Taylor Wright was a promising, young police officer turned private investigator with a new love in her life. While a pending divorce and messy custody battle loomed over her, she sought comfort and solace with a good friend. Little did she know that friend was a wolf in sheep's clothing, just waiting for the right time to catch her prey.

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Sources:

https://www.wkrg.com/true-crime/taylor-wright-private-investigator-murdered-by-close-friend-in-pensacola/

https://www.pnj.com/story/news/crime/2017/10/19/arrest-made-after-body-believed-missing-private-investigator-taylor-wright-found/782741001/

https://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/shows/murder-masterminds/ashley-mcarthur-killed-her-friend-taylor-wright-over-a-stolen-34-000

Three beautiful women had their whole lives ahead of them and were adored by their loving families. But they wouldn't get the chance to realize their full potential because they all crossed paths with one monstrous human being.

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Sources:

https://youtu.be/YF8Qd8gyAms?si=3PJStOTTfSY16tVY

https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2017/08/12/letters-to-annette-a-mother-writes-her-long-lost-daughter/537495001/

https://abcnews.go.com/US/felix-vail-found-guilty-murder-wifes-1962-death/story?id=41305632

https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/local/journeytojustice/2017/12/29/alleged-serial-killer-already-serving-life-gets-hard-labor/989319001/

https://sosharethis.com/brother-thinks-sister-died-in-drowning-accident-30-years-later-phone-call-reveals-her-killer/

https://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/story/news/crime/2016/08/12/jury-felix-vail-guilty-murder/88650012/

Investigators in a rural Michigan town, found themselves at the scene of a double homicide involving two of their own. Former police officers Michael and Terri Greene were beloved by the community, and with no known enemies, their murders seemed to confuse everyone. Was it someone they knew or could this have been the work of a complete stranger?

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Sources:

https://www.mlive.com/lansing-news/2013/04/man_found_guilty_of_murdering.html

https://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/2015/03/judge_clears_officials_in_coup.html

https://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/2015/03/judge_clears_officials_in_coup.html

https://www.themorningsun.com/2015/01/30/who-killed-mike-and-kathy-greene/

When a small town is rocked by a string of sexual assaults, it would take the brutal murder of Retha Stratton to finally catch the most deviant kind of criminal.

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Sources:

THE SHOCKING TALE OF RETHA STRATTON, Her Life Taken by a Friend. At Mt. Olivet Cemetery in Ft. Worth

https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/video/murder-under-the-friday-night-lights-investigation-discovery-atve-us/the-cheerleader-murder

https://www.khou.com/article/news/local/convict-to-return-to-prison-for-jailhouse-romance/285-342720631

https://crimesandconsequences.com/wesley-wayne-miller/

Susan Woods was picking up the pieces after filing for divorce from her husband when her life came to an end. The small town of Stephenville, Texas had the obvious suspect in their sights, but the real killer was hiding in plain sight all along.

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Sources:

https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/susan-woods-stephenville-murder-hidden-killer/

Adam Hilaire was a vibrant father who adored his 5-year-old daughter and was finally ready to get back into the dating scene. Little did he know that the nice young lady he would soon meet wasn't nice at all and he was walking right into a trap.

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Sources:

https://kerseyfuneralhome.com/tribute/details/41177/Adam-Hilarie/obituary.html

https://people.com/crime/adam-hilaries-family-speaks-after-he-is-killed-in-alleged-online-dating-robbery/

https://www.theledger.com/story/news/crime/2020/03/12/central-figure-testifies-in-2016-plentyoffish-murder-in-polk/984169007/

https://art19.com/shows/i-met-my-murderer-online

https://www.courttv.com/news/closing-arguments-dating-app-murder-trial/

We have a special treat this week. We interviewed our cousin (yes...there are more cousins on crime), Taylor Newby, on all things 911! Her 7 year career as a 911 dispatcher is nothing short of amazing and we're so proud of her.

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Scott and Cherrylle Dell fell in love and married young; settling down in Killaloe, Ontario, Canada. The marriage held on for over two decades, but the events that followed their estrangement, became a tangled web of lies, betrayal, and murder.

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Sources:

https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/archival-how-sex-lies-and-antifreeze-convicted-the-angel-of-death-cherrylle-dell

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/dells-daughter-tells-of-weird-conversation/article4169567/

Strip & Kill: The True Crime Story of Cherrylle Dell

https://murderpedia.org/female.D/d/dell-cherrylle.htm

https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/no-early-parole-for-convicted-killer-cherrylle-dell#:~:text=Article%20content,white%20wine%20laced%20with%20antifreeze.

A beautiful and caring newlywed is found shot to death in her Los Angeles home in 1986. When the husband is cleared as a suspect, it would take decades of grueling investigative work before the detectives had the killer in their grasp.

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Sources:
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2011/06/the-lazarus-file/308499/

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/52954546/sherri-rae-ruetten

https://murderpedia.org/female.L/l/lazarus-stephanie.htm

https://www.nbcnews.com/dateline/video/remembering-sherri-rasmussen-73889349705

Sydney West had recently relocated back to her home state of California to attend college at UC Berkeley in 2020. After deciding to put her studies on hold for another year, she went to the Golden Gate Bridge one evening and seemingly vanished into the fog.

Anyone with information regarding Sydney's whereabouts is asked to contact private investigator Scott Dudek at (925) 705-8328 or [email protected]. You can also contact the San Francisco Police Department Tip Line at 415-575-4444.

A heart-felt Thank You to Sydney's family for giving us permission to use some of her beautiful music in this episode.

Please visit https://findsydneywest.com/ to learn more about the disappearance of Sydney West.

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Sources:

https://findsydneywest.com/

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/golden-gate-bridge-suicide-barriers-going-up-after-1500-deaths/

https://people.com/crime/family-missing-student-baffled-footage-shows-vanishing-into-fog-near-golden-gate-bridge/

https://disappearedblog.com/sydney-west/