Criminal Notes · October 1 · 21 min
The Olive-Green Suitcase: How a Routine Trip Hid a Methodical Murderer
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The Olive-Green Suitcase: How a Routine Trip Hid a Methodical Murderer
A woman's checked luggage arrived on schedule, folded clothes and a sealed birthday card addressed "Mom" tucked inside-yet the owner never retrieved it; a suitcase present and a woman missing would point to a pattern spanning three victims along freight corridors. Who was reading the invisible systems that tracked Janet Hansen's route, hotel and schedule long before she disappeared?
In this episode, we tell what happened the night Janet Hansen vanished, how her routines and a small-town baggage system intersected, and how those details led investigators to a suspect with sixteen years of experience. What did the records, the bar, and one olive-green suitcase reveal about a methodical predator?
Person: Janet Hansen
Age: 47
Date: October 13-14 (arrival 7:41 PM Oct 13; baggage handled 2:17 PM Oct 14)
Location: Delano Junction (Amtrak station), Hartley's Bar, Sunrise Inn
Person: Lloyd Schultz
- Janet's checked olive-green suitcase was removed from the reclaim carousel at 2:17 PM on October 14 by cargo handler Carl Reeves and contained a birthday card addressed "Mom" in her son Tyler's handwriting.
- Janet arrived at Delano Junction station at 7:41 PM on October 13 (timestamped by the Amtrak arrival log and baggage manifest) and left the station at 7:53 PM according to interior camera.
- Janet walked east on Commerce Street and entered Hartley's Bar at approximately 8:15 PM, ordered a glass of white wine, and sat three stools from the door.
- Lloyd Schultz, a regular at Hartley's with sixteen years of relevant experience, was at the bar that night, moved two stools closer, introduced himself, and left before Janet did.
- Janet's nightly nine o'clock check-in text to her son Tyler-sent every night for three years-was not answered the night of October 13; Tyler sent four texts and later fell asleep waiting.
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A woman's checked luggage arrived on schedule, folded clothes and a sealed birthday card addressed "Mom" tucked inside-yet the owner never retrieved it; a suitcase present and a woman missing would point to a pattern spanning three victims along freight corridors. Who was reading the invisible systems that tracked Janet Hansen's route, hotel and schedule long before she disappeared?
In this episode, we tell what happened the night Janet Hansen vanished, how her routines and a small-town baggage system intersected, and how those details led investigators to a suspect with sixteen years of experience. What did the records, the bar, and one olive-green suitcase reveal about a methodical predator?
Person: Janet Hansen
Age: 47
Date: October 13-14 (arrival 7:41 PM Oct 13; baggage handled 2:17 PM Oct 14)
Location: Delano Junction (Amtrak station), Hartley's Bar, Sunrise Inn
Person: Lloyd Schultz
- Janet's checked olive-green suitcase was removed from the reclaim carousel at 2:17 PM on October 14 by cargo handler Carl Reeves and contained a birthday card addressed "Mom" in her son Tyler's handwriting.
- Janet arrived at Delano Junction station at 7:41 PM on October 13 (timestamped by the Amtrak arrival log and baggage manifest) and left the station at 7:53 PM according to interior camera.
- Janet walked east on Commerce Street and entered Hartley's Bar at approximately 8:15 PM, ordered a glass of white wine, and sat three stools from the door.
- Lloyd Schultz, a regular at Hartley's with sixteen years of relevant experience, was at the bar that night, moved two stools closer, introduced himself, and left before Janet did.
- Janet's nightly nine o'clock check-in text to her son Tyler-sent every night for three years-was not answered the night of October 13; Tyler sent four texts and later fell asleep waiting.
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