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**The Abduction of Sandra Cantu** Jun 27, 2022
Show notes

Sandra Renee Cantu vanished from her Tracy, California, mobile home park in March of 2009, just weeks after her 8^th birthday. It was a Friday afternoon. Sandra left home to play at a friend’s house. She was expected home for dinner, but her mother called the police and reported her missing at 7:53 p.m. Police did not find Sandra that day, but they did locate surveillance camera footage showing the little girl skipping happily toward her home before something caught her eye and she walked off screen.

Join us at the quiet end for *The Abduction of Sandra Cantu*. The FBI became involved in the search for Sandra early on. Their Behavioral Analysis Unit’s profile for Sandra’s abductor pointed to an adult male between 25 and 45 years old, who knew Sandra, lived in the trailer park, and had a history with sexual assault or child pornography. But the profile was based on statistics alone. With no crime scene, investigators had to rely on Sandra’s family and neighbors for clues. And there was one neighbor who caught their attention, a neighbor who did not fit the profile, but who would soon become the primary suspect in Sandra’s disappearance.

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Sandra’s Missing Poster

*Sources*

*“Inside Story: Clues to Why Melissa Huckaby Murdered an 8-year-old Girl,” People Magazine, by Howard Brewer, 6/27/2010. Ret. 6/12/2022.*

*KTLA News Archives 2009-2010*

*Searching for Sandra by Stacy Dittrich*

*“Sunday School Teacher Charged with Kidnapping, Murder” Los Angeles Times, by Vives, Ruben, & Rong-Gong II. Ret. 6/5/2022*

*“Woman, 28, Jailed in Sandra Cantu Slaying,” San Francisco Chronicle, by Kevin Fagan. Ret. 6/8/2022.*

*“Woman Accused of Raping, Killing Sandra Cantu May Have Drugged Other Girl and a Man,” NYDailyNews.com, 5/22/2009. Ret. 6/8/2022.*

**Widowed by Choice: Lynn Turner** Jun 14, 2022
Show notes

In the spring of 1995, 27-year-old Lynn Turner came into the hospital emergency room in Marietta, Georgia, to have a bump on her head looked at. When her husband Glenn heard where she was going, he came along. Glenn had been suffering from stomach pains with vomiting, severe headaches, nosebleeds, and dizziness for days. Lynn didn’t seem especially concerned about her husband, who she said had a stomach bug. When Glenn was seen by a doctor, he was diagnosed with dehydration and admitted for IV fluids. He was just 31-years old and was expected to perk up quickly. But, by the next afternoon, Glenn Turner was dead.

The county medical examiner concluded that Glenn had died of a cardiac arrhythmia. Soon after his funeral, his wife Lynn collected about $200,000 in insurance proceeds and death benefits. Then she moved in with her lover, firefighter Randy Thompson. Six years later, Randy died after suffering from a flu-like illness. His death, too, was attributed to cardiac disease.

Join us at the quiet end for *Widowed by Choice.* After Randy Thompson’s death, family and friends became suspicious and spoke with police investigators. Lynn’s history of deception, infidelity, and greed led to further inquiries into both Glenn and Randy’s deaths, finally exposing Lynn Turner as a seductive and cold-blooded killer.

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Randy & Glenn

*Sources*

*Black Widow by Marion Collins*

*The Black Widow Killer by Alanna Nash, RD.com, 5/23/2016*

*Forensic Files, Cold-Hearted, 2007*

*Marietta Daily Journal Archives 2006-2012*

*Snapped: Lynn Turner S6, E6*

*Turner v. State, Supreme Court of Georgia, 2/26/2007*

*Vixen’s Elixir, Final Witness, 7/18/2012*

**A Very Bad Year in Port Angeles** May 31, 2022
Show notes

1998 was a shocking and disturbing year for the residents of Port Angeles, Washington. First, a three-day old infant died at the hands of beloved pediatrician Dr. Eugene Turner. Then, the wife of ER physician Bruce Rowen was found hacked to death inside of her car. But were these two deaths connected?

Join us at the quiet end for *A Very Bad Year in Port Angeles.* Dr. Eugene Turner was considered saint-like by Port Angeles families. He had delivered at least one-third of the babies born at the Olympic Peninsula Hospital over the past 30-years. He donated to Habitat for Humanity, cut wood for disadvantaged families, and could even be seen picking up trash on the side of Highway 101. Dr. Bruce Rowen was a respected emergency medicine physician with a nice home and a young family. So, what happened in 1998 to turn these two formerly irreproachable men into murder suspects?

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***Dr. Bruce Rowen & Dr. Eugene Turner***

*Sources*

*Bitter Medicine by Carlton Smith*

*Doctor Insane When He Killed His Wife, Jury Rules, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Rebekah Denn, 10/31/1998*

*Los Angeles Times Archives 1998-2002*

*Seattle Times Archives 1998-2006*

**Wife of a Preacherman: Mary Winkler** May 17, 2022
Show notes

No one really knows what happens between two people in a marriage. But after events in the home of couple Mary and Matthew Winkler led to a deadly shooting, everyone had an opinion. Mary and Matthew had married young. Matthew was a preacher for the Church of Christ in a small town in Tennessee. Depending on who you’re talking to, Matthew was either a devoted family man or an abusive deviant and Mary was either a long-suffering victim or a repressed and vindictive wife.

Join us at the quiet end for *Wife of a Preacherman.* In 2006, Mary Winkler became involved in a financial scam. She wrote bad checks and opened a separate bank account without Matthew’s knowledge. Then, just days before Matthew would learn about her banking escapades, he was on their bedroom floor, bleeding to death, while Mary and their three children left town in the family van. This should be an interesting discussion today because Dick and I have some different takes on what happened and if the punishment fit the crime.

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*Sources*

*Did Preacher’s Wife Get Away with Murder? Mike Celizic, 8/16/2007*

*Feminism and the Disposable Male, Karen Straughan, https://youtu.be/vp8tToFv-bA*

*Oprah Interview with Mary Winkler, cnn.com. 9/12/2007, retrieved 4/28/2022 on YouTube*

*Slain Preacher’s Wife Denies Pulling Trigger, CNN.com, 4/19/2007*

*Smoke, Mirrors, and Murder by Ann Rule*

*Snapped: Mary Winkler, S6 E1*

*The Pastor’s Wife by Diane Fanning*

*The Preacher’s Wife, Dateline NBC, S19 E8*

**First Comes Love, Then Comes Murder** May 03, 2022
Show notes

When Jeanne Dominico woke up on the morning of August 6, 2003, she didn’t expect to die that day. She was a hard-working divorced mom of two teenagers, so every day was a busy one. After working one of her three jobs, Jeanne would go home to fix dinner and clean up the house for her son, Charlie, and her daughter, Nicole. Nothing was more important to Jeanne than her children.

For the past three years or so, 43-year-old Jeanne had been in a loving relationship with a co-worker named Chris McGowen. He got along well with Jeanne’s children and they planned a future together as a family. But in the months leading up to August 6, Jeanne had been having trouble with 14-year-old Charlie, who was hanging with a rough crowd, and 16-year-old Nicole, who had become obsessed with a new boyfriend.

Join us at the quiet end for *First Comes Love, Then Comes Murder.* It was Chris McGowen who called the police after finding Jeanne unresponsive in her home. Interviews with Chris and Jeanne’s ex-husband were done that evening, but Charlie, Nicole, and Nicole’s boyfriend weren’t immediately found. The police had their suspicions about what had happened to Jeanne, but a confession that night would surprise detectives, devastate family members, and leave their New Hampshire community in shock.

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Billy and Nicole

*Sources*

*Because You Loved Me by M. William Phelps*

*Daughter Sentenced To 40 Years For Mother’s Death, WMUR9, 9/8/2005*

*Hartford Current Archives, retrieved 4/22/2022*

*Snapped: Killer Couples, S1 E9, 2013*

*State of New Hampshire v. Nicole Kasinskas, Bernstein & Mello P.L.L.C., The Telegraph (Nashua, NH), 9/9/2005*

*State of New Hampshire v. William Joseph Sullivan, The Supreme Court of New Hampshire, 4/18/2008*

**On the Way to the Bus Stop: The Disappearances of Ashley Pond & Miranda Gaddis** Apr 19, 2022
Show notes

On a chilly January morning in 2002, 12-year-old Ashley Pond disappeared on her way to her school bus stop in Oregon City, Oregon. Two months after Ashley disappeared, Miranda Gaddis, age 13, also vanished while on her way to the same bus stop. Miranda and Ashley were good friends and they lived in the same apartment complex. They were both friends with Mallori Weaver too, the daughter of local man Ward Weaver III.

Join us at the quiet end for *On the Way to the Bus Stop.* After Miranda’s disappearance, the FBI put together a task force to search for both girls. While some were holding out hope that they had run away, law enforcement and family members alike soon believed that the girls had been abducted. Ashley’s mom believed that Ward Weaver was responsible. And she had good reason to believe that. Just five months before her disappearance, Ashley had accused Weaver of molesting her. While the two girls were missing, he dug a hole in his yard and covered it with cement. And, as public opinion and law enforcement turned toward him as the primary suspect, Weaver made plans to move out of state. But it wouldn’t be as easy as he thought it would be to escape his demons and his crimes.

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*Sources*

*Estate of Pond v Oregon, United States District Court, D. Oregon, 6/22/2004*

*Inmate Charged with Ward Weaver Stabbing, Argus Observer, 7/7/2011*

*KATU News Oregon Archives, 2002-2016*

*KOIN News Oregon Archives, 2002-2014*

*The People v. Ward Francis Weaver, Jr., Superior Court of Kern County, 8/20/2001*

*The Missing Girls by Linda O’Neal, Philip Tennyson & Rick Watson, 2006*

*Unlucky Thirteen, Unsolved Mysteries, S13 E48, 9/20/2002*

*Ward Weaver’s Daughter Acquitted in Alleged Security-Guard Attack, Williamette Week, by James Pitkin, 12/22/2010*

*What the Private Eye Knew, NBC news, by Keith Morrison, 1/27/2006*

**The Cheshire Murders** Apr 05, 2022
Show notes

The day of July 22, 2007 had been a typical Sunday for the Petit family of Cheshire, Connecticut. But on that summer day, a convicted felon out on parole noticed mother Jennifer Hawke-Petit and her 11-year-old daughter, Michaela, shopping at a neighborhood grocery store. Michaela had taken an interest in cooking and she was choosing ingredients for the family dinner she would prepare that night.

After following the mother and daughter home, the convict and another career criminal plotted out a ruthless home invasion for the Petit home. They would return that night, terrorizing the family and leaving all but one family member murdered with their house in flames.

Join us at the quiet end for *The Cheshire Murders.* The murders of Jennifer and her two daughters Michaela and Hayley occurred after hours of torment and sexual assault. By the time husband and father, Bill Petit, was able to escape to get help, it was too late. This crime left the town of Cheshire shocked and disturbed. After the story made the national news, people were unsettled by these seemingly random acts of evil perpetrated on a family in their own home. Today we’re talking about the horrors endured by the Petit family, Bill Petit’s unimaginable loss, the backgrounds of the killers, and the police response which many have criticized.

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*Sources*

*Cheshire Connecticut Home Invasion Murders 10 Years Later, USA Today, 7/17/20017*

*The Cheshire Murders, an HBO documentary*

*The Cheshire Murders and the Illusion of Safety, Newsweek Magazine, by Alexander Nazaryan, 8/30/2015*

*Chilling Account in Connecticut Triple-Murder Case, The New York Times, William Glaberson, 9/22/2010*

*In the Middle of the Night by Brian McDonald*

*Murder in Connecticut by Michael Benson*

*Timeline: Deadly Cheshire Home Invasion, The Hartford Currant, by Tina Lender, 7/16/2013*

**In the Arms of Evil: The Story of Serial Killer Nurse Genene Jones** Mar 22, 2022
Show notes

Whenever we hear of a case of a healthcare professional purposefully hurting a patient, we feel outraged. When the hurt patients are children, it’s ten times worse. The case of Genene Jones, LVN, is one of the most reprehensible instances of child abuse and murder in recent history. During her time working in a pediatric intensive care unit and then in a pediatric office, Genene was responsible for multiple codes and deaths. But Genene didn’t do it all on her own. If not for the willingness of physicians and hospital administrators to look the other way, she could not have gotten away with it and the children she killed would still be alive.

Join us at the quiet end for *In the Arms of Evil.* Genene Jones is the deeply disturbed serial killer nurse who was the inspiration for the psychotic nurse in Stephen King’s book and movie *Misery*. And her actions were definitely in line with the horror genre. Genene Jones actually took pleasure from putting the children in her care at risk and she got a sick thrill from killing them. Her connection to disastrous pediatric outcomes was clear, so why did it take so long for anyone to protect children from her?

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Read “The Death Shift” by Peter Elkind

*Sources*

*The Death Shift: Nurse Genene Jones and the Texas Baby Murders, by Peter Elkind*

*Former Nurse Indicted in Texas Child Injury Case, The New York Times, November 22, 1983, retrieved March 3, 2022*

*Nurse Genene Faces Trial in Children’s Hospital Deaths, United Press International, by Teresa Anderson, January 14, 1984, retrieved February 22, 2022*

*Nursery Crimes, Forensic Files, Season 5, Episode 10*

*Grand Jury of Bexar County, Texas, True Bill of Indictment, Defendant Genene Jones, June 29, 2017*

An Interview with Attorney Joel Schwartz Feb 26, 2022

Show notes

Russ Faria was a normal, working guy, in love with his wife, Betsy, when he was framed for her murder. He was convicted and spent years in prison before an acquittal was won by his attorney, Joel Schwartz. This story was enough for a true crime book or an episode of Dateline, but it was just the beginning. It turns out that the person responsible for framing Russ and brutally murdering Betsy was her “friend” Pam Hupp, who is now in prison for another murder.

Join us at the quiet end today for this bonus episode, an interview with defense attorney Joel Schwartz. We recommend that you listen to our November 2021 episode on this case titled “Pam’s Path to Prison” before listening to this interview. After listening, we recommend that you read Joel’s book “Bone Deep” about this case and his work in getting Russ Faria out of prison for a crime he didn’t commit. You can find the book on Joel’s website https://joeljschwartz.com/ along with more information on the case!

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