Sammy Wheeler

Summary

Criminology Podcast — Episode Summary

Episode Title: Sammy Wheeler
Hosts: Mike Ferguson & Mike Morford
Release Date: July 19, 2026
Episode Theme:
A deep-dive into the 1992 murder of Samuel “Sammy” Edward Wheeler in Virginia—a case marked by a tangled web of personal relationships, false leads, and ultimately, the random violence of strangers. The episode explores how investigators and those closest to Sammy struggled with suspicion, until a startling revelation explained the senseless crime.

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Main Theme Overview

This episode examines the mysterious and tragic murder of Sammy Wheeler, first covered on Unsolved Mysteries in 1994. For years, the people closest to the victim suspected each other—his girlfriend, her ex-husband, and even Sammy's identical twin brother. The hosts walk listeners through the intensely personal suspicions, the breakdown of each suspect’s alibi, and how, in the end, it was a random, senseless act committed by complete strangers that changed many lives forever.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Crime Discovery and Initial Investigation

• [03:15–05:56] Two hikers in George Washington National Forest discovered Sammy’s bullet-riddled Isuzu Trooper and his body inside, wrapped in a sleeping bag. Attempts had been made to destroy evidence by setting the car on fire.
  • Notably, an EMT and volunteer firefighter happened to be among those called to the scene, both assisting and preserving evidence.
  • Quote: “He [the firefighter] knows this is a crime scene. And he doesn’t want to disturb any evidence.” — Mike Ferguson [04:37]

2. Suspects Among the Inner Circle

• [07:11–18:44]
  • Bob Bean (Pat’s ex-husband): Ongoing custody disputes and jealousy. Bob didn’t want Sammy near his sons and even hired a private investigator to monitor him.
  • Pat Sneed (Sammy’s girlfriend): Technically still married to Bob; suspected by others due to her close proximity.
  • Danny Wheeler (Sammy’s twin): Lived nearby; later accused by Pat of being in love with her and possibly wanting Sammy dead.
  • The children, ages 3 and 4, claimed to have been present at the forest, causing confusion, but police believed these statements were manipulated or imagined.
  • Quote: “There are a number of possible motives when it comes to Bob here.” — Mike Ferguson [09:47]
  • Quote: “You have to wonder if … maybe they're confused. Could they be making things up?” — Mike Morford [18:10]

3. Elimination of Family Members as Suspects

• [21:28–25:10]
  • All three main suspects (Bob, Pat, Danny) passed polygraphs and had strong alibis:
    • Bob was on National Guard duty in another state, confirmed by military records and witnesses.
    • Pat’s movements were detailed in her diary; physically and logistically unlikely to be involved with her two small kids in tow.
    • Danny was seen at a bar with multiple witnesses the night of the murder.
  • Quote: “The window of time alone makes it impossible for Bob to have committed the murder … doesn’t mean he couldn’t have been behind it, but he wasn’t there.” — Mike Ferguson [23:37]

4. New Leads & Private Investigator’s Role

• [26:23–29:39]
  • Danny Wheeler, desperate for answers, hired a private investigator who eventually learned of a drunken confession years later by Kirk Thomas Bell implicating himself and Guy Jackson Price.
  • Until this lead surfaced, police wondered if the crime was a random “crime of opportunity.”
  • Quote: “It was an actual case of the victim just being in the wrong place at the wrong time.” — Commonwealth’s Attorney [28:31, paraphrased by host]

5. The True Perpetrators and Their Motives

• [29:39–35:48]
  • Kirk Thomas Bell & Guy Jackson Price: Two acquaintances out “raising the devil,” drinking, and “spotlight hunting” for deer at night:
    • Price began firing into Sammy’s SUV on a whim, not knowing anyone was inside.
    • After realizing they had killed someone, they attempted to cover up their involvement by collecting shell casings, returning to the scene to shoot Sammy again and to set the car on fire.
  • Erratic behavior escalated after the shooting, including shooting at passing vehicles and livestock.
  • Quote: “They’re not criminal masterminds … they’re doing all this other stuff that might draw attention to themselves.” — Mike Morford [33:20]

6. Break in the Case and Legal Outcomes

• [38:37–44:39]
  • Bell, initially threatened by Price, later cooperated with law enforcement under fear of implication.
  • Price was arrested in 1998, tried, and convicted of first-degree murder, sentenced to life (plus eight years) but eventually paroled in 2020, likely accelerated by COVID-era policies.
  • Jury rejected Price’s attempts to shift blame to Bell due to physical evidence and witness accounts.
  • Bell never faced charges, having acted as a witness for the prosecution. He died in February 2025.
  • Quote: “To me, this is a guy that … took the time to clean up the evidence. He went back to the scene and shot the victim again. I feel that this is a little bit more of a serious crime, given the fact that he went to these extra lengths.” — Mike Morford [43:49]

7. Aftermath, Rumors, and Closure for the Family

• [46:30–53:45]
  • Persistent rumors claimed Bob Bean orchestrated the crime, but there was no evidence and financial investigations ruled out a paid hit.
  • The initially suspicious parties—Bob Bean and Danny Wheeler—ended up reconciling and supporting each other after the truth came out.
  • Quote: “Sometimes good people make honest mistakes.” — Bob Bean [49:54]
  • The emotional toll on Danny—Sammy’s identical twin—was a major focus, as his grief and search for the truth dominated his life until the case was solved.
  • Quote: “He can at last get on with his life.” — Colleen Wheeler, Sammy and Danny’s mother [51:49]
  • Quote: “I don’t know if this fellow who shot Sammy realized just how many lives he’d mess up when he took that one.” — Tom Wheeler, brother [52:51]
  • The case exemplifies how senseless, random violence can spiral suspicion among loved ones, and how closure often comes from unlikely sources.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “Murder in the Heartland, a podcast from ID…” (host promos repeated throughout; omitted from summary content)
• [04:37] Mike Ferguson: “He [the firefighter] knows this is a crime scene … doesn’t want to disturb any evidence.”
• [09:47] Mike Ferguson: “There are a number of possible motives when it comes to Bob here.”
• [18:10] Mike Morford: “You have to wonder if … maybe they're confused. Could they be making things up?”
• [23:37] Mike Ferguson: “…makes it impossible for Bob to have committed the murder … doesn’t mean he couldn’t have been behind it, but he wasn’t there.”
• [28:31] Commonwealth’s Attorney (paraphrased): “It was an actual case of the victim just being in the wrong place at the wrong time.”
• [33:20] Mike Morford: “They’re not criminal masterminds… they’re doing all this other stuff that might draw attention to themselves.”
• [43:49] Mike Morford: “To me, this is a guy that … went back to the scene and shot the victim again … a little bit more of a serious crime.”
• [49:54] Bob Bean (via hosts): “Sometimes good people make honest mistakes.”
• [51:49] Colleen Wheeler: “He can at last get on with his life.”
• [52:51] Tom Wheeler: “I don’t know if this fellow who shot Sammy realized just how many lives he’d mess up when he took that one.”

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Important Segment Timestamps

• [03:15] — Crime discovery at George Washington National Forest
• [07:11] — Introduction of personal suspects and their tangled relationships
• [21:28] — Alibi evidence clears Bob, Pat, and Danny
• [26:23] — PI’s involvement and new suspect emerges
• [29:39] — The random perpetrators and the fateful night
• [35:31–38:37] — The cover-up attempts, second trip to crime scene, Price's overseas deployment
• [38:37] — Arrest and cooperation of Bell; capture and prosecution of Price
• [43:49] — Sentencing, appeals, and Price’s eventual parole in 2020
• [49:54] — Aftermath, exoneration, and reconciliations among those initially under suspicion
• [51:49–54:12] — Closure for the Wheeler family; lasting effects of the crime

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Podcast Tone & Style

Conversational, empathetic, focused on critical thinking. The hosts interweave factual recounting with personal reflection, providing both the “whodunit” intrigue and a compassionate look at how crime affects victims’ loved ones. Their back-and-forth maintains a sense of suspense, but always returns to broader reflections about justice, closure, and the unpredictability of random violence.

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Final Takeaways

• The case initially appeared as though it would never be solved, with suspicion falling squarely on Sammy’s loved ones.
• Law enforcement’s dogged work, aided by a key confession, revealed the true culprits—unconnected to Sammy, their crime a reckless, random act.
• The episode highlights the complexities of crime investigation, the weight of unresolved grief, and the unpredictable and far-reaching consequences of violence.

For listeners, the story is a cautionary tale about jumping to conclusions—and a testament to the persistence required to uncover the truth.

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End of Summary

Transcript

[Mike Ferguson]

Murder in the Heartland, a podcast from ID explores real crimes across small town America. Towns that may look a lot like your own. Each week, uncover shocking stories of murder and betrayal. From a suspicious hunting accident to a college student who disappears after her shift at a local bar. Hear from investigators, witnesses and family members as they share the chilling details behind each case. If you're interested in true crime with a small town twist, I think you'll enjoy this podcast. Listen to Murder in the Heartland wherever you get your podcasts.

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[Mike Morford]

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[Mike Ferguson]

Hello everyone, and welcome to episode 418 of the Criminology podcast. This is Mike Ferguson.

[Mike Morford]

And this is Mike Morford.

[Mike Ferguson]

Mr. Morford, how you doing this week, buddy?

[Mike Morford]

Doing good. You know, we're talking before we started recording about our aches and pains and getting up there in age and comparing notes, but I'm here, I'm talking and talking up, hanging out with you. What are you doing?

[Mike Ferguson]

Yeah, yeah, it, you know, it's the, the fun part, right? I haven't talked about this in a while, but, you know, there's the research part, which, you know, is fun in its own way, but the recording and the, you know, us going back and forth, that's really the fun part of the week for me.

[Mike Morford]

Yeah, I look forward to Friday mornings. That's when we usually record and, you know, hang out for a couple hours, talk about a cool case and get ready for the next one.

[Mike Ferguson]

Well, we didn't have any new Patreon support this week, but just wanted to say thank you to everyone who does support us on Patreon. We really appreciate it.

[Mike Morford]

Yeah, it really goes a long way to helping us out and we appreciate everyone that does do that. And if you want to get started, head over to patreon.com criminology all right,

[Mike Ferguson]

we're jumping right in. And for our listeners who are fans of the show Unsolved Mysteries, this is a case you might remember the 1992 murder of Sammy Wheeler in Virginia. In the Unsolved Mysteries episode about Sammy's case that first aired in 1994, there seemed to be no shortage of suspects mentioned and Amongst them, they seemed to point the finger at one another. Eventually, Sammy's murder was solved, and it turns out that the killer wasn t even someone talked about in that episode.

[Mike Morford]

This story starts out on June 7, 1992. It was around 10 in the morning that day. In a parking area at George Washington National Forest in Virginia, the two hikers came across an odd scene, and they knew right away that something was definitely wrong. The first thing that stood out was an SUV, a dark blue 1988 Isuzu Trooper riddled with bullets. The gas cap was open, and it looked like someone had tried to set the car on fire by blowing up its tank. Bits of paper and a cigarette had been shoved in the opening of the tank. Some of the paper had obviously been burned, but the fire went out before all the paper or any of the contents of the tank could ignite. The hikers flagged down a group of people nearby, a group that conveniently included an EMT and a volunteer firefighter for help.

[Mike Ferguson]

The group made their way to the vehicle and took a closer look into the car. What they saw shocked them. Inside the car was 35 year old Samuel Edward Wheeler, known as Sam or Sammy to his friends and family. He was inside a sleeping bag in the backseat, dead. It appeared that he had been killed inside the car. He'd been shot six times. Some of the bullets hit his upper body and others hit his head. The volunteer firefighter on scene carefully used one finger to open the door, trying not to disturb any evidence so that he could check for a pulse. On the off chance they had arrived soon enough to help, Sammy's wrist felt cold to the touch. Investigators quickly descended on the scene to scan for clues. All right, morph, so you're just out, you know, for a leisurely hike, something that, you know, many of us do all the time out looking at nature and just, you know, taking in the scenery. And then you walk up on this, a car that has been shot up, somebody tried to set it on fire, and then inside is a man who is dead and has been shot to death. But I do want to talk about the fact that nearby is an EMT and a volunteer firefighter. Okay. Kind of fortuitous, right, for the group that finds this car. And in my mind, for a couple of reasons, right, if there's any aid that could be administered, obviously an EMT and a volunteer firefighter are going to know more than the average person. But also, you know, as I said, this volunteer firefighter opens the door carefully because he knows this is a crime scene. And he doesn't want to disturb any evidence.

[Mike Morford]

Amazing the amount of cases we've covered over the years where it involves someone out for walk on a trail, something along those lines, and they stumble upon something like this. But it's equally amazing to me that a lot of times the people that are first there to help turn out to be nurses or firefighters or an off duty policeman, you know, somebody of authority that can help out in these situations, because you have to imagine that the first people to find this are in shock. And it's good to have someone there that has some kind of training or knowledge to help in that situation. Investigators believe that the attempt to light the car on fire was part of a larger goal, destroying evidence at the crime scene. There were no shell casings found anywhere, despite the multiple shots obviously fired. And someone had wiped the car clean of any fingerprints. In addition, Sammy's wallet was nowhere to be found. Investigators wondered if he had been targeted in a robbery that went wrong. Maybe someone had stumbled upon him alone in the national forest and decided to take their chance. But investigators didn't have to pursue that line of thinking for very long because the people closest to him in life all had ideas about what happened to him and why. And they were not shy about pointing the finger and naming names.

[Mike Ferguson]

Sammy was an identical twin. His twin brother, Danny, immediately thought of a suspect who might have wanted Sammy dead. Sammy's girlfriend, Pat Sneed, was technically still married, even though she and Sammy had a wedding date set and it was fast approaching. Danny believed that Pat's ex, Bob Bean, could have hated Sammy enough to kill him. They had been having issues for months due to a complicated custody situation involving Pat, Bob and their two young children. In 1992, the children were 3 and 4 years old. Since at least the fall of 1991, Bob was angry that Sammy was around Pat when she had their kids. He didn't want his sons to have anything to do with Sammy. It's unclear whether Bob's issue was with any man replacing him or whether he had a specific issue with Sammy as a person. But it seems from what we could gather, that he. He wouldn't have been happy seeing Pat with anyone, especially before their divorce was complete. In his Unsolved Mysteries interview, Bob mentioned he just wanted to provide some kind of moral environment for the children. And I think you have to look at Bob as, you know, a person of interest early on. He's the ex, right? The ex is going to be looked at. They're in a custody battle. But this idea morph of, you know, someone being jealous or upset, whatever word you want to use about their, their ex seeing someone else. Okay. It's going to happen. And a lot of times it's probably going to be kind of the same emotions towards anyone. Not Sammy in particular, but just the fact that your wife, ex wife, is with somebody else.

[Mike Morford]

Yeah, that seems like it's always a line of inquiry for the police immediately is to look at the ex, Especially when there's some kind of volatile situation over custody. You've got kids involved, that really touches off a lot of intense feelings. And, you know, oftentimes someone is murdered, it's by someone they know and it's, it surrounds a situation like this. So I think the police had to definitely consider Bob Bean.

[Mike Ferguson]

Yeah. And we, we talk about, you know, divorce situations, custody situations all the time. But here you have kind of another angle, which is just maybe on top of it, jealousy.

[Mike Morford]

Right.

[Mike Ferguson]

You're not happy that your wife, soon to be ex wife, is with somebody else. So, I mean, you really have a number of possible motives when it, when it comes to Bob here.

[Mike Morford]

Danny Wheeler owned a building that had been split up into multiple apartment units. He lived in one and rented the others out. Toward the end of 1991, Sammy moved into one of the units with Pat and sometimes her children. Bob didn't like this arrangement, so he went to court and filed a motion regarding Sammy and the children. In February, just four months before his murder, Bob. A judge ruled that Sammy couldn't be around the boys. Sammy and Pat didn't have to break up, but they would have to find different places to live. And if Pat had the boys, Sammy couldn't go see her. They would need to make sure that the kids were with Bob or a babysitter if they wanted to have a date night. So it certainly caused some bad blood and friction.

[Mike Ferguson]

But it seemed like Sammy was okay with this arrangement. He just wanted to be with Pat and he wasn't going to let Bob or the courts tear them apart. So he moved out of his own apartment and moved into Danny's unit. But this wasn't enough for Bob. He hired a private investigator to tail Sammy and see if he was really staying away from the boys. Apparently, the PI Caught Danny talking to Pat when she had the boys. Now, it's unclear if the children were actually there and interacting with Sammy or if he was just seen at the apartment building at a time the children would have been inside. The PI could have seen his car parked at Danny's and assumed he was at Pat's. There's just not much information about this supposed incident. And we don't know if Sammy really broke the court's order. All we have today is Bob's word that his PI told him this is what happened.

[Mike Morford]

I get where Bob is coming from. He wants his boys to be safe. We don't know all the information here about Sammy or his background. You know, if he had a criminal record, if he was, you know, maybe a drug abuser, things that might put his children at risk. I can see taking all these precautions, but it seems like he was really going overboard here if there was none of that at play. And, you know, going back to the judge ordering Sammy not to be around the boys, you know, I wonder what that's based on. If they were just dating and there was no criminal record or no nothing to put the kids at risk, why would the judge come to that decision? So that's just something I've been thinking about as we got up to this part.

[Mike Ferguson]

Yeah, I'm with you. Yeah. Again, not much out there in the research about it, but it was kind of an interesting decision. It seems like there had to have been something there for the judge to make this decision that Sammy was not to be around the boys. It had to be more than just Bob being angry or jealous. But what it is, we don't know.

[Mike Morford]

After this private investigator incident, Sammy decided to be even more careful. If living in a different unit wasn't enough, he wouldn't live in the building at all. He decided to start living in his suv. He took out the rear seat so that there was enough room for him to sleep comfortably. He could stop by his brothers here and there. But overnight, he and his car would be far from the boys. There would simply be nothing to misconstrue, nothing to report to the judge, nothing else to fight about. He felt that it was the best way to handle the situation. But reportedly, just four days before he was murdered, Sammy was still basically being stalked by supporters of Bob Bean. This time, it wasn't the private investigator following Sammy. It was Bob's teenage son from a prior relationship. He was taking pictures of Sammy as he left his brother's apartment at around 5:30 in the morning. This obviously upset Sammy, so he went to talk to Bob's son. Eventually, they went their separate ways, but police wondered if this confrontation could have been the final straw for Bob Bean.

[Mike Ferguson]

So two things jump out at me here. One is that, I mean, you're just really seeing the scope of how far Bob is willing to go. I mean, he's not backing down and he's pushing this thing. And the second thing is, obviously Sammy really cared about this woman deeply, wanted to be with her, because he's taking some extraordinary steps. He's willing to live in his suv.

[Mike Morford]

Yeah, it seemed like he was trying to make the situation work and listen to what the judge said, keep Bob happy by not being around the kids. So he seemed like he was going out of his way to do his part and make that work.

[Mike Ferguson]

And it wasn't just the custody situation that made Danny believe Bob could have wanted Sammy dead. Bob and Pat's divorce was apparently set to be final just two days after Sammy was found dead. And Sammy and Pat's wedding was set for just two days after that. If he wanted to easily get rid of Sammy, Bob was running out of time. But Bob felt that Danny and Pat had stronger motives. In the Unsolved Mysteries episode, he said he knew of two things that would come between twin brothers. Money and a woman. Pat had started to suspect Danny of Sammy's murder. And after a friend told her that he was secretly in love with Pat and had been for a long time, maybe his jealousy was finally just too much to take. They were identical twins, after all. What could Sammy possibly have that Danny didn't? If Sammy was gone, he could easily just take his place and marry Pat.

[Mike Morford]

Danny denied these allegations and said that Pat was like a sister. Looking back on things, Pat started to believe that Danny's emotional outburst upon being informed of his brother's death was just an act. He had immediately told the officers to go find Bob Bean and then grabbed his own shotgun and tried to march right out of the apartment past him. What seemed like somebody completely distraught over losing their other half, losing a connection most of us will never be able to understand, could have also been a misdirection and a way to seem surprised about what he already knew.

[Mike Ferguson]

Danny started to wonder why Pat would lie about him being in love with her or why she would ever try to blame him for Sammy's murder. This made him begin to suspect that Pat had killed Sammy. After all, she would have known exactly where he was supposed to be that night. And Bob felt that it could have been possible, too. He claimed that about a week after Sammy's murder, the children started showing signs that they knew something about what happened, and the only way this would be possible is if Pat was responsible. They first started talking about how Sammy was found dead in his own suv. Obviously, they had to explain to the children that Sammy was dead. So he wouldn't be coming back. But how would they know very specific details? Who in their right mind would tell a young child anything about the specifics? When he started asking them more about what they knew, they said they were actually up at the national forest and that they went there when Sam got shot. As time went on, the boy seemed fearful. So Bob continued to ask them about what they knew and he started recording their responses with a video camera. So more, if there's a lot going on here, first and foremost, Sammy is dead. But then, you know, you have the police questioning those around him, which is completely natural. The thing that jumps out to me is how many people are starting to suspect someone in Sammy's life. Right. Pat starts to suspect Danny. Danny's like, why is Pat lying? Bob possibly suspects Pat. And then you have the children apparently saying some things that they probably shouldn't have known. But the biggest bombshell of it all is them saying that they were. They were in the forest when Sam got shot.

[Mike Morford]

Yeah. You have to wonder if that's because maybe they're confused. Could they be making things up, you know, had they been to that forest before, but just at a different time. You know, this is all stuff that the police have to consider. And I think the police also have to continue their investigation and not be swayed by any of these back and forth accusations between the people that knew Sammy. They're pointing the finger in every direction at each other. But the police have to stay on task and follow the evidence to see where it goes.

[Mike Ferguson]

Yeah. And they got to check it all out. But I'm with you, right? You don't want to get too wrapped up into any one thing unless it starts to pan out. But the other thing is these two kids, they're only three and four years old. So three and four year olds say some wild stuff. You gotta keep all of that in mind as well.

[Mike Morford]

We already know that Bob wasn't happy with the custody arrangement. Sure, it was supposedly Sammy that he had a problem with, but. But eventually Pat would probably have another boyfriend and he would have the same problems with him. It could have not been about Sammy at all. It could have been a justification to be an inconvenience in his ex's life. Sammy being around was an easy way to ask a judge for custody if he knew that Pat wouldn't leave him. Maybe after Sammy's murder, he saw an easy opportunity to ask for full custody again. All he had to do was make it seem like Pat was involved. Just plant the seed of doubt and the judge might find that Bob's house was a better environment for the children, even temporarily. That's all speculation, of course, but investigators did believe that Bob was putting those ideas in their heads and that the children didn't know or witness anything regarding Sammy's murder.

[Mike Ferguson]

Murder in the Heartland, a podcast from id explores real crimes across small town America, towns that may look a lot like your own. Each week, uncover shocking stories of murder and betrayal, from a suspicious hunting accident to a college student who disappears after her shift at a local bar. Hear from investigators, witnesses and family members as they share the chilling details behind each case. If you're interested in true crime with a small town twist, I think you'll enjoy this podcast. Listen to Murder in the Heartlands Wherever you get your podcasts, this episode is

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[Mike Ferguson]

to this point in the story we have multiple people that knew Sammy and they all seem to be pointing the finger at each other. According to Doug Rhodes, a special agent with the Charlottesville, Virginia branch of the FBI, all three of them, Bob, Pat and Danny, passed polygraph tests which indicated no sign of deception and all three of them had alibi. Bob was on duty with his Army National Guard unit far from the crime scene in North Carolina. He told WHSV.com, i was in the middle of the woods with my National Guard unit on my two week summer camp. People saw him there, including one of the investigators who would end up being assigned to Sammy's murder case, who happened to be in the same unit as Bob and obviously there would be a record of his absence if he had shirked his responsibilities that weekend. If we assume that the time of death was estimated correctly, there was no way Bob could have killed Sammy. He would have had to drive about 150 miles and commit the murder in just two hours. Assuming he drove the speed limit the whole way, he wouldn't have been able to make it there in time.

[Mike Morford]

So it seems that Bob had an alibi for the murder. But what about Pat? She was at home with her two young sons. They couldn't exactly vouch for her, but if she was going to kill Sammy with her two children in tow, she could have just done that in the apartment. It would have been easy to create a story where he got fed up with the quartz telling him what to do and tired of her letting Bob push him around and attacked her, leaving her no choice but to defend herself and the kids. There was no need to take two young children to the woods in the middle of the night and. And hope that they didn't spill any of the details later on. Investigators believed her when she said she was at home with the boys as usual. Plus, her diary was very detailed. Not only her daily activities, but when she saw Sammy and what they did, she was keeping a thorough record she could take to court with her if she was accused of violating any court order.

[Mike Ferguson]

So Bob's alibi is really good, right? I. My youngest daughter's boyfriend is in the National Guard. He does the. The two weeks and then obviously one weekend a month or whatever his schedule is. But I know he does like a two week stint and, you know, it's. It's pretty buttoned up. I don't think they have a lot of time as far as free time, and just the. The window of time alone makes it impossible for Bob to have committed the murder. Now, it doesn't mean he couldn't have been behind, Just means he couldn't have physically been there and killed Sammy, you know, himself. But then, you know, I do want to talk about Pat and the kids. There's a lot of different ways that the murder could have happened. If she wanted to kill Sammy for. For whatever reason. I just don't see a scenario where a mom would do that with her kids in tow. I mean, that just. It doesn't make any sense to me at all. Number one, why would you subject your kids to that? And then number two, why would you even take the chance that they could tell on you?

[Mike Morford]

Yeah, both of their alibis seem to be pretty strong, and the police came away believing that they were being truthful. So I think the third person they had to look at was Sammy's brother, Danny.

[Mike Ferguson]

Police also found out that Sammy's twin brother Danny was out at a bar all night at the time his brother was Murdered. Multiple people saw him during the time the murder was thought to have happened. So he seemed to have a pretty clear cut alibi as well. So you have all three of the people that seem to be pointing the finger at each other as potential suspects, all seemingly having alibis. And investigators were left trying to answer the question, who killed Sammy and why? Obviously, Sammy's family wanted answers. The Wheeler family offered a reward of $7,700 for information regarding Sammy's murder. This amount was later raised to $10,000. They were hopeful that this would bring in new leads, but nothing really came in. Danny, sure that someone out there knew something, told the Daily News leader, someone out there is going to be awfully angry with themselves when an arrest is made. And they realized they had the information to take this $10,000 reward, but they kept their mouth shut.

[Mike Morford]

Danny couldn't bear the thought of his brother's murder staying unsolved forever. So he hired Allen Cates, a private investigator for a law firm. As this was a private case not related to any of the firm's cases, Cates had to work on the case on his own time, leaving his Saturdays for 18 weeks dedicated to finding Sammy's killer. By the time Alan Cates interviewed Bob Bean in 1998, Bob had yet another suspect in mind. He told Cates about a man named Kirk Thomas Bell, who was 22 years old in 1992 when Sammy was murdered. According to WHSV.com Bell had been drinking with one of Bob's friends when a segment about the murder aired on tv and he blurted out, hell, I know who did that. It was Guy and I. Yeah, and we mentioned it.

[Mike Ferguson]

Morph. Right. Danny and Sammy were twins. And, you know, there's that bond between twins. I mean, I don't know what it is. I, I'm an only child and I certainly don't have a twin, but you hear about it all the time. You know, twins just seem to have a different relationship than they do with their other siblings, if they have other siblings. So it doesn't surprise me at all that, you know, Danny is fixated on this. Right. He wants to find Sammy's killer. So much so that, you know, he hires a private investigator. Now, this private investigator doesn't interview Bob Bean for like six years right after the murder. But it seems strange that Bob has now another guy that he believes was involved in the murder. I mean, I'm just wondering why at some point during that six year period he didn't give this information to police.

[Mike Morford]

Yeah, it does make you Wonder if Bob had this information or the suspicion why he sat on it. And you know, if you're someone that suspects Bob and thinks he had some shady motives or was involved in some way, it probably doesn't help paint a good picture of him.

[Mike Ferguson]

But we also don't know when this alleged kind of confession happened, right, what year it happened. So could it be possible that this guy, Kirk Thomas Bell, someone who had not been mentioned early on as a suspect, might have been responsible or played some role in the murder? Until everyone started pointing the finger at each other, Investigators actually thought that the crime scene looked like a crime of opportunity and that Sammy was an unfortunate random victim. As it turned out, they were right. August County Commonwealth's attorney Ailey Irvin told the News Leader. Two drunks were just out there raising the devil. Kirk Thomas Bell and his childhood friend, 23 year old guy Jackson Price, didn't even know Sammy Wheeler, didn't know that he would be there that night, and didn't realize he was actually inside his parked car when they came upon the scene. This was an actual case of the victim just being in the wrong place at the wrong time.

[Mike Morford]

On the night of June 6, Bell and Price had been aimlessly driving around, drinking and basically seeing what kind of trouble they could get up to. Price was on leave from the army and needed to let loose while he could. They got the idea to head to Elkhorn Lake and do some spotlight hunting, which is where you go hunting at night and use bright light to spot and shock the animals. In many places this practice is illegal because shooting at night is just inherently more dangerous than shooting during the day. And it's also more cruel to the animals being hunted. The light makes them freeze up and reflects their eyes, making them incredibly visible and highly vulnerable. It gives them no chance to get away. It's less of a hunt, more of a slaughter.

[Mike Ferguson]

Yeah, I don't hunt morph, but you know, I do have experience with deer. We have a lot of deer around where I live. And you know, if you're driving the back roads at night, you really have to be careful because it's entirely possible that, you know, if a deer is standing in the road and you know, you come over a hill, your lights shine on the deer, they don't move, they just kind of freeze.

[Mike Morford]

Yeah, I've never gone spotlighting for deer, so I don't know everything that's involved, but sort of like you touched on, you can clearly tell just by driving by and your lights shining on them that they sort of freeze. Up and stand there and don't really move a lot of time. So, you know, that seems like a tactic that if you're going to do that, it would be easier to get these deer.

[Mike Ferguson]

When the two men got to the George Washington National Forest and the parking area near Elkhorn Lake, they spotted Sammy's SUV parked there. According to Bell, Price got out of the car with a.30 30 rifle and suddenly started shooting at the SUV. It was only after this shooting that either of them realized there was someone in the car. And when they looked closer, they knew that the person had been shot. Panicked, Price picked up all the shell casings, and the two decided to get out of the area. But Price's erratic behavior continued as they were driving around. After shooting a stranger, Price felt that a truck was following them too closely. Bell pulled the car over to let the truck pass, but Price shot at the driver. While pulled over, Price heard a cow in a field and decided to shoot it, too. So Bell is telling this story right to police, and obviously he is putting it all on Price. And it's actually kind of a wild story if you think about it. So, you know, they're out, they're drinking, they're. They're raising hell, they're doing whatever, but to see an SUV just parked in the forest and think, oh, I'm going to grab my rifle and, you know, 30, 30 is a. Is a pretty large cartridge, and I'm just going to start shooting the car, having no idea whose car it is. What's. What the situation is that, I mean, that just seems so strange to me now. Obviously, at some point they realized there was someone in the car who they had shot, or at least who Price had shot. So they panicked, they picked up the shell casings and got out of there. But then even after that, Prices like, shooting at a guy in a truck, he's shooting at a cow. I think erratic is maybe almost an. An understatement here.

[Mike Morford]

It didn't seem like they were criminal masterminds trying to hide and get away with what had happened. They're out shooting cows, shooting at other people, and, you know, who knows, Maybe that other driver didn't even know that he was being shot at. But I wonder if he had come forward and reported being shot at that night. Say, maybe the police would have put two and two together and said, maybe we should try and see if this is linked to Sammy's murder, and maybe that would have helped provide answers sooner.

[Mike Ferguson]

And you say not criminal masterminds, and yeah, I get that, but Just the very idea that you would think to pick up all the shell casing, well, there's definitely some thought to that. You know, you did something wrong. You know that police can probably use those shell casings to help identify you. So you, you know, I definitely take that into account.

[Mike Morford]

Later on, Price made Bell drive them both back to the George Washington National Forest, this time in Price's car, a blue 1992 Mazda. The first thing Price did was shoot Sammy again, this time with a.22 caliber pistol to make sure he had finished the job. Then Price got the idea to set the car on fire to destroy any evidence that could link them to the crime scene. There was no need for the shot with a pistol. One of the shots from the.30 30 rifle had gone right through Sammy's heart and his left lung. He was already dead when he was shot in the head. A witness recalled seeing Price's car near the crime scene late on the night of June 6th. Were very early on the 7th.

[Mike Ferguson]

And this seems more like such a strange thing to me. I mean, you're going to take a chance, go back out to the crime scene for what? To make sure that this person is dead. I mean, my thought is if they're still there, they're dead. They're not making it. It just seems like an awfully big risk to drive your own car back out to the crime scene. And maybe that goes directly to your criminal mastermind thought.

[Mike Morford]

Yeah, it is odd because on one hand they're trying to cover up anything that links them to the crime. Set the car on fire, taking shell casings, but then they're doing all this other stuff that might draw attention to themselves. So it's a conflicting activity they were doing.

[Mike Ferguson]

And maybe the going back to, to shoot the person again wasn't the main motive, Right? Maybe it was to set the car on fire and get rid of evidence. And I mean, we know fire does destroy evidence, but we also know in this instance they weren't successful right, in setting the car on fire. Murder in the Heartland, a podcast from ID explores real crimes across small town America. Towns that may look a lot like your own. Each week uncover shocking stories of murder and betrayal. From a suspicious hunting accident to a college student who disappears after her shift at a local bar. Hear from investigators, witnesses and family members as they share the chilling details behind each case. If you're interested in true crime with a small town twist, I think you'll enjoy this podcast. Listen to Murder in the Heartlands. Wherever you get your podcasts.

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[Mike Ferguson]

Only one week after the murder, Price was stationed in Germany. Later at a preliminary hearing, Bell said, he said if I said anything the same thing would happen to me and this was him trying to explain why he didn't come forward with what he knew. He said he was also afraid that even if he lived, he would be found guilty of the crime just for being there with Price. Despite the threats from Price, Bell cooperated with police. 29 year old guy Jackson Price was arrested on July 24, 1998. He had left the army in 1996, likely after an injury because he was receiving checks for 50% disability while working at Walmart. He was charged with first degree murder, use of a firearm during a felony and shooting at an occupied vehicle and held on a bond of $75,000. The fact that he had been stationed multiple places throughout his military career was used as a point against him, making him a reasonable flight risk.

[Mike Morford]

Investigators recovered both of the guns Price used to shoot Sammy during a search of his parents house in Dalville. A shell casing found in the Field, where the cow was shot and killed. The only shell casing not picked up by Price matched one of the guns. Price tried to downplay his involvement, admitting that he was there when Sammy was shot. But he claimed that Bell was the one who pulled the trigger. In his version of the story, they were only at the crime scene once in Bell's car, a green 1977 Chevette. A jury did not buy this version because, first of all, why would Bell have had guns that belong to Price? And if they were only there once in Bell's car, how did a witness see Price's car there? The members of the jury, three men and nine women, believed Bell's version of the story because it matched more evidence than Price's version.

[Mike Ferguson]

And you can kind of understand that, right? Maybe why a jury would be a little dubious of Price's version of events. Number one, he's on trial for murder, so he's got to come up with something, right? That's something that we see all the time. And it's very common when you have multiple people involved for one person to then turn around and blame it on the other. But the gun thing, to me as a juror, would be a big deal. You're saying that Bell committed the crimes, but the guns belong to you. Okay, doesn't make a lot of sense there. Also, in your story, you guys only went out there one time, and it was in Bell's car, but we have a witness saying that they saw your car there.

[Mike Morford]

I think in this kind of situation where it's one person saying one thing, the other person saying the other thing, that the jury has to sort that all out and try and figure out which version is correct, because they both can't be correct and come to a conclusion based on the totality of everything.

[Mike Ferguson]

And it sounds like they did just that by going with the story that matched the evidence, or at least more closely matched the evidence than the other story. On May 22, 1999, just two days after going on trial, the jury found Price guilty of first degree murder and recommended a life sentence plus eight years. He was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole in 2004. Price tried to appeal on grounds of ineffective counsel, but the motion was denied. Price's case is an interesting one. He first became eligible for parole in 2012, but the board denied his motion. He tried again in 2017 and 2019, but both times he was denied parole. It looks like he had to wait at least two years between requests for parole. But in March of 2020. The year after he was denied parole, he requested again, and this time it was granted. And this was the start of the COVID 19 pandemic. And without it, Price may still be in jail to this day. If we think back to that time, many facilities were dealing with overcrowding and a spread of COVID And many offenders were released during this time to try to help manage the spread and keep people healthy. And we all know, I mean, 20. 20 was a crazy year. There was so much going on. It was a bad year, no doubt about it. But when it comes to criminals, we know a lot of them were let out because of the overcrowding and the spread of COVID and all that. I mean, when you do the math, more if this guy only served like 22 years of a life sentence for murder, and I have to believe that Covid played a part in him getting out.

[Mike Morford]

It seems there's no doubt. And I know people can be rehabilitated, can learn their lesson behind prison. We don't have enough information to know if what's this guy Price, if this guy Price was remorseful or, you know, maybe they took that into consideration as well. But, you know, to me, this is a guy that. It wasn't a spur of the moment thing. He took the time to clean up the evidence. He went back to the scene and shot the victim again. I feel that this is a little bit more of a serious crime, given the fact that he went to these extra lengths to cover it up and ensure that his victim was dead. So I'm a little bit surprised that he didn't do more time.

[Mike Ferguson]

Yeah, I am too. But I do think you have to look at Covid, and I think it played a big part. I mean, heck, we know there who was the big serial killer who they almost let out, is that the Green river killer, somebody was like slated to be let out accidentally.

[Mike Morford]

There's no way that he could be.

[Mike Ferguson]

No.

[Mike Morford]

I heard he was dying, though.

[Mike Ferguson]

Yeah. I don't know if it was him. There was a big killer who was on a list to be released, and I think they figured it out before he actually was released. I can't remember who it was.

[Mike Morford]

Yeah, you know, it has to be pretty serious conditions during that time with COVID in prisons to let somebody like that kind of killer out or at least consider letting him out. Price was only about 50 when he was granted parole and released. It seems like that's not tool to cause more trouble. If you're the kind of person who will just shoot at parked cars. Passing drivers and cows for no reason. Maybe he was truly rehabilitated and maybe received treatment and is no longer so unpredictable and dangerous. He was an army veteran and had served in the Gulf War. Maybe was suffering from some mental health issues after that, which were treated or got better over time. We have to hope that the parole board knew what they were doing. We can't find any information on Price after his release from prison. It appears Kirk Thomas Bell died on February 23, 2025, just over one week after his 56th birthday. He never faced any charges in Sammy Wheeler's murder after confessing to police about what he had witnessed.

[Mike Ferguson]

And my thought is, you know, if you're Price, you're probably trying to keep your head down because you don't want to be in the news. You don't want anybody to know anything about you. So hopefully he's definitely walking the straight and narrow.

[Mike Morford]

Yeah. To get out after that reasonably short amount of time, hopefully he's doing something better with his life. But I wonder, would this case have ever been solved if it wasn't for Kurt Thomas Bell conf. You know, coming to police and admitting what he had seen, because it, you know, it seems like there was no physical evidence that might have. That would have linked Price to Sammy's murder.

[Mike Ferguson]

Now, I. I don't know if they would have ever solved it just using, like, normal investigative methods. I think this is one where somebody involved had to come forward. And that's exactly what happened. Right, with. With Kirk Thomas Bell. And I'm sure it's one of the reasons why he. He didn't actually face charges. Now, I'm kind of surprised by that because a lot of times, even with a confession, if you were there, you get charged with something. Some people still think that Bob Bean was involved in Sammy Wheeler's murder. Even if he didn't shoot him and wasn't at the scene. They wondered if Bob could have hired someone else to kill Sammy, maybe even setting it up for a night that he had a rock solid alibi. Danny Wheeler believed that the pictures Bob's teenage son was taking of Sammy could have been to give to a hitman. But Bob laughed off this idea, saying that the FBI combed through his finances and saw that he wasn't really in the position to afford the expense of a hitman. But in Danny's belief that Bob was ultimately responsible, he didn't have to pay anyone to die. Danny told WSHV.com, i was sure it was Bob or one of his family members.

[Mike Morford]

One Thing that some people point to that may be a link to Bob Bean is that it was Bob Bean himself who was able to direct the private investigator toward one of the two people who were at the scene. Maybe he did know Price, but decided to try to distance himself from him. So he led the investigation to Bell instead of Price. Why did he wait for a private investigator to ask him if he had heard about some confession? One reason might be that there were multiple jurisdictions involved in the investigation. Maybe he didn't know which one to call since it had been so many years. Or maybe he didn't take it seriously. But since he was being interviewed about the case again anyway, he decided it was worth mentioning. We just don't really know. There are rumors that Price's father was in the same National Guard unit as Bob, and that's how they knew each other. But then how does Bell factor in and what was in it for him?

[Mike Ferguson]

And I think more if the finance part. Okay. You know, I'm sure police looked at that. I don't know how people kill for money, but I certainly don't understand how you'd get somebody else to kill for you without giving them something. And most of the time, that's, you know, a chunk of money. And that's going to show up, I think, pretty easily in somebody's finances somewhere. Right. Once they comb through.

[Mike Morford]

Yeah. We know that sometimes you don't have to pay someone with money. Sometimes it could be a case of blackmail or something else that they're going to offer them to give them later on. But in this case, it doesn't seem like there's any evidence that Bob was connected to the murder.

[Mike Ferguson]

My other thing is, you know, Price did try to roll over on Bell. Why wouldn't he have tried to roll over on Bob? If Bob was involved, he could have tried to cut a deal where he testified against Bob and maybe got a reduced sentence. It didn't seem like he tried to do any of that. So I just. I'm not seeing the Bob angle there at all. In the years since Sammy's murder and since they pointed the finger at each other, Danny Wheeler and Bob Bean have actually become pretty close friends. The two went out to a bar together for a celebratory drink. When they learned there had been an arrest in the case, it seems that Danny believes what investigators originally thought. Sammy was a victim of a random crime. Danny has talked about how grateful he is that Bob forgave him for the accusations and actually went on to become one of his biggest supporters. Bob Told the News Leader, sometimes good people make honest mistakes. Explaining how he could put it all behind him so easily, Alan Cates, the

[Mike Morford]

private investigator, told Greensboro.com, i've never seen nothing quite like this one, with everyone accusing everyone else. Before becoming a PI for a law firm, he spent 18 years with the Alamance County Sheriff's Department. He called being able to provide closure in a case like this the ultimate high. For Danny Wheeler, finding justice for his twin wasn't just closure. The arrest gave him his life back. The twins had been inseparable since birth, even refusing to go to school in the seventh grade when they were placed in different classes. Sammy was Danny's rock. Suddenly, Danny was on his own, and the one person he knew could tell him it would all be okay was gone. That's part of why Danny worked so hard to make sure someone was on the case. He knew Sammy would figure it out if it had been Danny. So Danny was going to figure it out for Sammy.

[Mike Ferguson]

When the arrest came, Danny knew he had done right by his brother. Danny and Sammy's mom, Colleen, told the News Leader he can at last get on with his life. Their father, Edward, said he never felt like he would see the day he got answers, admitting, I kind of gave up on it. Sammy and Danny's older brother, Tom Wheeler, told the News Leader, I don't know if this fellow who shot Sammy realized just how many lives he'd mess up when he took that one. Pat remarried in July of 1997, but left the man after about a year. She told the News Leader, I was trying to find another Sam, and I don't think there's another Sam out there. And I think when you hear some of these types of things, it just really reinforces the fact that when someone's life is taken, it affects so many people in so many different ways that, you know, oftentimes it's hard to truly calculate.

[Mike Morford]

Yeah, there's definitely a ripple effect, you know, that even as we discussed throughout this episode, had the people closest to Sam pointing fingers at each other and being suspicious of one another. And meanwhile, it turns out that it was no, none of them.

[Mike Ferguson]

And the one thing that really jumped out at me was, you know, Danny talking about or his, you know, his parents talking about how he couldn't really move on with his life until the arrest came. And I think, you know, I think people have that when a family member is murdered, for a lot of people, right, it changes their life in such a way that it's almost like they can't move forward, they're stuck trying to figure out what happened, who did it, and it seems like Danny was that way as well.

[Mike Morford]

This was a case that had multiple people that were close to the victim pointing the finger at each other, and in the end, none of them were involved. So many cases are still unsolved because of circumstances just like these. Too many good suspects with no evidence against any of them, or a perpetrator with zero connection to their victim or the crime scene. If Kirk Thomas Bell had never run his mouth and eventually told police what he had witnessed, this case might still be today an unsolved mystery.

[Mike Ferguson]

And I think that's a very important point. You and I do cover unsolved cases. We have for years, and you could see how this one could have easily gone unsolved. Right. Price had no connection whatsoever to Sammy Wheeler. How was he ever going to get on police radar, you know, if Bell doesn't have a few drinks and start talking about it and then ultimately decide to cooperate with police? I think this might have been a tough one to solve.

[Mike Morford]

Yeah, we talked about the lack of evidence, the attempt to cover it up, and, you know, it's. Thankfully, this family did get answers and they know who is responsible, and that might not have happened if. If Kurt Thomas Bell didn't open his mouth.

[Mike Ferguson]

Yeah. Tragic case for Sammy, for sure, because he wasn't doing anything wrong. Right. We said it. He's kind of living out of his suv, just found a place to park. He was, you know, maybe just bedding down for the night. I don't know exactly what he was doing, but as far as I know, he wasn't doing anything wrong. And for whatever reason, these guys just get out of their car and Price starts shooting a rifle into the SUV and kill Sam.

[Mike Morford]

This is like the epitome of being in the wrong place at the wrong time.

[Mike Ferguson]

Yeah, it's a strange case, a sad case, but also a very fascinating case when you think about, you know, the people closest to Sammy who were looked at pointing the finger at each other, and then ultimately it turns out to be someone with no connection to Sammy whatsoever. But that's it for our episode on Sammy Wheeler. As always, if you love this show but you haven't done so yet, take a minute, go out, leave us a review, also leave a rating, and keep telling your friends. Word of mouth about the podcast really goes a long way if you want

[Mike Morford]

to find us on social media. We're on every major platform. Just search for criminology podcast on your favorite and for news old episodes and more. Head over to criminologypodcast.com and if you want to join a discussion about the show and the cases we discuss, head over to Facebook and search for the group Criminology Podcast discussion and fans so

[Mike Ferguson]

that's it for another episode of Criminology. But Morph and I will be back with all of you next Saturday night with a brand new episode. So until then for Mike and Morph, we'll talk to you next week.

[Mike Morford]

Take care everyone.

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