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Double-Stamped: The Passport That Proved a Border Murder

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Double-Stamped: The Passport That Proved a Border Murder

A frozen eyelash and a passport with two identical “entry from Mexico” stamps on the same day - the discovery at Perdomo crossing turns on one impossible paper record that refuses to make sense. Who stamped Ralph M. Walsh into the United States twice on February 9, 1947, and what did that double stamp hide?

In this episode, we follow the chronology of a body found in a drainage ditch and the paper trail that became the case's center. You will hear how Ralph Walsh’s life intersected with cross-border smuggling networks, the New Mexico woman who transported people and documents, and the puzzling passport entries that kept investigators asking who had access to the stamp and why.

Person: Ralph M. Walsh
Date (body found): February 11, 1947 at 7:15 AM
Location (crossing): Perdomo crossing inspection annex
Person: Teresa Hill (born Teresa Macon)
Event: Passport shows two "entry from Mexico" stamps dated February 9, 1947 (6:44 PM and 11:22 PM)

- The body of Ralph M. Walsh, age 28, was found folded into a drainage ditch under loose wooden planks.
- Walsh had no wallet, no cash, and no personal effects when discovered.
- His passport recorded two entries from Mexico on February 9, 1947, at 6:44 PM and 11:22 PM with no exit stamp between them.
- Walsh had worked at Rankin-Solis in El Paso and left the company in summer 1946; his departure was noted as "mutual" by supervisor Otto Pryce.
- Witness Perry Lund saw Teresa Hill’s 1942 Ford pickup with New Mexico plates stopped four miles from Perdomo Gate on the evening of February 9, 1947.

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