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Episode #80: Shawn Baur & Scott Fosnaught - Murdered (2002)

What would you do if you found two bodies in the road at 2am? When two fifteen year-olds left their friend's house at 1am on a summer night in 2002, nobody expected to find only their bodies, and no clues, mere hours later.



SCOTT FOSNAUGHT JR.


Birth: 7/25/1986 - Death: 7/17/2002


Ethnicity: Caucasian - Sex: Male


Hometown: Forward Township - Butler County


Crime Scene: The boys were discovered around 1:30/2:00am on July 17th along Cashdollar road in Butler County.

Last Known Location Alive: Friend's house around 1am

Injury Description: only wound was a circular impact wound on his head.

Suspect Description: Unknown

Additional Information: Scott and Shawn were walking home from a friend’s house and would have used Cashdollar Road to get home.


DNA: Unknown

Fingerprints: Unknown

Dental: Unknown



SHAWN BAUR


Birth: 7/22/1986 - Death: 7/17/2002


Ethnicity: Caucasian - Sex: Male


Hometown: Forward Township - Butler County


Crime Scene: The boys were discovered around 1:30/2:00am on July 17th along Cashdollar road in Butler County.

Last Known Location Alive: Friend's house around 1 am

Injury Description: a torn aorta and split kidney

Suspect Description: Unknown

Additional Information: Scott and Shawn were walking home from a friend’s house and would have used Cashdollar Road to get home.


DNA: Unknown

Fingerprints: Unknown

Dental: Unknown



From Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 7/18/2002


Any persons with information on this incident are asked to anonymously contact Pennsylvania Crime Stoppers Toll Free at 1-800-4PA-TIPS (8477) or online at https://www.p3tips.com/tipform.aspx?ID=107 All callers to Pennsylvania Crime Stoppers remain anonymous and could be eligible for a CASH REWARD for information that leads to an arrest, the solving of a crime/cold case or the location of a wanted person/fugitive or missing persons.


Sources

https://www.wpxi.com/news/investigates/cold-case-was-it-hit-and-run-or-something-more-sinister/IW2O36XSZZFIJM2OJXX6TK2HGI/

https://www.crimewatchpa.com/crimestoppers/316/cases/10000-reward-information-solves-2002-cold-case-homicides-15-year-olds-scott-fosnaught

https://www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/news/20-years-since-deaths-of-shawn-baur-and-scott-fosnaught-butler-county/


Sourced via CRIMEWATCH®: https://www.crimewatchpa.com/crimestoppers/316/cases/10000-reward-information-solves-2002-cold-case-homicides-15-year-olds-scott-fosnaught


https://www.newspapers.com/image/89894443/?terms=shawn%20bauer%20and%20scott%20fosnaught&match=1

https://www.newspapers.com/image/614727499/?terms=shawn%20bauer%20and%20scott%20fosnaught&match=1

https://archive.triblive.com/news/hit-run-driver-suspected-in-death-of-2-teens/

https://old.post-gazette.com/neigh_north/20020718doublefatal4.asp

https://www.tribdem.com/news/teen-deaths-still-haunt-parents-10-years-later/article_c51cd9f0-6736-5869-89e7-7932982dddb8.html

https://www.catchmykiller.com/episode-53-who-killed-15-year-old-scott-fosnaught/?fbclid=IwAR0kyNm-A0fSIP80xqIEUxao3nnaigkihfDvbJTaRe1kRpQf9cewo_VSals



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