroll robbery and homicide
Item: Item 14-C, five-by-seven gelatin print
- Victim found dead on stair landing at approximately 3:15 a.m., two blows to the back of the skull.
- Payroll bag recovered at 8:47 a.m. in a drainage ditch contained roughly $22,000 in cash and was waterlogged.
- Rain began around midnight; investigators estimated the bag had been in the ditch since between 2:00 and 4:00 a.m.
- A five-by-seven studio photograph was tucked in a dry side pocket above the waterline and showed three men around a birthday cake.
- The photograph bore a blue rubber stamp: Walcott Photo and Portrait, 114 Crestview Drive.
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