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Corpus Delicti

If true crime is your thing, it’s ours too. With a dash of Southern charm, Jenn and Lindsay crack open the most compelling cases within different series and topics including cruise ship deaths and disappearances, historical crimes, crimes committed by women, crimes that inspired movies, and so much more. With over 200 episodes there’s plenty to binge.

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231: Case Closed: Jessica Baggen Mar 07, 2023

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Jessica Baggen spent her 17th birthday with a friend and sister. She walked home in the wee morning hours the day after but was never seen alive again. Pretty quickly, someone came into the police station saying he had blacked out and thinks he may have killed Jessica... but something just didn't add up.
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Music by:
Kai Engel
"Daemones"
Blooper music by:
Art of Escapism
"Coal Miners"
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Sources:
20-024-Jessica-Baggen-Cold-Case-Solved (alaska.gov)
Jessica Baggen death: DNA solves 1996 cold case murder (nypost.com)
23 years ago, Alaska tried the wrong man for the murder of a Sitka teenager. Now police say they’ve found the real killer. Why wasn’t he a suspect all along? (ktoo.org)
24 years after her death on a Sitka bike path, genetic evidence leads to Jessica Baggen’s killer - Alaska Public Media
13 May 1996, Page 1 - Daily Sitka Sentinel at Newspapers.com
https://www.newspapers.com/image/17248948/?terms=jessica%20baggen&match=1
29 May 1996, Page 5 - Daily Sitka Sentinel at Newspapers.com
18 Jun 1997, Page 8 - Daily Sitka Sentinel at Newspapers.com
13 Jun 1997, Page 1 - Daily Sitka Sentinel at Newspapers.com
12 Jun 1997, Page 8 - Daily Sitka Sentinel at Newspapers.com
11 Jun 1997, Page 1 - Daily Sitka Sentinel at Newspapers.com
23 Jun 1997, Page 1 - Daily Sitka Sentinel at Newspapers.com
19 Jun 1997, Page 8 - Daily Sitka Sentinel at Newspapers.com
10 Jun 1997, Page 8 - Daily Sitka Sentinel at Newspapers.com

230: Case Closed: Leanne Teirnan Feb 28, 2023

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Leanne Tiernan disappeared while walking home from the bus stop with her friend. Nine months went by with no real sign of her. Then, she was found deceased in the woods, but everything indicated she had only been there for a few weeks max. Her case was finally solved, and brought closure to other cases as well.
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Music by:
Kai Engel
"Daemones"
Blooper music by:
Art of Escapism
"Coal Miners"
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, PO Box 1866, Mountain View, CA 94042, USA.
Sources:
BBC News | ENGLAND | Murdered Leanne buried
BBC News | UK | Leanne police in finger-tip search
John Taylor: Killer in the Woods | Crime + Investigation UK (crimeandinvestigation.co.uk)
Police interrogate sex strangler | UK news | The Guardian
Sister helps in search for teenager (telegraph.co.uk)
Unsolved crimes Australia (crimenet.org)
BBC News | UK | Missing teen: £10,000 reward pledged
BBC News | UK | Leanne police reveal images
BBC NEWS | UK | England | How Leanne's killer was caught
How many more did this sadist murder? (From The Northern Echo) (archive.org)
[ARCHIVED CONTENT] Leanne Tiernan (nationalarchives.gov.uk)
Murder of Leanne Tiernan – Forensic Tales
Leanne Tiernan killer caught because freezer broke down | Daily Mail Online
24 Aug 2001, 14 - The Daily Telegraph at Newspapers.com
Someone's Daughter, Someone's Son ~ Leanne Tiernan - YouTube
Killer in the Woods - YouTube

229: Case Closed: Roy McCaleb Feb 21, 2023

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Roy McCaleb was shot in his own bedroom at 10pm. His wife says that an intruder came into the house and shot him, after he had violently assaulted her. The more digging investigators do, the more things don't add up. But it would be over 20 years until the case is resolved.
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Music by:
Kai Engel
"Daemones"
Blooper music by:
Art of Escapism
"Coal Miners"
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Sources:
Harris Co. grand jury indicts woman in husband's 1985 death (chron.com)
Prosecutor: Houston woman changed story in 1985 death (chron.com)
'Black Widow' convicted in 1985 slaying featured on national TV (chron.com)
Woman, 66, charged in 23-year-old murder case (chron.com)
Hints of a darker past for widow charged in '85 death (chron.com)
Alzheimer's Patient, 71, Gets Six Months for Murder - ABC News (go.com)
The State of Texas v. CAROLYN SUE KRIZAN-WILSON--Appeal from 177th District Court of Harris County :: 2010 :: Texas Court of Appeals, Fourteenth District Decisions :: Texas Case Law :: Texas Law :: US Law :: Justia

228: Case Closed: Ed and Minnie Maurin Feb 16, 2023

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Ed and Minnie Maurin were well loved in their community. When Minnie didn't answer the door for guests arriving for a Christmas party, a search began. It wasn't until Christmas day that their bodies were found. Unfortunately, it would be years before the case was solved.
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Music by:
Kai Engel
"Daemones"
Blooper music by:
Art of Escapism
"Coal Miners"
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Sources:
Ed, Minnie Maurin Killed For Money Before Christmas | Crime News (oxygen.com)
Cold Case Murder of Washington Couple Featured on A&E (people.com)
https://www.chronline.com/stories/updated-arrest-made-in-26-year-old-cold-case-murder-of-the-maurins,134066
1985 Washington Cold-Case Homicide of Elderly Couple Solved - ABC News (go.com)
Man gets 103 years in prison for slaying of elderly couple | Northwest | lmtribune.com
The Network of Care for Domestic Violence , Texas

227: Case Closed: Colette Aram Jan 31, 2023

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Colette Aram was making the 10 minute walk to her boyfriend's house and was never seen alive again. The next day, which was Halloween, Colette was found deceased. Despite finding DNA, there was no one to match it to and the case went cold until several years later.
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Music by:
Kai Engel
"Daemones"
Blooper music by:
Art of Escapism
"Coal Miners"
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, PO Box 1866, Mountain View, CA 94042, USA.
Sources:
DNA profile may solve 25-year-old murder case | The Independent | The Independent
BBC NEWS | England | Nottinghamshire | Man remanded in 1983 death case
Killer of schoolgirl Colette Aram dies in custody - BBC News
BBC NEWS | UK | England | Nottinghamshire | Torment of murdered girl's family
Colette Aram's killer jailed for life 26 years after her murder (telegraph.co.uk)
Man jailed for life over 1983 murder of Colette Aram | Crime | The Guardian

226: Case Closed: Angela Kleinsorge Jan 24, 2023

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Angela Kleinsorge was the embodiment of the American Dream, having immigrated from Germany to the U.S., starting a family, and a business. She was described as elegant and a true lady. So who would want to break into her home when shes 84 years old with the specific intent of murdering her?
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Music by:Kai Engel"Daemones"Blooper music by:Art of Escapism"Coal Miners"This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, PO Box 1866, Mountain View, CA 94042, USA.
Sources:Cutting-Edge DNA Science Solves San Diego Cold Case Murder, 25 Years Later – NBC 7 San Diego (nbcsandiego.com)DNA test, retired detective's tenacity, solve 1992 murder case - The San Diego Union-Tribune (sandiegouniontribune.com)24-Year Anniversary Of The Unsolved Murder Of Angela Kleinsorge | Police | City of San Diego Official Website Cold Case: The 1992 Murder of Angela Kleinsorge - Times of San Diego 01 Mar 1992, Page 577 - The Los Angeles Times at Newspapers.com 01 Mar 1992, Page 579 - The Los Angeles Times at Newspapers.com 04 Mar 1992, Page 179 - The Los Angeles Times at Newspapers.com Murder of Morena ‘grand dame’ still unsolved – Chicago TribuneTrace of Evil - S3E4 “Monstrous Murder in Morena”

225: Case Closed: Irene Garza, Part 2 Jan 17, 2023

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This is part 2 of Irene Garza's case. When we left off, Father Feit had been sent to a monastery so the church could get him off their hands. But this certainly isn't the end. Years later, two witnesses come forward with stories that match almost identically. With this new information, what will they do with Father Feit?
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Music by:
Kai Engel
"Daemones"
Blooper music by:
Art of Escapism
"Coal Miners"
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, PO Box 1866, Mountain View, CA 94042, USA.
Sources:
Break in cold case: Police arrest former beauty queen's priest in her 1960 killing (smh.com.au)
Unholy Act – Texas Monthly
Ex-priest coming back to Texas to stand trial in the gruesome death of a Valley beauty queen (mysanantonio.com)
Author Leon J. Podles :: The Murder of Irene Garza Case Study
14 Aug 1960, Page 30 - Waco Tribune-Herald at Newspapers.com
Altar Ego: Former Priest John Feit and Death of Irene Garza | Phoenix New Times
Witnesses Take The Stand in John Feit Trial – Fox News South Texas
Monk Testifies Feit Spoke Of A Woman – Fox News South Texas
Witness Say Feit Told Her “She Was Next” – Fox News South Texas
Inside the Trial of Former Priest Charged with 1960 Murder of Texas Schoolteacher, by Lourdes Aguiar, Josh Gaynor And Ruth Chenetz, 48 Hours - CBS News (January 27, 2018) (bishop-accountability.org)
Clergy Letter Regarding Feit Investigation | PDF (scribd.com)
Cold Case Files - Season 2 episode 6 - Devil in Disguise
48 Hours - Sins of the Father

224: Case Closed: Irene Garza, Part 1 Jan 10, 2023

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We're back! New year, new series! This series involves cases that went cold for a time but heat back up and eventually are solved. Also, this IS a two part episode which we forget to say until about halfway through.
Irene Garza was a beauty queen who taught less fortunate children. The Saturday before Easter in 1960, she goes to mass and confession but never returns home. Five days later her body is found in a canal. The only suspect is a priest. But this wasn't something you really said out loud...
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Music by:
Kai Engel "Daemones"
Blooper music by: Art of Escapism "Coal Miners"
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, PO Box 1866, Mountain View, CA 94042, USA.
Sources:
Break in cold case: Police arrest former beauty queen's priest in her 1960 killing (smh.com.au)
Unholy Act – Texas Monthly Ex-priest coming back to Texas to stand trial in the gruesome death of a Valley beauty queen (mysanantonio.com)
Author Leon J. Podles :: The Murder of Irene Garza Case Study
14 Aug 1960, Page 30 - Waco Tribune-Herald at Newspapers.com
Altar Ego: Former Priest John Feit and Death of Irene Garza | Phoenix New Times
Witnesses Take The Stand in John Feit Trial – Fox News South Texas
Monk Testifies Feit Spoke Of A Woman – Fox News South Texas
Witness Say Feit Told Her “She Was Next” – Fox News South Texas
Inside the Trial of Former Priest Charged with 1960 Murder of Texas Schoolteacher, by Lourdes Aguiar, Josh Gaynor And Ruth Chenetz, 48 Hours - CBS News (January 27, 2018) (bishop-accountability.org)Clergy Letter Regarding Feit Investigation | PDF (scribd.com)
Cold Case Files - Season 2 episode 6 - Devil in Disguise
48 Hours - Sins of the Father

Introducing COLD: The Search for Sheree Jan 09, 2023

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Sheree Warren left her job in Salt Lake City on a mild October evening in 1985. She told a coworker she was headed to meet her estranged husband, Charles Warren, at a car dealership. But she never made it, Sheree vanished. When her car mysteriously surfaced weeks later, hundreds of miles away in Las Vegas, no one could say how it got there. When a young mother disappears under unexplained circumstances, police always turn suspicious eyes towards the husband. And although there was distrust around Charles Warren, he wasn’t the only suspect when Sheree went missing. She also had a boyfriend, a former cop named Cary Hartmann, who lived a sinister double life.
Season three follows two suspects– men who both raised suspicion for investigators. But with two strong persons of interest with competing facts and evidence, it muddied the murder investigation. This season, host Dave Cawley, digs into the lives of these two men, the details of the case and examines the intersections between domestic abuse and sexual violence. The COLD team seeks to answer the question: what really happened to Sheree Warren?
Listen to COLD: The search for Sheree, early and ad- free by subscribing to Wondery Plus in Apple Podcasts or the Wondery app: https://wondery.app.link/colds3_cd

Wondery Presents Suspect Season 2: Vanished In The Snow Dec 19, 2022

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For more than three and a half decades, the disappearance of 12-year-old Jonelle Matthews was a mystery – a riddle neither authorities nor her family members could solve. The residents of her cloistered Colorado hometown had scoured every inch of prairie. Jonelle’s face had been on milk cartons nationwide. Even the President of the United States had appealed to the public for help. Still, every lead had fizzled. Every person of interest had turned out to be a dead end.
Then, in 2019, Jonelle’s remains were unearthed near the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. With the discovery came a troubling new question: Had the truth been hiding in plain sight the entire time? Was the man who couldn’t stop obsessing over Jonelle’s disappearance also the person who took her? From Campside Media and Wondery comes season two of SUSPECT. Former CNN reporter Ashley Fantz and executive producers Matthew Shaer and Eric Benson (Suspect, Over My Dead Body) dig into one of the most mind-bending cold cases in modern history, in an attempt to separate fact and fiction, compulsion from guilt, and true-crime fandom from a motive for murder.
Listen to SUSPECT: Vanished in the Snow early and ad- free by subscribing to Wondery Plus in Apple Podcasts or the Wondery app. https://wondery.app.link/suspect-cd

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