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Jul 2019
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Episode 53 - Quee Choo Chadwick

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About this episode
On Wednesday October 10, 2012 Peter Chadwick and his wife Quee Choo disappeared from their Newport Beach home in California. The following day, Peter made a call to 911 from a gas station close to the Mexican border.

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Research & Writing:
Christine Penhale
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Information On Peter Chadwick:
https://www.usmarshals.gov/investigations/most_wanted/chadwick/chadwick.htm

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Audio Clips
“Calif. Man Tells Authorities His Wife Was Murdered in Bizarre 911 Call.” CBS News,
May 9, 2019.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/peter-chadwick-calif-man-tells-authorities-his-wife-was-murdered-in-bizarre-911-call/
“News Conference.” Newport Beach Police Department, September 19, 2018.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZipqzjX6t0
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