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The Redwing on Orchard Spur: Why a Boot Rewrote a 22-Year Death

The Redwing on Orchard Spur: Why a Boot Rewrote a 22-Year Death

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The Redwing on Orchard Spur: Why a Boot Rewrote a 22-Year Death

Cold, deliberate detail: a single Redwing work boot sat upright on a concrete meter pad at 7:41 AM with frost on its tongue and no grime from the pad, placed there after a building had been vacant for 22 years-so why would someone leave one boot as if to send a message? What does that solitary, pristine boot reveal about a fire ruled accidental more than two decades earlier?

In this episode, we follow the sequence of events that began when meter reader Monica Bauer photographed the boot and called it in, and how that photograph became exhibit one in a criminal trial. We trace Ronald Draper’s life, his notebook of bridge drawings, the original investigation closed in 2002, and the chain of evidence that reopened the case-could one boot overturn a 22-year-old ruling?

Person: Ronald Draper
Date: November 9, 2001 (time of death approximately 11:15 PM)
Location: 414 Orchard Spur Road
Witness: Monica Bauer (meter reader) - photographed boot at 7:41 AM on November 14, 2023
Status: Original fire ruled accidental; case reopened leading to a criminal trial

- The boot was a Redwing, right foot, size ten, with frost on the tongue and clean leather.
- Monica Bauer was on a route of 212 accounts and had been reading meters for six years.
- The building at 414 Orchard Spur Road had been sealed and vacant for 22 years prior to November 14, 2023.
- Ronald Draper was 26 when he died and had been an apprentice welder at Crestline Metalworks for two years.
- The original investigation closed on March 26, 2002, with Inspector Ted Grubb signing the report attributing the cause to a defective electrical panel.

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