Crime Over Coffee

Kerry Krueger went missing in December of 1989 after telling her husband that she was going on a business trip with a coworker. Kerry has not been seen or heard from since the day she left. At the time of her disappearance, she had a 3-year-old daughter at home. Did she leave on her own accord or did something terrible happen to her? Listen to this episode to hear the story of Kerry and see if you know of any helpful information to bring answers to the family. 

To remain anonymous, contact Crime Stoppers of Racine County at 1-262-636-9330 or 1-888-636-9330 or through its website: Racine.crimestoppersweb.com. 

Sources:

• https://www.instagram.com/p/DDPWSLGRW2V/?img_index=10
• https://www.fox6now.com/news/burlington-missing-person-new-clues
• https://www.wearegreenbay.com/news/local-news/35-years-later-the-mysterious-disappearance-of-kerry-obrien-krueger-in-wisconsin/
• https://www.wisn.com/article/cold-case-racine-county-woman-missing-since-late-1980s/69596910
• https://charleyproject.org/case/kerry-aileen-obrien-krueger
• https://www.facebook.com/RacineCountySheriffsOffice/posts/pfbid036Gb4KLtvigr8jpgdE1FzK2xuspYRVGr6dfVdd1fWKicoPJSpvkwzDf6PwWhUCEktl
• https://www.doenetwork.org/cases/software/mp-main.html?id=671dfwi
• https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/cold-case-spotlight/cold-case-spotlight-kerry-obrien-krueger-n263451
• https://namus.nij.ojp.gov/library/reports-and-statistics

Join Abby and Ericka for a holly jolly (mostly) episode to celebrate the Christmas season! Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays! Enjoy time with your family and we will be back next year with more episodes! 

Sources:

• https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/conan-obrien-holiday-party-nick-reiner-rob-reiner-1236452447/

• https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/carl-reiner-nick-conan-obrien-party-deaths-rcna249396

• https://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/Walmart-thief-fakes-heart-attack-786543

• https://legalclarity.org/what-is-considered-grand-theft-in-florida/

• https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/looking-back-at-san-franciscos-santacon-bank-bandit/

• https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/crimefeed/bad-behavior/man-high-on-bath-salts-breaks-into-house-puts-up-christmas-decorations

• https://www.vice.com/en/article/a-brief-history-of-bizarre-christmas-crimes/

• https://commonplacefacts.com/2024/12/16/santa-claus-crimes/

After Philip Shue crashed his car off of highway 10 in Texas, officials were quick to rule his death a suicide. However, evidence such as severed body parts and duct tape on his wrists and ankles lead many others to believe there may be more to the story. 

Sources:

• https://militaryjusticeforall.com/2003/04/

• https://www.huffpost.com/entry/colonel-philip-shue_b_1424756

• https://www.paramountpressexpress.com/cbs-entertainment/releases/?view=21364

• https://www.militaryfamiliesforjustice.org/colonel-philip-shue-usaf

• https://www.cbsnews.com/htdocs/pdf/first_warning_note.pdf

• https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-curious-case-of-col-shue-26-03-2009/

Listen to this episode to hear Ericka tell us two different stories of solved missing person cases in Indiana. Ralph Stutzmen went missing in 1952 from a family farm in Lagrange, IN and Brittany Gard went missing in 2025 from her home in Putnam County, IN. What happened to both individuals and how were the missing person cases solved?

Ralph Stutzman Sources:

• https://www.wndu.com/2023/06/16/71-year-old-cold-case-solved-lagrange-county/
• https://charleyproject.org/case/ralph-stutzman
• https://www.21alivenews.com/2023/06/16/70-year-old-lagrange-county-cold-case-solved-uncovers-secret-family/
• https://wsbt.com/news/local/dna-testing-genealogy-missing-persons-cold-case-august-1952-ralph-stutzman-delbert-schrock-ancestry-com-closure-relief-investigation-state-police-florida-lagrange-county-indiana

Brittany Gard Sources:

• https://www.wrtv.com/news/local-news/putnam-county/it-makes-no-sense-missing-putnam-county-womans-family-shares-details-about-troubling-disappearance
• https://people.com/mom-called-911-from-woods-week-after-vanishing-suspicious-house-fire-11827997
• https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/indiana-mom-missing-suspicious-fire-home-officials-say-rcna236323
• https://abcnews.go.com/US/indiana-woman-missing-suspicious-fire-house/story?id=126306764
• https://fox59.com/indiana-news/missing-putnam-county-woman-found-alive-more-than-a-week-after-suspicious-fire/
• https://www.suncommercial.com/banner_graphic/article_adcb46cb-0ed2-5d5c-b890-db1733ffdb0d.html
• https://nypost.com/2025/10/07/us-news/mom-of-2-missing-since-mysterious-fire-at-her-indiana-home/

In this episode Abby and Ericka tell you some Halloween related stories that range from corpses, to the Exorcist, to clowns. Listen in to hear these stories and more! Have a safe and fun Halloween! 

Sources:

• https://people.howstuffworks.com/culture-traditions/holidays-halloween/9-halloween-attractions-that-went-too-far.htm

• https://abc13.com/post/dead-womans-body-mistaken-for-halloween-decoration/1035630/

• https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/crime/2017/04/14/chillicothe-man-acquitted-woman-s/21370642007/

• https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/crimefeed/bad-behavior/boo-actual-crimes-committed-in-haunted-house-attractions

• https://www.grunge.com/245113/disturbing-things-that-actually-happened-at-haunted-houses/

• https://www.imdb.com/title/tt38348167/

• https://www.americanhauntingsink.com/was-the-exorcist-cursed

• https://libblogs.luc.edu/wla/2023/04/25/mercy-for-the-devil-the-later-career-of-mercedes-mccambridge/

Happy Fall/Halloween! In this episode, Abby and Ericka go off script and talk about some of their favorite fall acitivities. Then they discuss some horrible accidents that have happened in and around haunted house attractions. 

Sources:

https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/crimefeed/bad-behavior/boo-actual-crimes-committed-in-haunted-house-attractions

https://www.grunge.com/245113/disturbing-things-that-actually-happened-at-haunted-houses/

https://people.howstuffworks.com/culture-traditions/holidays-halloween/9-halloween-attractions-that-went-too-far.htm

Tune in as Abby shares some of the current true crime tv shows she has been watching. Ranging from good content, spooky season related to goofy instances, there is a recommendation for everyone. 

Sources:

• https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4189570/episodes/?season=7&ref_=ttep

• https://www.imdb.com/title/tt33343774/episodes/?season=1&ref_=tt_eps_sn_1

• https://www.imdb.com/title/tt33349065/episodes/?season=2&ref_=ttep

• https://www.imdb.com/title/tt37724480/

• https://www.imdb.com/title/tt30195843/reviews/?featured=rw10351775&ref_=tt_ururv_c_1

• https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1934673/?ref_=tturv_rvi_i_6

15-year-old Kayla Berg went missing in August of 2009. The person she was last seen with became a prime suspect, but there wasn't enough evidence to try him and her dissapearance is still unsolved. 

If you have information you can: 

1. Call the Antigo Police Department at 715-627-6411

2. Submit a tip on-line at www.marathoncountycrimestoppers.org

Sources:

• https://www.wsaw.com/2025/08/11/kayla-berg-case-marks-16-years-since-antigo-teen-last-seen/

• https://www.missingkids.org/poster/NCMC/1129610/1

• https://www.antigojournal.com/news/bench-in-memory-of-kayla-berg-completed/article_5c6a6454-51b1-11ef-a3cf-2b6f14ad1da5.html

• https://www.facebook.com/groups/101461496568847/

• https://www.wsaw.com/2025/08/11/i-miss-her-every-day-16-year-search-kayla-berg-continues/

• https://www.wsaw.com/content/news/10-years-later-questions-remain-in-search-for-kayla-berg-530974721.html

• http://marathoncounty.crimestoppersweb.com/sitemenu.aspx?P=MissingPersons&ID=505&SID=556

In 1980, Teresa was found murdered on a beach near Los Angeles. Decades later a break in the cold case leads to answers the family never thought they would have.

Sources:

• ttps://da.lacounty.gov/sites/default/files/press/102819_Man_Sentenced_for_1980_Murder_of_Woman_Found_on_Palos_Verdes_Estates_Beach.pdf

• https://www.imdb.com/title/tt31556143/

• https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-san-pedro-robert-yniguez-murder-charge-20190618-story.html

• https://da.lacounty.gov/sites/default/files/press/102819_Man_Sentenced_for_1980_Murder_of_Woman_Found_on_Palos_Verdes_Estates_Beach.pdf

• https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/teresa-broudreaux-robert-yniguez-murder-conviction/2061821/

32-year-old Mary and her two daughters 2-year-old Fannie, and 1-year-old Jessie Stuart, went missing in December of 1977. Did they leave on their own accord? Or did something awful happen to them? The case is still unsolved and the prime suspect passed away in 1996

Sources:

• https://kymkemp.com/2022/11/14/if-the-trees-could-talk-the-cold-case-of-missing-honeydew-woman-mary-stuart-and-her-two-daughters/

• https://charleyproject.org/case/fannie-fawn-stuart

• https://charleyproject.org/case/jessie-flo-stuart

• https://charleyproject.org/case/mary-elizabeth-stuart

• https://oag.ca.gov/missing/person/mary-elizabeth-stuart

• https://namus.nij.ojp.gov/case/MP6698

• https://www.times-standard.com/2009/08/19/cold-disappearance-case-reopened-by-das-office/

• https://www.usinflationcalculator.com

• https://www.ultimate70s.com/seventies_history/19771210/weather