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  • Cold Case Files Vintage Murder/Trouble in Paradise (Season 2, Episode 13)
  • TV-14
    TV Episode | 43 min | Documentary, Crime

Cold Case Files

Vintage Murder/Trouble in Paradise (Season 2, Episode 13)
TV-14
TV Episode | 43 min | Documentary, Crime
In 1973 in the small town of Owosso, Michigan, 20-year-old Dawn Magyar is abducted from a grocery store parking lot. Six weeks later, a farmboy is checking maple syrup pails in a forest near Owosso and stumbles upon a body, later ...See moreIn 1973 in the small town of Owosso, Michigan, 20-year-old Dawn Magyar is abducted from a grocery store parking lot. Six weeks later, a farmboy is checking maple syrup pails in a forest near Owosso and stumbles upon a body, later identified as Magyar. She's been shot three times, once in the back and twice in the head. Police say she's been raped, and semen is recovered. Michigan State Police pick up the case, but they have no strong leads, and the case goes cold. Two years later, another local boy is swimming in a river near Owosso when he steps on the barrel of a revolver. Police compare the gun to the slugs pulled from Dawn Magyar's body and conclude it's the likely murder weapon. They trace the gun to the last known owner, one Robert Shaw who bought it at a pawn shop in Yuma, Arizona. Police have no other information on Robert Shaw, and in the days before computers, he is nearly impossible to track. The case once again goes cold. In 1994, Michigan State Police review all cold cases where DNA can be developed. The Magyar rape kit is sent to a DNA lab, and a profile is developed. Several suspects are compared to the profile, but the DNA exonerates all of them. In 1998, MSP detective Mark Pendergraff decides that the revolver found in the river is their best lead. He begins with the last known owner of the gun, Robert Shaw. There are thousands of Robert Shaws living in the United States, so Pendergraff must narrow down the list somehow. See less
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Producer
Mike West (as Michael West)
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Status
Edit Released
Updated Mar 26, 2000
Release date
Mar 26, 2000 (United States)
Awards
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Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmy Awards. Another 1 nomination

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Bill Kurtis
Self - Host Self - Host   See fewer
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Dawn Magyar
Self - Victim (archive footage) Self - Victim (archive footage)   See fewer
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Jerald Wingeart
Self - Suspect (archive footage) Self - Suspect (archive footage)   See fewer
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