The Dry Suitcase at Dawn: What Ralph Slater Didn't Leave Behind
The Dry Suitcase at Dawn: What Ralph Slater Didn't Leave Behind
A bone-dry navy Samsonite sat upright on a wet trail at 7:00 AM on June 9, 2011, handle extended as if recently set down - but dew should have covered it. Inside were four days of Ralph Slater’s clothing, a sealed razor and a handwritten map to Dayton; was the suitcase staged to hide something far darker?
In this episode, we follow the facts found the morning Sandra Bennett called at 7:14 AM and the questions Detective Karen Patterson wrote in her margins as the case unfolded, asking whether the scene was a performance meant for…
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