Murder at the Bike Shop | Sidebar 7

Summary

Proof: A True Crime Podcast

Episode: Murder at the Bike Shop | Sidebar 7 (March 5, 2026)

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Episode Overview

In this Sidebar episode, hosts Susan Simpson, Jacinda Davis, and producer Kevin discuss behind-the-scenes details from the investigation into the murder at the bike shop, elaborating on episode 7 of the main season. They spotlight the overlooked suspect James Long, the process of revisiting key witnesses in Kalamazoo, persistent investigative hurdles, and parallels between current and previous wrongful conviction cases—especially that of exonerated former suspect Jeff Titus, who joins for a moving interview reflecting on life after prison and the ongoing need to question wrongful convictions.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. The Search for James Long and Revisiting Witnesses

• The hosts recall their initial assumption that James Long would look nothing like the man seen outside the bike shop. Their investigation, however, revealed he was a near-perfect match, directly contradicting prior dismissals of him as a suspect.
• Both of Long’s former coworkers, Lori and Karen, long harbored suspicions about him, yet deferred to the authorities’ case against someone else, believing there must have been evidence they didn’t know.
  • Quote (Susan, 02:53): "But he looked everything like the man... It's going to be an easy theory to disprove... and no, it turned out that was not the case."
• Karen, as revealed in her interview, was shocked to learn that the cold case team investigating the murder had no idea about her suspicions regarding Long—highlighting critical information that fell through the cracks during the original and subsequent investigations.
• The hosts discuss the issue of witnesses’ reactions, noting that people who know a suspect (like Lori knowing Long) are better equipped to judge abnormal behavior, compared to police judging suspects they don’t know:
  • Quote (Jacinda, 07:10): "If you know someone and you know them well and you've seen them react to other situations, then you probably can gauge whether a reaction is typical or not."

2. Overlooked Evidence and Incomplete Police Work

• Susan points out a crucial missed detail: there was no blood on the bike shop owner's keys, though the crime scene was extremely bloody. This incongruity, briefly mentioned in Detective Sharon Wheeler’s report, could have been a turning point:
  • Quote (Susan, 07:39): "Why was no one freaking out about the fact that a guy whose hands are just coated and caked in blood could not possibly have used those keys to lock up the store after the assault?"
• The group discusses how polygraph tests (which all employees passed) were treated as absolute proof of innocence, prematurely concluding the investigation into multiple leads.

3. The Struggle to Find Important Witnesses

• The team shares humorous yet telling stories about their repeated attempts to locate Alan Nutter (“Nader”), a local figure with a criminal record and a physical resemblance to the man seen outside the shop. Their persistent search underscores the difficulty—and occasional awkwardness—of grassroots investigation work.
• Alan's connections to relevant individuals and events (like having an affair with someone connected to physical evidence and being seen in the area) maintain him as a person of interest.

4. The "Side Piece" Debate and Renee's Alibi

• The conversation turns to Alan’s girlfriend at the time, Renee, who has long been under suspicion as a potential accomplice. The team’s interview convinces them she was not involved and was instead caught up in confusion due to Alan's multiple girlfriends:
  • Quote (Susan, 11:15): "She’s been accused this for a long time for... no real basis and partially because of confusion over how many girlfriends Nutter actually had."
• The timeline confusion between Nutter’s John Deere store robbery (with Renee present) and the bike shop murder further muddied alibi statements but, upon review, suggested that rumors and witness accounts were misattributed.

5. The Case's Parallels to Other Wrongful Convictions

• Kevin raises how easy it is for people with criminal histories (like Alan Nutter or Scott Baldwin) to become suspects based on circumstantial attributes, further supporting the show's thesis that wrongful convictions can stem from assumptions and incomplete investigations.

6. Reflections from Jeff Titus on Exoneration and Justice (17:34—21:37)

• On the third anniversary of his release, Jeff Titus shares his emotional journey after being cleared, noting support from some and continued suspicion from others:
  • Quote (Jeff, 18:49): "It hurts that they can't see the truth. And I tell everybody, Jacinda and them have got a new podcast out... what went on with me is going on with that guy."
• Jeff urges listeners to remain open-minded and appreciate that wrongful convictions are not isolated events:
  • Quote (Jeff, 21:04): "Something's wrong, and you need to look at it, but have that open mind and listen to it."
• The hosts recall heartwarming moments, like Jeff meeting the team for dinner after his release, reflecting on the impact their work can have in restoring and celebrating freedom.

7. Looking Ahead

• The episode ends with a preview: Jacinda and Kevin will travel to Alabama in search of further interviews with Stacy and possibly James Long.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On missed investigative opportunities:
  • (Kevin, 04:02): "There are these moments that just keep falling through the cracks for Scott Baldwin and for other people that are wrongfully convicted where, you know, if somebody picks up on them, things are very different."
• On the emotional cost of wrongful conviction:
  • (Jeff, 21:04): "Definitely keep an open mind. Keep an open mind, because I'm not the only one. Something's wrong, and you need to look at it, but have that open mind and listen to it."
• On the joys of exoneration:
  • (Kevin, 22:17): "When you see him sitting there having dinner and holding Susan's baby, you start to realize why all those long hours end up being worth it."

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• [02:11] — Revisiting Kalamazoo, witness suspicions on James Long
• [03:54] — Missed red flags, information falling through investigative cracks
• [06:03] — Analysis of witnesses’ and suspects’ reactions
• [07:39] — The mystery of the bloodless keys
• [09:20] — Humorous stories searching for Alan Nutter
• [11:04] — Alan’s girlfriends, alibi confusion, and misattributed stories
• [13:05] — Re-examining Alan Nutter’s criminal history and its effect on suspicion
• [17:34] — Interview: Catching up with exonerated Jeff Titus
• [22:17] — Reflections on the meaning of their investigative work

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Tone & Style

The tone throughout is informal yet investigative, balancing humor and camaraderie with serious reflection on justice, wrongful convictions, and the deeply personal costs to those affected. The hosts, true to form, maintain their empathetic and deeply curious approach to reinvestigation, never losing sight of the human stories behind each case.

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Summary Takeaway

This Sidebar pulls back the curtain on the painstaking and often frustrating work of wrongful conviction reinvestigation. Key players recount overlooked evidence, misallocated suspicion, and the ripple effects of investigative oversights—echoing lessons from prior seasons and cases like Jeff Titus’s exoneration. Listeners are reminded to keep an open mind and remain critical of official narratives—because, as Jeff and the hosts agree, “something’s wrong, and you need to look at it.”

Transcript

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[Kevin]

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[Jeff]

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[Jeff]

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[Susan]

Hello and welcome to this week's sidebar. We're here to discuss episode seven of season three of Proof. I'm here with Jacinda and Kevin. Hey, guys.

[Jacinda]

Hey, Susan.

[Kevin]

Hey, Susan.

[Susan]

So far in the season before this, you've heard about Scott's case and his trial. He's confused. Conviction happened afterwards. And in this episode, you heard about how our investigation began in Kalamazoo. Now, this was not the first trip that was made. Justin and Kevin did go out to Alabama to see Stacy before this, but this was our first time being back in Kalamazoo since. Since Jeff's case. And we started talking witnesses out there. As you heard in the show, one of the questions we had going into Kalamazoo that time was, what did this guy named James Long look like? And we had spent a lot of time thinking about it, didn't know anything. And I think part of me was certain that when we did get an answer, if we got one, we were going to find out he looked nothing like the man outside the bike shop.

[Kevin]

But he looked everything like the man outside.

[Susan]

But he looked everything like the man. Yeah. So I was like, it's going to be an easy theory to disprove. We'll just knock it out, move on the next one. And no, it turned out that was not the case. We also found out, though, that not only did James Long look like the man outside the bike shop, the two co workers that we spoke to had both always kind of thought it was him.

[Jacinda]

Yeah, I mean, they always had suspicions or a bad feeling about it, and they always wondered if he could have had something to do with it. But like a lot of witnesses we talk to, once someone is arrested and convicted, they assume there's evidence proving that person did it, sort of.

[Susan]

But both Lori and Karen both said, like, we never understood why he got convicted. They weren't saying he was innocent. They were like, were always kind of confused by that.

[Jacinda]

Yeah, they didn't know that they can't sit through the trial. So they had questions they didn't know. But they're like, it's odd, it's weird. Earl wouldn't have opened the door for him. Who is this guy? You know, like it didn't make sense, but it's like they just trusted the outcome.

[Kevin]

You find in, I think, every wrongful conviction case that there are crucial things that fall through the cracks, for lack

[Susan]

of a better term.

[Kevin]

And I think that the interview that the two of you did with Karen Raymond, where it becomes clear to her that nobody knew, particularly nobody in the cold case team knew that she suspected James Long might have had something to do with it sort of floored her. I think there are these moments that just keep falling through the cracks for Scott Baldwin and for other people that are wrongfully convicted where, you know, if somebody picks up on them, things are very different. You know, same thing with the bank bags. But maybe if everybody knew that James Long, you know, was in the minds of two of his co workers, someone that they had questions about, and o that he actually looked like the man who was seen outside the bike shop that night, things would have been a little different. But they didn't actually end up even seeing him. I mean, he's in Alabama, and the cold case folks don't even see him face to face. It's just a funny.

[Susan]

What's funny is they could have gone to see him, though. So Stacy in person. So it would have been a very short detour, hardly a detour at all for them.

[Kevin]

I don't remember exactly when we all realized that Stacy and James Long were, like, a half an hour apart, if that. But I was like, wait, what?

[Susan]

That's convenient.

[Kevin]

Convenient and just stunning. Like, they both leave Kalamazoo, and they end up in this particular point. Like, for all we know, they could have been shopping at the same stores

[Susan]

for decades for the original detectives in the case, even if they didn't know there were suspicions about James Long. Just as a matter of, like, basic routine, the last person to see the victim alive, you kind of got to check out. And James was the last one to see him alive when he locked up the store the day before. But when they question, like, Laurie, who was with James when they found the body, they don't go into any detail. They apparently never tried to get her to even comment on what her coworker had been acting like, whereas she recalls it as being instantly sort of, you know, kind of alarmed, like something's not quite right with how he's responding to the fact our boss is here dead in his house.

[Jacinda]

Yeah, she said it was weird. She sees some blood on the couple drops of blood when they're opening the door, and she's like, something's wrong. And James just goes the other direction, and she heads to check on Earl. And she always just felt like his reaction wasn't right, something was off about his reaction. Now, you know, we're doing the same things we've heard before about, like, you know, Scott didn't react right when Madison arrested him, or Jeff didn't react right when he was sitting in the lawn reading a book. It's not. But it is what it is. Right.

[Susan]

But I think it's worth noting, too. It's not like, is it proof of guilt? Absolutely not. But it's worth noting that someone has no reaction to finding someone bludgeoned to death.

[Kevin]

The other differences are. And I don't know if I sort of said this before in a previous sidebar or not, but I think that people's reactions are difficult to sort of gauge, but if you know them, it's easier to make that determination. I don't think that Rich Madison knew Scott Baldwin. I would say that Laurie knew James Long to a certain degree. So you can't base everything on it, but either way, no, that's a good point.

[Jacinda]

That's a good point. That if you know someone and you know them well and you've seen them react to other situations, then you probably can gauge whether a reaction is typical or not.

[Kevin]

Jacinda, I've known you long enough that I can tell if you like your Manhattan based upon your reaction.

[Jacinda]

Susan, can you tell?

[Susan]

Not really, actually.

[Jacinda]

I mean, I'll drink it.

[Susan]

I've never seen her not drink it.

[Jeff]

Yeah, exactly.

[Kevin]

Right. So you have to look for the subtle signs that there's a problem.

[Susan]

But there's also the fact that, like, even aside from reactions inside from, like, thoughts and suspicions of coworkers, according to Sharon. Detective Sharon Wheeler's report, there was no blood on Earla Burns keys, which is just kind of an offhand comment in one report. And yet it seems a pretty critical a case changing issue. Like, why was no one freaking out about the fact that a guy whose hands are just coated and caked in blood could not possibly have used those keys to lock up the store after the assault?

[Jacinda]

Yeah, I mean, the crime scene photos are really, really bloody. There is a lot of blood all over.

[Susan]

Like, he would have. He would have left blood on the keys. It's just full stop. There's no way he handled those keys and did not leave blood there.

[Kevin]

There are a lot of little sort of points in this case. Right. A lot of little pieces of evidence that have to be strun. And I think that you two did this sort of amazing job of looking at these points. And when you were explaining it all to me, it was like, oh, wow, like, look at that. You know, this crime scene and the bank bags and the keys and all of this stuff. But it was all information that was there that people could have put together.

[Susan]

Yeah.

[Kevin]

And I think that a lot of times people just. In this case, people were putting the puzzle together incorrectly or not even realizing all the pieces that were there. The fact that his keys are there and they don't have blood on them, you know, if his keys were gone.

[Susan]

Okay, yeah. Someone locked the bathroom after they left and took the keys, but that didn't happen.

[Kevin]

Yeah. So it's gotta be a pretty big clue at that point that you at least have to investigate further.

[Susan]

Yes, well, they did investigate further to the extent they went and polygraphed the employees and they all passed. So the end. The same reason that Nutter was cleared too. He passed the polygraph. So the end.

[Kevin]

I think some of my favorite memories of Kalamazoo is just having the two of you lean out the window Is your name Alan?

[Jacinda]

I don't know how. How many people we asked a lot. Like, finding Alan has proven to be very, very difficult.

[Susan]

Yeah. But also he was around because we kept talking to people who had seen him not too long ago, so we knew he was around. We just never had any luck ever.

[Kevin]

I mean, we definitely, you know, had to look like people who were trying to buy drugs or something would be, like, slowly, like, pulling up to gas stations, like, staring at someone who is, like, panhandling or sitting out there, like, over and over again.

[Susan]

Our theory was that people, like, at the gas station, when we go check and see if he had been there, they must have thought we were, like, social workers or something, because they never asked, but they just kind of, like, rolled with it. We showed up like, have you seen this guy around lately? We're trying to find him, trying to

[Kevin]

give him a summons. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It was interesting experience, that's for sure.

[Susan]

And the worst part about finding him was that we knew next time went back to Kalamazoo, we would have to keep on looking.

[Jacinda]

It's important to find him because we want to hear his story in his words.

[Kevin]

He also looks like the man outside the building. Right. And he has a history of robbing stores on that street. And now there's a connection to. He's having an affair with the woman where the bloody antique wrench is found. I mean, I think our sudden interest in James Long didn't make us any less interested in Alan Nader.

[Jacinda]

Yeah, exactly.

[Susan]

We did speak to Renee, though, his girlfriend, at the time that the murder happened. Well, girlfriend could be putting it too strongly. I remember one time we were having a debate over side pieces versus main piece.

[Jacinda]

She came up with a side piece.

[Susan]

Right.

[Jacinda]

He had a lot of side pieces.

[Kevin]

Yeah, I. I do remember the debate because I. I remember the two of you explaining it to me and. And telling me what you felt the definition of each was.

[Susan]

Yeah. Which one? Women in his life are which. And Renee, I 1000% believe what she told us. Like, she's been under suspicion, too, for, you know, as long as Nutter has, with a lot of people really, truly believing she's helping cover this up. And I walk away from that interview feeling very sure that that's not what happened. She's been accused this for a long time for. For no real basis and partially because of confusion over how many girlfriends Nutter actually had. Right.

[Jacinda]

So when people are calling in tips about Alan's girlfriend faked an alibi, or Alan's girlfriend drove him there Detectives assume they're talking about her, and it turns out he had multiple girlfriends, and it could have been any one of them.

[Susan]

What also seems to have happened is that. So, like, one or two nights before Earl O. Byrne was killed, Nutter broke into a John Deere store and stole all the weed whackers. And Renee was with him when this happened. She was in the car, and she was going like, what the heck are you doing? That was not her plan for the night. And it seems like she did go tell people, like, oh, my God, I was with Nutter. And he broke into the store last night. And. And it was so close in time to Earla Byrne's murder that some witnesses later came forward and said, hey, Alan's girlfriend Renee told us that he broke into the shop that night and did the crime.

[Kevin]

Right. Because it's so close in the timeline that by the time she saw some of these people, it was the day or two after the bike shop.

[Susan]

Yep. And their story, and part of why I feel confident that they were talking about the John Deere store, not the bike shop, is how these witnesses interviews sort of evolved over time. To me, it seems very clear that when they first start talking about what Renee said, they're describing the John Deere robbery. And it's only after several interviews with detectives and private investigators that their stories start to shift, and they're now talking about the bike shop explicitly when it did not start off that way.

[Kevin]

Well, one of the things that dawned on me at the time about this Allen Nutter situation, when you explained to me about the John Deere store, it's not that different than Scott, meaning that they're both stealing things. They're both taking things that don't belong to them, and they have a habit of doing that. So when you sort of put them in proximity to when something else happened, it becomes plausible in some people's minds that they've done it. And I think that, you know, in Alan's sort of M.O. he's literally robbed a store down the street two days or a day before this happens. Yeah. He's a suspect, and he looks just like the guy.

[Susan]

And their tips called in saying he used to work at the bike shop.

[Kevin]

Yeah. I mean, so, like, this is someone we need to speak to, and there's a lot pointing in that direction. I also want to find out how is it that this guy has so many women in his life? Like, there's just.

[Susan]

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[Jacinda]

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[Susan]

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[Jacinda]

I took a moment to catch up with Jeff and to ask him about the last three years and his thoughts on our current season of Proof. Here's what he had to say. Jeff, last week was your three year anniversary from getting out of prison. What have the last three years been like for you?

[Jeff]

It's been ups and downs. I've first got out, then June 1st I got exonerated, which took a world of stuff off of me and everything and cleared. And then I bought me a house with 10 acres and I've been working on greeting cards. Then I kept trying to find someone to go out with, but bad luck. Once I said I was in prison, it was, well, do you there's people who still think I'm guilty.

[Jacinda]

I was going to ask, is it hard for people to believe that you're innocent?

[Jeff]

There's those that totally believe it, strongly support it, but there are others who say, oh, he just got out on technicality. Even though I'm exonerated.

[Jacinda]

How does it make you feel when people question your innocence?

[Jeff]

It hurts that they can't see the truth. And I tell everybody, I said, Jacinda and them have got a new podcast out. If you see this new podcast, it reflects back to my case all the time. And what went on with me is going on with that guy.

[Jacinda]

You'd met Scott Baldwin when the two of you were at Lakeland together.

[Jeff]

Correct?

[Jacinda]

And there's some other people in the podcast. You'll hear about who you knew inside. How did you, you know, when you met Scott? I don't know if he told you he was innocent too or not. He didn't go around talking about it a lot, I don't think.

[Susan]

No.

[Jacinda]

Compared to you, Jeff. Everyone says Jeff. Jeff talked about it all the time.

[Jeff]

Oh, I do.

[Susan]

Yeah.

[Jacinda]

But even In. But even on the inside?

[Jeff]

Yep, even on the inside. I. You know, I'm an innocent guy. There's six people I think I met at Lakeland who were all arrested by the Kalamazoo county cold case team. Yeah, but. But six of them all right there at one time.

[Jacinda]

So have you been listening to the podcast?

[Jeff]

Yes, I have.

[Jacinda]

And what's it like hearing, you know, someone else's story that's so similar to your own?

[Jeff]

It's so similar, it's pathetic. I mean, it's like everything was rehearsed from, let's say, my case or their case, and they went right through and just did that with everybody come back and question you again and again.

[Jacinda]

You and I talked about Scott's release and how different it was from when you got out.

[Jeff]

I know he was in bad health. At least he got to. I don't see some of his family members, but he did feel freedom a little.

[Susan]

A little.

[Jacinda]

Yeah. But you know better than anybody, you know how desperate you are to get out and then to not be able to enjoy it. It's just heartbreaking.

[Jeff]

Yeah.

[Jacinda]

As people listen to the podcast and hear these stories, similar stories to your own, what do you want people to keep in mind as they're listening?

[Jeff]

Definitely keep an open mind. Keep an open mind, because I'm not the only one. Something's wrong, and you need to look at it, but have that open mind and listen to it.

[Jacinda]

All right, Jeff, well, thanks so much for taking the time to talk to me.

[Jeff]

Oh, okay. Okay, thanks. Bye. And continue listening to the podcast. There's cases out there, and you be the judge and listen to them. Y' all have a nice day.

[Jacinda]

Thanks, Jeff.

[Kevin]

I will say that as an aside to all of the sort of crazy investigations and long nights we were working in Kalamazoo, there was a night where Jeff met us, and the three of us and Susan's baby and Jeff all had dinner. And there was something incredibly nice about that. You remember one. It's how the three of us all got together working on stuff. But also when you see him sitting there having dinner and holding Susan's baby, you start to realize why all those long hours end up being worth it. Because you can help change someone's life.

[Susan]

If you told me in 2020 that one day Jeff would be bouncing my baby on his knee, I'd be. I would not even. I'm glad we're in this reality and this would happen, but I would not have guessed that would be how things would have played out.

[Kevin]

There are some actually pretty good pictures from that. Maybe we'll post one just in. If I remember correctly, didn't Jake from

[Susan]

from season two Jake called. Yeah, he did while we were there on video.

[Kevin]

Yeah.

[Jacinda]

So they were able to talk for

[Kevin]

a minute and we were able to talk for a minute with Jake and and also Jeff was able to say hi to hi to Jake, who hopefully one day soon we'll all be having dinner with as well.

[Susan]

So next week Kevin Jacinda returned to Alabama to talk to Stacy again. And maybe James Long.

[Jacinda]

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