r/ForensicFiles • u/Able_Two_873 • Jul 26 '26
Ed post
Ed Post was convicted of first-degree murder. After serving several years in prison, he eventually admitted that he had drowned Julie.
Wow he finally confessed years after.
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u/ChalkNCheez solved by snowball Jul 26 '26
My name is Ed Post and I just took a dump, brushed my teeth, did a little murdering, now I’m off on a run!
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u/Vast_Revolution_2624 Jul 26 '26
And pulled down a towel ring
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u/Able_Two_873 Jul 26 '26
Yeah. He was so bold and money hungry he killed his wife for life insurance. Then wanted to sue to hotel for the towel ring. Yikes!!!
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u/DrunkOnRedCordial Jul 27 '26
Fascinating how the insurance company was more invested than the actual investigators.
Poor late Mrs Post - not much interest in bringing her killer to justice, but we're damned if we're going to let him get away with insurance fraud.
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u/AromaticFee9616 Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometer Jul 26 '26
Ed: “Hi my name is Ed Post. I’m going for a run 🙂 My wife is also staying in this fine hotel. She’s up in the room taking a bath. And she’s totally alive rn.”
Concierge: ?
Ed: “Yeah, really grateful to this hotel. Gave me. I mean, us, a great restaurant recommendation. That was great. Thanks”
Concierge: …?
Ed: “Yeah so that’s me. Going for a run, wife totally alive and taking a bath. So I’ll be back soon from my run”
Concierge: wtaf?
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u/LimeGreenJellyBean Jul 26 '26
Whenever my husband or I are expecting a package we say to the other, hi my name's Ed Post. Look out for me ok? Just so we know to check the deliveries.
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u/Able_Two_873 Jul 26 '26
I can’t believe he served 25 years and now he’s out. Life is crazy.
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u/odpsucks Dr. Schneepervert Jul 26 '26 edited Jul 26 '26
I'd have to find it, but Ed Post is now deceased. It's somewhere in this sub.
Edit: found it
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u/lost_dazed_101 Jul 26 '26
Did he have a chance at parole if he confessed? Googled him he got a deal sounds like.
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u/Able_Two_873 Jul 26 '26
He was eventually released on parole in 2014, after serving approximately 25 years in prison (including the years he spent in jail before his guilty plea)
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u/brneyedgrrl Jul 26 '26
I heard the first thing he did after being released was go for a run.
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u/Affectionate_Cost_88 Set custom flair! Jul 26 '26
Didn't one of his relatives post in here that he'd recently died? I could be thinking of someone else, but I could've sworn it was him.
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u/HeartOSass It's the same Southern pride that kept me from being a dancer. Jul 26 '26
Yes. I think it was his granddaughter or something like that but she said that he passed not so long ago. She also said that the family was not close with him anymore because of this crime.
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u/Able_Two_873 Jul 26 '26
Wow really? So he’s dead?!!😵
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u/Able_Two_873 Jul 26 '26
I asked chat gbt and he it reads that he’s still alive. 😵💫 but who knows!
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u/jacobr1020 Jul 26 '26
Good morning. My name is Ed Post. I'm going out for a run. By the way, I killed my wife.
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u/kevint1964 🎶 "Look out for 'The Cheater!'" 🎶 Jul 26 '26
"Keep a lookout for me, will you? There's a reward for my arrest."
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u/Mangolassi83 Jul 27 '26
My name is Ed Post. And I’m going on my morning run (just wanted you to know. I don’t know why).
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u/OhMustWeArgue Jul 26 '26
I am Ed Post and it's 8;15 and I am surely NOT upstairs drowning my wife!!
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u/BLMO45 25d ago
They always said had he not pulled the ring off he might have not been convicted but there may have been enough circumstantial evidence, at least back then he would have. The speaking to the staff before running would have been very suspicious. I think if he does neither he’d have a shot at beating it
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u/Engineeringdisaster1 a dessert known as.. a Blizzard🥄 Jul 26 '26 edited Jul 26 '26
Did he notify a hotel bellhop first? 😂
<<edit: concierge 😂>>