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True Crime This Week

Catch up on the biggest true crime stories of the week as well as the newest developments in famous cold cases.

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True Crime This Week - July 22, 2022 Jul 22, 2022

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This week: The true crime behind Where the Crawdads Sing; a murderer gets probation; a bad day leads to manslaughter, the Kirstin Smart case goes to trial, Billy Rausch pleads guilty, Lady Gaga's dogs should keep their eyes open, and more!

Further reading:

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/jul/21/man-73-cut-wife-throat-suicide-pact-cleared-murder-manchester-graham-mansfield

https://www.oxygen.com/crime-news/reward-offered-arrest-of-james-jackson-lady-gaga-dog-walker

https://www.oxygen.com/crime-news/lauren-pazienza-turns-down-plea-barbara-gustern-killing

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/19/books/where-the-crawdads-sing-delia-owens-murder-investigation.html

https://www.theatlantic.com/books/archive/2022/07/where-the-crawdads-sing-delia-mark-owens-zambia-murder/670479/

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11029579/NYC-woman-26-charged-manslaughter-appears-court-time-three-months.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/07/19/lindy-sue-biechler-cold-case/

https://time.com/6197975/victorias-secret-angels-and-demons-hulu-true-story/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeG31dmeYyk

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True Crime This Week - July 15, 2022 Jul 15, 2022

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This week: An arrest in the case at the center of Roe v Wade; Brittney Griner in the gulag; Alex Murdaugh charged with wife and son's murder; updates in the Maura Murray and Nadine Madger cases; and a man murdered because of... Bigfoot?

Further Reading:

https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/2022/07/13/columbus-man-charged-rape-10-year-old-led-abortion-in-indiana/10046625002/

https://www.the-sun.com/news/5769971/bigfoot-murder-plot-man-killed-woods-monster/

https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/14/us/alex-murdaugh-blood-splatter-clothes/index.html

https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/14/us/brittney-griner-hearing-russia/index.html

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/jul/14/she-said-harvey-weinstein-trailer

https://www.missingkids.org/blog/2022/this-is-william-cold-case-solved-after-23-years?fbclid=IwAR0M98z6XbCleqC5tWkzTdg7yXfOzOZRMoDaN5AFsaiHYi09ibKyMuWfAmg

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True Crime This Week - July 8, 2022 Jul 08, 2022

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This week: Who was Jayland Walker, Bobby Crimo arrested, human trafficking in Ukraine, someone blew up the creepy Georgia guidestones, the Christmas Tree Lady is identified, and more!

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Further Reading:

https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/news/local/2022/07/04/jayland-walker-akron-police-shooting-what-we-know-traffic-stop-new-franklin/7801059001/

https://variety.com/2022/film/news/captive-audience-hulu-ratings-giancarlo-falwell-larry-ray-1235309763/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vb6VNNSfI64

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/07/07/jayland-walker-protest-arrests-akron/7828647001/

https://www.foxnews.com/us/serial-killer-oklahoma-death-cold-case-murders-texas

https://www.washingtonpost.com/crime-law/2022/07/07/christmas-tree-lady-identified/

https://www.wokv.com/news/national/genetic-genealogy/JOBPEUOPMTWD4CMYZV6OKCJD5Y/

https://www.ranker.com/list/mysterious-georgia-guidestones/jodi-smith

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2022/jul/07/ukraine-prosecutors-uncover-sex-trafficking-ring-preying-on-women-fleeing-country

https://nypost.com/2022/07/06/highland-park-shooter-robert-crimo-father-speaks-about-son/

https://autos.yahoo.com/satanic-georgia-tablets-despised-conspiracy-173851943.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZHJ1ZGdlcmVwb3J0LmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAHGiDIaRaX5UyfesBeIX9Yy2ep8oWZqvign4v53-_CEPpshQWQIDdYlraC2XM4GNcoxNf8HYbJnX-Gimmmh6zomuvEtNUkv-hYw90OlcKOwiCtS-BiUKAEb7jnuEXq9pxWWtiBS-C2WngDF5kqU_enAaRky-rPRri7xXi1eu3O7K

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/robert-crimo-iii-highland-park-shooting-who-is/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Lewis_Reece

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True Crime This Week - July 1, 2022 Jul 01, 2022

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This week: Context for Billy Jensen, horror in San Antonio, three big names sentenced to prison, an update in the Emmett Till murder, a weird disappearance from Reddit, the mourning of a spider monkey, and more!

Further Reading:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jun/29/emmett-till-warrant-carolyn-bryant-donham-family-arrest

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jun/29/paris-attacker-salah-abdeslam-found-guilty-of-and-terrorism

https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/29/us/san-antonio-migrant-truck-deaths/index.html

https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/vm2o3q/possibly_the_oldest_dna_to_be_tested_solves_a/

https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/convicted-serial-killer-richard-cottingham-linked-to-1968-murder-of-23-year-old-long-island-woman/

https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/vnkihy/a_man_covered_up_his_wife_and_step_daughters/

http://billyjensen.com/1522-2/

https://nypost.com/2022/06/28/jeffrey-epstein-assistant-ghislaine-maxwell-sentenced-to-20-years-for-sex-trafficking/

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/06/29/nyregion/-r-kelly-sentencing-news

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/22/nyregion/dna-torso-killer-long-island.html

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jun/29/emmett-till-warrant-carolyn-bryant-donham-family-arrest

https://abcnews.go.com/US/woman-wanted-murder-professional-cyclist-arrested-costa-rica/story?id=86008268

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/monkey-bullet-vest-dead-mexico-cartel-b2105250.html

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True Crime This Week - June 24, 2022 Jun 24, 2022

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This week: My friend, Billy Jensen; a Nigerian organ-harvesting scheme; Russian nuclear chief found shot; West Memphis 3 update; where in the world is Ezra Miller, and more!

Further Reading:

https://www.pressherald.com/2022/06/14/state-police-charge-massachusetts-woman-with-murder-in-1985-death-of-abandoned-newborn/

https://www.kiratas.com/2022/06/21/the-italian-prosecutors-office-investigates-the-death-of-the-young-woman-found-in-portbou-three-decades-ago/

https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/vinoe4/we_are_the_producers_of_paramounts_true_crime/

https://www.oxygen.com/crime-news/alcatraz-escapees-john-clarence-anglin-frank-morris-sought

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/07/sports/football/deshaun-watson.html

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/jun/23/man-woman-charged-trying-bring-child-uk-harvest-organs

https://metro.co.uk/2022/06/22/russian-colonel-who-carried-putins-nuclear-codes-briefcase-found-shot-16873192/

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/organ-trafficking-uk-charged-nigeria-b2107917.html

https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2022/jun/23/arkansas-judge-denies-damien-echols-request-to-conduct-new-dna-tests-on-west-memphis-three-evidence/

https://nypost.com/2022/06/23/ezra-miller-housing-3-kids-their-mom-at-gun-filled-vermont-farm-report/

https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-news/ezra-miller-young-children-vermont-farm-1372295/

https://time.com/6188750/leave-no-trace-true-story-hulu/

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True Crime This Week - June 17, 2022 Jun 17, 2022

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This week: The Patriot Front (it's a put-on); Russian spies; a journalist is murdered in Brazil; police ID a new serial killer; how Baby Holly was found; an update in the Harmony Montgomery case, and more!

Further Reading:

https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/13/us/idaho-patriot-front-arrests-pride-what-we-know/index.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriot_Front

https://www.theguardian.com/law/2022/jun/16/russian-spy-caught-trying-to-infiltrate-war-crimes-court-says-netherlands

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jun/16/dom-phillips-and-bruno-pereira-police-find-bodies-of-two-men-in-search-for-missing-pair

https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2022/jun/16/disappearance-dom-phillips-bruno-pereira-podcast

https://www.oxygen.com/crime-news/douglas-thomas-charged-sherri-herrera-sherri-hayes-deaths

https://komonews.com/news/local/dna-evidence-identifies-body-found-in-marysville-landfill-45-years-ago

https://www.wmur.com/article/harmony-montgomery-investigation-61422/40284150#

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/baby-holly-how-she-was-found-17245927.php

https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/vdrhov/in_2004_florida_authorities_found_47_year_old/

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/justin-trudeau-riverdale-ryan-grantham-murder-b2101810.html

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True Crime This Week - June 10, 2022 Jun 10, 2022

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This week: Where in the world is Kaitlin Armstrong? Brett Kavanaugh's would-be killer turns himself in; Tempe police watch a man drown; Baby Holly Marie found after 40 years; Lawyer for Paul Flores doesn't like podcasts; Weird clues in the Miyazawa family murders; and more!

Further Reading:

https://radaronline.com/p/brett-kavanaugh-home-murder-arrest-suspect-gun/

https://www.oxygen.com/crime-news/kristin-smart-murder-suspect-paul-flores-denied-dismissal

https://www.npr.org/2022/06/07/1103463458/arizona-police-officers-placed-on-leave-after-looking-on-as-man-drowned

https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/07/us/kaitlin-armstrong-anna-moriah-wilson-newark-airport/index.html

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/missing-baby-found-17230033.php

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/06/08/pillowcase-rapist-broward-charges/

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True Crime This Week - June 3, 2022 Jun 03, 2022

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This week: Johnny Depp v Amber Heard verdict; Utah political race devolves into allegations of cannibalism; needles in Paris nightclubs; $1 million reward in the Shannon McCormick case; Mississippi ruins genetic genealogy for everyone, John Hinckley to go free; and more!

Further Reading:

https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/01/entertainment/johnny-depp-amber-heard-verdict/index.html

https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2022/05/monica-lewinskys-verdict-on-the-johnny-depp-amber-heard-trial?utm_source=pocket-newtab

https://enews.com.ng/2022/06/why-johnny-depp-lost-his-libel-case-in-the-u-k-but-won-in-the-u-s-more-trending-news-today/

https://www.thewrap.com/johnny-depp-won-career-toast/

https://www.rawstory.com/utah-county-attorney/

https://apnews.com/article/politics-entertainment-health-belgium-netherlands-03fa5b4d5e8212adc8d0b09f8a8d6cfb

https://www.news.com.au/national/victoria/crime/1m-reward-offered-to-solve-shannon-mccormacks-coward-punch-death/news-story/28e7bfb1daa729497602a91e74c297ab

https://www.reddit.com/r/TrueCrime/comments/v1gf3d/boys_body_was_found_in_suitcase/

https://people.com/politics/reagans-attempted-assassin-john-hinckley-jrreceives-full-unconditional-release/

https://www.sltrib.com/news/2022/06/01/utah-county-attorney/

https://www.natchezdemocrat.com/2022/05/31/human-fetus-found-inside-natchez-water-treatment-plant/

https://uncovered.com/cases/nancy-eagleson/timeline

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True Crime This Week - May 27, 2022 May 27, 2022

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This week: Uvalde; a writer writes about killing her husband before killing husband; sex assault in the Metaverse; deep-fakes used to fight crime; genetic genealogy controversy; and more!

Further Reading:

https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2022/02/03/what-the-data-says-about-gun-deaths-in-the-u-s/

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-41488081

https://giffords.org/lawcenter/gun-violence-statistics/

https://www.the-sun.com/tech/5421688/female-avatar-sexually-assaulted-metaverse/

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/may/26/how-murder-husband-writer-guilty-nancy-crampton-brophy

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/may/26/ted-cruz-angrily-quits-interview-gun-control

https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-supreme-court-just-said-in-in-shinn-v-ramirez-that-evidence-of-innocence-is-not-enough

https://chartable.com/charts/chartable/podcasts-usa-true-crime-reach

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/sedar-soares-murder-dutch-police-deepfake-technology-cold-case-witnesses/

https://www.meadvilletribune.com/news/state-police-solve-1980-homicide/article_7208c972-8ec6-5462-91c4-c8e9caf50d1b.html

https://www.1011now.com/2022/05/25/authorities-solve-13-year-old-cold-case-using-new-dna-technology-sparking-privacy-concerns/

https://www.waow.com/news/wisconsin/charges-filed-in-2009-baby-theresa-death-investigation/article_71cb985d-7942-53f1-8fa1-e86708f593e5.html

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True Crime This Week - May 20, 2022 May 20, 2022

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This week: Peyton Gendron kills 10 in Buffalo; the first war crime trial in Ukraine; search warrant details leaked in Delphi case; Brittanee Drexel's body found; a real locked room mystery; and more!

Further Reading:

https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/15/us/payton-gendron-buffalo-shooting-suspect-what-we-know/index.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2022/05/16/buffalo-shooting-previous-supermarket-confrontation/

https://nypost.com/2022/05/19/buffalo-suspect-payton-gendron-appears-in-court/

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/may/19/us-house-domestic-terrorism-bill

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/19/vadim-shishimarin-russian-soldier-asks-ukrainian-widow-to-forgive-him-during-first-war-crimes-trial

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/19/vadim-shishimarin-russian-soldier-asks-ukrainian-widow-to-forgive-him-during-first-war-crimes-trial

https://www.jconline.com/story/news/crime/2022/05/18/delphi-murders-suspect-indiana-state-police-search-warrant-killings-victims/9821164002/

https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/delphi-murders-search-warrant-reveals-new-details-in-homicide-investigation

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/17/us/brittanee-drexel-body-found-arrest.html

https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/San-Francisco-man-found-dead-17165727.php?IPID=SFGate-HP-CP-Spotlight

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/1988-cold-case-suspect-identifiec_n_62848f66e4b0c84db72b81f6

https://www.13abc.com/2022/05/18/toledo-family-gets-closure-after-remains-daughter-missing-since-1998-identified-tennessee/

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/uodqp8/people_who_have_encountered_or_saw_a_serial/

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