Park Bench Murders ////// 856

Park Bench Murders ////// 856

Author: TRUE CRIME GARAGE July 16, 2025 Duration: 1:11:19
Park Bench Murders ////// 856 Part 1 of 1 www.TrueCrimeGarage.com On June 4, 2019, a little after 5 P.M., longtime friends Carnell “Nell” Sledge and Katherine “Kate” Brown arrived at the Rocky River Reservation which is a section of the Cleveland MetroParks. Both met at a pull-off gravel parking lot near the Lorain Road Bridge. Carnell and Katherine were shot and killed near a park bench shortly after arriving. Carnell was only 40 years old and Katherine was just 33 years old. These homicides are still unsolved. We covered this case before (see below) and will continue to follow up as necessary until an arrest(s) is made. Anyone with information regarding these murders is asked to call the FBI’s Cleveland field office at 216-622-6842. Tips can also be submitted at tips.fbi.gov  If you wish to remain anonymous please contact Crime Stoppers of Cuyahoga County at 3216-252-7463. TCG Previous Coverage of The Park Bench Murders; February 11 & 12, 2025 - Park Bench Murders /// Parts 1 & 2 /// Episodes:820-821 April 4, 2023 - Cleveland MetroParks Murders /// Episode: 660 Beer of the Week - Garage Beer Classic Lime Garage Grade - 3 and 3 quarter bottle caps out of 5

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Carnival of Lies ////// Part 4 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 53:07
May 25th is National Missing Children’s Day. President Ronald Reagan proclaimed May 25, 1983 as the first National Missing Children’s Day. He established the annual observance to bring national awareness to child safety…
Carnival of Lies ////// Part 3 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 53:58
May 25th is National Missing Children’s Day. President Ronald Reagan proclaimed May 25, 1983 as the first National Missing Children’s Day. He established the annual observance to bring national awareness to child safety…
Carnival of Lies ////// Part 2 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 52:09
May 25th is National Missing Children’s Day. President Ronald Reagan proclaimed May 25, 1983 as the first National Missing Children’s Day. He established the annual observance to bring national awareness to child safety…
Carnival of Lies ////// Part 1 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:03:45
May 25th is National Missing Children’s Day. President Ronald Reagan proclaimed May 25, 1983 as the first National Missing Children’s Day. He established the annual observance to bring national awareness to child safety…
Death Tracks ////// 929 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:07:25
For some strange reason murder does not seem to live far from the train tracks when it comes to True Crime Garage stories. This week we examine an old unsolved murder case from Oklahoma. This was a case that at one time…
Murder at Barberitos /// Part 2 /// 928 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 58:31
In an eight day span in January of 2018, the city of Warner Robins, Georgia experienced three homicides. Warner Robins Police mistakenly believed all three homicides were committed by one perpetrator. When the suspect wa…
Murder at Barberitos /// Part 1 /// 927 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 44:01
In an eight day span in January of 2018, the city of Warner Robins, Georgia experienced three homicides. Warner Robins Police mistakenly believed all three homicides were committed by one perpetrator. When the suspect wa…
Drive-Thru Murder ////// 926 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:18:04
Just before midnight, December 29, 1978 a man walked into a Drive-Thru / Carryout on the westside of St. Mary’s Ohio. That man is a suspect in Auglaize Counties only cold case - the murder of Roger Parent jr. Tonight in…
Paige Coffey ////// UPDATE [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:19:44
The Bratenahl Police Department and the F.B.I. need your help for information. Paige Coffey has been missing since May of 2019. She was 27 at the time. Paige is an African American female with black hair and brown eyes.…
Brian Shaffer ////// 925 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:09:50
Ohio State Medical Student, Brian Randall Shaffer disappeared without an apparent reason on April 1, 2006. His last known whereabouts was a second-floor campus area bar where he was having drinks with friends. Near the e…