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The Murder of Pearl Bruns (Maine)

2020/12/7
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Bill Bruns 的辩护律师
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旁白：本集讲述了1991年Pearl Bruns 失踪案的始末，从最初的失踪报告到最终发现其遗体，以及警方调查中的失误和Bill Bruns 的罪行。案情复杂，涉及家庭暴力、酗酒、经济纠纷等多种因素。警方在初期调查中存在疏忽，未能及时将案件定性为谋杀案，导致调查进展缓慢。最终，通过先进的雷达技术，警方在地下室发现了Pearl Bruns 的遗体，Bill Bruns 被捕并最终认罪。 Elaine Woodward：作为Pearl Bruns 的女儿，Elaine Woodward 从一开始就怀疑母亲的死与Bill Bruns 有关，并积极推动警方调查。她认为母亲不会无故离家，并向警方提供了关键信息。 Bill Bruns 的辩护律师：Bill Bruns 的辩护律师认为，案发现场的证据不足以证明其犯有谋杀罪，最终促成了过失杀人罪的认罪协议。 Robert Schwartz：作为南波特兰警察局长，Robert Schwartz 在案件初期对Bill Bruns 的说法表示认同，并认为Pearl Bruns 可能离家出走，这导致了警方调查的延误。

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Pearl Bruns, a hardworking fish packer, navigates life in Portland's working waterfront, her relationships, and her marriage to Bill Bruns, a fish hauler.

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MAINE MURDER, 1991: On August 11, 1991, Bill and Pearl stood in their kitchen, each taking verbal jabs at the other in another argument over money. As the shouting got louder, Bill grabbed his keys and slammed the door on his way out of the house.

When he got home hours later, the house was quiet. Pearl was gone. “Probably run off with one of her ex-husband’s,” Bill thought. He crawled into bed and didn’t give his wife a second thought.

At least, that’s what he told police on August 14, 1991, two days later, when Pearl Bruns’ daughter Elaine reported her mother missing.

This is the story of a missing mother and a daughter's unrelenting search for answers, ending with a gruesome discovery much closer to home than investigators could've imagined.

 

Dark Downeast is an audiochuck and Kylie Media production hosted by Kylie Low.