Episodes

  • Episode 4 / Yes sir

    Episode 4 / Yes sir
    Apr 28 2023

    An unexpected hearing in the courthouse and Sheila's voice is heard for the first time.

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    30 mins
  • Episode 3 / Motion to Dismiss

    Episode 3 / Motion to Dismiss
    Mar 31 2023

    In this episode, we explore other theories about who the killer clown might have been. And we'll hear from the Defense as they are entering a Motion to Dismiss.

    That motion hangs largely on what the Defense calls deceptions and delays, attempted "tactical advantages" from the state.

    Like how the state didn’t turn over evidence it had for years- that was located in, of all places, a box at the State Attorney’s Office. The box contained a folder called "Clown Sightings."

    Lawyers wrote in the motion to the court that evidence "mysteriously appeared five years after Ms. Keen-Warren's arrest and nine days before her [first scheduled] trial."

    The motion claims Keen-Warren needs the information from the file for a fair trial under the 1963 Brady v. Maryland case in which the Supreme Court ruled the prosecution must give the defense all evidence that might exonerate the defendant.

    The defense says the “file contains clown sightings and citizen leads from the day of Marlene Warren's murder...the State maintained it did not have the file for more than three years, and lead detective Paige McCann refused to look."

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    The motion goes further, “the State did not dispute the requested information constituted Brady material but instead claimed without evidence it did not have the information and materials that the Defendant requested, even though the defense provided the court with transcripts from Detective McCann's depositions where she conceded that she did nothing to locate this file." (The word "nothing" was underlined in the motion.)

    “The State’s job is to ensure justice, not to secure a conviction. We’re interested in seeing what other evidence is out there, and we’re going to continue to fight for Ms. Keen-Warren’s freedom,” Attorney Greg Rosenfeld said.



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    32 mins
  • Episode 2 / Shop Girls

    Episode 2 / Shop Girls
    Mar 31 2023

    Two clerks from the costume shop where prosecutors believe Sheila Keen-Warren bought a jumpsuit, wig, and makeup, testify about their interactions with an odd-ball customer.

    This hearing is part of a marathon of arguments from the defense and prosecution to suppress evidence.

    The jury may not get to hear from the two sales-women, that's up the judge to decide before this trial starts in May.

    The defense says the clown get-up they sold was not what the killer was wearing, but on the question of who bought it, both the clerks picked Sheila Keen Warren out of a photo line-up and pointed to her in court.

    Dinah Rosales and Debra Lee Offord worked at The Spotlight Capezio. They told investigators, late one evening, May of 1990, a woman showed up after closing, they opened the door for her and let her in, she said she needed a clown outfit.

    They helped her pick one out.

    The mystery woman was described by both clerks as being , "not very feminine”, and that's potentially important because Keen-Warren is sometimes described by her familiars as being kind of a Tom-Boy.

    The customer was wearing a denim shirt, jeans and work boots, and she purchased a handful of items, then paid in cash and left, spending approximately 15 minutes in the shop.

    Rosales testified that the customer asked specifically if the face paint she was picking would cover up her whole face or should she buy two containers of it?

    The clown's wig is also an important detail and much this episode explores it.

    Keen Warren's Defense Team points to the eyewitnesses to the actual shooting (Marlene's son and three of his friends)

    They described a bald head with Bozo the Clown handle bars for hair

    Also. They said under the clown clothes, they thought the killer was a man.





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    30 mins
  • Episode 1 / A Clown in The Aero Club

    Episode 1 / A Clown in The Aero Club
    Mar 31 2023
    Many people from South Florida have heard this one before, but it's not a joke. Quite the opposite.A murder trial more than 30 years in the making is about to start.The defendant is accused of First Degree Murder with a Firearm. Prosecutors say she dressed in a clown costume, brought flowers and balloons to her lover's wife, then shot her at point blank range.9/26/2016: Killer clown case in Wellington remains a mystery5/26/2017: Creepy clown cold case remains unsolved after 27 yearsThere would be no arrest for 27 years but it eventually happened more than 800 miles away.9/26/2017: Arrest made in 27-year-old clown murder cold case9/27/2017: Woman arrested in 1990 clown murder case had lived in TennesseeThis case started on Memorial Day weekend, 1990, in Wellington.The first George Bush was president. Germany was reunified. The Hubble Space Telescope was launched. And there was a new kind of car being built, called the Saturn.Marlene Warren was home on Saturday, May 26.The 40-year-old mother had money. She lived with her family on Take Off Place in the exclusive Aero Club community, where large houses with small hangars encircle a landing strip.There were others home at the time: her son and some of his friends. The doorbell rang. Marlene would answer it.On the other side was a clown. A killer clown.The flower arrangement and two balloons had been bought earlier that day at a Publix, about a mile away from the suspect's apartment. One balloon read, "You're the Greatest." Snow White appeared on the other. The cost of the flowers: $15.87. The buyer paid $100 in cash, according to court records.The clown offered the items to Marlene, who reached out to grab the balloons and said, "How nice."Then the clown pulled out a gun and shot Marlene in the face. She fell to the ground.Outside, the clown was last seen walking calmly to a white Chrysler LeBaron convertible.Bill Kramer was a neighbor who was walking his Labrador retriever. Years later and still living there, he told CBS12 News he heard the gunshot. His wife went out the back of their house and someone asked her to call 911 because somebody had been shot.Kramer and his neighbor who was a doctor ran to the home. The doctor asked him to help administer first aid before first responders arrived.Nobody could save her.9/27/2017: Neighbor relives day of the clown murderMarlene Warren would die in the hospital, two days later, on Memorial Day.The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office had a person of interest in the killing but wouldn’t say so for many years.Four days after the shooting, detectives recovered a white LeBaron and said it was the killer’s.The car had been rented, and Michael Warren owned a business called Bargain Motors.A detective said the people who rented the car mistakenly called to return the car early but were told to leave the car and keys there.Investigators said Michael Warren, a woman named Sheila Keen, and a third person picked up the car.Keen used to repossess cars for Warren, husband of the victim.She’d been separated from her husband for a few months and rumored to be having an affair with Michael Warren.In fact, Keen’s estranged husband told that to investigators.But Michael and Sheila repeatedly denied that allegation, and there was not enough evidence to charge Sheila, though detectives later said they had a lot of puzzle pieces in 1990, and had Keen on their radar not long after the murder.Still, the crime went unsolved. It seemed nobody would pay for the murder of Marlene Warren.Then, time passed. A lot had changed after nearly a quarter-century.In 2014, the sheriff's office received new grant money. Its cold case team took a new look at the old crime.Investigators reconnected with witnesses.They used technology not available in 1990 and conducted additional DNA analysis.Then, there was a break in the case. Authorities thought they’d unmasked the killer clown.In August, 2017, prosecutors took the case to a grand jury, and Sheila Keen was indicted for first-degree murder.But she wasn’t exactly Sheila Keen and she didn’t live in Florida anymore.In 2002, she married widower Michael Warren and moved to a different world: the Tri-Cities of Tennessee and Virginia.There’s a joke that it’s not the Bible belt; it’s the buckle.The new Mr. and Mrs. Warren lived about 10 miles northeast on the Virginia side, in Abingdon.They ran a fast food restaurant called the Purple Cow across the state line in Tennessee.Sheila Keen-Warren’s arrest came years after living her new life, in the evening of Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2017.9/27/2017: Victim's parents react to clown murder arrestAuthorities from Palm Beach County were there for the event.Washington County Sheriff Fred Newman said Michael Warren was present when his wife was arrested for the murder of his previous wife.Sheila Keen-Warren, then 54, was arraigned the next day and extradited a week later.9/27/2019: Accused killer clown optimistic in jailhouse lettersShe made her first ...
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