A newspaper carrier finds a GPS running watch ticking in a locked room, but its owner has been dead for 19 hours. The impossible evidence points to a planned murder.

The missing watch exposed a planned murder

This episode explores the perplexing case of Troy Young, a crab fisherman found dead with his running watch missing, only for it to reappear in a locked building. The investigation uncovers a meticulously planned crime where the most crucial evidence initially seems to defy logic.

Person: Troy Young
Date: November 6th
Location: Harwick Bay, Maine
Cause of death: Blunt-force trauma to the skull
Investigator: Detective Lori Moore

- Sixteen-year-old Craig Porter discovers a running GPS watch in a locked harbormaster's storage building at Breakwater Point.
- Troy Young, a crab fisherman, was known for his consistent 4.8-mile morning run and always wore his GPS watch.
- Dr. Kevin Marsh, the medical examiner, places Troy Young's time of death between 5:38 and 5:45 AM on November 6th.
- Janet Solis, a neighbor, confirms Troy never ran without his watch, noting a pale tan line on his bare wrist where it should have been.
- Todd Phillips signed out a key to the waterside storage building on November 5th for a "diesel pump inspection," but no such equipment existed in the building.

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