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Oct 12, 2023 1 hr 9 min

Doyle Wheeler Pt. Two

from The Path Went Chilly Hosted by Robin Jules Ashley TPWC

April 19, 1988. Suncrest, Washington. 36-year old Doyle Wheeler, a former police officer from the San Diego Police Department, is attacked inside his home by a group of armed intruders. They force Wheeler to write a suicide note at gunpoint, hog-tie him, and fire a shot which grazes the side of his head, but he winds up surviving the attack. Evidence seems to link the intruders to another San Diego police officer named Donovan Jacobs whom Wheeler had testified against at a previous murder trial. While Wheeler suspects Jacobs of orchestrating the attempt on his life, Jacobs believes the incident never even happened and accused Wheeler of fabricating the entire story in order to set him up. Did Donovan Jacobs attempt to have Doyle Wheeler killed? Did Wheeler orchestrate a fake home invasion in order to frame Jacobs? Or could an unknown third party have been behind the entire thing? On this week’s episode of “The Path Went Chilly”, we explore the alleged attempted murder of a police officer in one of the most unique and complex stories we’ve ever covered. Patreon.com/julesandashley Patreon.com/thetrailwentcold Additional Reading: https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Doyle_Wheeler https://apnews.com/b7ce295622b630e619207b41e52b55f7 https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-07-21-me-9029-story.html

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