In the Spring of 2009, a young mother was murdered in a Target parking lot as her toddler watched. The investigation led to the most unlikely suspect.

NBC: https://www.nbc.com/nbc-insider/heather-strube-gunned-down-in-broad-daylight-by-joanna-hayes

ABC: https://abcnews.com/US/joanna-hayes-trial-alleged-murder-daughter-law-target/story?id=13562734

CBS: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/witness-claims-ga-mother-discussed-perfect-murder-before-fatally-shooting-daughter-in-law/

DATELINE: https://www.nbcnews.com/dateline/in-the-news/watch-dateline-episode-deadly-swap-now-rcna144252

In September of 1998, a 19-year-old student and expecting mother vanished. Her car was found a week later abandoned, with signs that it was not Amber who’d left it there.

To this day, Amber has not been found, but there has been a name of a prime suspect released and her case is being investigated as a homicide.

FBI: https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/vicap/missing-persons/amber-lynn-wilde

MissingPersons: https://www.missingpersons.doj.wi.gov/missing/amber-lynn-wilde

CharleyProject: https://charleyproject.org/case/amber-lynn-wilde

SpectrumNews: https://spectrumnews1.com/wi/milwaukee/news/2023/09/22/-it-s-never-too-late---25-years-after-disappearance--amber-wilde-s-aunt-still-wants-answers-

On St. Patrick’s Day of 1990, a 14-year-old girl was murdered after a day of boating with friends in Jupiter, FL. 36 years later and her case remains unsolved.

https://www.patreon.com/cw/ColdBrewCrimes

WPBF:

https://www.wpbf.com/article/florida-community-marks-35-years-since-rachel-hurleys-disappearance/64210008

NBC: https://www.nbcnews.com/dateline/loved-ones-still-fighting-justice-31-years-after-st-patrick-n1261667

PBP: https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/crime/2010/03/18/detectives-vow-to-keep-looking/7343338007/

In 2018, a 39-years-old man vanished under mysterious circumstances. Days later his remains were found scattered in Ohio.

His loved ones all had one suspect in mind, and to add to their devastation, she would flee and disappear before she could be arrested for her crimes.

https://www.patreon.com/cw/ColdBrewCrimes

USM: https://www.usmarshals.gov/what-we-do/fugitive-apprehension/profiled-fugitives/tamera-renee-williams

WXYZ: https://www.wxyz.com/news/police-search-apartment-of-missing-melvindale-man-david-carter

F2D:

https://www.fox2detroit.com/news/1-year-after-murder-dismemberment-of-melvindale-man-the-search-continues-for-his-girlfriend

NEWSHAROLD: https://www.thenewsherald.com/2022/10/22/netflix-show-highlights-melvindale-homicide-case-and-search-for-the-killer/

In 1987, a 19-day-old infant was abducted in the middle of the night by a woman dressed as a nurse from a Harlem Hospital.

Twenty-three years later the case was finally solved.

https://www.patreon.com/cw/ColdBrewCrimes

BBC: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-16994282

NYTIMES: https://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/25/nyregion/25kidnap.html

CBS: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/carlina-white-update-ann-pettway-admits-she-stole-infant-in-1987-says-fbi/

In March of 2016, a 22-year-old man was shot in Chicago. He drove himself to a nearby police station to ask for help, but unfortunately he did not make it.

Almost 10 years later, his family is still fighting for justice and to find answers about what happened on that spring night.

https://www.patreon.com/cw/ColdBrewCrimes

DATELINE: THE STORY OF SOMEBODY:

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14751914/

SOMEBODY PODCAST/ INVISIBLE INSTITUTE:

https://invisible.institute/teach-somebody

WTTWNEWS:

https://news.wttw.com/2023/03/16/release-full-watchdog-probe-my-son-s-2016-death-outside-police-station-mom-demands

NORTHWESTERNMAG:

https://magazine.northwestern.edu/exclusives/somebody-podcast

Most of our listeners, and people in the world, know what The Amber Alert is. But what most people do not know is the horrific crime that occurred in order to create the nationwide alert that we now have.

https://www.patreon.com/cw/ColdBrewCrimes

NBC: https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/college-game-plan/first-child-rescued-amber-alert-heading-college-n759736

AMBERALERT: https://amberalert.ojp.gov/statistics

MISSINGKIDS: https://www.missingkids.org/blog/2021/still-searching-for-ambers-killer

ABC: https://abcnews.go.com/US/amber-hagerman-namesake-amber-alert-abducted-14-years/story?id=9544038

Two years ago, a 22-year-old man went duck hunting in South Carolina and never made it home. His family is still searching for answers, and wondering, what really happened on that fateful January day.

https://www.patreon.com/cw/ColdBrewCrimes

WPDE: https://wpde.com/news/local/one-year-later-unsolved-disappearance-of-north-myrtle-beach-hunter-tyler-doyle-little-river-search-duck-hunter-jon-boat-coast-guard-rescue-jetties-south-carolina-1-26-2024

SCDNR: https://www.dnr.sc.gov/news/2023/Feb/feb13-doyle.php

AOL: https://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/news/local/article283064398.html

On Christmas Eve of 1945, five children vanished after a mysterious house fire.

Their remains were never confirmed to be found and their disappearance remain a mystery to this day.

https://www.patreon.com/cw/ColdBrewCrimes

MEDIUM: https://medium.com/@coffeeandtruecrime/the-fire-that-destroyed-everything-the-sodder-children-73c7f84d7836

ATI: https://allthatsinteresting.com/sodder-children

SMITHSONIAN: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/what-happened-sodder-children-siblings-who-went-up-in-smoke-west-virginia-house-fire-172429802/

On Christmas Eve of 2011, a beautiful young mother lost her life at the hands of her husband’s horrific abuse. And what he did afterwards only added to the horror. This week we are discussing the tragic case of Za’Zell Preston Wallace.

https://www.patreon.com/cw/ColdBrewCrimes

OCR: https://www.ocregister.com/2012/05/25/column-suspect-says-he-creamed-zazell/

MEDIUM/ZA’ZELL: https://medium.com/@matesanz/murdered-on-christmas-and-propped-up-on-a-couch-to-watch-her-children-open-presents-100bc15de6e6

LAW:https://lawbirdie.com/criminal-case-study-murder-of-zazell-preston/