Cold Brew Crimes

On Halloween night of 1974 an 8-year-old boy passed away after ingesting poisoned Halloween candy. Police began their investigation and their suspect was closer to home than anyone could have imagined.

TRIAL: https://texasarchive.org/2017_03761

PEOPLE: https://people.com/what-happened-to-ronald-o-bryan-the-candy-man-killer-11839626

A&E:

In July of 1993 a woman was found shot in her Sedona, Arizona home after a domestic dispute call was made to police. What seemed like an open and shut case still remains unresolved over three decades later.

Now the daughter of the murdered woman has made it her mission to bring justice to her mother’s case. Nikki Wasilishin has started her own multi-part podcast dedicated to her mother’s case and today Ciera and I discuss this decades long cold case.

NIKKI’S PODCAST: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/papi-killed-mommy/id1820673703

NIKKI’S TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@papikilledmommy?_r=1&_t=ZP-9ALKbBekNqx

Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/131478603/stephanie_marie-wasilishin

A&E: https://www.aetv.com/articles/stephanie-wasilishin

INDEPENDENT: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/cold-case-murder-papi-killed-mommy-arizona-b2978830.html

In September of 1999, a young mother vanished leaving her children behind. While her family fought for answers for over a decade, investigators seemed disinclined to investigate. Thankfully, her case would finally be solved after 14 years.

A&E: https://www.aetv.com/articles/sherry-leighty

CharleyProject: https://charleyproject.org/case/sherry-jean-leighty

CBS: https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/kenneth-leighty-confesses-to-killing-daughter-in-law-sherry-leighty-in-previously-unsolved-1999-case/

FindaGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/121539400/sherry_jean-leighty

In December of 2002, a young expectant mother goes missing. Her husband was later convicted for the murders of her & their unborn son. In this episode we discuss the disappearance and murder of Laci and Conner Peterson, and the investigation into Scott Peterson.

ARTICLES:

https://www.oxygen.com/crime-news/what-happened-to-laci-peterson-baby-conner

https://abcnews.go.com/US/police-found-scott-petersons-car-laci-petersons-body/story?id=49773987

In 2010 a woman received a letter from the adoption agency she used to place her baby for adoption when she was 17. From this she learned her daughter had been missing for 21 years, and she made it her mission to find her.

A&E: https://www.aetv.com/articles/murder-aundria-bowman

ABC: https://local12.com/news/nation-world/mich-man-now-in-va-prison-told-wife-where-to-find-remains-of-daughter-missing-since-1989

CON: https://www.norfolk.gov/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=4555&ARC=9020

WAVY:

https://www.wavy.com/news/investigative/unsolved-catching-kathleens-killer/

In the Summer of 2022, a 16-year-old girl vanished while walking home from a friends house. It would take over 6 months for her to be found, and the person behind her disappearance would shock the community.

COURT TV: https://www.courttv.com/news/no-new-trial-for-former-police-officer-convicted-of-teens-murder/

GATHERING FOR JUSTICE: https://www.gatheringforjustice.org/susana-morales

WSB-TV: https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/atlanta/mother-susana-morales-talks-heartbreak-daughters-case-center-2020-episode-friday-night/URYEUAINFJHVDNXLCRXTQVEPEY/

ABC: https://abc7chicago.com/post/monster-badge-how-officer-was-convicted-teens-shocking-murder/19064610/

This case is truly tragic and heartbreaking and I think one of the hardest ones we’ve covered so far.

In the fall of 2020, a young mother was found brutalized and her baby had been abducted from her womb. The senseless tragedy was carried out by someone Reagan trusted, and the horrific crime ruined so many lives and caused unimaginable heartache.

*We originally covered this case last June as a PATREON bonus case. It is now available for everyone as our weekly case for this week.*

BIOGRAPHY: https://www.biography.com/crime/a71590474/reagan-simmons-hancock-murder-maternal-instinct-netflix

PEOPLE: https://people.com/reagan-simmons-hancock-not-die-in-vain-says-family-exclusive-11995318

TS: https://texasscorecard.com/state/death-row-inmate-appeals-sentence-claims-prosecution-fat-shamed-her/

Between April of 1984 to August of 1985, a brutal and sadistic burglar, sex offender, and serial killer was terrorizing the San Francisco Bay Area and Greater Los Angeles areas of California.

A&E: https://www.aetv.com/articles/richard-ramirez

EBSCO: https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/law/night-stalker-case

FBI: https://vault.fbi.gov/richard-ramirez

Biography: https://www.biography.com/crime/richard-ramirez

In the 1970’s a police officer in Florida committed a string of horrible crimes. The actual number of victims whose lives he claimed remains unknown but he has been dubbed as The Killer Cop, The Hangman, The Butcher of Blind Creek, and many more names.

FORENSICMAG: https://www.forensicmag.com/586882-Genealogy-IDs-Teen-Murdered-in-1974-Could-be-Killer-Cop-Victim/

PBP: https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/crime/2025/09/10/serial-killers-florida-cop-killer-casanova-killer-cases/85872865007/

AMERICANRIPPER: https://a.co/d/04pAv4MZ

In April of 2015, a bright 22-year-old was just two weeks away from graduating from Indiana University when she vanished after a night out.

When her body was found the next day, a huge clue to who committed this awful crime was found along side her.

HANNAH: https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/indystar/name/hannah-wilson-obituary?id=18775315

IDS: https://specials.idsnews.com/the-little-sister/

CBSNEWS: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hannah-wilson-murder-daniel-wilson-convicted-in-indiana-university-students-slaying/

INDYSTAR: https://www.indystar.com/story/news/crime/2016/08/07/hannah-wilson-trial-night-celebration-gone-horribly-wrong/88315824/

WAVE/LAUREN: https://www.wave3.com/2025/06/03/wave-extra-14-years-later-lauren-spierers-loved-ones-still-hold-hopes-finding-truth/