Cold Cases SOLVED! Undercover Cops Get DNA From Suspect with "Chewing Gum Trick"

Cold Cases SOLVED! Undercover Cops Get DNA From Suspect with "Chewing Gum Trick"

From Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan by CrimeOnline and iHeartPodcasts

May 28, 2026 · 47 min

About this episode

The episode discusses the resolution of two cold case homicides through innovative investigative techniques involving DNA evidence.

July 12, 1980, Everett, Washington: Married, mother of two, Susan Vesey, was found dead in her home the morning after her 21st birthday.  Her children were home while she was tied up, beaten, sexually assaulted and strangled.  Many possible suspects, including her husband and brother-in-law, were interviewed, but no arrest was made, and the case went cold.  June 2, 1984, Everett, Washington: Passerby calls 911 from a pay phone to report a fire in a small apartment building. Firefighters rush in to put out the fire and find Judy Weaver, tied up with a phone cord, strangled, brutalized and dead. The investigation stalls and goes cold. In the Weaver evidence file - a piece of carpeting from the apartment and a cigarette butt from the potential suspect.  Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack dig into the files of Susan Vesey and Judy Weaver and explain how those murders were directly tied to a sexual assault in 1979 of a woman who was able to escape the monster and the sexual assault of two sisters in 1984, that landed the suspect in prison, his DNA in CODIS, and creative undercover investigators using the "chewing gum trick" to solve two cold case homicides. See…

People in this episode

Host: Joseph Scott Morgan

Guest: Dave Mack

Topics covered

  • cold cases
  • DNA evidence
  • undercover investigation
  • true crime
  • homicide
  • sexual assault

Keywords

  • cold cases
  • DNA
  • homicide
  • Everett
  • true crime
  • investigation
  • chewing gum trick

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Places: Everett, Washington

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