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Catch my Killer

At any given time in the world, there are thousands of unsolved murders. Most of them will never be solved. The first 48 hours of a homicide are the most crucial to an investigation. Eventually, leads dry up, witnesses become less cooperative, and cases go cold (unsolved). Meanwhile, detectives continue receiving new homicide cases which push older ones to the back. After a case goes cold, it quickly becomes yesterday’s news. The public and the media will forget about the crime and move onto the next crime story.

But do you know who won’t forget about a cold case? The victim’s family and friends. They won’t forget because their case is more than a case file or news story. The victims were sons, fathers, mothers, daughters, or friends. Catch my Killer is a podcast that focuses on the victim’s surviving family and friends who give a voice to those who no longer have one. If you are listening and can help bring a killer to justice, please call in your tips. Even the smallest clue could be large enough to break a case wide open.

Please be sure to visit my website for more information about my true crime and paranormal newspaper columns at www.themarcabe.com. You can also help support my podcast by subscribing to my true crime Patreon page. You will receive an extra podcast episode per month (true crime, paranormal or a combination of both.) To subscribe, please visit my Patreon page at: https://www.patreon.com/catchmykiller.

Copyright: © Copyright Marc Hoover

Latest Episodes:

Episode 40: The unsolved homicide of PFC Brandon Scott Rosecrans Jul 12, 2020

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On May 18, 2020, at 10 am, local police officers were dispatched to the 2100 block of Fuller Lane in Harker Heights Texas where Pfc. Brandon Scott Rosecrans was found dead. Authorities have concluded that he died from a gunshot wound and his death is now being investigated as a homicide, according to the Harker Heights Police Department.
Brandon entered the army in May 2018 as a quartermaster and chemical equipment repairer. He had been assigned to the 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Calvary Division since November 2018.
Thomas Berg is the father of PFC Rosecrans. He loved his son and called Brandon his best friend. He visits his son’s grave daily. He has told me that if the police don’t solve Brandon’s case soon, he will leave his Missouri home and relocate to the Fort Hood area and find his son’s killer.
Please listen to the heartfelt pleas of a broken father who is hell bent on catching his son’s killer.
Now on with the story of PFC Brandon Scott Rosecrans as told by his father Thomas Berg.
Do you know who killed Brandon on May 18, 2020 in Harker Heights, Texas? Perhaps you were in the area and saw something you didn’t think was significant. There is a substantial reward for anyone who can help identify Brandon’s killer. What if Brandon was your son, nephew, brother or friend? Wouldn’t you want justice. On behalf of Brandon’s parents, I am pleading with you to help solve this crime.
You don’t have to leave your name. If you know anything, please contact Lt. Jack Wallace of the Harker Heights Police department at 254-953-5431 or Crimestoppers at 254-526-8477. There are also 2 facebook pages dedicated to Brandon if you would like to know more about his case. They are Justice for PFC. Brandon Rosecrans and Brandon Rosecrans Justice for PFC Rosecrans.
Video clip provided by KOLR10 News at www.ozarksfirst.com
Please also visit my website for more information about my true crime and paranormal newspaper columns at www.themarcabe.com. You can also help support my podcast by making a Paypal donation to augustlake@fuse.net at https://bit.ly/39iw6iz. If you would like to contact me about this podcast, please email me at catchmykiller@gmail.com.

Episode 39: Was Army veteran Sgt. Robbie West murdered? Jul 05, 2020

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On July 17, 2011 Robbie West was found dead by another soldier named Kenneth Zubic who had called 911. After an investigation by the Phenix City Alabama police department and the Army, Robbie’s death was ruled a suicide. Robbie’s mother and wife both disagreed with the suicide claim. Deanne contacted a program called Crime Watch Daily with Chris Hansen. She asked the program to look into her son’s death. What they found was troubling.
Deanne also received evidence photos through a Freedom of Information Act request. She said there was a lack of blood splatter. Here is a quote from her:
“There was a lack of blood splatter, there was the weapon that was laid in his lap and it was up under a fold of his belly, so how can you shoot yourself in the head, lean over to the right, then the gun fall perfectly under the flap of your belly?”
Do you know what happened to Robby West on July 17, 2011 in Phenix City Alabama? If you know something, about Robbie’s death, please contact Deanne Miller directly through FB at SGT ROBBIE WEST (#justiceforsgtwest) or send your tips through www.themarcabe.com.
Video clip provided by the ESPN special titled A Time to Kill The Jody Plauche Story. Visit their website at https://www.espn.com
Please also visit my website for more information about my true crime and paranormal newspaper columns at www.themarcabe.com. You can also help support my podcast by making a Paypal donation to augustlake@fuse.net at https://bit.ly/39iw6iz. If you would like to contact me about this podcast, please email me at catchmykiller@gmail.com.

Episode 38: Gary Plauche: Hero or Killer? Jun 28, 2020

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For this week’s episode I spoke to Jody Plauche, who is the son of the late Leon Gary Plauche who passed away on October 14, 2014. If you aren’t familiar with Gary and Jody’s story, you can easily find details on the Internet. Gary will always be known as a vigilante who killed a man named Jeff Doucet. The shooting was captured on camera by a news television crew and has been viewed over a million times.
On March 16, 1984, police officers were escorting Doucet through the Baton Rouge Metro Airport. He had been arrested for kidnapping and raping Jody Plauche. Gary killed the man who kidnapped and raped his son. Plauche received a seven-year suspended sentence with five years of probation and 300 hours of community service. He received no jail time.
The case received much publicity because people were conflicted over whether Plauche should have been sent to prison. Gary Plauche said anyone in a similar situation would have done the same thing as he did.
Jody has written a book called "Why, Gary, Why?": The Jody Plauché Story, which is available on Amazon and other book retailers. Jody can be reached on FB and other social media outlets. Jody's contact information can be found on his website at: http://www.jodyplauche.net
Video clip provided by the ESPN special titled A Time to Kill The Jody Plauche Story. Visit their website at https://www.espn.com
Please also visit my website for more information about my true crime and paranormal newspaper columns at www.themarcabe.com. You can also help support my podcast by making a Paypal donation to augustlake@fuse.net at https://bit.ly/39iw6iz. If you would like to contact me about this podcast, please email me at catchmykiller@gmail.com.

Episode 37: The mysterious and disturbing death of Danye Jones Jun 21, 2020

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For this week’s episode I spoke to Melissa Mckinnies about the October 2018 death of her son Danye Jones in St. Louis, Mo. The day still haunts her. On October 16, 2018, Melissa watched a movie with her son. Then around 9 p.m., she said Danye packed an overnight bag which included his toothbrush. Melissa said Danye was going to meet with an unnamed person. Melissa said he was in good spirits and appeared upbeat.
After Danye left, Melissa went to bed. However, she was awakened by a nightmare. She said something didn’t seem right. Melissa noticed Danye’s light was on in his basement bedroom. She assumed he had returned home and assumed he was up. This was unusual because he turned off his light when he wasn’t home and he said he was staying over with someone. However, Danye wasn’t in his room.
Melissa then saw something strange outside. She went outside to find her son Danye hanging from a tree with his pants pulled down around his ankles. For a brief moment of time, her life just stood still. Her youngest son was hanging from a sheet with balled up fists. After calling the police, they arrived to investigate. Investigators located a chair knocked over near the tree.
Melissa told me authorities immediately ruled Danye’s death a suicide. She believes her son was murdered and the hanging was staged. Melissa also said Danye didn’t know how to tie the knots used in the rope around his neck. She also said the sheet used to hang Danye wasn’t from her home. However, St. Louis County police still claim Danye killed himself. Melissa's family is on a mission to have her son's case changed from suicide to homicide. If you have any information about Danye's death, please call 866-371-TIPS.
Video clip provided by KMOV4 CBS affiliate in St. Louis, Missouri. Visit their website at https://www.kmov.com
Please also visit my website for more information about my true crime and paranormal newspaper columns at www.themarcabe.com. You can also help support my podcast by making a Paypal donation to augustlake@fuse.net at https://bit.ly/39iw6iz. If you would like to contact me about this podcast, please email me at catchmykiller@gmail.com.

Episode 36: Michael Funk was shot to death by police officers: Accidental or intentional? Jun 14, 2020

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For this episode, I interviewed an independent film maker named David Starr who is working on a documentary called the 50-million-dollar bullet. David will share a story of a police shooting that will have you shocked and angry. His film tells the story of a Vietnam Veteran named Michael Funk, also known as ML.
Michael survived a military stint in Vietnam only to die at the hands of Neenah Wisconsin police officers Craig Hoffer and Robert Ross. For ML, the day began as any other day. He worked at a motorcycle repair shop called Eagle Nation Cycles in Neenah, Wisconsin with his close friend Steven Erato, who owned the shop.
On December 5, 2015, a man named Brian Flatoff entered the shop and took Ryan Moderson, Mike Petersen and Funk as hostages. Flatoff wanted to steal a motorcycle he once owned from the shop.
During the hostage ordeal, while armed with a handgun he carried for protection, Funk escaped through the backdoor. After escaping, Officers Hoffer and Ross shot Michael Funk dead.
Officers stormed the building and arrested Flatoff, who was eventually prosecuted and sentenced to prison. Afterward, there was an investigation into ML Funk’s shooting.
Former Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel’s office determined officers Craig Hoffer and Robert Ross were justified in killing Funk. He said the officers incorrectly thought Funk was the armed hostage-taker and reacted under the threat of imminent death and therefore "acted in an objectively reasonable manner" in shooting Funk. Schimel called Funk’s death a tragic mistake and that he did nothing to deserve to die.
However, Shop owner Steven Erato claims there is more to this story than meets the eye. Listen as David Starr tells the story of Michael Funk and the unanswered questions about his death.For more information about this upcoming film, you can contact David Starr through his FB page titled The Fifty Million Dollar Bullet.
Video clip provided by WFRV Local 5 at https://www.wearegreenbay.com/
Please also visit my website for more information about my true crime and paranormal newspaper columns at www.themarcabe.com. You can also help support my podcast by making a Paypal donation to augustlake@fuse.net at https://bit.ly/39iw6iz. If you would like to contact me about this podcast, please email me at catchmykiller@gmail.com.

Episode 35: Did DJ Fickey commit suicide or was he murdered? Jun 07, 2020

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For this episode, I spoke to Amanda, about the death of her brother Donald “DJ” Edward Fickey Jr. who was only 27 when he died. On October 3, 2016 in Flintstone, GA. Walker County 911 operators received a frantic call from what is known as a local drug den; the caller stated he needed help because someone had committed suicide. The local sheriff’s office investigated and initially ruled his death a suicide by shotgun, as did the GBI who was also called in to do a limited autopsy.
However, Amanda Shirley, Dj’s Sister and her family believe Dj’s death was a homicide and not a suicide. Amanda said DJ had made plans for the future and had no reason to commit suicide.
During the investigation the caller changed his story multiple times, failed a polygraph test and offered an unbelievable, if not impossible explanation as to how DJ shot himself. According to Amanda, two witnesses watched then entire scene unfold. One was DJ’s wife Brandy. Both witnesses said the man who called 911 shot and killed DJ. Even with witnesses, authorities have not changed DJ’s cause of death or treated DJ’s death as a homicide.
***Video clip provided by Investigation Discovery at https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/
If you know anything about this case, please contact Private investigator Eric Echols of the Truth Fact Protect company at 770-579-0188 or visit his website at http://www.tfpcompany.net/. You can also contact the Walker County Sheriff’s Dept at 706-638-1909. Please also be sure to visit the Justice for DJ page with more information about her death.
Please also visit my website for more information about my true crime and paranormal newspaper columns at www.themarcabe.com. You can also help support my podcast by making a Paypal donation to augustlake@fuse.net at https://bit.ly/39iw6iz. If you would like to contact me about this podcast, please email me at catchmykiller@gmail.com.

Episode 34: The unsolved murder of Angie Barlow May 31, 2020

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For this episode, I spoke to Christina Kramer, about her daughter Angela “Angie” Barlow. Angie was Christina’s oldest daughter. To make ends meet, Angie was a dancer. Before her disappearance, she had received a request to do a private party. Originally, Angie was hesitant and felt uncomfortable about it. But after returning home from a trip, she needed the money and decided to do the party. However, she left a final text to her best friend that simply said, “Doing a private party at this address just in case I go missing lol.”
On Oct. 27, 2016, after working the private party, Angie never made it home. Eventually, the Indianapolis Police Department received a tip that led them to Angie’s body.
On June 20, 2017 the Indianapolis police department recovered Angie’s buried body at the 5300 block of East 43rd. Someone had murdered and attempted to hide Angie’s body. If you know anything about this case, please contact Detective Jose Torres of the Indianapolis PD at 317 327 3741 or call in your tips to 1 800 222 TIPS. Please also be sure to visit the Justice for Angie FB page with more information about her death.
***Video clip provided by ABC affiliate RTV6 at the Indychannel.com.
Please also visit my website for more information about my true crime and paranormal newspaper columns at www.themarcabe.com. You can also help support my podcast by making a Paypal donation to augustlake@fuse.net at https://bit.ly/39iw6iz. If you would like to contact me about this podcast, please email me at catchmykiller@gmail.com.

Episode 33: Quinton Higgins on surviving the Kings's Island bus crash of 1988 May 24, 2020

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I am speaking to a man named Quinton Higgins. He is a survivor of the 1988 Carrolton, Ky bus crash that killed 27 people.
On May 14, 1988, a youth group consisting of students who attended North Hardin High School, James T. Alton Middle School, Radcliff Middle School and four adults from the Assembly of God church in Radcliff, Kentucky, boarded their church activity bus and headed to Kings Island theme park in Mason, Ohio.
The group included church members and their invited guests.
After spending a fun filled day at the Mason, Ohio amusement park, the group left after the park closed. At 10:55 p.m., while heading south on Interstate 71 just outside Carrollton, Kentucky, the bus collided with a black 1987 Toyota pickup truck traveling the wrong way (north in the southbound lanes) at a high speed. The small truck was driven by Larry Wayne Mahoney, a 34-year-old intoxicated factory worker.
Of the 67 people on the bus (counting the driver), there were 27 fatalities. Listen to Quentin tell his story of near survival and how he has managed to turn a horrific tragedy into a positive experience.
Note** Video courtesy of Impact after the crash documentary available on Youtube.
For more information about Quinton's story, visit his FB page: Voice for Change or visit his website at www.voiceforchange.net. Quinton's not for profit group also accepts donations to help in his mission against drunk driving.
Please also visit my website for more information about my true crime and paranormal newspaper columns at www.themarcabe.com. You can also help support my podcast by making a Paypal donation to augustlake@fuse.net at https://bit.ly/39iw6iz. If you would like to contact me about this podcast, please email me at catchmykiller@gmail.com.

Episode 32: The 1987 murder of Margaret Durant May 17, 2020

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For this episode, I spoke to Shirley Cooper, a correctional officer who has spent over 30 years trying to catch her youngest sister Margaret’s killer. On Friday, December 11th, 1987 around 10:15 A.M., utility workers found the body of a 21-year-old woman named Margaret Durant in a vacant lot at Higgs and Burrell Avenues in Grandview Heights, Ohio.
Margaret was last seen the night before leaving her job at 11:30 p.m. Margaret worked at the Limited Distribution Center on Morris Road in Columbus, Ohio. The Franklin County Coroner determined that Margaret was sexually assaulted and strangled. Today, No one has been arrested for killing Margaret.
If you know anything about this case, please contact the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation at 855-BCI-OHIO (224-6446) or the Grandview Heights Police Department at (614) 488-7901. Please also be sure to visit the Find my Sister’s Killer FB page with more information about Margaret’s death.
Note** Video courtesy of CBS affiliate Channel 10 (www.10tv.com).
Please also visit my website for more information about my true crime and paranormal newspaper columns at www.themarcabe.com. You can also help support my podcast by making a Paypal donation to augustlake@fuse.net at https://bit.ly/39iw6iz. If you would like to contact me about this podcast, please email me at catchmykiller@gmail.com.

Episode 31: The unsolved murders of sisters Barbara and Patricia Grimes May 10, 2020

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For this episode, I spoke to Ray Johnson, a retired detective who has spent many years trying to solve the murders of sisters Barbara and Patricia Grimes. On December 28, 1956, the sisters had pooled together a couple of dollars and planned on attending an Elvis movie titled“Love me Tender” showing at the Brighton Theater in Chicago, Illinois.
The sisters left around 7:30 p.m. and never returned home.
On January 22, 1957, a man named Leonard Prescott was driving to a local grocery store. Along the way, he passed what he thought were two mannequins laying in the snow. He went home to get his wife. The couple returned to the scene and located the deceased bodies of Barbara and Patricia Grimes. The girls were nude and frozen from the cold. Over six decades have passed since the Grimes sisters were killed. The case still remains open.
*** The video clip was from CBS Channel 2 news (Chicago affiliate) www.CBSChicago.com
If you know anything about this case, please contact the Cook County Sheriff’s office at 847-635-1188. And please be sure to visit the Help Solve Chicago's Grimes Sisters' Murder FB page and also Detective Ray Johnson’s website www.historycop.com.
Please also visit my website for more information about my true crime and paranormal newspaper columns at www.themarcabe.com. You can also help support my podcast by making a Paypal donation to augustlake@fuse.net at https://bit.ly/39iw6iz. If you would like to contact me about this podcast, please email me at catchmykiller@gmail.com.

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