Episode 16-The Air Force Promotion Test Cheating Murder
Episode 16 – The Air Force Promotion Test Cheating Murder
When Kathleen Lipscomb, a married nurse with 2-children, went missing in the summer of 1986, there were a lot of suspects. But due to either negligence or laziness – the case quickly went cold even through there were various suspicious people in Kathleen’s life, like her Air Force husband, William Lipscomb. They were going through a rough divorce. Also suspicious was her lover, Dr. Pearle (also her boss) and his wife (who refused to leave her husband even after she discovered his infidelity). And then there was her coworker (also her neighbor) who failed to return to work starting on the day she was murdered. All very suspicious.
Bill Lipscomb eventually moved away and left Kathleen’s mother behind to deal with the unsolved murder of her daughter. But Nadine Adams (Kathleen’s mother) refused to sit around. Nadine had her suspicions and she hired a private investigator that would dig so deep, it would reveal an enlisted promotion test cheating scandal so big it could lead to murder if exposed.
Tune in this week to hear about the investigation of Kathleen Lipscomb’s murder and how her meticulous note-taking in her weekly planner/diary lead to the answer – who killed Kathleen Lipscomb?
Kathleen Lipscomb
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A Clue from the Grave by Irene Pence
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William Lipscomb. Prison picture
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Daily Press
By: Charles H. Bogino
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Episode 16 Resources:
- Pence, Irene, “A Clue from the Grave.” 1997, https://www.amazon.com/CLUE-GRAVE-Irene-Pence/dp/0786013435/ref=dp_ob_title_bk?pldnSite=1
- https://www.bop.gov/inmateloc/ (fbob inmate search)
- https://militaryjusticeforall.com/tag/bill-lipscomb/
- https://www.dailypress.com/news/dp-xpm-19890719-1989-07-19-8907190179-story.html
- https://www.dailypress.com/news/dp-xpm-19900821-1990-08-21-9008210150-story.html
- Forensics Files, True Lies, Season 8, Episode 27, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUP1fCaPbUc
- Scorned: Love Kills, Sex, Secrets, & Sergeants, Season 5, Episode 5 https://militaryjusticeforall.com/2018/10/31/scorned-love-kills-7-military-veteran-cases-featured-in-the-investigation-discovery-series-2018/
- In Plain Sight, The Cheating Killer, Season 1, Episode 17 https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/tv-shows/in-plain-sight/full-episodes/the-cheating-killer
- https://www.dailypress.com/news/dp-xpm-19900821-1990-08-21-9008210150-story.html
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