On September 1st, 2017 Wake County 911 dispatchers received a phone call from a man by the name of Matthew Phelps.  He claimed that he had woken from a dream and found his wife of less than a year, lying dead on the floor covered in blood.

How did their seemingly perfect and happy life on social media, end with 29-year-old Lauren Hugelmaier dead and her husband to blame?

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPJVefybEaM&t=52s

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Relatively Evil episode on Lauren: https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B07Z2B9GLP/ref=atv_dp_share_cu_r

https://kidshealth.org/en/parents/cough-cold-medicine-abuse.html#:~:text=Taking%20a%20lot%20of%20DXM,%2C%20dizziness%2C%20and%20impaired%20judgment.

https://people.com/crime/matthew-phelps-lauren-dead-cold-medicine-stabbing/

https://thewartburgwatch.com/2017/09/11/standing-with-the-family-and-friends-of-lauren-hugelmaier/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbHAY_u8QsM&t=127s

https://abcnews.go.com/US/husband-blamed-cold-medicine-pleads-guilty-killing-wife/story?id=58306879

https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/news/story/family-woman-killed-cold-medicine-murder-filled-regret-58549513

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6246011/Aspiring-pastor-29-pleads-guilty-murder-wife-North-Carolina.html

https://people.com/crime/cold-medicine-aspiring-pastor-killed-wife-father-never-forgive/

https://www.wral.com/story/autopsy-raleigh-woman-slashed-stabbed-123-times/17022930/#:~:text=She%20was%20pronounced%20dead%20at,wounds%20to%20her%20left%20arm.

https://www.wral.com/story/matthew-phelps-man-due-in-court-for-cold-medicine-murder-case/17894843/#:~:text=An%20autopsy%20determined%20she%20had,unable%20to%20control%20his%20spending.

https://www.wral.com/story/husband-charged-in-raleigh-woman-s-stabbing-death/16920577/

https://baptistnews.com/article/bible-student-turned-cold-medicine-killer-pleads-guilty-in-north-carolina-court/

https://www.wral.com/story/matthew-phelps-man-due-in-court-for-cold-medicine-murder-case/17894843/

Emilie Morris was just 16 years old when she was groomed by a trusted adult that she looked up to and admired.  After years of keeping quiet about her sexual assault she finally decided to speak out.  She was found dead inside of her apartment in 2014 and her manner of death was ruled as undetermined.  Listen to her story now!

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/jtes/the-case-died-with-her

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JN9vPWvIIKw

1-800-656-4673

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https://www.oxygen.com/the-case-died-with-her/crime-news/how-did-emilie-morris-die-what-family-says-about-case-death

https://people.com/crime/woman-accused-former-coach-sexual-abuse-found-dead/

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/jtes/the-case-died-with-her

https://fox2now.com/news/emilie-morris-sex-abuse-case-died-with-her-but-action-in-schools-is-just-beginning/

https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/crime/accusations-former-lindbergh-coach-cold-case-national-broadcast/63-8a994068-ff8c-454f-b07b-db505e09e0e2

https://www.oxygen.com/the-case-died-with-her/crime-news/the-case-died-with-her-will-jim-wilder-case-be-reopened

https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/emilie-morris-true-crime-doc

The Case Died with Her documentary purchased on Apple TV

Renae Marsden was a 20 years old when she jumped to her death at The Gap in Sydney, Australia after her boyfriend of 18 months broke up with her.  After her death the truth began unraveling on who her boyfriend truly was.

Listen to her tragic story now.

If you or anyone you know is struggling with thoughts of suicide please call the Suicide Prevention Hotline:
988 or visit 988lifelong.org

https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/suicide-prevention

Sign the petition to criminalize catfishing:
https://www.change.org/p/dominic-perrottet-driven-to-suicide-but-renae-s-abuser-in-the-clear-criminalising-catfishing?signed=true

State Coroner's Court of New South Wales Inquest:
https://coroners.nsw.gov.au/documents/findings/2020/Marsden_findings_20_May_20.pdf

Kouri Richins Updates:
https://kutv.com/news/local/kouri-richins-mother-lisa-darden-investigated-in-2006-death-of-romantic-partner-lisa-darden-eric-richins-summit-county-sheriffs-office-murder-homicide-drug-overdose
https://www.courttv.com/news/filing-kouri-richins-sent-secret-love-you-text-the-night-her-husband-died/

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUkDADMJ6o0&rco=1
https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/parents-of-catfishing-victim-want-laws-changed-and-named-after-renae-20200520-p54uo2.html
https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/parents-of-suicide-victim-want-catfishing-to-be-a-crime-20200209-p53z5f.html

In the early morning hours of March 4th, 2022 Kouri Richins found her husband, 39-year-old Eric Richins dead in their bed, inside the home they shared in Francis, Utah.  She was a grieving widow that ended up writing a children's book to help her kids cope with the loss of their father.

But everything would change on May 8th, 2023 when Kouri would be arrested for the murder of her husband.

Did Kouri kill her husband or is this all one big misunderstanding?

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7decWYj1-A

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https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/23808108/kouri-richins-warrant.pdf

https://www.abc4.com/gtu/a-childrens-book-to-aid-in-coping-with-grief/

https://www.kpcw.org/summit-county/2023-05-09/the-grand-home-kouri-richins-plywood-mansion-in-midway-could-have-buyer#

https://www.cestonemasonry.com

https://www.fox13now.com/news/crime/kouri-richins-changed-life-insurance-policies-prosecutors-say

https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/news/story/woman-wrote-book-grief-husbands-death-accused-murder-99199204

https://nypost.com/2023/05/12/kouri-richins-slain-husband-suspected-she-had-an-affair/

https://www.kpcw.org/summit-county/2024-02-23/kouri-richins-preliminary-hearing-set-for-may

https://www.walker-mortuary.com/obituaries/eric-richins

https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/saltlaketribune/name/julie-jorgenson-obituary?id=27135508

https://www.parkrecord.com/news/eric-richins-family-remains-hopeful-the-truth-will-be-told-at-some-point/

https://www.parkrecord.com/news/what-is-in-the-envelope-kouri-richins-gave-her-defense-attorney/#:~:text=Kouri%20Richins%2C%20left%2C%20a%20Utah,1.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/12/us/utah-mom-husband-killing-court-documents/index.html

https://www.insideedition.com/kouri-richins-murder-drugs-system-husband-eric

https://www.fox13now.com/news/crime/kouri-richins-claims-controversial-letter-found-in-jail-cell-was-excerpt-from-book

https://www.fox13now.com/news/local-news/family-spokesperson-friend-remember-kamas-man-allegedly-killed-by-wife

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/kouri-richins-murder-case-eric-richins-utah-mansion-48-hours/#

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/kouri-richins-utah-mom-husband-eric-richins-poison-childrens-book-48-hours/#

https://www.kpcw.org/summit-county/2023-05-08/summit-county-mom-arrested-for-husbands-murder

https://www.sltrib.com/news/2023/05/10/utah-woman-allegedly-tried-poison/

https://nypost.com/2023/06/29/kouri-richins-tried-to-profit-from-husbands-murder-lawsuit/#

https://nypost.com/2023/05/19/kouri-richins-took-out-2-million-in-life-insurance-policies-on-husband/

https://www.abc4.com/richins/kouri-richins-complete-timeline-in-murder-case/

https://people.com/sisters-of-utah-father-allegedly-poisoned-by-his-wife-not-giving-up-7963513#:~:text=Eric%20and%20Kouri%20Richins%20with,with%20covered%20dishes%20and%20condolences.

https://lawandcrime.com/lawsuit/kouri-is-entitled-utah-mom-accused-of-murdering-husband-and-writing-grief-book-sues-estate-to-force-sale-of-million-dollar-family-home-where-fentanyl-od-took-place/

https://www.kpcw.org/summit-county/2023-08-03/eric-richins-family-not-kouri-gets-insurance-money-from-erics-business-court-says

https://nypost.com/2023/05/15/inside-the-home-kouri-richins-allegedly-killed-husband-over/

https://kutv.com/news/2news-investigates/family-friends-shocked-by-utah-authors-arrest-for-husbands-murder-kouri-eric-richins-home-depot-march-2022-linda-king-fentanyl-poisoning-amazon-childrens-book-shocked

https://truecrimebeat.com/?p=2500

https://www.parkrecord.com/news/kouri-richins-can-keep-manuscript-from-prosecutors-but-must-turn-over-a-letter-from-another-inmate-judge-rules/

https://www.abc4.com/news/wasatch-front/who-was-eric-richins-the-fallen-man-behind-the-grieving-wife-turned-author/

https://people.com/crime/kouri-richins-threw-party-day-after-allegedly-murderin-husband/

https://www.fox13now.com/news/crime/kouri-richins-changed-life-insurance-policies-prosecutors-say

https://www.the-sun.com/news/8084131/kouri-richins-bizarre-facebook-post-husband-murdered/

https://www.sltrib.com/news/2023/05/15/eric-richins-whose-wife-is-accused/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ie2DflEVCq4

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=kouri+richins+interview+good+things+utah

In June 2022 social media was buzzing with the miraculous discovery of a baby, who had been missing for over 40 years, had been found alive. Everyone couldn't believe the news when it broke. Baby Holly Marie Clouse is the daughter of Dean and Tina Clouse who had been murdered in 1980.

Listen to their story now!

https://givebutter.com/dean-and-tina-linn-clouse-memorial-fund

https://genealogyforjustice.org/the-dean-and-tina-linn-clouse-memorial-fund/

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https://abcnews.go.com/US/investigators-search-clues-case-murdered-parents-baby-holly/story?id=96691708

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/family-history-detectives-launch-hope-for-holly-missing-daughter-of-texas-murder-victims-sought-inspires-an-effort-to-help-stolen-children-301465403.html

https://people.com/crime/inside-holly-marie-clouse-investigation-found-alive-40-years-disappearance-parents-murdered/#:~:text=With%20the%20help%20from%20a,Dean%20and%20Tina%20were%20identified.

https://people.com/crime/holly-marie-clouse-found-safe-vanished-parents-murdered/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xn8keNFPRsA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2c4jusNn4cU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_L6u3wX01Ow

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus_movement

https://nypost.com/2022/11/07/baby-holly-reunites-with-grandmother-other-family-members/

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/holly-clouse-found-missing-cold-case/

https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/news/story/watch-baby-holly-missing-40-years-ago-reunite-92775061

On a night in October of 1993, 12-year-old Polly Klaas was having a sleepover with her two best friends.  Around 10:30pm an unknown man entered the home and abducted her while her mother slept in a room across the hall.  For two months they searched for Polly before they would finally get a massive break in the case.

Polly's story is said to be the first missing persons cases that ever utilized the internet to share her flyer.

Listen to her tragic story now!

Polly Klaas Foundation FB:
https://www.facebook.com/PollyKlaasFoundation/?ref=embed_page

Polly Klaas Foundation Website:
https://www.pollyklaas.org

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https://www.ranker.com/list/facts-about-polly-klaas/amandasedlakhevener
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-04-18-mn-59941-story.html
https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/20-years-later-petaluma-remembers-polly-klaas/
https://people.com/everything-to-know-polly-klaas-murder-case-7515116
https://time.com/6319572/polly-klaas-palm-print-fbi-police/
https://abc7news.com/polly-klaas-richard-allen-davis-amber-alert-criminal-justice-system/13854656/
https://www.foxnews.com/us/polly-klaas-father-calls-gov-newsom-pig-death-penalty-moratorium
https://www.fresherslive.com/latest/articles/who-are-polly-klaas-parents-where-are-they-now-who-is-marc-klaas-is-polly-klaas-mother-alive-1555186430
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9G9oWPowwMA&t=0s

In May 2017, Desirea Ferris was a beautiful 18-year-old girl when she went missing after hanging out with people she thought were her friends.

Nobody seems to be talking and there isn't enough evidence out there for an arrest.  What happened to Desirea?  Where could she be?

Listen to her story now!

https://www.facebook.com/BringDesireaFerrisHome/

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https://charleyproject.org/case/desirea-ann-ferris

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PD2sXnJNN_I&t=502s

https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/crimefeed/id-shows/missouri-teen-desirea-harris-vanished-in-2017-last-seen-with-dangerous-men

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npADwsIgTY0&t=753s

https://storiesoftheunsolved.com/2020/04/10/the-disappearance-of-desirea-ferris/

https://www.kshb.com/news/local-news/investigations/family-committed-to-finding-desirea-ferris-5-years-after-disappearance

https://disappearedblog.com/desirea-ferris-disappeared/

https://fox4kc.com/news/remains-found-in-ray-county-last-year-being-investigated-as-a-homicide-sheriff-says/

https://original.newsbreak.com/@anthony-s-corner-1723615/3207206102800-desirea-a-young-girl-disappeared-in-missouri-in-2017-after-being-with-men-her-mom-said-were-bad

https://www.kmbc.com/article/kmbc-cold-case-2017-missing-desirea-ferris-liberty/40049485

Lorenzen Wright was a former NBA player and father in 2010 when he was tragically murdered.  His case remained open for several years before justice was finally served and the motive for his murder was revealed.

Listen to his story told by Holly now!

9-1-1 Call:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkkvBBZOz-s

Jimmie Martin's testimony:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1F2Q8gz8sRc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scT_7zA_kys

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4k1wpKZ084

Travis Butler's story:

https://wreg.com/news/twenty-years-later-travis-butler-is-telling-his-story/

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Episode Sources:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyaPv_F90Uw

https://nypost.com/2022/06/18/nba-star-lorenzen-wright-death-details-after-body-found-in-field/

https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/w/wrighlo02.html

https://www.aetv.com/real-crime/nba-star-murder-wright

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorenzen_Wright

https://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nba-ball-dont-lie/lorenzen-wright-ex-wife-spent-most-1-million-231424234--nba.html?a20=1&guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAEgcTGh-R6s1xRFKV3XYs8CctSSqqAUZ0jVHB1bGV36eZnUC0jWnQMEqQ-I-L1kiV_sgsFGqHCBC6lbzisuwd4bZq2zq1-42srb8X93dDSB196qPHiD_WhD9FXg3e0p_-uclbn6kQiETk68VcTCWlqBv3zmI79anA5FRh_LBdHLi

https://www.collegexpress.com/scholarships/sierra-simone-wright-scholarship/2017627/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1x6PYmjEJb0

https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1996-01-30-9601300036-story.html

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2270130/How-Lorenzen-Wrights-widow-blew-1m-life-insurance-year.html

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/nba/article-11869891/Mother-slain-NBA-star-Lorenzen-Wright-left-blown-away-ex-wife-avoided-murder-trial.html

https://www.actionnews5.com/story/25101469/kenney-blurb/

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-06-28-sp-19508-story.html

https://www.si.com/nba/2015/10/18/lorenzen-wright-murder-mystery-memphis-grizzlies

https://www.foxnews.com/sports/police-dispatchers-say-911-call-from-slain-players-phone-wasnt-forwarded-to-officers

https://www.commercialappeal.com/story/news/2018/05/04/jimmie-martin-sherra-wright-lorenzen-wright-conspirator/582598002/

In the fall of 2018, 21-year-old Lauren McCluskey was looking forward to graduating from the University of Utah that coming Spring.  On September 1st 2018 she went out with friends to a local bar, where she met a man who would eventually stalk her and kill her.

Lauren did everything she could to protect herself.  However, those in charge of protecting her failed her repeatedly.

Listen to her tragic story now!

https://laurenmccluskey.org

https://www.facebook.com/LaurenMcCluskeyFoundation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYGkIL70TD4&t=2540s

https://cssnv.org/domestic-violence/

https://www.thehotline.org

1-800-799-7233

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https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/saltlaketribune/name/lauren-mccluskey-obituary?id=1980850

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYGkIL70TD4&t=2540s

https://www.saltlakemagazine.com/lauren-mccluskey/

https://www.sltrib.com/news/2019/06/03/he-loaned-his-gun-melvin/#

https://www.deseret.com/2019/6/3/20674810/man-who-loaned-gun-used-to-kill-lauren-mccluskey-pleads-guilty

https://www.sltrib.com/news/education/2021/01/12/university-utah-president/

https://www.sltrib.com/news/2018/12/19/university-utah-announce/

https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/30168870/utah-admits-error-lauren-mccluskey-death-settles-135-million

https://www.deseret.com/utah/2020/8/5/21355523/lauren-mccluskey-photos-were-shown-but-not-shared-with-others-report-says-university-of-utah-police

https://www.sltrib.com/news/2019/09/11/man-who-loaned-gun-lauren/

https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2018/10/25/man-who-killed-utah/

https://www.abc4.com/news/wasatch-front/lauren-mccluskey-foundation-continues-to-honor-lauren-5-years-after-her-murder/

19-year-old Marlen Ochoa Lopez was 9 months pregnant when she went missing in April of 2019. After weeks of searching for her she was finally found in a trash can located on Clarisa Figueroa's property. Her baby was on life support with no brain activity after being stolen from his mothers womb

Listen to their tragic story now!

Spanish Interview with Marlen's Parents:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLKsXmIaxHM&t=2741s

Abandoned baby articles mentioned:
https://abc7chicago.com/newborn-northwest-side-found-trash-can-humboldt-par-park/5289628/
https://abc30.com/newborn-baby-abandoned-humbolt-park-found-humboldt-trash-can-teen-parents-charged-mother/5295911/

CASE UPDATE SOURCES:
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/petition-for-severance-filed-by-defendant-in-murder-of-marlen-ochoa-lopez-whose-baby-was-cut-from-her-womb/3295660/
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/marlen-ochoa-lopez-murder-baby-cut-womb

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjBLbFA4WHc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wRGZOT2PZU
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7038903/Woman-46-three-charged-killing-pregnant-Chicago-teen-womb-raider-plot.html?fbclid=IwAR1SCK0sZqeSZ9We9vgVNAC0baSHNQ_Gd7BcfDLpKfld1QcL54GjvlEM01I
https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/news-life/baby-boy-breathes-on-his-own-after-being-ripped-from-his-mum/news-story/ebdeb504c29888b6cea8c1b855d5704b
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/6/18/18684237/marlen-ochoa-lopez-yovanny-yovani-clarisa-figueroa-baby-womb-christ
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-viz-marlen-ochoa-lopez-timeline-htmlstory.html
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-met-marlen-ochoa-lopez-pregnant-woman-killed-charges-20190517-20190516-story.html
https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/17/us/marlen-ochoa-lopez-friday/index.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4TtSBGax-s