Crime with a K

In this episode, we peel back the layers of a case that stunned even seasoned investigators. When Utah mom, Kouri Richins, penned a children's book about grief after the sudden death of her husband, the story gripped the nation, but not for the reasons she intended. Behind the heartwarming pages was a chilling allegation that has yet to be confirmed or denied, and it's that Kouri may have been the one who poisoned her husband with a lethal dose of fentanyl.

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On a warm July day in 2012, two young cousins, 10-year-old Lyric Cook-Morrissey and 8-year-old Elizabeth Collins, set out for a summer bike ride in the quiet town of Evansdale, Iowa. What began as a carefree afternoon ended in a nightmare that still haunts their community today. Their bikes were found abandoned near Myers Lake, but the girls had vanished without a trace. Is there disappearance connected to others who've gone missing in Iowa? Or has their kidnapper gotten away entirely?

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In this episode of Crime with a K we cover the strange details that keep emerging in the disappearance of Brandy Hall. Brandy was a firefighter in Florida before her whole world fell apart. Her husband, Jeff, was arrested and was headed to jail for some time. Brandy lost her job due to the social scandal that unfolded. A community knew about her secret affair and what her husband had been involved in. With two kids to support, no income and no new job on the horizon, Brandy suddenly disappeared. Each year, on the anniversary of her disappearance, another item surfaces. 

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On April 12, 1981, three members of the Sharp family—Sue, her two children, John and Tina, and a friend, Dana—were brutally murdered inside their cabin in Keddie, California. Despite self-incriminating evidence, an anonymous phone call, several theories, eyewitness reports, and an investigation that spanned decades, the identity of the killer(s) remains a mystery to this day.

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It was no ordinary day at One Snoopy Place on July 5, 1995. A man named Ron Nelson, who worked alongside famous Peanuts cartoonist, Charles Schultz, and his wife, Shirley Nelson were shot at the Peanuts headquarters. When officers arrived, they were confused why no one else had been shot, and if the shooter was still at large. Once Shirley was loaded into an ambulance, she told them everything, and it was not at all what investigators were expecting. 

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On September 20, 1988, Tara Calico, a 19-year-old college student from Belen, New Mexico, set out for a morning bike ride that would end in a mystery that still haunts investigators today. Tara never returned home, and the search for her led to eerie discoveries, strange clues, and a chilling photo that surfaced nearly a year later. Was she abducted? Did she meet with foul play? Or is there something more to this unsettling case?

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https://people.com/crime/tara-calico-polaroid-photo-true-story/

https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Tara_Calico

https://www.news-bulletin.com/news/35-years-later-tara-calico-disappearance/article_40c128eb-b548-59e0-8783-2a5f54b7c4f9.html 

https://www.kob.com/new-mexico/4-investigates-new-leads-in-the-tara-calico-case/

https://thoughtcatalog.com/jordan-windnagle/2020/03/heres-everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-unsolved-case-of-tara-calico/

https://dianecapri.com/2019/04/tara-calico-case/

https://www.kob.com/new-mexico/4-investigates-new-leads-in-the-tara-calico-case/

https://people.com/crime/tara-calico-polaroid-photo-true-story/

https://thoughtcatalog.com/jordan-windnagle/2020/03/heres-everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-unsolved-case-of-tara-calico/

https://www.taracalico.com/thestory

https://thoughtcatalog.com/jordan-windnagle/2020/03/heres-everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-unsolved-case-of-tara-calico/

https://coldcaseproject.medium.com/the-disappearance-of-tara-calico-734b702dca6b

https://discover.hubpages.com/politics/The-Unsolved-Mystery-of-Tara-Calico

https://reflections.live/articles/8123/will-tara-ever-be-found-again-article-by-shilpha-naik-13636-lramzi8b.html

https://people.com/crime/tara-calico-polaroid-photo-true-story/

https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/kidnap/tara-leigh-calico

https://www.comingsoon.net/true-crime/news/142

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In this episode of Crime with a K, we dive into the mysterious disappearance of Yvonne Baldelli, a woman whose life ended in tragedy after a complex and unsettling series of events. Yvonne vanished without a trace in Panama in 2012, leaving behind a trail of unanswered questions. What seemed like a typical case of a missing person quickly unraveled into a web of deceit involving her newly ex=boyfriend, Brian Brimager. With a mix of manipulation, lies, and a calculated attempt to cover his tracks, Brian's story began to unravel as authorities discovered shocking details about his involvement.

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https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdca/pr/retired-marine-sentenced-26-years-prison-fatally-stabbing-his-girlfriend-dismembering

https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/brian-brimager-sentencing-yvonne-baldelli-machete-murder-panama/57015/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gqJj6HFqlk

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/devils-island-panama-murder-mystery-yvonne-baldelli-brian-brimager/

https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdca/pr/retired-marine-charged-murdering-his-girlfriend-dismembering-her-body-and-dumping-her

https://people.com/crime/yvonne-baldellis-remains-found-in-panama/

https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/the-search-for-yvonne-baldelli/2/

https://www.10news.com/news/retired-marine-sentenced-for-killing-girlfriend-in-panama-052516

https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/investigations/brimager-seeks-early-release-in-panama-murder-case/509-5b703783-660e-4727-807f-739552ae6de7

https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2016/08/22/retired-marine-admits-killing-dismembering-girlfriend/

https://archives.fbi.gov/archives/sandiego/press-releases/2013/vista-man-charged-with-obstructing-murder-investigation

https://www.cbsnews.com/video/yvonne-baldellis-family-reacts-to-murder-charge/

https://www.ocregister.com/2016/02/24/man-pleads-guilty-to-cutting-up-his-dana-point-girlfriend-in-panama-leaving-her-remains-in-backpack/

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 In the early 1980s, a series of brutal killings left a small town on edge, as victims were found bludgeoned to death with a hammer. Between 1984 and 1985, a small community in Colorado was shaken by a string of brutal killings in which the victims were savagely beaten to death with a hammer. Each crime scene presented eerie similarities: the victims were found in their homes, often alone, with no sign of forced entry. The attacks were brutal, personal and unpredictable, making investigators fear they were dealing with a serial killer. 

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https://people.com/crime/people-magazine-investigates-victim-colorado-hammer-killer-speaks-out/

https://www.denverpost.com/2022/04/07/alex-ewing-hammer-killer-guilty-patricia-smith/

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/alex-ewing-convicted-1984-hammer-killing-patricia-smith-colorado/

https://people.com/crime/colorado-hammer-killer-lone-survivor-speaks-out/

https://people.com/crime/colorado-hammer-killer-lone-survivor-speaks-out/

https://www.9news.com/article/news/investigations/blame/alex-christopher-ewing-1984-colorado-hammer-attacks/73-d668975a-1b27-4ddb-872a-f58c186a4a9e

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/alex-ewing-convicted-1984-hammer-killing-patricia-smith-colorado/

https://www.9news.com/article/news/investigations/blame/alex-ewing-court-outburst/73-48434654-4760-4daf-a260-c8bcd84e3e47

https://www.denver7.com/news/local-news/jury-finds-man-guilty-in-hammer-killer-murders-of-aurora-family-members-in-1984

https://sentinelcolorado.com/orecent-headlines/an-unspeakable-orgy-of-violence-aurora-hammer-murderer-gets-3-life-sentences-for-1984-killings/

https://www.aetv.com/real-crime/vanessa-bennett-survivor

https://www.denver7.com/news/local-news/hammer-killer-alex-ewing-convicted-of-murder-of-patricia-smith-in-lakewood

https://www.coloradoan.com/story/news/2018/08/10/survivor-1984-bennett-family-hammer-murders-shares-story-colorado-crime/957755002/

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On Monday July 25, 1994, a man walked into the Newport, Oregon Police Department, holding a human skull in his hands. Upon investigating the skull, it was confirmed that all of the teeth were still intact, so police used dental records to try and confirm who this skull belonged to. About a week later, these dental records came back as a match to a missing person. The dental records confirmed that the skull was a 17-year-old woman named Kelly Disney, who disappeared 10 years earlier on March 9, 1984 in Newport, Oregon. Now, almost 40 years later, there are still no answers in the disappearance and murder of Kelly Disney, and she wasn't the only one to go missing on Oregon's highways.

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https://projects.oregonlive.com/ghostsofhighway20/melissasheila/
https://www.klcc.org/crime-law-justice/2024-03-15/40-years-after-17-year-old-kelly-disneys-disappearance-sister-and-investigators-still-seek-answers-and-justice
https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2020/10/who-killed-kelly-disney-1984-cold-case-gets-new-life.html
https://yachatsnews.com/15597-2/
https://newportoregon.gov/dept/npd/det.asp
https://www.klcc.org/crime-law-justice/2024-03-15/40-years-after-17-year-old-kelly-disneys-disappearance-sister-and-investigators-still-seek-answers-and-justice
https://www.facebook.com/CrimeJunkiePodcast/posts/kelly-disney-disappeared-without-a-trace-in-1984-leaving-behind-a-devastated-fam/1012917173837594/
https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/j8398c/the_kelly_disney_cold_case/
https://int-missing.fandom.com/wiki/Kelly_Disney
https://namus.nij.ojp.gov/case/MP39274
https://www.klcc.org/tags/kelly-disney
https://factrepublic.com/facts/46374/

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n August 2013, 19-year-old Bryce Laspisa disappeared under mysterious circumstances after a strange series of events during a road trip. His last known location was along a remote stretch of California's I-5 highway, where his car was found abandoned, with no sign of Bryce—just his personal belongings and a trail of baffling clues. In this episode, we look into the eerie details of Bryce's disappearance, piecing together the timeline of events leading up to that fateful night. Was it a tragic accident? A carefully planned escape? Or something far darker? 

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https://www.vizaca.com/bryce-laspisa-disappearance/

https://www.healthline.com/health/adhd/vyvanse-crash

https://www.trace-evidence.com/bryce-laspisa

https://allthatsinteresting.com/bryce-laspisa#:~:text=Bryce%20Laspisa%20was%20an%20only,High%20School%20outside%20of%20Chicago. 

https://allthatsinteresting.com/history-uncovered/bryce-laspisa

https://www.hometownstation.com/santa-clarita-news/crime/bryce-laspisa-still-missing-one-decade-after-unexplained-disappearance-480422

https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/crimefeed/id-shows/what-was-bryce-laspisa-desperate-to-tell-his-parents-on-the-day-he-went-missing

https://themorbidlibrary.com/2023/06/16/the-missing-bryce-laspisa/

https://www.missingkids.org/poster/NCMC/1222511/1

https://discover.hubpages.com/politics/the-unexplained-disappearance-of-bryce-laspisa

https://medium.com/@jennbaxter_69070/a-long-drive-to-nowhere-what-happened-to-bryce-laspisa-fdc05eef8db0

https://abc7chicago.com/archive/9299805/

https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/mother-of-missing-man-bryce-laspisa-returns-to-chicago-area/

https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/bryce-laspisa-missing-person-castaic-lake/1959070/

https://www.hometownstation.com/santa-clarita-news/community-news/still-no-signs-of-bryce-laspisa-11-years-later-519173

https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-fa

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