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Feb 2023
27m 32s

Zip Tie Murder

Cosgrove Meurer Productions, Inc. + Audacy
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A motorcycle accident turns into a homicide investigation when Robert Kope is found strangled to death on a rural road in LaGrange, California. The murder weapon — a zip tie — is strange enough, but the crime scene is inexplicable. Who murdered Robert and why was his body found a quarter of a mile from his motorcycle? 
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