When a young woman is found brutally murdered in her Indianapolis home in 1958, police start pointing fingers at everyone that’s been in and out of the house. But for every twist and turn and decade that has passed, there’s still so many questions around who killed Malvina.
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11 Nov 2024
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When a young woman is found brutally murdered in her Indianapolis home in 1958, police start pointing fingers at everyone that’s been in and out of the house. But for every twist and turn and decade that has passed, there’s still so many questions around who killed Malvina.
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- Hi, crime junkies, I'm Ashley Flowers. - And I'm Britt. - And the story I have for you today is one that I actually found in our own backyard, like actually steps away from where we're recording right now. I had never heard of it, but I do not know how because it's one of the weirdest, twistiest, bizarre cases that I have come across. One with questions that still people will have, but there is no family around to ask the questions anymore. So it's up to us, crime junkies to ask, who killed Malvina Cruts? (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) - It's a brisk Wednesday afternoon on January 29th, 1958 when Charles Cruts pulls up to his home in the Meridian Kessler neighborhood in Indianapolis, right around 5 p.m., after like a typical day of work. And when he pulls up, he's a little taken aback because his wife's 1950s Buick isn't around. So he walks into his house and sees his 10 year old son, Charles, sitting on the couch watching television and he says, "Hey buddy, Charles goes by buddy, by the way." He says, "Buddy, where's your mom?" And buddy says, "Well, I think she's out delivering "newspapers, I came home from school today for lunch "and she told me that she was gonna take care of my route. "And I don't know if that's like a normal thing "for her to offer to do "or even if getting to go home on your lunch "is a normal thing, like wasn't when I was a kid." Again, 58 though, but buddy makes it sound like their lunchtime combo was routine, except there was something weird about it. He tells his dad that the entire conversation that they had about this paper route, even his mom telling him, you know, eat the sandwich that I made you that's sitting on the kitchen table, all of that is through the bathroom door. Like he never actually laid eyes on his mom. And then he adds, "I don't like the looks of the bedroom. "What bedroom is he talking about?" He's not entirely sure, but this is like a teeny tiny house. So he goes to where the two bedrooms are. I've got a map of this like on the website, but it's like a bathroom in the middle of a room on each side.
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When a young woman is found brutally murdered in her Indianapolis home in 1958, police start pointing fingers at everyone that’s been in and out of the house. But for every twist and turn and decade that has passed, there’s still so many questions around who killed Malvina.
