The Perfect Pie That Brought a Fugitive Back to Town
The Perfect Pie That Brought a Fugitive Back to Town
A perfect competition apple pie sitting on a rock shelf above the Kessler River led to the end of six years on the run - and fourteen years in federal prison. The pie came in a disposable tin with blue tape reading "Kessler County Open, Entry 7," photographed by Holly Roberts on a cold Tuesday morning in early March 2023; how did a baking habit and a county pie contest expose a fugitive?
In this episode, we lay out the sequence of discoveries from the photograph to the cabin on the Kessler River and ask what small needs can undo a long…
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