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True Crime Couple

Join married couple Kay and John as they cover some of the lesser known true crime cases. In this bi-weekly podcast, Kay presents the case to both the audience and John at the same time, so they can react together. We pride ourselves on the research we conduct and the respect we show to victims. We hope you enjoy!

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Episode 186: The Murders of Jennifer and Braxton Webb Aug 25, 2024

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On August 30, 2011 the body of Jennifer Webb was found beside her SUV near a drainage ditch in Buena Vista, MI. What police think initially is a suicide turns out to be a case that will shake them to their very core.
Trigger Warnings: Discussions of suicide and violence against a pregnant woman
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Sources:
https://www.macrotrends.net/global-metrics/cities/us/mi/buena-vista-township/crime-rate-statistics#:~:text=The%20Buena%20Vista%20Township%20MI,a%200.22%25%20decline%20from%202016.
https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/explorer/crime/crime-trend
https://www.911.gov/assets/2021-911-Profile-Database-Report_FINAL.pdf
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4411039/
Buena Vista Township MI Crime Rate 1999-2018 | MacroTrends
https://obits.mlive.com/us/obituaries/saginaw/name/jennifer-webb-obituary?id=21780242
https://www.mlive.com/news/saginaw/2012/09/jennifer_webbs_mother_sister_t.html
Source 8
Source 9
Source 10

Introducing...World of Secrets: The Apartheid Killer Aug 19, 2024

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Introducing a NEW investigation from the BBC’s World of Secrets podcast: The Apartheid Killer.
All the victims were black and the youngest was just 12 years old. Some relatives are still searching for the graves. They were killed during a three-year bloodbath in the 1980s, in the South African city of East London – by one person. He killed so many, he lost count. It has been 30 years since the white supremacist apartheid regime crumbled. The unresolved trauma of this time has cast a long shadow across a nation. In piecing together this story, the new season of World of Secrets exposes the disturbed past and racial injustices of South Africa itself.
Search for World of Secrets, wherever you get your podcasts. World of Secrets is the BBC podcast about the stories they don’t want told. Delve into a World of
Secrets – major BBC global investigations and gripping storytelling. Holding the powerful to account and exposing scandals around the world.

Episode 185: The Murder of Jake Millison | The 7-11 Ranch Mystery Aug 11, 2024

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Jake Millison was last seen leaving the ranch he called home on May 16, 2015 by his mother. He would often leave for long term jobs in other states, but after he was not heard from for two months he was finally reported missing. Investigators would have to make up for a lot of missed time in order to solve the mystery of the 7-11 Ranch. (Solved case)
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Sources:
https://www.ranchflip.com/ranch/12923
https://www.gunnisontimes.com/articles/idyllic-ranch-rocked-by-murder/
https://quartzcreekrides.wixsite.com/711-ranch/about2#:~:text=About%20the%207%2D11,Open%20from%20May%20to%20November.
https://www.denverpost.com/2018/03/10/colorado-gunnison-ranch-murder/
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/194409383/marion-adam-rudibaugh
Source 6
https://www.co7da.org/stephanie-jackson-plea/
https://www.denverpost.com/2018/03/10/colorado-gunnison-ranch-murder/
Archived newspaper articles from the Gunnison County Times, The Crested Butte, the Denver Post, and the Denver Gazette through Newspapers.com

Episode 184: Barbara Weaver | Murder Among the Amish Jul 29, 2024

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In the early morning hours of June 2, 2009 a thunderstorm broke the constant quiet that existed in the Amish community of Apple Creek, OH. Inside the well kept two story white house the occupants slept fretfully because of the storm. What they did not know was that the loud noises outside were nothing compared to the danger that had sneaked its way inside. A figure walked its way through the unlocked house and down the hall to the main bedroom. They readied themselves to shoot the rifle they had brought with them. Temporarily they were illuminated by a bright flash of lighting and as a thunderclap roared its way through the house they fired the gun. The children slept on none the wiser that their lives had just been shattered by the murder of their mother.
Sources:
Olsen, Gregg, and Rebecca Morris. A Killing in Amish Country: Sex, Betrayal, and a Cold-Blooded Murder. St. Martin’s Press, 2016.
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Articles found in the Akron Beacon Journal, accessed through Newspapers.com
https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/ga-supreme-court/1294613.html
https://appgateway.drc.ohio.gov/OffenderSearch/Search/Details/A573154
https://amishamerica.com/amish-technology-friendliness/
https://amishamerica.com/who-are-the-andy-weaver-amish/
https://www.amishbaskets.com/blogs/blog/amish-ordnung

Episode 183: The Murder of Megan Barroso | The Simi Valley Monster Jul 14, 2024

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In the early morning hours following the 4th of July celebrations in Moorpark, CA a security guard spots what he assumed was a drunk driving incident. But when he approached the accident he realized something more sinister had occurred at the intersection between Highway 23 and Los Angeles Avenue. The investigation that would follow would reveal the depth to which humanity could reach.
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Sources:
Google Maps of area (crash)
https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/ca-court-of-appeal/1465032.html
https://international-spr.com/2021/06/10/haunted-lands-in-southern-california-the-santa-susana-mountains/
https://www.oxygen.com/homicide-for-the-holidays/megan-barroso-killed-by-vincent-sanchez-4th-of-july
Angels Are Watching by J.D. Berger publisher: AuthorHouse 2005 (accessed through Everand in July of 2024)
Amazon Link for Angels Are Watching
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-may-07-me-rbriefs7.1-story.html
https://www.newspapers.com/image/190352861/?match=1&terms=Joshua%20Reno
https://www.newspapers.com/image/776771692/?match=1&terms=simi%20valley%20rapist
https://www.newspapers.com/image/929034645/?match=1&terms=simi%20valley%20rapist
https://www.newspapers.com/image/928934219/?match=1&terms=simi%20valley%20rapist
https://www.newspapers.com/image/160495259/?match=1&terms=simi%20valley%20rapist
https://www.newspapers.com/image/160393340/?match=1&terms=simi%20valley%20rapist
https://www.newspapers.com/image/935440033/?match=1&terms=simi%20valley%20rapist
https://www.newspapers.com/image/161659644/?match=1&terms=simi%20valley%20rapist
https://www.newspapers.com/image/159650673/?match=1&terms=simi%20valley%20rapist
Black Canyon Road View - Google Earth

Episode 182: Kristy Ohnstad | What No One Could See Jun 30, 2024

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Two days after she had run away and returned home 14 year old Kristy Ohnstad went missing from her home in the Happy Valley neighborhood of Bellingham, WA. The investigation that followed would reveal an evil so diabolical no one saw it coming.
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Sources:
https://cob.org/services/planning/neighborhoods
https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/wa-supreme-court/1480415.html
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/160207745/kristy-lynn-ohnstad
Distance from home to middle school
https://www.newspapers.com/image/770914597/?match=1&terms=Kristy%20ohnstad
https://www.newspapers.com/image/770923992/?match=1&terms=Kristy%20ohnstad
https://www.bellinghamherald.com/news/local/crime/article122770324.html
Evil Lives Here | Investigation Discovery (Mark’s interview)
https://harvardlawreview.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/1764-1771_Online.pdf
https://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/crime/article124043069.html
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/law-justice/court-upholds-death-penalty-for-rapist-clark-elmore/
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2016/oct/17/us-supreme-court-rejects-clark-elmores-death-penal/
https://casetext.com/case/elmore-v-sinclair-7

Episode 181: Fred Martinez Jr. | The Murder of Two Spirits Jun 16, 2024

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Fred ‘FC’ Martinez Jr. was brutally murdered on the night of June 16, 2001. He is one of the youngest recorded victims of a hate crime in the United States. Join me as I tell John the case of the Navajo teen and his two spirits.
Trigger Warning: mentions of suicide and hate crimes
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Sources:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2001/09/01/gay-youths-death-shakes-colo-city/98d8eab5-4afb-41b9-b83c-35d69d7cc88e/
https://otherwisechristian.com/2020/01/06/gender-diversity-nadleehi-and-dilbaa/
https://www.pbs.org/video/independent-lens-gender-as-a-spectrum-not-a-divide/
https://www.greeleytribune.com/2019/03/02/weld-residents-face-felony-charges-for-allegedly-robbing-extorting-man-out-of-120/
https://www.denverpost.com/2009/11/27/film-explores-death-of-transgendered-colo-teen/
http://archive.cortezjournal.com/archives/1news2006.htm
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/hate-crimes-media-and-emt_b_334566
Two Spirits (2009) from filmmaker Lydia Nibley

Episode 180: Claire and Natasha Peernock | A Planned Murder Jun 02, 2024

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In the early morning hours of July 22, 1987 a mother and daughter were found in a car wreckage. An first responders worked to save the women's lives they quickly realized the crash had been no accident...
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Sources:
https://www.newspapers.com/image/175480928/?match=1&terms=robert%20peernock
https://www.newspapers.com/image/403006838/?match=1&terms=robert%20peernock
https://www.newspapers.com/image/176359550/?match=1&terms=robert%20peernock
https://www.newspapers.com/image/334357576/?match=1&terms=robert%20peernock
https://www.newspapers.com/image/67978002/?match=1&terms=robert%20peernock
A Checklist for Murder by Anthony Flacco

Episode 179: The Abduction and Murder of Alexis Murphy May 19, 2024

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On August 3, 2013, just weeks before beginning her senior year of high school, 17 year old Alexis Murphy left her family home after telling her mother that she was going to spend the day shopping in Lynchburg, VA. Unfortunately Alexis never returned home that night so her mother reported her missing to the Nelson County Sheriff’s Department. Within a week investigators would find a suspect, but it would take years for the family of Alexis Murphy to receive justice.
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Sources:
https://www.newspapers.com/image/987401891/
https://www.oakridgeestate.com/
https://www.missinginillinois.org/post/samantha-ann-clarke-19-september-14-2010-orange-virginia
https://twitter.com/AugensteinWTOP/status/1362167909259358210/photo/1
https://wtop.com/virginia/2021/03/alexis-murphys-killer-led-authorities-to-her-remains-remains-focal-point-in-virginia-murder-of-samantha-clarke/
https://wset.com/archive/the-search-for-alexis-murphy-a-timeline
https://wset.com/news/local/remains-of-alexis-murphy-missing-since-2013-found-in-lovingston
https://www.c-ville.com/inside-the-randy-allen-taylor-trial-jury-rejects-defendants-claims-delivers-murder-conviction/
https://www.wsls.com/news/2015/05/11/appeal-denied-for-randy-taylor-man-found-guilty-of-killing-alexis-murphy/
https://www.12onyourside.com/story/26095068/randy-taylor-sentenced-to-in-death-of-alexis-murphy/

Episode 178: Jasmine Block | A Disappearance into the Night May 05, 2024

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On the night of August 8, 2017 15 year old Jasmine Block seemingly disappeared into thin air. When her mother returned home after only being gone an hour that night Jasmine’s cell phone was near the couch which she had left her daughter sitting on. Join me as I tell John the case of Jasmine Block.
Trigger Warning: Sexual assault and descriptions of extreme violence
Correction: John told me to let you know he was wrong about St. Paul and he apologizes to all Minnesotans!
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Sources:
https://www.kare11.com/article/news/crime/jasmine-blocks-mom-shares-kidnapping-story/89-472038358#:~:text=%22Sleep%20is%20hard%2C%22%20Sarah,daughter%2C%20Jasmine%2C%20was%20missing.
https://www.newspapers.com/image/442436194/?match=1&terms=jasmine%20block
https://frankweberauthor.com/blog/alexandria-teenager-jasmine-block
https://www.kare11.com/article/news/crime/jasmine-blocks-mom-shares-kidnapping-story/89-472038358
https://frankweberauthor.com/blog/alexandria-teenager-jasmine-block
https://www.echopress.com/news/barker-sentenced-to-25-years-in-prison
https://www.echopress.com/news/holby-sentenced-to-less-than-eight-years-second-man-in-jasmine-block-case-sent-to-prison#:~:text=Sarah%20Block%20said%20she%20is,has%20already%20spent%20in%20jail.
https://www.echopress.com/news/powers-pleads-guilty-in-kidnapping-case-sentencing-set-for-january
https://www.twincities.com/2018/11/21/third-man-pleads-guilty-to-abducting-alexandria-girl-holding-her-captive-till-she-escaped/
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/tasneemnashrulla/retired-farmer-gives-reward-money-to-kidnapped-teen
Polaris Project
https://polarisproject.org/blog/2020/08/what-we-know-about-how-child-sex-trafficking-happens/

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