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Case 312: Dustin Wehde

29 Mar 2025

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*** Content warnings: Sexual assault ***When first responders arrived at the Roberts family home in the small town of Early, Iowa, on December 13 2001, they found 20-year-old Dustin Wehde lying in a pool of his own blood. The homeowner, Tracey Roberts, claimed she’d shot Dustin in an act of self-defence after he and another unknown assailant broke in and threatened to kill her and her children. As investigators looked into possible suspects, several persons of interest emerged. But all was not as it seemed.---Narration – Anonymous HostResearch & writing – Elsha McGillCreative direction – Milly RasoProduction & music – Mike MigasMusic – Andrew JoslynAudio editing – Anthony TelferSign up for Casefile Premium:Apple PremiumSpotify PremiumPatreonFor all credits and sources, please visit https://casefilepodcast.com/case-312-dustin-wehde Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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The evening of Thursday December 13 2001 started out like any other for married couple Ken Lee and Jane Showmaker. The two were relaxing at home in the rural town of Early, Iowa, when suddenly at around 7.07pm their pages started frantically beeping.

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The couple volunteered as emergency medical technicians for the early fire department and the page announced that there had just been a home invasion at a residential address a few doors down. Gunshots had been fired and at least one intruder was injured while another had fled the scene. The showmakers were stunned.

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Such an incident was completely out of the ordinary for the small town of roughly 650 residents, where serious crimes were virtually non-existent. They rushed to the property in question, a blue two-story Victorian-style house that they knew was home to married couple Michael and Tracy Roberts and their three young children.

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The Roberts family had moved there from Chicago two years earlier, seeking a change of pace from the big city. Michael, an Australian expat, was a computer security expert who ran a computer business out of the property next door to their home. They were an upstanding Christian family who fit in well with the close-knit community. The showmakers arrived before law enforcement did.

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As EMTs, they'd been taught never to enter a home until it had been cleared by police. So they waited across the street for several minutes until the first officer arrived. The officer approached cautiously with their weapon raised, scouring the property for any sign of danger.

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