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Michelle Von Emester Dec 31, 2019

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This weeks episode is a sample of our monthly bonus episodes that we release exclusively to our 2nd and 3rd tier Patreons. We hope you enjoy.

Michelle's nude body was discovered floating off Sunset Cliffs in San Diego. With one of her legs missing and the other oddly shaped like a question mark, it was deduced that a Great White Shark attacked her. But once her death was looked at more closely, her cause of death wasn't as cut and dry and initially thought.

The Family of David Dec 17, 2019

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In August of 1978 in downtown Salt Lake City, a mother was seen throwing her 7 children over the railing of an 11th floor hotel room, before jumping to her own death. What - or who - could persuade a mother to commit such a tragic and violent act?

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https://www.newspapers.com/image/612612472/?terms=rachel%2Bdavid

https://www.newspapers.com/image/575446772/?terms=immanuel%2Bdavid

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https://www.nytimes.com/1978/08/04/archives/mother-killed-with-6-children-in-utah-plunge-joining-the-father.html

https://www.ksl.com/article/4017237/religious-cult-that-inspired-tragedy-re-emerging-in-salt-lake?fbclid=IwAR0btmX_eAhu7mBXZq6VUn92-RZPC9THFjqyPvfB7xwB3ZteZoKEziLH9bw

Natter's Market Murders Dec 03, 2019

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In September 1971, a brazen daytime robbery gone wrong left one young man dead and a mother shot in the head, with her two young boys as witnesses. With no clues other than a unique watch left at the scene, the case quickly went cold.

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Johanna Leatherbury Nov 26, 2019

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When the nude body of a young female was found brutally raped and murdered, police only had a vague description of possible vehicles that eyewitnesses remember Johanna last being seen in. Police collected evidence at the scene hoping that someday it could be used to solve this senseless murder. However, almost 50 years later, her family is still searching for answers.

https://www.newspapers.com/image/599634788/?terms=Johanna%2BLeatherbury

https://www.ksl.com/article/44465827/police-ask-for-publics-help-solving-46-year-old-cold-case

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Jonathan Berry Nov 19, 2019

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Jonathan was a 21 year old biology student at BYU with a bright future ahead. So when his roommates woke up to find suicide notes addressed to several different people, his bank account showing no activity, and his ID and passport being left behind, it seemed pretty cut and dry. However, when investigators interviewed those closest to Jonathan, another theory emerged. Did Jonathan fake his own disappearance and death?

http://charleyproject.org/case/jonathan-david-berry

http://www.ldsliving.com/End-of-search-for-Camille-continued-search-for-others/s/5097

https://archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=3895370&itype=NGPSID&source=rss

https://www.ksl.com/article/299317/father-of-missing-byu-student-in-a-muddle

https://www.websleuths.com/forums/threads/ut-jonathan-berry-23-rock-canyon-provo-1-june-2006.296987/

https://www.deseret.com/2006/6/6/19957139/one-detective-assigned-in-search-for-y-student

Brian Sean Housley Nov 12, 2019

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Brian was young, talented, giving, compassionate and was always willing to help a friend. Late one night in November, he was doing just that when he was senselessly killed by a drive-by shooter. Did the shooter target Brian or was he simply in the wrong place at the wrong time?

https://www.standard.net/news/local/brian-s-heart-ogden-murder-victim-lives-on-after-organ/article_dab5d585-5f67-5051-97d6-def8a75a48db.html

https://www.sltrib.com/news/2017/12/09/a-utah-man-injured-in-one-of-the-string-of-ogden-shootings-has-died-police-dont-think-he-was-the-intended-victim/

Corazon Frandsen Nov 05, 2019

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Corazon came to the U.S from the Philippines for love, but her story ended in tragedy. She was found beaten and left for dead in some bushes at nearby church. Leads quickly dried up, but it was later theorized that she was killed by two notorious serial killers.

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https://updsl.org/page_coldCases.php

The Midnight Massacre Oct 29, 2019

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During the midnight hours of July 8th 1945 a troubled soldier gunned down a POW camp in Salina, Utah in a senseless act of violence and rage. Although it is the worse massacre at a POW camp in U.S history, it is not well-known, even to life-long Utah citizens.

https://www.intermountainhistories.org/items/show/53

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

https://archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=3256256&itype=NGPSID

https://www.google.com/search?q=the+utah+pow+camp+massacre&rlz=1C1CHZL_enUS720US720&oq=the+&aqs=chrome.1.69i57j69i59j35i39j69i60l2j69i65.3474j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

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Theresa Greaves Oct 22, 2019

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In August of 1983, 23 year old Theresa Greaves left her apartment to go to a job interview in Salt Lake City. She arrived in Salt Lake City, but never showed up to the interview. After 2 days of worry, her roommate filed a missing persons report. It wasn't until three decades later, that Theresa's remains would be found. Was Theresa's murder a crime of opportunity, or that of a serial killer?

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Sherry Black Oct 15, 2019

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When a long-time business owner arrived at his bookstore the afternoon of November 30th 2010, he found his wife and business partner brutally murdered. Although evidence, including DNA, was left behind, police are at a dead end. Was Sherry the victim of a robbery gone wrong or was it related to an incident a year prior involving stolen books?

https://www.deseret.com/2010/12/9/20159297/reports-slain-bookseller-sherry-black-unknowingly-bought-stolen-items-from-gang-member-with-history#sherry-black

https://archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=50779159&itype=CMSID

https://www.sherryblackinfo.com/details-of-the-crime/

https://thetruecrimefiles.com/sherry-black-murder/

https://www.sltrib.com/news/2017/11/30/police-to-release-new-developments-in-sherry-black-unsolved-murder/