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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 177: Roylynn Rides Horse | Three Miles on Castle Rock Rd Apr 21, 2024

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On April 17, 2016 A motorist found the burned, beaten, and frostbit body of a woman on a desolate stretch of Highway 212 in the Crow Reservation in Montana. Miraculously she was still alive. Join me as I tell John the case of Roylynn Rides Horse and the senseless act of violence that left her in the condition in which she was found.
Trigger Warning: domestic violence, extreme violence
** Correction: the time between the murder of Hanna Harris and Roylynn Rides Horse was 3 years not 9, I apologize.**
National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center
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Sourcing:
Map showing distance from Kirby Saloon to Castle Rock Road
https://casetext.com/case/united-states-v-sanchez-1064
https://www.justice.gov/usao-mt/pr/busby-man-sentenced-life-murder-woman
https://scholarship.law.marquette.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3642&context=mulr#:~:text=Misprision%20of%20felony%20is%20defined,respect%20of%20the%20other's%20crime.
https://www.newspapers.com/image/480228813/?match=1&terms=roylynn%20rideshorse
https://www.greatfallstribune.com/story/news/2018/12/21/man-gets-life-sentence-burning-woman-crow-reservation/2393219002/
Investigation Discovery Show: Dead Silence Season 4 Episode 8
https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-woman-dies-after-being-beaten-burned-on-crow-2016jun28-story.html
https://nbcmontana.com/news/local/slain-womans-last-words-cant-be-used-in-trial-judge-rules
https://www.niwrc.org/restoration-magazine/february-2018/call-action-declare-may-5-2018-national-day-awareness-missing

Episode 176: Nadia Kajouji and Mark Drybrough | The Chatroom Apr 07, 2024

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Today’s case spans three countries and the course of ten years. It begins as separate tragic cases of young individuals who are in crisis, but when a 64 year old self-admitted armchair detective got involved she slowly began to connect all the dots…something horrible was happening on the internet.
Trigger Warnings: Today’s case deals with discussions surround suicide and suicide ideations
Resources:
Suicide Prevention resources
The national suicide prevention lifeline is now 988 (Suicide and Crisis Lifeline)
You could also call 1800-273- TALK (8255)
Learn the warning signs for suicide
International Suicide prevention hotline lists
Yourlifecounts.org
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Sources:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/kajouji-s-video-diary-shows-path-to-suicide-1.802270
https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/parents-plea-for-help-to-find-missing-daughter-1.282736
https://www.crimelibrary.org/notorious_murders/angels/melchert_dinkel/1.html
https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/mn-supreme-court/1660689.html
Newspaper.com archives from the Vancouver Sun, Ottawa Citizen, Windsor Star, Battle Creek Enquirer, and New York Times
Death on the Web miniseries
Web of Lies (ID)

Episode 175: Gabriella Doolin | Allen County's Angel Mar 24, 2024

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On November 14, 2015 the most unthinkable crime was committed in the midst of a youth football game in Scottsville, KY reaffirming the scary truth that it is not the unknown we should fear, but those closest to us. Join me as I tell Johnny the case of seven year old Gabriella Doolin.
Trigger warning: sexual abuse and murder of a minor
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Sources:
https://www.scribd.com/document/293042050/Timothy-Madden-Indictments
https://www.wbko.com/content/news/Sentencing-for-Timothy-Madden-begins-in-Allen-County-563706761.html
https://vocal.media/criminal/the-gruesome-murder-of-gabbi-doolin
https://www.newspapers.com/image/663596265/?terms=Gabriella%20Doolin&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/663596330/?terms=Gabriella%20Doolin&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/140911235/?terms=Gabriella%20Doolin&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/463094782/?terms=Gabriella%20Doolin&match=1

Episode 174: The Murder of Cindy Monkman Mar 10, 2024

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30 year old Cindy Monkman went missing in the hours before she was supposed to catch a flight home with her sister for Christmas. Join me as I tell John the heartbreaking case of Cindy and how falling in love can sometimes be a very dangerous thing to do.
Kathy Monkman Higham’s links:
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Sources:
Source 1
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/168356499/dorothy-june-monkman
https://casetext.com/case/state-v-apelt
Clip from American Monster (Season 9 and Episode 4)
https://middlechildbook.com/2022/04/27/gone/
Newspaper.com access to the Arizona Republic and the Arizona Daily Star archives

Episode 173: Jay Cook and Tanya Van Cuylenborg | Wrong Turn Feb 25, 2024

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The case that we have for you today will take us on a scenic road trip from the beautiful Vancouver Island through the majestic pacific northwestern state of Washington, with our final destination being Seattle. But somewhere along the way a wrong turn was taken, and the vast and dense forests around us, once beautiful and intoxicating, will take on a new sinister light. And very quickly the trip that was supposed to be fun for a young, new couple, just beginning to map out their own lives, would send them on the path towards their brutal murders…because a killer was now following them. Join me as I tell John the case of Jay Cook and Tanya Van Cuylenborg
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Sources:
The Forever Witness: How DNA and Genealogy Solved a Cold Case Double Murder By Edward Humes
Penguin Random House 2022
Purchase book
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njKHQNyEXaY
https://www.timescolonist.com/local-news/tracing-the-last-steps-of-saanich-couple-killed-in-1987-4661130
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tanya-van-cuylenborg-jay-cook-cold-case-timeline/
https://casetext.com/case/state-v-talbott-15#:~:text=William%20Earl%20Talbott%20II%20appealed,reversal%20and%20affirm%20his%20convictions.
https://bjs.ojp.gov/taxonomy/term/combined-dna-index-system-codis
https://www.newspapers.com/image/515711914/?terms=tanya%20van%20cuylenborg&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/488387258/?terms=tanya%20van%20cuylenborg&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/488386250/?terms=tanya%20van%20cuylenborg&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/488383043/?terms=tanya%20van%20cuylenborg&match=1

Episode 172: The Murder of Brad Dodd Feb 11, 2024

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In New Washoe City, Nevada two armed gunmen stormed into the trailer of the Dodd Family in late December of 2012. In their wake they would leave the head of the household dead and a family reeling from the seemingly senseless act of violence. But as the investigation fell into the lap of investigators the family would only be further torn apart by devastating secrets and betrayals.
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Sources:
Reno-Gazette Journal archives accessed through Newspapers.com (2012-2015)
https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/crt-app-nev/2131406.html
https://cases.justia.com/federal/district-courts/nevada/nvdce/2:2021cv01398/151484/41/0.pdf
Source 3
https://www.washoesheriff.com/outreach/archive/1300001.php
https://casetext.com/case/dodd-v-state-121
Snapped Season 19 Episode 6 (Interviews)

Episode 171: Gary Larson | The Peeping Tom Murder Jan 28, 2024

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Detective Scott Day had been on the Edmond Police Force for just about 20 years. Close to his retirement, he could reflect back on his career and be proud of the work that he had done…all except for that one case from 18 years prior. He had been a rookie officer then, and the first to respond to the scene of a murder and a violent sexual assault. The case had gone unsolved and haunted the community. It was something that he thought about often. The house, the details, he could see the only survivor standing in the doorway of the house battered and covered in blood sobbing as he ran to her. That’s why it was odd that there he was in 2004 and he stood again in front of a brick house with a large bush in front of a window on a suburban street. It was like deja vu….he got his bearings and looked around. He was actually only steps away from the house he responded to back in 1986. Had he done it again…
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Sources:
https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/2004/05/01/edmond-peeping-case-leads-to-break-in-86-killing/61991753007/
https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/1987/08/16/woman-cant-forget-terrifying-night-memories-of-rape-murder-linger/62680656007/
https://casetext.com/case/graham-v-pettigrew
https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/2005/01/06/murderer-gets-life-in-edmond-cold-case/61959645007/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfA_CyKWFIk
https://tulsaworld.com/news/peeping-tom-arrest-could-revive-86-murder-case/article_06487f54-f78d-5ad8-a493-723a3bbeac65.html
Oklahoman articles accessed through Newspapers.com

Episode 170: Sandy Harper Dial and Harold Henry | The Never Ending Case Jan 16, 2024

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Just weeks before Christmas a woman was found murdered in her car on a remote country road in Texas. Her murderer was trying to throw off detectives with a faked sexual assault, the clothes of the victim folded neatly in the front seat, her purse missing but not other the other valuables in the vehicle. They didn’t know what to make of it. But the family of Sandy Harper Dial would not let their sister/daughter’s case go unsolved. And don’t worry this case is solved…the only problem is…it morphs into another one entirely.
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SOLVED
Sources:
https://www.dmagazine.com/publications/d-magazine/1993/june/murder-in-the-family/
https://www.dmagazine.com/frontburner/2019/10/a-wild-update-on-a-murder-that-happened-almost-30-years-ago/
https://www.dmagazine.com/publications/d-magazine/2019/october/killer-instinct-prison-pen-pal-south-dakota-gatesville/
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/crime/2012/02/19/more-than-20-years-later-sandy-harper-dials-murder-still-divides-family/#:~:text=April%201997%3A%20Don%20Dial%20is,to%2050%20years%20in%20prison.&text=May%201998%3A%20Charges%20against%20Lynn,dropped%20for%20lack%20of%20evidence.
https://inmate.tdcj.texas.gov/InmateSearch/reviewDetail.action?sid=05287836&tdcj=00784209&fullName=DIAL%2CDON+KINDALL

Episode 169: Dana Satterfield | Murder off of Highway 221 Dec 31, 2023

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In 1995 detectives from the Spartanburg County Sheriff’s Department had a witness who saw the man that brutally murdered a mother of two in her hair salon. They had another witness that saw the vehicle he had most likely been driving, and to the credit of one very diligent criminalist, they had his DNA…but for an infuriating ten years the murderer of Dana Satterfield would evade them allowing him to wreak havoc on the women in his life. That is until 2005 when the guilt got the better of one final witness.
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Sources
https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/sc-court-of-appeals/1494842.html#:~:text=Appellant%20Jonothan%20C.,each%20for%20CSC%20and%20kidnapping.
https://medium.com/@jade00townsend/the-murder-of-dana-satterfield-2870ed79518d
https://www.starnewsonline.com/story/news/2005/10/25/arrest-made-in-slaying-10-years-earlier-in-sc/30246323007/
https://www.spartanburgcounty.org/DocumentCenter/View/983/051309---Convicted-Murderer-Receives-3-Year-Prison-Sentence-For-Jail-Attack
https://www.goupstate.com/story/news/2006/05/19/family-still-seeks-answers/29368003007/

Episode 168: Daniel Halseth | A Crime of Passion Dec 17, 2023

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When a badly burned body is found in a home in Las Vegas on April 9, 2021 it only takes investigators a short time to figure out who committed the crime. In this case it is not the investigation that must be discussed but rather the years leading up to this tragic event.
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Sources:
Youtube video: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/vzCPxRSf2qU
https://ballotpedia.org/Elizabeth_Halseth
https://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/courts/former-nevada-state-senators-husband-sentenced/
https://thenevadaindependent.com/article/former-republican-state-senator-who-resigned-during-difficult-divorce-to-run-again-in-2018
https://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/courts/videos-show-custody-fight-for-teen-later-charged-in-fathers-death-2398842/
https://thenevadaglobe.com/articles/exclusive-elizabeth-helgelien-announces-candidacy-for-cd-3/
Newspaper.com access to the Las Vegas Review-Journal

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