The 22% Tip: How a Coffee Cup Ended an Eleven-Month Manhunt
The 22% Tip: How a Coffee Cup Ended an Eleven-Month Manhunt
Steam on a car roof led a paperboy to call his brother, and that call ended an eleven-month manhunt that spanned six states and forty-seven diners. A paper coffee cup, a consistent 22% cash tip, and a Thursday diner routine became the thin thread federal marshals followed - but how did a routine breakfast habit break a four million dollar disappearance?
In this episode, we tell how a comptroller vanished the week before a 23-count indictment and how investigators turned small, repeatable details into leads. Follow the timeline from a…
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