Crime with Holly

April 20th, 1999 is stuck in many of our memories as we watched the horror of Columbine play out on national television.  Kacey Johnson was inside the library when shots began on that horrific day.  Despite the tragedy that struck and ultimately changed the course of her life forever, she has overcome so much and is now an author as well as a motivational speaker!  Listen to her story now!  Linked below are her social media accounts, links to purchase her book, and website!

Kacey's Social Medias:
Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/kaceyruegseggerjohnson/
Facebook-https://www.facebook.com/KaceyRuegseggerJohnson

Links to purchase her book Over My Shoulder: A Columbine Survivor's Story of Resilience, Hope and a Life Reclaimed:
Amazon- https://a.co/d/jbmykcR
Barnes & Nobles- https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/over-my-shoulder-kacey-ruegsesgger-johnson/1130992410?ean=9781733651608

Kacey's Website:
https://kaceyruegseggerjohnson.com

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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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Matthew's 911 Call:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPJVefybEaM&t=52s

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Episode Sources:
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!

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

Youtube with some audio mentioned:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JN9vPWvIIKw

National Sexual Assault Hotline:
1-800-656-4673

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Episode Sources:
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/stltoday/name/emilie-morris-obituary?id=3043873
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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Episode Sources:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/207640352/renae-marsden
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?

Listen to the details now!

Kouri’s interview on Good Things Utah:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7decWYj1-A

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Episode Sources:
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!

The Dean & Tina Linn Clouse Memorial Fund:
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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Episode Sources:
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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Episode Sources:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6887238/polly_hannah-klaas
https://www.hulu.com/watch/51d5898d-80a7-4829-aef8-7c9723e7f098
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!

Missing: Desirea Ferris FB page
https://www.facebook.com/BringDesireaFerrisHome/

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Episode Sources:
https://www.facebook.com/BringDesireaFerrisHome/
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!

Lauren McCluskey Foundation:
https://laurenmccluskey.org

LMF FB Page:
https://www.facebook.com/LaurenMcCluskeyFoundation

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

Intimate Partner Resources:
https://cssnv.org/domestic-violence/
https://www.thehotline.org
1-800-799-7233

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Episode Sources:
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/