The Murder Diaries

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MISSING: Elaine Park Jul 28, 2022

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After a night with her boyfriend, 20 year old Elaine Park went missing in January of 2017. She was seen on camera leaving his home in the morning. Text messages and other phone related timestamps stop not long after. That’s the last evidence of Elaine alive. Her car was found 5 days later, on CA’s picturesque Pacific Coast Highway, but the road to Elaine was a dead end. This is her story.

Resources:
Missing: s1, e7
https://oag.ca.gov/missing/person/elaine-park
https://www.elaineparkismissing.com
https://thelocalmalibu.com/four-years-has-passed-since-elaine-park-disappeared-the-family-has-questions-and-so-do-we/
https://thelocalmalibu.com/new-information-in-the-search-for-elaine-details-re-argument-the-night-before-she-disappeared/
https://thelocalmalibu.com/searching-for-elaine-park-the-investigation-into-her-disappearance-part-1/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=333&v=bLJ_eiEmUKE&feature=emb_logo
https://thelocalmalibu.com/searching-for-elaine-susan-park-disputes-information-in-to-live-and-die-in-l-a-podcast-episodes-12-13/
https://www.dailynews.com/2017/09/19/la-crescenta-students-rally-for-support-to-find-elaine-park-hopefully-by-her-birthday/
https://www.dailybreeze.com/2017/08/22/family-offers-250k-reward-in-effort-to-find-la-crescenta-20-year-old-who-vanished-in-january/
https://www.elaineparkismissing.com
https://therealtamishow.com/2021/07/09/tladila-ultimate-timeline/
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/03/15/a-shooter-in-the-hills
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubgC-GOY1Uo
https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-elaine-park-missing-person-20170822-story.html
https://therealtamishow.com/2021/07/09/to-live-and-die-in-la-what-elaine-park-wrote-in-her-twitter-thread/
Music Used:
Walking with the Dead by Maia Wynne
Link: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Maiah_Wynne/Live_at_KBOO_for_A_Popcalypse_11012017
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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MYSTERIOUS DEATH: Mitrice Richardson Jul 21, 2022

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24-year-old Mitrice Richardson vanishes after being released (without a cell phone, wallet, or any way home) from a remote sheriff's station in Malibu, California.
If you know anything or have any more information please call the LA Crime Stoppers at: 1-800-222-8477

RESOURCES:
Article https://www.lamag.com/longform/what-happened-to-mitrice-richardson/
Article https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-03-17/mitrice-richardson-l-a-county-supervisors-increase-reward-in-mysterious-2009-death
Documentary Disappeared Lost in the Dark
911 Calls https://youtu.be/H18MeqM9X1g
Article https://www.dailynews.com/2017/02/01/mitrice-richardsons-family-speaks-out-as-state-says-deputies-shouldnt-be-prosecuted-in-her-death/
Music Used:
Walking with the Dead by Maia Wynne
Link: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Maiah_Wynne/Live_at_KBOO_for_A_Popcalypse_11012017
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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MISSING: Sage Smith Jul 14, 2022

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Sage a was teenager on the path of self-discovery when she went missing in November 2012. She left her apartment in Charlottesville, VA, and headed down to Main street. She stopped to talk to talk to her stepsister, to whom she told she she was off to meet up with a man at the Amtrak station. After that, Sage was never seen again. This is her story.
Resources:
Disappeared Season 9, ep 5
https://uncovered.com/cases/sage-smith/timeline
https://dailyprogress.com/news/local/six-years-on-the-search-for-sage-smith-continues/article_9d8a7186-ed30-11e8-8e76-fbab4690111f.html
https://splinternews.com/i-am-a-girl-now-sage-smith-wrote-then-she-went-missin-1797178002
https://storiesoftheunsolved.com/2020/05/02/the-disappearance-of-sage-smith/
https://ourblackgirls.com/2021/08/04/sage-smith-19-transwoman-disappears-after-meeting-up-with-date/
https://www.facebook.com/FindSageSmith/
https://www.thecrimesheet.com/post/what-happened-to-sage-smith
https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/missing-in-america/transgender-teen-sage-smith-still-missing-after-vanishing-virginia-2012-n943216
https://medium.com/the-mystery-box/the-disappearance-of-sage-smith-and-erik-mcfadden-5d950670f392
Music Used:
Walking with the Dead by Maia Wynne
Link: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Maiah_Wynne/Live_at_KBOO_for_A_Popcalypse_11012017
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Deep Relaxation Preview by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5726-deep-relaxation-preview
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
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Bonus: Interview with Git's Drummer and Close friend to Mia Zapata, Steve Moriarty Jul 11, 2022

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If you haven't yet listened to the episode on Mia Zapata go do that and come back to this bonus episode :). In this interview we talk to Mia's close friend and Gits drummer, Steve Moriarty, about their days at the rat house and so much more.

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MURDERED: Miya Marcano Jul 07, 2022

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When Miya Marcano is abducted from her own apartment, her family launches an unofficial investigation bringing them face-to-face with Miya’s killer. They demand answers, but instead are met with a brutal twist leading to more questions.
Case recommended by our listener Nevaeh.
RESOURCES:
Article https://abcnews.go.com/US/horrifying-details-miya-marcano-case-19-year-found/story?id=80455392
Article https://people.com/crime/miya-marcano-cause-of-death-ruled-a-homicide-by-undetermined-means-by-medical-examiner/
Article https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/crime/full-report-murder-orlando-teen-miya-marcano/67-7b45d3cb-51fb-4db7-a453-0f65d493241b
Article https://www.wesh.com/article/miya-marcano-final-autopsy/38622837
Article https://people.com/crime/miya-marcano-memorial-service-foundation-to-support-families-of-missing-persons/
Foundation https://miyamarcanofdn.com/
Article https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/20/us/miya-marcano-family-sues-apartment-complex/index.html
Investigative Report https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21486211-investigative-report-miya-marcanoredacted
Article https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/new-details-images-in-final-report-of-college-student-miya-marcanos-murder/2720391/
News clip
Music Used:
Walking with the Dead by Maia Wynne
Link: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Maiah_Wynne/Live_at_KBOO_for_A_Popcalypse_11012017
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

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MURDERED: Mia Zapata Jun 30, 2022

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In 1993 27 year old musician and The Gits frontwoman, Mia Zapata, left her friend’s apartment around 2AM. An hour later, her body was found. She had been murdered. The drawstrings from her own band’s sweatshirt had been used to strangle her. It would take over a decade before Mia would receive justice. This is her story…
RESOURCES:
Link to The Gits Documentary (2005): https://dai.ly/x2fn41o
Unsolved Mysteries – Season 8, episode 9 (Aired 2/1/1996)
Forensic Files Season 12 Ep 7
Video of RatHouse https://www.youtube.com/user/KristinNirvana/about
Monty Python clip: https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/ce6d6081-6c0a-41eb-93db-2c34df9c55f0
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/mia-zapata-murderer-dead-1170206/
https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Mia_Zapata
https://www.seattlemet.com/news-and-city-life/2014/03/will-mia-zapata-be-remembered-march-2014
https://www.seattlepi.com/local/article/Singer-s-killer-gets-37-years-1143741.php
https://web.archive.org/web/20130406042509/http://thegits.com/?page_id=410
https://casefilepodcast.com/case-77-mia-zapata/
http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19930826&slug=1717883
https://musicoholics.com/first-look/that-one-fateful-night-what-happened-to-mia-zapata/
https://nehistripes.com/2018/07/27/legendary-status-mia-zapata-and-the-gits-more-than-30-years/
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/mia-zapata-punk-musician-murdered-in-1993-changing-seattle-grunge-scene-694965/
https://www.thestranger.com/news/2003/01/16/13100/finally
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/mia-zapatas-killer-convicted-255027/
https://caselaw.findlaw.com/wa-court-of-appeals/1329872.html
http://www.louisvillemusicnews.net/webmanager/index.php?WEB_CAT_ID=50&storyid=2905&headline=Zapata_Murder_Trial_Verdict
https://www.seattlemet.com/news-and-city-life/2014/03/will-mia-zapata-be-remembered-march-2014
https://edition.cnn.com/2004/LAW/03/09/zapata/
Music Used:
Walking with the Dead by Maia Wynne
Link: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Maiah_Wynne/Live_at_KBOO_for_A_Popcalypse_11012017
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Deadly Roulette by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3625-deadly-roulette
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Chill Wave by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/3498-chill-wave
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

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MURDERED: Nona Carol Dirksmeyer Jun 23, 2022

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When 19-year-old Nona Dirksmeyer is found brutally murdered in her apartment, an investigation full of twists and turns follows. Not one, but two suspects were eventually charged for Nona’s murder; however, both were acquitted and remain free to this day.
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RESOURCES:
Video https://youtu.be/n3fh5G8ASJk
Video https://youtu.be/9A6CfYAVN6Q
Obituary https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/name/nona-dirksmeyer-obituary?pid=16052246
Article https://www.cbsnews.com/news/who-killed-the-beauty-queen-07-02-2008/
Dateline s7E22: What Happened to the Beauty Queen
Music Used:
Walking with the Dead by Maia Wynne
Link: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Maiah_Wynne/Live_at_KBOO_for_A_Popcalypse_11012017
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Chill Wave by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/3498-chill-wave
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

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MURDERED: Karina Holmer Jun 16, 2022

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