Crime N Dumplins

San Marcos, California, was rocked by the murder of four children in October of 1996. The horror would only get worse in the coming days when it was determined that their mother had murdered all four boys as a way to get back at their fathers and her current boyfriend for their failed relationships. 

After police identified Henry Wallace as a suspect, more women would fall victim before they could catch him. Over the span of one week, he would kill Brandi Henderson and Betty Jean Baucom in the same apartment complex just hours apart and four days later would kill Deabra Slaughter just a mile an a half away from their apartment complex. Wallace was captured by police on March 13, 1994, and would confess to police murders that they had not yet linked to him or hadn't even identified as a murder. 

Henry Louis Wallace, also known as the Taco Bell Strangler, was on a killing spree in Charlotte, North Carolina in the early 1990s. All nine of his victims were young black women in the prime of their who were acquainted with Henry through his work at fast food chains like Bojangles and Taco Bell, where he worked as a manager. This episode details the initial missing persons case of Caroline Love and the murders of Shawna Hawk, Audrey Spain, Michelle Stinson, Vanessa Mack, and Brandi Henderson, and how police always seemed to be one step behind until Wallace began stealing his victim's belongons. 

Kenneth McDuff was convicted in the late 1960's for the murders of Robert Brand, Mark Dunnam, and the rape, tortue, and murder of Edna Sullivan, all teenagers who were sitting in their car at a baseball field after dark. After the Supreme Court temporarily struck down the death penalty in 1972, McDuff sentence was commuted to life. He was ultimately released in 1989 when he would start kidnapping, torturing, raping, and strangling women again just three days after his release. It would be nearly a decade and at least six more victims before McDuff was caught again. 

In this episode of Crime N Dumplins, Dalton explores the very fresh case of 5-year-old Summer Moon Utah Wells who went missing in June of 2021 after helping her mother and grandmother do some gardening work. Dalton goes over the major details of the case, talks about a few places where he believes holes are in the story that police may or may not have explored. Remember this is an ongoing case and the details of this case may change after posting of this podcast. All show notes are included in our blog at www.CrimeNDumplins.com

In this episode, Dalton tells the story of a missing woman from a small coastal North Carolina town. Karen Rae Bosta disappeared after last being seen in Edenton, North Carolina in May of 2015. Since then, a credit card that Karen used was discovered being used by a man that Karen was friends with. He was charged, plead guilty to the crime, and has completed his sentence, however no new information about Karen has come to light since she went missing. 

In this first installment of a two part episode, Crystal and Dalton discuss their life stories to give our listeners an understanding of where they come from and what has shaped their outlook for much of the commentary they will provide in future episodes. Just as a general notice, this episode may be triggering for current or past victims of child or domestic abuse. They talk about Crystal's second marriage, Lexi's introduction to the world, and Crystal's third marriage and all that was endured during these seemingly happy times. 

In this first installment of a two part episode, Crystal and Dalton discuss their life stories to give our listeners an understanding of where they come from and what has shaped their outlook for much of the commentary they will provide in future episodes. Just as a general notice, this episode may be triggering for current or past victims of child or domestic abuse. Crystal talks about her first engagement, her first marriage, and the events that brought an end  to both. Dalton talks about why he refers to his biological father as his "sperm donor" and the events that led him to walk out of Dalton's life.