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UMfan77 · 04-22-2004, 07:02 PM

Does anyone know if there have been any updates for the Chad Mauer murder case?

Just to refresh your memories, Chad Mauer was a 19 year old from Madison Wisconson who was found dead in his car while it was parked in a garage. He died of carbon monoxide poisoning. No one knows why he was in Chicago, because he was supposed to be at a bike shop where he worked. It was theorized that maybe he was selling drugs (which was unlike him) and a drug deal might have gone bad.

Kane · 04-23-2004, 11:32 AM

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Originally posted by UMfan77
Does anyone know if there have been any updates for the Chad Mauer murder case?

Just to refresh your memories, Chad Mauer was a 19 year old from Madison Wisconson who was found dead in his car while it was parked in a garage. He died of carbon monoxide poisoning. No one knows why he was in Chicago, because he was supposed to be at a bike shop where he worked. It was theorized that maybe he was selling drugs (which was unlike him) and a drug deal might have gone bad.

Even when intermixed with the first-run segments on Lifetime, there was still no update on the case. So, more likely than not, the case is still unsolved.

Kane · 04-24-2004, 04:53 PM

http://pomc.com/chadmaurer.cfm

The Parents of Murdered Children web site has a profile of Chad Lee Maurer (the actual spelling of his last name). Although it was very obvious that Maurer was murdered, the Chicago police deemed it a suicide. Eventually, however, they changed the nature of his death to "undetermined."

I find it very eery that the day he disappeared (Saturday, May 19, 1990) was the same day I turned 18.

marlins3 · 10-04-2007, 01:29 PM

I just watched this segment again the other day. UM has never been known for great acting but this one takes the cake I believe. When Chad's parents are looking at his body in the funeral home, a person (I think it was the funeral director). says they received some of chad's clothing and it was soiled. then he says "Yes, would you like to see it?" The guy sounds like he is reading his lines because he says them so flatly. The way he says them is almost comical (which is really bad becaus ethere is nothing comical about this murder). Has anyone else picked up on this?

DarkDante · 10-04-2007, 02:03 PM

Anyone else think Chad was a teen model or did catalogs? - Some of his stuff seems very professional like he had a portfolio...

UMfan77 · 10-04-2007, 02:18 PM

You're right, a lot of his pictures did look professional. Did anyone notice that while the mom was being interviewed, there were pictures of Chad hanging all over the wall behind her?

SitcomsAreTheWay · 10-04-2007, 07:17 PM

The actor who portrayed Chad resembled him very much. Maybe it was the hairstyle.

Corky Kneivel · 10-04-2007, 08:20 PM

I too was watching this one just a couple of days ago.

I looked over at my wife and said, "I think its odd when the parents play themselves in the recreations." She concurred and added that it "creeps her out". When she said that I immediately realized that I too got the creeps from it.

It has always seemed so odd, so undefinably weird, to me that these people could do that. I'm baffled as to how they can do things like recreate the last conversation they ever had with their beloved son with some actor they probably met that morning! In the case of the Maurers, its obvious they love their son with all their hearts. There's no doubt about that. I have got to believe they're only participating in the show at all for the publicity it gives their son's tragic death and hopefully it will open new avenues of interest and detection. But to watch Mr. Maurer pretend like he's going through Chad's "soiled" clothes that he was wearing when he mysteriously died and to hear him struggle with the lines, "Oh no...oh no Chad" is recondite beyond measure.

I can just imagine the scene where Chad Maurer's father waves goodbye to the actor driving off...and then hear a director yell "CUT!! Okay, Mr. Maurer...now I need a bit more from you. Remember...this is your son. Who you love. He's going off to die in a mysterious manner...but you don't know that yet. Yet...you have this odd feeling..."

Now this is only regarding the parents who act in the segments with the actors posing as their dead children. The Sally & Shane segment also weirded me out watching Pat's pleading late-night heart to heart with her daughter recreated for the cameras. It just doesn't sit well with me.

The one and only time I felt like the family was in it as some sort of acting gig or doing it so they could maybe get "noticed" was the case of Adam Hecht. The energy and gusto with which his mom went at the scene with "Tony" just screamed "wannabe actress" to me. Maybe she wasn't trying to pad a resume or anything but it sure seemed like she went into it with the attitude of "I'm gonna be the best damned me there is!" . I wouldn't be surprised if she started improving on set or asked for another shot because she couldn't get into character.

Todd Mueller · 10-04-2007, 08:56 PM

It always got to me when the dad was looking at Chad in the funeral home. He could see the bruises and the skinned knuckles and he knew it wasn't suicide.

It was so hard to watch when he said, "Oh, boy... What happened, Chad? What happened?"

That just tears your heart to see a guy looking at his dead son who was said to have committed suicide and knowing it was probably murder. Ugh.

crystaldawn · 10-04-2007, 09:20 PM

Finally a picture of yourself Todd...excellent!

Todd Mueller · 10-04-2007, 09:24 PM

Yeah, it's like a dream come true!

Big thanks to you for Volume 11, and Wiseguy for giving me tips on screen captures. The synergy here is awesome!

kadrmas15 · 10-06-2007, 02:30 AM

Yeah, Chad Mauer, well the acting isnt the best in some of those segments, but I think the parents were allowed to portray themselves but not forced into doing it. I actually thought Chad's parents did a pretty good job in the segment, I think there was at least some real emotions on their parts as they were reliving the experience. The guy that was playing the funeral home director was bad though with his line reading, unless that guy was the real life funeral home director I dont know.

Also in the segment we get to see the Chicago Police Department at more of their usual worst. Chicago PD arguably the most or certainly one of the most corrupt police departments in the country. They leave a car like that unattended in an unlocked garage overnight and big surprise the jacket gets stolen and the Chicago PD detective acted like he was so amazed it got stolen, what a joke!

DarkDante · 10-12-2007, 03:06 PM

I've always wondered if there is some sort of cover up with this case. Something isn't right here as far as the investigation goes especially with the jacket.

kadrmas15 · 10-13-2007, 06:10 AM

Well, police corruption in my opinion is a very likely possibility in this case. I do not feel that the detective from Dane County, Wisconsin sheriff's department was in on it. However the Chicago PD is another matter. I mean they tried to write off Chad's death as a suicide despite him having suffered an obvious beating.

Then they leave the car in the unlocked garage instead of taking it to an impound lot and they dont keep the evidence guarded so the jacket is "lost". I am not sure if it was lost or stolen but I agree with you DD that something about the investigation on the Chicago PD's end of this stinks, something is just not right.

I am sure Chicago PD probably thought that Chad's parents would just accept the suicide ruling and go away and leave the case alone. Chicago PD bungled it pretty good or purposely covered it up. The Dane County detective in my opinion, seemed skeptical that the Chicago cops just lost the jacket.

Of course Chicago PD is easily one of the most if not the most corrupt police departments in the country. They have a lot of sleaze bags for cops because they have trouble recruiting decent individuals, probably the only police department that is maybe more corrupt than Chicago is the Los Angeles Police Department.

NDAlum2003 · 10-15-2007, 03:43 PM

I always had to think that maybe Chad got mixed up with the wrong people in an honest attempt to make some extra money. Sounded like he was fairly naive and could have been an easy target.

As to the photos a lot of them looked like high school senior types of photos.

04-22-2004, 07:02 PM	#1
UMfan77 Member Senior Member Join Date: Nov 28, 2003 Posts: 1,064	Chad Maurer murder Does anyone know if there have been any updates for the Chad Mauer murder case? Just to refresh your memories, Chad Mauer was a 19 year old from Madison Wisconson who was found dead in his car while it was parked in a garage. He died of carbon monoxide poisoning. No one knows why he was in Chicago, because he was supposed to be at a bike shop where he worked. It was theorized that maybe he was selling drugs (which was unlike him) and a drug deal might have gone bad.

04-24-2004, 04:53 PM	#3
Kane Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Mar 07, 2001 Location: MA, United States Posts: 3,367	Chad Maurer profile at pomc site http://pomc.com/chadmaurer.cfm The Parents of Murdered Children web site has a profile of Chad Lee Maurer (the actual spelling of his last name). Although it was very obvious that Maurer was murdered, the Chicago police deemed it a suicide. Eventually, however, they changed the nature of his death to "undetermined." I find it very eery that the day he disappeared (Saturday, May 19, 1990) was the same day I turned 18.
	Last edited by Kane; 04-25-2004 at 12:28 PM.

10-04-2007, 01:29 PM	#4
marlins3 Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Aug 22, 2007 Posts: 474	I just watched this segment again the other day. UM has never been known for great acting but this one takes the cake I believe. When Chad's parents are looking at his body in the funeral home, a person (I think it was the funeral director). says they received some of chad's clothing and it was soiled. then he says "Yes, would you like to see it?" The guy sounds like he is reading his lines because he says them so flatly. The way he says them is almost comical (which is really bad becaus ethere is nothing comical about this murder). Has anyone else picked up on this?

10-04-2007, 02:03 PM	#5
DarkDante Member Senior Member Join Date: Jul 27, 2002 Posts: 1,569	Anyone else think Chad was a teen model or did catalogs? - Some of his stuff seems very professional like he had a portfolio...

10-04-2007, 02:18 PM	#6
UMfan77 Member Senior Member Join Date: Nov 28, 2003 Posts: 1,064	You're right, a lot of his pictures did look professional. Did anyone notice that while the mom was being interviewed, there were pictures of Chad hanging all over the wall behind her?

10-04-2007, 07:17 PM	#7
SitcomsAreTheWay Retro Sitcoms Fanatic Forum Regular Join Date: May 12, 2002 Location: NY Posts: 612	The actor who portrayed Chad resembled him very much. Maybe it was the hairstyle.

10-04-2007, 08:20 PM	#8
Corky Kneivel Member Forum Regular Join Date: Feb 12, 2007 Location: Sacratomato Posts: 570	I too was watching this one just a couple of days ago. I looked over at my wife and said, "I think its odd when the parents play themselves in the recreations." She concurred and added that it "creeps her out". When she said that I immediately realized that I too got the creeps from it. It has always seemed so odd, so undefinably weird, to me that these people could do that. I'm baffled as to how they can do things like recreate the last conversation they ever had with their beloved son with some actor they probably met that morning! In the case of the Maurers, its obvious they love their son with all their hearts. There's no doubt about that. I have got to believe they're only participating in the show at all for the publicity it gives their son's tragic death and hopefully it will open new avenues of interest and detection. But to watch Mr. Maurer pretend like he's going through Chad's "soiled" clothes that he was wearing when he mysteriously died and to hear him struggle with the lines, "Oh no...oh no Chad" is recondite beyond measure. I can just imagine the scene where Chad Maurer's father waves goodbye to the actor driving off...and then hear a director yell "CUT!! Okay, Mr. Maurer...now I need a bit more from you. Remember...this is your son. Who you love. He's going off to die in a mysterious manner...but you don't know that yet. Yet...you have this odd feeling..." Now this is only regarding the parents who act in the segments with the actors posing as their dead children. The Sally & Shane segment also weirded me out watching Pat's pleading late-night heart to heart with her daughter recreated for the cameras. It just doesn't sit well with me. The one and only time I felt like the family was in it as some sort of acting gig or doing it so they could maybe get "noticed" was the case of Adam Hecht. The energy and gusto with which his mom went at the scene with "Tony" just screamed "wannabe actress" to me. Maybe she wasn't trying to pad a resume or anything but it sure seemed like she went into it with the attitude of "I'm gonna be the best damned me* there is*!" . I wouldn't be surprised if she started improving on set or asked for another shot because she couldn't get into character.

10-04-2007, 08:56 PM	#9
Todd Mueller Member Senior Member Join Date: Feb 11, 2005 Posts: 1,626	It always got to me when the dad was looking at Chad in the funeral home. He could see the bruises and the skinned knuckles and he knew it wasn't suicide. It was so hard to watch when he said, "Oh, boy... What happened, Chad? What happened?" That just tears your heart to see a guy looking at his dead son who was said to have committed suicide and knowing it was probably murder. Ugh.

10-04-2007, 09:20 PM	#10
crystaldawn Member Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Dec 17, 2002 Location: Illinois Posts: 4,261	Finally a picture of yourself Todd...excellent!

10-04-2007, 09:24 PM	#11
Todd Mueller Member Senior Member Join Date: Feb 11, 2005 Posts: 1,626	Yeah, it's like a dream come true! Big thanks to you for Volume 11, and Wiseguy for giving me tips on screen captures. The synergy here is awesome!

10-06-2007, 02:30 AM	#12
kadrmas15 Retired from Board 03/03/11 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 11, 2006 Location: Minnesota Posts: 1,910	Yeah, Chad Mauer, well the acting isnt the best in some of those segments, but I think the parents were allowed to portray themselves but not forced into doing it. I actually thought Chad's parents did a pretty good job in the segment, I think there was at least some real emotions on their parts as they were reliving the experience. The guy that was playing the funeral home director was bad though with his line reading, unless that guy was the real life funeral home director I dont know. Also in the segment we get to see the Chicago Police Department at more of their usual worst. Chicago PD arguably the most or certainly one of the most corrupt police departments in the country. They leave a car like that unattended in an unlocked garage overnight and big surprise the jacket gets stolen and the Chicago PD detective acted like he was so amazed it got stolen, what a joke!

10-12-2007, 03:06 PM	#13
DarkDante Member Senior Member Join Date: Jul 27, 2002 Posts: 1,569	I've always wondered if there is some sort of cover up with this case. Something isn't right here as far as the investigation goes especially with the jacket.

10-13-2007, 06:10 AM	#14
kadrmas15 Retired from Board 03/03/11 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 11, 2006 Location: Minnesota Posts: 1,910	Well, police corruption in my opinion is a very likely possibility in this case. I do not feel that the detective from Dane County, Wisconsin sheriff's department was in on it. However the Chicago PD is another matter. I mean they tried to write off Chad's death as a suicide despite him having suffered an obvious beating. Then they leave the car in the unlocked garage instead of taking it to an impound lot and they dont keep the evidence guarded so the jacket is "lost". I am not sure if it was lost or stolen but I agree with you DD that something about the investigation on the Chicago PD's end of this stinks, something is just not right. I am sure Chicago PD probably thought that Chad's parents would just accept the suicide ruling and go away and leave the case alone. Chicago PD bungled it pretty good or purposely covered it up. The Dane County detective in my opinion, seemed skeptical that the Chicago cops just lost the jacket. Of course Chicago PD is easily one of the most if not the most corrupt police departments in the country. They have a lot of sleaze bags for cops because they have trouble recruiting decent individuals, probably the only police department that is maybe more corrupt than Chicago is the Los Angeles Police Department.

10-15-2007, 03:43 PM	#15
NDAlum2003 Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Jan 14, 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 216	I always had to think that maybe Chad got mixed up with the wrong people in an honest attempt to make some extra money. Sounded like he was fairly naive and could have been an easy target. As to the photos a lot of them looked like high school senior types of photos.