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Chapter 1: What happened to the insurance agent Bob Eidman?
A larger than life businessman gunned down in his office. But will the discovery of his secret double life lead to the killer? An all new 2020 starts right now.
So in broad daylight, a man is shot dead in his place of business on a busy street.
I knew as soon as I saw it, I knew he was gone.
Just two blocks behind me, Bob Eidman was found robbed and murdered.
Bob Eidman was shot three times. That third shot has been an execution.
I was just all the way there saying, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
There were just floods and floods of police cars coming in and just total chaos.
We're with the Major Case Squad. They only have five days, so the clock is ticking.
Diane found out on the site that her husband had been murdered. Yes, she did.
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Chapter 2: What was the immediate reaction to Bob Eidman's murder?
It's a pretty peaceful community and people look out for each other.
Cold-blooded murder is not something St. Charles is known for, and the local cops will probably need some help with what looks like a big investigation. So they appealed to a special group for help. A request was made to notify the Major Case Squad.
And they contact other departments that are in our area, and they send detectives there to assist us.
More than 30 detectives with the Major Case Squad are now looking for his killer. This elite major case squad has a very high rate of success. 80% of their cases are solved. But with all this manpower, there's one catch. They only have five days to get the job done. So the clock is ticking.
They're coming from all other agencies. At some point, they need to get back to theirs.
The police canvassed First Capital right there in front of the shop.
How you doing? We're with the Major Case Squad and we're investigating a homicide that happened here Friday afternoon.
Asking, did you notice something on June 7th?
And then you can see in the distance those apartment houses. You talked to all the people who lived in those apartment houses too, didn't you?
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Chapter 3: What secrets did Bob Eidman hide from his family?
Chapter 4: How did investigators uncover Bob's double life?
Glenn always believed that Bob was his mother's favorite. Even so, he said he was not prepared for what he says she asked him to do as they attended Bob's funeral.
At his funeral, my mom was confined to a wheelchair. She was in very poor health. So she goes, how could somebody do this to my boy? I said, Mom, I don't know. I don't know why. She goes, well, I want you to find those people. I want you to kill them. And I said, that's not how this works. You know, I'm a police officer. I can't do something like that. But she was very devastated.
And literally three months after his death, she died. She has lost her will to live. It was kind of a rough year, for sure.
I went up to the funeral and seen Diane and she was broken up, but I didn't ask a lot of questions.
She never really said a whole lot. She really didn't say a lot about anything. She was pretty quiet.
I was just watching Diane and just grieving with her. And I noticed there was a large police presence. And I just thought that was odd for a funeral. But if they suspect the murderers to be there, then they were there for a reason.
At the time of Robert Eidman's funeral, we set up surveillance and we recorded video of the attendees at the funeral, as well as obtaining the guestbook for the services. Police check out every name on the funeral registry. It takes them nowhere. Meanwhile, it's day four of the Major Crimes Task Force investigation. The clock is ticking, but still no good leads on who killed Bob Eidman.
We were striking out. There was no one that could really come up and say, Bob's having a problem with anyone.
But then the Major Case Squad does a deep dive into Bob's email, his phone and computer records. They're searching for any hidden clues. They make a discovery they're eager to know a lot more about, just as Glenn comes in for his interview.
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