163: Ewell Family Murders & April Kauffman

Published: March 3, 2021, 12:30 p.m.

Brandi starts us off with a very Brandi case. It was Easter weekend, 1992, and Dana Ewell was concerned. He was spending time with his girlfriend\u2019s family and couldn\u2019t get a hold of his parents. When investigators arrived at the Ewell home, they discovered a chilling scene. Dana\u2019s sister Tiffany had been shot. So had his father, Dale. His mother, Glee, had been shot four times. The killer had taken their time with the murders. They left no DNA. No prints. No shell casings. The home appeared to have been ransacked, but little -- if anything -- was taken.\xa0\n
\n\nThen Kristin tells us about the murder of talk radio show host April Kauffman. In what would later turn out to be April\u2019s last day on the air at WIBG, The Talk of South Jersey, she told her listeners that she \u201cfelt like she was on borrowed time.\u201d She said that if she were to be \u201ctaken out\u201d and sent to \u201csee our creator,\u201d she could take comfort knowing that she\u2019d raised her daughter, Kimberly with the right values. April\u2019s co-host didn\u2019t look too deeply into what April said. But April seemed to know she was in danger. The next day, she was dead.\n
\n\nAnd now for a note about our process. For each episode, Kristin reads a bunch of articles, then spits them back out in her very limited vocabulary. Brandi copies and pastes from the best sources on the web. And sometimes Wikipedia. (No shade, Wikipedia. We love you.) We owe a huge debt of gratitude to the real experts who covered these cases.\n
\n\nIn this episode, Kristin pulled from:\n\u201cFamily Secrets\u201d Episode of 2020\n\u201cFreddy Augello, \u2018hands dripping red with the blood of April Kauffman,\u2019 convicted of her murder,\u201d by Amy Rosenberg for The Philadelphia Inquirer\n\u201cEHT man to be sentenced for witness tampering in April Kauffman murder trial,\u201d by Molly Bilinksi for the Press of Atlantic City\n\u201cHusband of slain radio host paid man to kill his wife 5 years ago, authorities say,\u201d by Chris Franklin for New Jersey.com\n\n\u201c\u2018I can breathe,\u2019 says daughter of slain radio host after murder charges filed,\u201d by Chris Franklin for New Jersey.com\n\n\u201c\u2018I feel like I\u2019m on borrowed time,\u2019 April Kauffman said on radio before her killing,\u201d by Claire Lowe for The Press of Atlantic City\n\u201cPagans guitar maker Freddy Augello sentenced to life plus 30 years in April Kauffman murder at Shore,\u201d by Amy Rosenberg for The Philadelphia Inquirer\n\u201cFerdinand Augello sentenced to life in prison, +30 years for murder of April Kauffman,\u201d Office of the Atlantic County Prosecutor\n\u201cAtlantic County Prosecutor accused of mortgage, criminal investigation corruption,\u201d by Dan Alexander WPG Talk Radio\n
\n\nIn this episode, Brandi pulled from:\n\u201cTwo in a Million\u201d episode Forensic Files\n\u201cThe Ewell Family Murders\u201d by Lori Johnston, medium.com\n\n\u201cPure Greed\u201d by Mark Gribben. The Malefactor\u2019s Register\n\u201c'Odd Couple' College Students Murder One's California Family For Inheritance\u201d by Ethan Harfenist, oxygen.com\n\n\u201cDana Ewell\u201d wikipedia.org\n\n\u201cDana Ewell\u201d murderpedia.org\n\n
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