It is May 7, 1976 right before 5pm when a stolen car had been located. The car belonged to a man named Frank Columbo who lived in Elk Grove, a suburb of Chicago. Authorities notified the Elk Grove police and asked them to do a welfare check on the Columbo home. When officers entered the home, it was clear that this was much more than a stolen car recovery case. A loving family had been brutally murdered and a neighborhood was scared. The crime would shock everyone but the biggest shock was yet to come.
Join Jen and Cam as we discuss “A Dark Love:Columbo Family Murders” on this episode of Our True Crime Podcast.
Listener Discretion by our buddy Edward October from @octoberpodVHS
All music is by our EP Nico @wetalkofdreams
Sources:
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200730/parole-denied-again-for-patricia-columbo-frank-deluca-in-elk-grove-murders
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2011-03-02-ct-x-n-columbo-parole-20110302-story.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTj6GDpKYkc
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200730/parole-denied-again-for-patricia-columbo-frank-deluca-in-elk-grove-murders
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/a-young-woman-and-her-married-lover-kill-her-family
https://www.facebook.com/137265619731/posts/patricia-columbo-64-and-frank-deluca-82-will-seek-release-from-prison-when-they-/10158652602764732/
https://www.daily-journal.com/news/state/woman-speaks-out-about-1976-murder-of-her-parents-brother/article_da4a76ca-7eb2-5857-bb6a-ff726a92046a.html
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/1609226285604/parole-denied-again-for-patricia-columbo-frank-deluca-in-elk-grove-murders
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-110302-patricia-columbo-pictures-photogallery.html
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