Aftershock. Heres incentive three clowns. Marlene painted it when she was a teenager. There arent random evil clouds walking ts rft sto commit a crime in. It is literally walking camouflage. A woman was shocked at her front door. By a person dressed in a clown costume. My heart dropped. Smiling and performing now. In a split second, they could wipe out that paint of a smile be killers. Wellington, florida, is just a very monied, sleepy part of south its right up against the everglades. Wellington is one of the richest cities in Palm Beach County. Youve got palm beach, which is the tony island of millionaires and billionaires. Deborah its also home to maralago, president trumps socalled winter white house. And then you have wellington. Youve got the wellington of the equestrian set, where Bruce Springsteen has a house. Quiet but lavish. The houses were built around a grass airstrip, and they all had hangars out back for the owners planes. Deborah now this is the way to go to work every
Purpose in mind and took time to disguise themselves. The clown pulls out fires at pointblank range into marlenes face. The last words i heard my mother say was, oh, how pretty. Then bang. Deborah then you add this costume, this clown costume to it, and it just sort of created a whole bizarreness around it. Its ridiculous. This stuff should not happen. You can hear her gasp. It was just like shock after shock after shock. Marlene warren really liked clowns. Here is a set of three clowns. Marlene painted it when she was a teenager. There arent just random evil clowns Walking Around unless its in the movies. The clown costume is a perfect costume to commit a crime in. Its literally walking camouflage. A woman was shot at her front door. By a person dressed in a clown costume. And my heart dropped. Theyre smiling and performing now in a splitsecond, they could wipe off that paint of a smile and be a killer. Wellington, florida, is just a very monied, sleepy part of south florida. Its righ
Never seen a bizarre murder like this. She said to her parents, if something happens to me, michael did it. Reporter but was it her husband michael or someone else dressed to kill . We found the woman who likely sold that costume. Said, i need to buy a costume. I said, can you come back tomorrow . No, i know exactly what i want, can i come in . Reporter and what that person may have wanted was murder. How could a case that was so notorious go unsolved all those years . Reporter im david muir. Reporter and im elizabeth vargas, and this is 20 20. Heres deborah roberts. People were concerned it was a mad, crazy clown. This is not fun and games. That was going to show up at your door and shoot you in the face. It was just bizarre. If someone dressed as a clown knocked on my door, i wouldnt open it. This is real life. What is shocking about it is where it happened, because it happened in wellington. Reporter wellington, florida. A hidden jewel in the crown of Palm Beach County, an area syno
Palm beach county where theyve never seen a bizarre murder like this. She said to her parents, if something happens to me, michael did it. Reporter but was it her husband michael or someone else dressed to kill . We found the woman who likely sold that costume. Said, i need to buy a costume. I said, can you come back tomorrow . No, i know exactly what i want, can i come in . Reporter and what that person may have wanted was murder. How could a case that was so notorious go unsolved all those years . Reporter im david muir. Reporter and im elizabeth vargas, and this is 20 20. Heres deborah roberts. People were concerned it was a mad, crazy clown. This is not fun and games. That was going to show up at your door and shoot you in the face. It was just bizarre. If someone dressed as a clown knocked on my door, i wouldnt open it. This is real life. What is shocking about it is where it happened, because it happened in wellington. Reporter wellington, florida. A hidden jewel in the crown of
The 1990 murder of Marlene Warren, shot by someone dressed as a clown, haunted the public and investigators as the case went unsolved for more than 30 years.