In a case that has long gone cold, the Beech Grove Police Department has taken to social media, dusting off the file on Charles “Chuck” McGraw, a 53-year-old man with a penchant for conspicuous consumption, found shot dead over three decades ago. McGraw, whose lifestyle was as flashy as it was enigmatic, met his end in a Cadillac, on the second floor of a hospital parking garage back in 1988. In a post that harps on the unsolved and the unresolved, the BGPD has appealed to the public, seeking any information that might untangle the web of McGraw’s finances and, perhaps, lead to the motives behind his murder.
The post made on December 6, a deliberate call to action, reminded Beech Grove residents of the unsolved mystery of McGraw’s death — an event that left more questions than answers. With multiple threads of income that the investigators have been picking at for years, his murder feels like a puzzle with missing pieces, the complete picture of which remains elusive. Chuck was described by the Beech Grove Police Department as a man “who loved money — earning it, flashing it, and spending it.”
The call for information wasn’t just made in static text — an attempt to breathe life into the investigation comes through a podcast titled “The Deck,” which delves into the full story of McGraw’s life and death. Interested sleuths and those who might know something are being directed to listen for clues or reminiscences that could aid in drawing to a close a chapter that has remained open far too long…