The Murder Diaries

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MURDERED: Jenny Lin Mar 02, 2023

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The case we’re going to talk about today knocked a safe, San Francisco suburb to its knees. As one friend of the victim put it, “it broke the shell of safety.” Jenny Lin was 14 years old in May 1994 when her parents weren’t able to reach her at home, where she was supposed to be after school. As the workday came to an end, her father arrived home. The TV was on, but the house was empty. Calling for his younger daughter, he heads up the stairs, and it quickly set in something was wrong when he noticed the primary bedroom’s bathroom door was closed. Behind that close door he found Jenny, murdered. This is her story.

If you have any information about the murder of Jennifer Lin on May 27th, 1994, please contact the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office at 510-667-3636, or call the Jenny Lin hotline at 855-4-JENNY-LIN.

To donate to The Jenny Lin foundation, visit: https://jennylinfoundation.org/

RESOURCES:

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https://jennylinfoundation.org/about-us/case-history/

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-10-02-me-45502-story.html

https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Girl-s-Family-Turns-Grief-Into-Action-Helping-3032748.php

https://uncovered.com/cases/jennifer-lin

https://thecinemaholic.com/jenny-lin-murder-how-did-she-die-who-killed-her/

https://crimejunkiepodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Timeline-1.jpg

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https://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/2021/10/portland-serial-killer-sebastian-alexander-shaw-dies-in-prison-after-21-years.html

https://www.newspapers.com/image/461865273/?clipping_id=54062922&fcfToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJmcmVlLXZpZXctaWQiOjQ2MTg2NTI3MywiaWF0IjoxNjc2OTUzOTM2LCJleHAiOjE2NzcwNDAzMzZ9.gKf_Hq5S-4yjt01bAmcG0jIPBMd6UTOezgun7y9Z1xE

https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/CASTRO-VALLEY-How-man-convicted-in-Oregon-2517891.php

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Walking with the Dead by Maia Wynne

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MISSING: Asha Degree Feb 23, 2023

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What should have been a day to celebrate love, quickly turned into a parent’s real-life nightmare and flipped the rural community of Shelby, North Carolina upside down.

If you have any information on the case, please call (704)-672-6100

Resources:

https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/nc-girl-asha-degree-disappeared-10-years-ago/story?id=11591506

https://www.wbtv.com/story/37493875/finding-asha-leads-still-pouring-in-18-years-after-child-vanished/

https://newspaperarchive.com/crime-clipping-aug-10-2001-241852/

https://web.archive.org/web/20180815033502/https://jetmag.com/news/iquilla-degree-where-is-my-daughter/

https://www.ranker.com/list/asha-degree-case/patrick-thornton

https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/20th-anniversary-of-asha-degree-disappearance-021420

https://wpde.com/news/local/asha-degree-fbi-cold-case-north-carolina-cleveland-county-22-years-later-cash-reward-offered-for-information

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MURDERED: Phil Hartman Feb 16, 2023

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If the name Phil Hartman doesn’t already ring a bell for you, I have no doubt you'll be familiar with at least some of his work. He was a writer, actor, and comedian. Notably, in his career, he co-created Pee-wee Herman, and landed a spot on SNL where he thrived for 8 seasons, during which he became well-loved for his impersonation of Bill Clinton. Phil was a comedy genius who no doubt had years of making people laugh ahead of him. Unfortunately, the world lost one of it’s most talented entertainers, when he was murdered by the person to whom he promised “til death do us part.” This is his story.

Resources:

https://web.archive.org/web/20101113044046/http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/entertainment/1998/06/02/1998-06-02__snl__co-star_remembers_her_.html

https://murderpedia.org/female.H/images/hartman-brynn/phil-hartman-autopsy-report.pdf

https://heavy.com/entertainment/2019/09/brynn-hartman-5-fast-facts/

http://edition.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/TV/9805/28/hartman/

https://archive.md/20120711225150/http://jam.canoe.ca/Movies/Artists/H/Hartman_Phil/1996/12/01/758979.html

https://murderpedia.org/female.H/h/hartman-brynn.htm

https://www.webmd.com/drugs/2/drug-35/zoloft-oral/details

https://projects.latimes.com/hollywood/star-walk/phil-hartman/index.html

https://archive.ph/20120711225150/http://jam.canoe.ca/Movies/Artists/H/Hartman_Phil/1996/12/01/758979.html

https://nypost.com/2014/09/06/inside-the-murder-of-phil-hartman/

https://news.utdallas.edu/alumni/aspiring-comedian-gets-career-off-the-ground-with-groundlings-experience/

http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/TV/9806/08/brynn.hartman.drugged/index.html

Music Used:

Walking with the Dead by Maia Wynne

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MYSTERIOUS DEATH: Ellen Greenberg Feb 09, 2023

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When Ellen Greenberg is found dead in the apartment she shares with her fiancé, investigators are quick to label it suicide despite the twenty stab wounds she suffered. What ensues is an ongoing battle surrounding the classification of Ellen’s case and one family’s search for justice.

To support the Greenberg family: please sign the petition, follow Justice for Ellen on FB and GoFundMe.

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RESOURCES:

https://obits.pennlive.com/us/obituaries/pennlive/name/ellen-greenberg-obituary?id=9173064

https://www.inquirer.com/news/philadelphia/ellen-greenberg-suicide-homicide-civil-trial-appeal-20221115.html?outputType=amp

https://www.inquirer.com/crime/a/ellen-greenberg-death-suicide-homicide-philadelphia-mystery-20190316.html#loaded

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/5759528-Autopsy-RPT.html

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https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/5767619-GreenbergSearchTerms.html

https://www.inquirer.com/philly/blogs/dncrime/MEs_Office_womans_death_was_suicide.html

https://www.foxnews.com/us/ellen-greenberg-suicide-pennsylvania-court-hears-arguments-familys-bid-overrule-medical-examiner.amp

https://nypost.com/2022/11/16/pennsylvania-family-fighting-to-overturn-medical-examiners-suicide-ruling/amp/

https://people.com/crime/teacher-stabbed-20-times-2011-death-ruled-suicide-da-reopening-investigation/

https://celebmagazine.com/investigation-reopened-ellen-greenberg-mystery-bride-to-be-stabbed-to-death/amp/

https://www.the-sun.com/news/6003731/bride-to-be-stabbed-911-call/

https://youtu.be/nX7N1okeFfc

https://youtu.be/Yy5i6fxE28c

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZh-LGfUSnM

https://gavinfish.com/cases/ellen-greenberg/

Music Used:

Walking with the Dead by Maia Wynne

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MISSING: Rachel Cooke Feb 02, 2023

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In 2002 19 year old Rachel Cooke was visiting home in Georgetown, TX from college in SD for the holiday break. On the morning of January 10th she left her parents’ house for a run. She never returned. In the 23 years since Rachel went missing the family, community, and investigators have been tormented at the lack of answers and the empty place in their lives Rachel once filled.

This is her story.

Anyone with any information should contact the Wilco Cold Case Unit coldcasetips@wilco.org. or the FBI: 1-800–CALL-FBI / 512-943-5204

Resources:

Disappeared S4E1

https://foxsanantonio.com/news/local/new-sketches-of-persons-of-interest-released-in-connection-to-rachel-cookes-disappearance

https://www.statesman.com/story/news/2014/11/06/father-of-missing-georgetown-teenager-rachel-cooke-dies/10124777007/

https://charleyproject.org/case/rachel-louise-cooke

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZWOnzzUG3o

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJDYofJapHw

https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/kidnap/rachel-louise-cooke

https://disappearedblog.com/rachel-cooke/

https://thecrimewire.com/true-crime/Where-is-Rachel-Cooke

https://www.myplainview.com/news/article/Convicted-murderer-charged-in-missing-student-case-8694931.php

http://missingexploited.com/2006/11/10/michael-keith-moore-charged-with-the-murder-of-rachel-cooke-then-pleads-not-guilty/

https://foxsanantonio.com/news/local/new-sketches-of-persons-of-interest-released-in-connection-to-rachel-cookes-disappearance

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Walking with the Dead by Maia Wynne

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MISSING: Madeleine McCann Jan 26, 2023

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There’s perhaps no more well-known missing person’s case than that of three-year-old Madeleine McCann who went missing from a Portuguese holiday resort in 2007. Over the intervening 15 years, there have been countless theories, suspects, court cases, and finger-pointing but all have ultimately amounted to nothing. If Madeleine is alive, the bright-eyed toddler would now be 19 years old, a young adult who is likely unaware of her true identity. And if she isn’t, then all the more reason to keep telling her story and bring the responsible party to justice.

This is her story

Resources:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-52910472

https://archive.org/details/madeleineourdaug0000mcca/page/82/mode/2up?view=theater

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-52910472

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/oct/11/madeleine-mccann-german-suspect-charged-sexual-offences-portugal

https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1115956/madeleine-mccann-disappearance-netflix-documentary-kate-gerry-mccann-statistic-spt

https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/local-news/police-poised-charge-suspect-madeleine-7984718

https://edition.cnn.com/2022/05/05/europe/new-evidence-madeleine-mccann-intl-gbr/index.html

https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1115956/madeleine-mccann-disappearance-netflix-documentary-kate-gerry-mccann-statistic-spt

https://www.theweek.co.uk/madeleine-mccann

Music Used:

Walking with the Dead by Maia Wynne

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MURDERED: Alexis Sharkey Jan 19, 2023

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When Alexis Sharkey didn’t show up for a movie date with her girlfriends on Friday the 27th of November 2020 they immediately knew something was wrong. Little more than 24 hours later, they would find out the devastating truth. Alexis was dead.

Resources:

https://heavy.com/news/tom-sharkey-alexis-husband/

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/alexis-sharkey-dead-houston-texas-update-b1764142.html

https://www.instagram.com/p/CH5wWPXBUXY/

https://www.wsbtv.com/news/trending/slain-instagram-influencer-alexis-sharkeys-husband-kills-self-cops-serve-murder-warrant/M3NUSM5YAJBWDJQM33FZFJ742Q/

Music Used:

Walking with the Dead by Maia Wynne

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