Five Chilling Details About Kay Wenal’s Murder

Kay Wenal was murdered on May 1, 2008, inside her house in Georgia. Her husband Hal Wenal was the first to discover her body and report her death when he came home in the evening after work.

Kay Wenal was found lying dead in the kitchen and her throat was slit twice as shown on 48 Hours previously. To date, this murder remains unsolved and the killer roams free.

The private and public investigators have found no leads in this case. With the hope of knowing more about this gruesome murder and getting new leads, CBS will re-air this episode of 48 Hours on July 27, 2024, at 9 pm EST. The episode is titled Solve this Case: Who Killed Kay Wenal?

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Five Chilling Details About Kay Wenal's Murder

1) Kay’s throat was slit twice

Kay's throat was slit twice (Image via Unsplash/Daniel Jensen)

As shown on 48 Hours previously, the detectives and private investigators presume that the assassin behind Kay Wenal's murder entered through the front door and then knocked her down with a brutal punch.

Kay Wenal could have been stunned following which she could have run around the house trying to hide. Her body was found in the kitchen with her throat slit twice. The detectives on 48 Hours called this an 'insurance cut,' saying the killer wanted to be sure that Kay was dead for which he slit her throat twice.

There was no murder weapon or usable evidence found by the police. Only pieces from a latex glove with no DNA and a towel with Kay's blood were recovered, which did not aid the investigation.

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2) There was blood on the walls

There was blood everywhere (Image via Unsplash/Jonathan Cooper)

After investigating the crime scene, the detectives found droplets of blood on the wall. Even months after her death, her husband didn't clean the house or move a thing. The blood on the floor and walls was still there as revealed on 48 Hours previously, which the detectives found bizarre.

Did Kay run around the house, trying to hide? Was she still alive after the first cut, which made the killer go for an insurance cut? After witnessing blood on the walls and across the crime scene, viewers are left with these unanswered questions.

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3) The mysterious letter

The Mysterious Letter (Image via YouTube/48 Hours)

A mysterious letter was sent to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution three months after Kay's death. The detectives on 48 Hours presumed this letter to be written by one of Kay's ex-lovers. The letter spoke about her character, vilified her, and told the readers that the real reason why she was killed was because she didn't keep her promise to leave her husband and be with the person (who wrote it), because of which he killed her.

The letter was written with magazine cutouts and the forensics assumed it to be written by a female and not a male, which made the crime officers speculate if there were more than one person involved in this homicide.

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4) The killer was not hired

The killer was not hired (Image via Unsplash/Andrey Zvyagintsev)

As spectated by the detectives on 48 Hours, the person who killed Kay wasn't hired as there was no sign of forced entry nor was Kay given a fast and easy death. Her throat was slit twice. If the killer had been hired, he wouldn't have been able to enter the house so swiftly or wouldn't kill her with a knife. Hired killers often use guns to give a fast death and then flee the scene immediately.

The killer came well-prepared and knew everything about the house and also about Kay's whereabouts, which made the kill easy. Kay had many lovers over the years as revealed on 48 Hours. Whether the killer was one of her ex-lovers remains the question as there has been no motive discovered behind her murder.

All the valuables and money were also untouched even after the murder, which gave the detectives a hard time figuring out why she was killed.

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5) Hal had secrets

Did Hal have secrets? (Image via YouTube/48 Hours)

As revealed by Mary on 48 hours, Hal was allegedly a fraud, who would often cook his books. There were six lawsuits filed against him, leading authorities to speculate if he or his enemies were involved. He was initially a suspect in Kay's death, but his alibi was later confirmed by the authorities.

Hal hired private detectives to investigate the murder and spent thousands of dollars so that the killer could be found. However in 2010, after his death from a heart attack, the private investigations had to stop because there was no one to finance it.

Although the detectives found Hal innocent, there were instances of him hiding facts from them concerning his wife's past, her affairs, and even lawsuits against him. Hal's involvement in Kay Wenal's murder remains unknown just as many aspects of the case.

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To know more about Kay Wenal's murder, watch 48 Hours on CBS on July 27.