The Murder Diaries

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MURDERED: Sarah Everard Dec 16, 2021

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She was only walking home…
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SOURCES
Article https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-58746108
Article https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-58742568
Article https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-58733714
Video https://youtu.be/FtgIKOrF54Q
Article https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/who-missing-sarah-everard-what-do-we-know-b923327.html
Article https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/mar/10/we-miss-our-friend-sarah-everard-loved-ones-hope-for-her-safe-return
Article https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/jul/09/sarah-everard-wayne-couzens-white-vauxhall-astra-police
Music Used:
Walking with the Dead by Maia Wynne
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Deep Relaxation Preview by Kevin MacLeod
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Fretless by Kevin MacLeod
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MURDERED: Morgan Harrington Dec 09, 2021

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On Oct 17, 2009 a 20 year old college student from Roanoke, VA went missing from a Metallica concert. She seemingly vanished without a trace. Stingers would report seeing her later that night, but her friends and family never seen her again.
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Resources
Disappeared Season 4, Ep 3; Heavy metal mystery
https://www.wtvr.com/2016/03/03/the-key-piece-of-evidence-police-found-on-jesse-matthews-bedroom-floor
https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Morgan_Harrington
https://roanoke.com/archive/trumping-the-evil-slain-student-morgan-harringtons-parents-have-worked-to-turn-their-heartbreak-to/article_c091d3ba-cd3b-5466-b685-cf8d96481f14.html
https://dailyprogress.com/news/tentative-timeline-released-in-harrington-disappearance/article_1d7743cb-6e28-5b0a-a64b-1cfe19e4bd8e.html
https://theroanokestar.com/2018/07/23/dick-baynton-the-modern-florence-nightingale/
https://vtx.vt.edu/articles/2018/12/vtcsom-interimdean.html
http://www.collegiatetimes.com/news/state/uva-police-searching-for-missing-tech-student/article_fe12ef7b-e901-55a0-bc95-22fb566f55c4.html
http://www.collegiatetimes.com/news/state/uva-police-searching-for-missing-tech-student/article_fe12ef7b-e901-55a0-bc95-22fb566f55c4.html
http://helpsavethenextgirl.com/about/morgan-harrington/
http://www.readthehook.com/69512/missing-pieces-witnesses-share-their-tales-morgan-sightings
http://www.readthehook.com/67960/pantera-find-shirt-15th-street-was-morgan-harringtons
http://omnimissions.com/site/about_us/morgan-harrington/
https://roanoke.com/morgan-harrington-and-hannah-graham-timeline/collection_0b700201-1be0-5e9b-ad49-e5d07a2ed90b.html
https://www.wtkr.com/2014/09/29/breaking-forensic-evidence-links-hannah-graham-suspect-to-murdered-virginia-tech-student-morgan-harrington/
https://disappearedblog.com/morgan-harrington/
https://kfor.com/news/jesse-matthew-jr-pleads-guilty-to-killing-hannah-graham-morgan-harrington/
https://www.wric.com/news/chilling-details-emerge-in-murders-of-hannah-graham-morgan-harrington-2/
https://delanirbartlette.medium.com/jesse-matthew-jr-the-back-to-school-killer-7527669772c0
Music Used:
Walking with the Dead by Maia Wynne
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Lobby Time by Kevin MacLeod
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Deep Relaxation Preview by Kevin MacLeod
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MURDERED: Amber Belken Dec 02, 2021

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Back in 2007, 25-year-old Amber Belken managed an EB Games store at the 7300 block of San Pedro Street in San Antonio, Texas. And, it’s here that her coworkers stumbled upon a horrifying scene in the back storeroom. Amber’s lifeless body lay on the floor with a bag over her head. She had been viciously and cruelly murdered.
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SOURCES:
On the Case with Paula Zahn: Season 15, episode 5 “Murder in Store”
Article: https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/article/Ex-fugitive-gets-life-in-prison-for-video-game-795060.php
Article: http://homicides.expressnews.com/2007/14/
Article: https://2paragraphs.com/2018/10/dateline-amber-belken-murder-95000-reward-put-up-by-eb-games/
Article: https://kotaku.com/suspect-arrested-in-san-antonio-eb-murder-5034169
Article: https://mylifeofcrime.wordpress.com/2017/06/26/monsters-among-us-geovany-rivera-killed-amber-belken-during-a-robbery-at-a-eb-games-store-sentenced-to-life-in-prison/
Obituary: https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/sanantonio/name/-belken-obituary?pid=92235121
Article: https://www.gamezone.com/originals/eb-games-clerk-murdered-in-store/
Article: https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/tearful-family-friends-confront-womans-killer/353123151
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: Faith Hedgepeth Nov 25, 2021

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19 year old Faith was found by her roommate, murdered in September 2012. Faith case is one that has mystified a college community for 9 years now. It not a lesser known case, as many of us have heard about it over the years, but in the last few months there have finally been some updates and possibly some questions answered.
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Resources: Who killed the Co-Ed? An ID Murder Mystery https://www.haliwa-saponi.org https://justiceforfaith.com/obituary https://www.nbcnews.com/dateline/cold-case-spotlight/family-slain-unc-student-faith-hedgepeth-desperate-answers-nearly-eight-n1187001 https://www.wral.com/news/local/story/11580201/ https://www.thegatesscholarship.org/scholarship https://thecinemaholic.com/karena-rosario/ 911 Call: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOXY0LgH3yY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdtVZbbIN3Q https://greensboro.com/news/state-and-regional/crime-and-courts/faith-hedgepeth-a-timeline-and-resources-tracing-the-unc-students-unsolved-killing/article_87f8dabe-8f69-11eb-85c0-632f30ddb804.html https://heavy.com/news/2016/09/eriq-takoy-jones-faith-hedgepeth-murder-voicemail-death-karena-rosario-ex-boyfriend-abc-news-2020-suspect-eric/ https://chapelboro.com/news/crime/persons-interest-listed-hedgepeth-murder-investigation-documents https://abcnews.go.com/US/police-release-facial-image-identify-murdered-unc-students/story?id=42312443
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/

Fretless by Kevin MacLeod
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MURDERED: Mary Lewis Nov 18, 2021

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It’s June 1995. 16-year-old Mary Lewis and her friends cruise around their Garden Grove, CA neighborhood, flirting with cute, older guys while drinking a beer or two. Hours later, a man calls 911 and reports a victim of a hit and run. Officers arrive to find Mary clinging to life in a pool of her own blood, but things aren’t as they appear. What happened to Mary and why?
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SOURCES:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garden_Grove,_California https://www.almanac.com/weather/history/CA/Garden%20Grove/1995-06-20 https://kileystruecrime.squarespace.com/kileystruecrimeaddict-blog/the-murder-of-mary-lewis https://www.inmateaid.com/inmate-profiles/alan-david-salomon https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/152076331/mary-irene-lewis https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-08-11-me-33979-story.html https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-03-15-me-38567-story.html http://www.gocpomc.org/Lewis_Family_Parole_Block-Salomon__Alan_David.pdf https://abc7chicago.com/alan-david-salomon-murder-suspect-creates-facebook-page-in-jail-prison/302538/
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/

Fretless by Kevin MacLeod
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Lobby Time by Kevin MacLeod
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MURDERED: Dru Sjodin Nov 11, 2021

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In 2003, 22 year old Dru Sjodin worked a shift at her retail job at Grand Forks, North Dakota’s Columbia Mall but never made it home.
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Resources: On The Case With Paula Zahn S8 E10 – 9 Days of terror Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Forks,_North_Dakota Articles: https://people.com/archive/searching-for-dru-vol-60-no-24/ https://www.nsopw.gov/en/About/DruSjodin https://www.nationsearch.com/blog/understanding-sex-offender-classification/ https://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/09/us/09sentence.html https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna14348581 https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2021/10/31/prosecutors-begin-round-2-of-arguing-rodriguez-death-penalty/ https://lacrossetribune.com/newsupdate/jurors-sentence-rodriguez-to-death-in-sjodin-case/article_5fbf667f-8e61-5f11-a3c5-21687a35e8ec.html https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/minnesota/articles/2021-09-24/explainer-whats-next-in-dru-sjodin-death-penalty-case https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-aug-31-na-briefs31.3-story.html http://www.chron.com/news/nation-world/article/A-memorial-in-her-hometown-allows-friends-family-1854738.php
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/

Fretless by Kevin MacLeod
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Lobby Time by Kevin MacLeod
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Wholesome by Kevin MacLeod
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MURDERED: Bridget Shiel Nov 04, 2021

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Imagine achieving your childhood dream, putting your middle school and high school bullies to shame. That’s exactly what Bridget Shiel did when she became a model at the age of 19. However, Bridget’s modeling career came to an end not long after it started when she was viciously gunned down in an Atlanta park.
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Sources:
The First 48 Presents: Homicide Squad Atlanta (Season 1, Episode 6 – The Cooler)
Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DB2Q_L_Uy8
Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVZOMEsDxGI
Article - https://www.wfmynews2.com/article/news/crime/how-a-sprite-bottle-helped-solve-the-brutal-murder-of-bridget-shiel/83-560429756
Article - https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/a-year-later-still-no-arrests-what-happened-to-bridget-shiel/444330206
Article - https://www.11alive.com/article/news/crime/georgia-supreme-court-upholds-conviction-of-christopher-spencer/85-c76e15d8-d739-4112-9fad-5a893c898d2f
Article - https://people.com/crime/bridget-shiel-suspect-arrested-model-naked-body-atlanta-park/
Music Used:
Walking with the Dead by Maia Wynne
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Lobby Time by Kevin MacLeod
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MURDERED: Yara Gambirasio Oct 28, 2021

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Yara Gambirasio was a spirited, young, Italian rhythmic gymnast in 2010. At just 13, on a cold night in November, Yara never made it home from gymnastic practice. The case and search for Yara consumed Italy, and would unlock even more dark secrets beyond “who took Yara”.
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Resources: Article: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jan/08/-sp-the-murder-that-has-obsessed-italy Article: https://www.ansa.it/lombardia/notizie/2021/01/14/yara-difesa-richiesta-revisione-prima-analisi-reperti_f814be1a-fc09-4a5e-a44d-dfad26dbfee7.html Article: https://www.ruetir.com/2021/06/05/case-yara-the-judges-deny-bossettis-defense-access-to-the-findings-of-the-trial/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tm4qz_S8oW0
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
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Lobby Time by Kevin MacLeod
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Fretless by Kevin MacLeod
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UNSOLVED: Wilma June Nissen Oct 21, 2021

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On January 2, 2006, Wilma June Nissen was positively identified after nearly three decades without her name. Now that investigators have Wilma’s name and updated forensic data, they will stop at nothing to solve her murder and bring the responsible party or parties to justice.
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Reward Offered for Information There is a $10,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for Wilma Nissen’s death. The ANONYMOUS HOTLINE is 712-472-8334. Additional Contact Information:
Detective Jerry Birkey, Lyon County Sheriff’s Office, (712) 472-8300
RESOURCES: https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/crime-and-courts/2016/05/14/gone-cold-wilma-nissen-killed-1978/84379226/
https://iowacoldcases.org/case-summaries/wilma-june-nissen/
https://www.nwestiowa.com/news/new-lead-for-lyon-county-cold-case/article_31e9c062-1961-11e6-a014-53443c67e206.html
https://kiwaradio.com/local-news/suspect-photo-released-in-1978-murder-case/
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19379833/wilma-june-nissen
https://www.dglobe.com/news/1343416-foster-parents-sheriff-pay-respects-wilma-nissen
https://siouxlandnews.com/archive/arrest-made-in-1978-lyon-county-cold-case-01-26-2016
Music Used:
Walking with the Dead by Maia Wynne
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License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

Lobby Time by Kevin MacLeod
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MURDERED: Polly Klaas Oct 14, 2021

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Polly Klaas was a thriving 12 year old girl in 1993 when a man broke in to her house during a sleepover with friends. With her mom being asleep in the next room and her friends right there, Polly was taken. Unthinkable, horrific events ensued.
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Resources: FBI Files season 1, Episode 1 Article: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-04-17-mn-3000-story.html Op-Ed by Polly’s friend and sister: https://www.yahoo.com/now/op-ed-polly-klaas-sister-100052511.html Article: https://www.mercurynews.com/2011/09/15/city-nearly-demolishes-polly-klaas-bench-in-pacific-grove/ Article: https://www.petaluma360.com/article/news/two-decades-after-it-closed-petalumas-polly-klaas-theater-eyes-2021-grand/ Article: https://www.ranker.com/list/facts-about-polly-klaas/amandasedlakhevener Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Polly_Klaas Article: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6887238/polly-hannah-klaas Article: https://www.montereyherald.com/2018/10/01/polly-klaas-remembered-at-memorial-bench-in-pacific-grove/ Article: https://kion546.com/news/2018/10/01/family-and-friends-gather-in-pacific-grove-for-25th-anniversary-of-polly-klaas-murder/
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/
Fretless by Kevin MacLeod
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Lobby Time by Kevin MacLeod
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