Episode 22: The Unsolved Murders of Roger Atkinson and Rose Burkert

This week is another throwback from Scream and Sugar, we will be back next week!

Roger Atkinson and Rose Burkert are two lovers who check-in to a hotel for a romantic getaway, only to be found brutally murdered the next day by housekeeping. This case has several suspects with clear motives, and family members pointing a finger at one another. Then Paul Holes starts investigating the case, returning to the crime scene and talking to the original and current investigators on the case. What he finds could potentially solve this cold case that remains unsolved after 41 years.

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Episode Sources:

https://www.facebook.com/justiceforRosie

https://meaww.com/golden-state-killer-investigator-paul-holes-breakthrough-1980-cold-case-bizarre-links-other-murders

https://cbs2iowa.com/news/local/iowas-unsolved-hotel-murders-still-haunt-amana-community-40-years-later

http://www.iowaunsolvedmurders.com/beyond-1965-selected-unsolved-iowa-murders/death-at-the-morticians-convention-murders-of-rose-burkert-and-roger-atkison-1980/

https://iowacoldcases.org/case-summaries/rose-burkert-and-roger-atkison/