Crime With My Coffee

In 1999, Girly Chew Hossencofft went missing from her home in Albuquerque, New Mexico. In 2002, her estranged husband Diazien Hossencofft would plead guilty to her murder before his future bride, Linda Henning, would go on trial for the same charge.

Sources for this episode:
Wikipedia - Albuquerque, New Mexico, Murder of Girly Chew Hossencofft, List of people from Albuquerque, New Mexico
Murderpedia - Linda Henning
Bella Online - A Woman Named Girly
Reddit - Diazien Hossencofft conman manipulated his partner into eating his exfiance because he told her she is reptilian queenSupport the show

October 24, 1955, Katherine Knight was born half an hour after her twin sister. She grew up the child of a slaughter man, and later worked in the same slaughterhouse as her father. She met several men in her life that she had romantic relationships with. Her last relationship was with John Price. Their relationship would end forever February 29, 2000 in Aberdeen, New South Wales.

Sources for this episode:
Murderpedia - Katherine Mary Knight
Wikipedia - Aberdeen, New South Wales
Wikipedia - Good behaviour bond

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In December of 1972, 7 year old Steven Stayner was kidnapped by Kenneth Parnell. In March of 1980, just over 7 years later, Steven's parents got the phone call that they had always hoped for. Steven was alive! Listen in this week as we talk about his abduction, his years in captivity, and his amazing escape.

Sources for this episode:
Wikipedia - Merced, California
Wikipedia - Steven Stayner
Wikipedia - Kenneth Parnell
Wikipedia - California Medical Facility
Captive Audience - streaming now on HuluSupport the show

In 2008, Mark Twitchell dreamed of becoming a big time Hollywood producer. He had already made a couple of independent films, and was really hoping to get his name out there. He had also recently discovered an obsession with the tv show Dexter, which actually inspired his last work. Join us this week as we discuss the murder of John Altinger, the attack on Giles Tetreault, and the downfall of Mark Twitchell.

Sources for this episode:
CBS News - "The Dexter Killer:" Inside the mind of a murderer
Copycat Killers - Season 1, Episode 9, Mark Twitchell
IDOCPUB - SK Confessions (warning, this is graphic)
YouTube - Mark Twitchell Full Interrogation
Wikipedia - EdmontonSupport the show

On December 14, 2012, Adam Lanza shot his way into Sandy Hook Elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut and killed 26 people after he killed his mother in her bed that morning.

Sources for this episode:
Wikipedia - Exeter, New Hampshire, Newtown, Connecticut, Newtown High School (Connecticut), Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting
NPR - Nancy Lanza, Gunman's Mother: From 'Charmed Upbringing' to First Victim
News Times - Sandy Hook victims' families struggle with feelings about Nancy Lanza
Biography.com - Adam Lanza
CNN - Adam Lanza details revealed in unsealed FBI documents
ABC News Go - 5 Disturbing Things We Learned Today About Sandy Hook Shooter Adam Lanza
ABC News Go - Investigation Report Released Photos

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J. Frank Norris was born in Alabama before moving to Texas and becoming a pastor of multiple churches. This pastor, though, was charged with arson and other crimes. Was he guilty? Or was he a victim?

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In December of 1987, Ronald Gene Simmons snapped and killed 14 members of his family, from his wife to his children to their spouses to his own grandchildren, as well as an acquaintance and a stranger and wounded two others. Once police caught up to him, he was taken into custody without incident, and went to trial.

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Wikipedia - Chicago, Dover, Arkansas, Ronald Gene Simmons, Tucker Unit, Cummins UnitSupport the show

In 1992, Kevin Mitnick, who had been hacking things since he was a little kid, hacked into the Pacific Bell voicemail system. When a warrant for his arrest was made, he disappeared into the world using cloned cell phones, his hacking skills, and fake IDs to stay ahead of the FBI, who had placed him on their Most Wanted list. Listen in this week to hear about the adventures of Kevin Mitnick and how he was eventually caught.

Sources for this episode:
Denver Post - Kevin Mitnick was the FBI's most wanted hacker in the '90s. He was hiding in plain sight in Denver
Huff Post - Kevin Mitnick, Former Fugitive Hacker, Laments How The Game Has Changed
The Famous People - Kevin Mitnick Biography
Wikipedia - Kevin Mitnick
Mitnick Security - About Kevin MitnickSupport the show

Christmas morning in 1996 would become one that many people know. Patsy Ramsey woke up in her home in Boulder, Colorado and found a ransom note on the stairs of her home saying that someone had kidnapped her 6 year old daughter, JonBenet, and that they would contact her and her husband John with instructions on how to pay her ransom for her safe return. Later that same day, John Ramsey would find the body of his daughter in a locked room in the basement. This case, though it has many suspects and just as many theories about what happened to JonBenet, remains unsolved.

Sources for this episode:
Wikipedia - Patsy Ramsey, John Bennett Ramsey, Atlanta, Boulder, Colorado, Killing of JonBenet Ramsey
IMDB - JonBenet Ramsey Biography
People - 25 Years After JonBenet Ramsey's Murder, Police Still Hope New DNA Technology Will Crack Case
Film Daily - The unsolved death of American beauty princess JonBenet RamseySupport the show

During the 2000s, Jamison Bachman used his knowledge of the tenancy laws to essentially become a squatter in the homes of several people. He would use his charm and education to gain their trust quickly, move in with them, and then make their lives miserable, before it all eventually came to a grinding halt with a heinous murder.

Sources for this episode:
Newspapers.com - Long-Standing Quarrel Ends In Youth’s Death
CengNews - Randell Vidrine’s Killing of Ken Gutzeit: What Was His Motive?
Intelligencer - Worst Roommate Ever
FindAGrave.com - Jamison Bachman, Harry Bachman
ScreenRant.com - Everything Worst Roommate Ever Leaves Out About Jamison Bachman
Worst Roommate Ever - Episodes 4 & 5, titled Roommate Wanted Part 1 and 2Support the show