Chris Smith moved to sunny Orange County, CA to escape the corporate world of Silicon Valley. He was talented and hardworking which earned him a lot of money very quickly in the budding new tech capital of California. But just shy of two years into the start of his successful new company Chris decided to cash in and get out. So what caused the man who had everything to get up and leave those everythings behind. Had he done something he was trying to escape, or was there someone or something he was hiding from?



This is a solved case. 



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Newspaper.com Archived articles from the LA Times and The San Francisco Chronicle regarding case from 2017-2018 

Episode 161: Chris Smith | A Planned Escape or Murder?

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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/








Episode 178: Jasmine Block | A Disappearance into the Night

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.**



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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 177: Roylynn Rides Horse | Three Miles on Castle Rock Rd

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 176: Nadia Kajouji and Mark Drybrough | The Chatroom

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 175: Gabriella Doolin | Allen County's Angel

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. 



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Youtube Channel 



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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 161: Chris Smith | A Planned Escape or Murder?

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