Murder of Cheryl Flippo

Alaina UrquhartCo-host of Morbid, autopsy technician and author of the Butcher novels

• Urquhart says Flippo's life-without-parole conviction was upheld and the appeal produced a Supreme Court ruling limiting warrantless crime-scene searching.

  “there was a Supreme Court ruling that came out that did limit the amount of time investigators can search a scene without a warrant”

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• Urquhart says the stalker letters were sent by James Flippo himself to frighten his wife whenever she got close to uncovering his conduct.

  “Now, also, that stalker we talked about? Was him. That was James”

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• Urquhart says Flippo specifically requested Cabin 13 when making the reservation two days before the killing.

  “but Joel said he pointed out specifically cabin 13. This cabin, again, is the last in the row, very secluded”

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• Urquhart says the red Camaro outside the cabin belonged to Joel Boges, whom Flippo had baptized days earlier and called from the payphone.

  “And that car outside the cabin? Yeah. That was also Joel's. He claimed he didn't recognize it. That was Joel's”

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