November 8, 1985. Harris County, Texas. A burned-out Jaguar belonging to 52-year old Ed Baker, the millionaire chairman of a Houston-based oil investment business, is discovered in a remote field. The charred remains of what is believed to be Baker’s body are in the passenger’s seat and since he had been suffering from serious financial problems and claimed he was receiving death threats, there is suspicion that Baker was murdered by people he owed money to. However, some people suspect that Baker staged an elaborate suicide in order to ensure his family could collect on his life insurance policies. Did Ed Baker kill himself or was he the victim of foul play? Or could he have actually faked his own death and fled the country? We shall explore all the different theories on this week’s episode of “The Path Went Chilly”, which covers a very bizarre unexplained death.

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Additional Reading:

https://unsolved.com/gallery/ed-baker/

https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Ed_Baker

https://www.inc.com/magazine/19861001/1703.htmlHouston Chronicle (November 10, 1985)