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5 min readThe House
On March 16, 2017, a retired FBI agent named Scott Horn failed to make his usual morning wake-up call to his daughter Kelly. He was a man of rigid routines—the kind who scheduled his life like clockwork after 23 years at the Bureau. When Kelly's texts went unanswered and her calls went straight to voicemail, she asked a neighbor to request a wellness check. Officers found the house in order, but the dogs had been left inside long enough to soil the floors. Scott was gone.
That evening, Scott's son Riley arrived at the house with a friend, wearing a GoPro camera—a habit he'd developed for reasons that would become clear later. As they walked up the lawn, they heard banging and clattering from the side of the house. In the darkness, they made out a tarp. What they found sent Riley running to a neighbor's house, screaming. Scott Horn was dead in his own backyard, shot in the neck and then beaten beyond recognition with firewood.
The Investigation and the Estranged Wife
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- 1 (00:57) **The Discovery of a Body** - A young man wearing a GoPro finds his father's body in the backyard of the family home, launching a complex murder investigation.
- 2 (03:11) **The Victim: Scott Horn** - Scott's routine and his family's frantic search for him after he fails to make his daily wake-up call are detailed.
- 3 (06:06) **The GoPro Discovery** - Riley, Scott's son, records his search of the property with a GoPro, leading to the horrifying discovery of their father's body.
- 4 (08:17) **The Brutal Nature of the Crime** - Investigators detail the overkill involved in Scott's murder, describing it as personal and likely committed by someone who knew him.
- 5 (10:08) **The Victim's Life and Career** - Friends and family paint a picture of Scott as a loving father and a skilled FBI agent, known for his "good cop" persona.
- 6 (12:58) **The Unexpected Presence in the House** - As police swarm the crime scene, Scott's wife, Ann Allen, emerges from the house, seemingly unaware of what has happened.
- 7 (14:40) **The Estranged Wife and the Divorce** - The investigation reveals Scott and Ann were living separate lives in the same house while negotiating a contentious divorce.
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Show Notes
When Kelly Horn finds out her father, former FBI agent Scott Horn, has been murdered at his house, she is stunned. As police dig into Scott’s past, they begin to think the key to the mystery might be quite close to home. Josh Mankiewicz reports.
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