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EPISODE 17: 'The Christmas Tree Couple' PART 1
** For those of you who don't like our chit chat at the start, skip to 8minutes 54secs.**
FOR TRIGGER WARNINGS please see below.
Today we begin on the afternoon of the 19th of December. Christmas was fast approaching as couples from the Church local to the town of Ethel gathered outside the cosy home, shared by the Maurin’s, Ed and Wilhelmina, who was fondly know as Minnie, on their 120-acre Christmas Tree Farm, for their annual festive potluck ....
Episode written, researched and edited, by Gem.
Art work created by Victoria.
Today’s episode contains content which may be TRIGGERING including actions against the vulnerable, the sexual assault and murder of children, and colourful language .
Please follow us on our socials: FACEBOOK , INSTAGRAM and TikTok .
REFERENCES
The following articles came from newspapers.com to read them you may need to sign up. Some links include more than one article.
1 Ethel couple disappears. Longview Daily News. Page 11. 20th December 1985.
2 Missing elderly couple feared abducted. Tri-City Herald. 22ndDecember 1985.
3 Elderly couple shot after withdrawing money. Spokane Chronicle. 25th December 1985.
4 Missing Ethel couple’s bodies found. Longview Daily News. Page 11. 26th December 1985.
5 ‘We’re not used to this kind of thing around here’. Elderly couple’s slaying stuns Chehalis residents. The Olympian. 28thDecember 1985.
6 Witnesses give Ethel case more support. Longview Daily News. Page 11. 9th January 1986.
7 Murdered and missing. The Olympian. Page 1. 27thMarch 1986
And Lewis County officials fear it’s a body ‘dumping ground’.
8 Lewis County locking doors after 10 killings. Kitsap Sun. Page 4. 11th November 1986.
9 String of unsolved killings frightens county’s residents. Tri-City Herald. 13th November 1986.
10 Couple’s murderer gets 103 years. The Daily Herald. Page 14. 5th December 2013.
OTHER ARTICLES
11 Raul Sarinana, Cathy Sarinana sentenced to death in nephew's murders by Alicia Robinson. The Press Enterprise. 2nd July 2009.
12 1985 Washington Cold-Case Homicide of Elderly Couple Solved. abcnews.com. 10th July 2012.
13 Slaying of Onalaska baseball referee brings 30-year prisonterm for son by Sharyn. L. Decker. Lewiscountysirens.com. 17th October 2012.
14 1985 Maurin Murders: Solving the puzzle by Stephanie Schendel. The Chronicle online. 3rd December 2013.
15 Former Onalaskan John Booth loses appeal by Sharyn. L.Decker. Lewiscountysirens.com. 15th August 2014.
16 Conrad and Ricky Morales Murders: Where are Cathy and RaulSarinana now by Viswa Vanapalli. Thecinemaholic.com. 22nd December 2021.
17 27 Most Frightening Murdered That Happened Around Christmas by Asher Cantrell and DB Kelly. 8th November2023
18 Christmas tree murders. Thatslife.com.au.20th November 2024.
Miscellaneous.
19 Population of Ethel WA 1895 - Search.
20 Washington (state). Wikipedia.
21 Yard Birds History. yardbirdshistory.com
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By TheCriminalCraic** For those of you who don't like our chit chat at the start, skip to 8minutes 54secs.**
FOR TRIGGER WARNINGS please see below.
Today we begin on the afternoon of the 19th of December. Christmas was fast approaching as couples from the Church local to the town of Ethel gathered outside the cosy home, shared by the Maurin’s, Ed and Wilhelmina, who was fondly know as Minnie, on their 120-acre Christmas Tree Farm, for their annual festive potluck ....
Episode written, researched and edited, by Gem.
Art work created by Victoria.
Today’s episode contains content which may be TRIGGERING including actions against the vulnerable, the sexual assault and murder of children, and colourful language .
Please follow us on our socials: FACEBOOK , INSTAGRAM and TikTok .
REFERENCES
The following articles came from newspapers.com to read them you may need to sign up. Some links include more than one article.
1 Ethel couple disappears. Longview Daily News. Page 11. 20th December 1985.
2 Missing elderly couple feared abducted. Tri-City Herald. 22ndDecember 1985.
3 Elderly couple shot after withdrawing money. Spokane Chronicle. 25th December 1985.
4 Missing Ethel couple’s bodies found. Longview Daily News. Page 11. 26th December 1985.
5 ‘We’re not used to this kind of thing around here’. Elderly couple’s slaying stuns Chehalis residents. The Olympian. 28thDecember 1985.
6 Witnesses give Ethel case more support. Longview Daily News. Page 11. 9th January 1986.
7 Murdered and missing. The Olympian. Page 1. 27thMarch 1986
And Lewis County officials fear it’s a body ‘dumping ground’.
8 Lewis County locking doors after 10 killings. Kitsap Sun. Page 4. 11th November 1986.
9 String of unsolved killings frightens county’s residents. Tri-City Herald. 13th November 1986.
10 Couple’s murderer gets 103 years. The Daily Herald. Page 14. 5th December 2013.
OTHER ARTICLES
11 Raul Sarinana, Cathy Sarinana sentenced to death in nephew's murders by Alicia Robinson. The Press Enterprise. 2nd July 2009.
12 1985 Washington Cold-Case Homicide of Elderly Couple Solved. abcnews.com. 10th July 2012.
13 Slaying of Onalaska baseball referee brings 30-year prisonterm for son by Sharyn. L. Decker. Lewiscountysirens.com. 17th October 2012.
14 1985 Maurin Murders: Solving the puzzle by Stephanie Schendel. The Chronicle online. 3rd December 2013.
15 Former Onalaskan John Booth loses appeal by Sharyn. L.Decker. Lewiscountysirens.com. 15th August 2014.
16 Conrad and Ricky Morales Murders: Where are Cathy and RaulSarinana now by Viswa Vanapalli. Thecinemaholic.com. 22nd December 2021.
17 27 Most Frightening Murdered That Happened Around Christmas by Asher Cantrell and DB Kelly. 8th November2023
18 Christmas tree murders. Thatslife.com.au.20th November 2024.
Miscellaneous.
19 Population of Ethel WA 1895 - Search.
20 Washington (state). Wikipedia.
21 Yard Birds History. yardbirdshistory.com