Episode description

December 1, 1991. Herndon, Virginia. The parents of 21-year old Tommy Burkett return home to find him dead in his bedroom, the apparent victim of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. When the authorities arrive, Tommy’s parents are immediately taken aback by their suspicious behaviour and notice strange discrepancies to make them believe their son did not commit suicide. Upon further investigation, they find evidence to suggest Tommy might have been murdered for doing undercover work with the Drug Enforcement Administration on his university campus and that a massive cover-up surrounds his death. Did Tommy Burkett actually take his own life, or did many people conspire to have him killed? On this week’s episode of “The Trail Went Cold”, we tackle one of the most suspicious suicide cases you’ll ever come across. Special thanks to listener Eve Davis for providing the opening narration for today’s episode.

Additional Reading:

https://unsolved.com/gallery/tommy-burkett/

http://unsolvedmysteries.wikia.com/wiki/Thomas_Burkett

http://www.dcdave.com/article4/020704.htm

http://web.archive.org/web/20051105020746/http://thepacc.org:80/

The Trail Went Cold is produced and edited by Magill Foote.

All music is composed by Vince Nitro.