Going West: True Crime

In April of 1992, a 24-year-old woman headed in to a night shift at work in Massachusetts. But when her co-worker arrived the next morning, she noticed a few unsettling things: Her car was still in the parking lot, the door was unlocked, and the OPEN sign was still on. When the woman’s body was found in the woods, police persevered to find her killer. And thanks to a shocking letter, they’d get their answer. This is the story of Lisa Ziegert.

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In April of 1988, an Indiana girl was abducted off the streets of her neighborhood while walking alone after hanging out with friends. After her body was found, the investigation into her murder intensified, but hundreds of suspects surfacing in the case. With the killer taunting the police and public via a scribbled message on a nearby barn about the murder, and threatening letters left for other girls in the area, detectives created a task force to hunt this monster down. And one day, a crucial movement in the investigation uncovered the person responsible. This is the story of April Tinsley.

BONUS EPISODES

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CASE SOURCES

https://theburr.com/3058/blogs/season-of-justice/season-of-justice-april-tinsley/

https://www.wane.com/news/local-news/tinsley-detectives-reveal-new-details-about-case-suspect/

https://www.wane.com/news/local-news/tinsley-detectives-reveal-new-details-about-case-suspect/

https://www.journalgazette.net/local/neighbors-in-grabill-confront-grim-news/article_f0938507-8d51-591c-8024-9a8b3c52c3bb.html

https://www.insidehook.com/culture/police-capture-alleged-april-tinsley-killer

http://wpta.images.worldnow.com/library/7581442b-5128-48ef-8eb0-d581e70fb146.pdf

https://www.wane.com/news/local-news/tinsley-detectives-reveal-new-details-about-case-suspect/

https://www.wane.com/news/local-news/who-is-john-miller/

https://www.indystar.com/story/news/crime/2018/07/22/april-tinsley-murder-arrest-puts-end-decades-long-suspense-fort-wayne/805023002/

https://archives.fbi.gov/archives/news/stories/2009/april/tinsley_040309

https://archives.fbi.gov/archives/news/stories/2009/april/amw_041409-part-2

https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/16/us/cold-case-april-tinsley-dna-trnd/index.html

https://www.newspapers.com/article/logansport-pharos-tribune-everett-shull/21559908/

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In March of 1997, a 26-year-old woman disappeared in the middle of the night while driving home from her job as a cocktail waitress in North Carolina. First, her Jeep was found on the side of the road, still idling. Then, when her body was discovered, a shocking suspect revealed themselves. This is the story of Kim Medlin.

BONUS EPISODES

Apple Subscriptions: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/going-west-true-crime/id1448151398

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CASE SOURCES

1. Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/192213944/kimberly-jo-medlin

2. Greensboro News and Record: https://greensboro.com/murder-jury-was-split-over-sentence/article_18e44e21-82ad-5f2e-ae66-cb9c3f52466f.html

3. Star News Online: https://www.starnewsonline.com/story/news/2005/07/22/ex-monroe-police-officer-confessed-to-murder/11056448007/

4. The Cinemaholic: https://thecinemaholic.com/kim-medlin-murder-where-is-josh-griffin-now/

5. Six Degrees of Murder: https://tv.youtube.com/watch/UUmOeH9WT5A?vpp=2AEA&vp=0gEEEgIwAw%3D%3D

6. The Cinemaholic: https://thecinemaholic.com/where-is-kim-medlins-husband-bridger-medlin-now/

7. Greensboro News & Record: https://greensboro.com/judge-no-bond-for-officer-accused-of-killing-waitress-security-is-tight-as-joshua-griffin/article_2b093b8a-dfa4-5deb-8959-91b94a18e5c7.html

8. North Carolina Lawyers Weekly: https://nclawyersweekly.com/fulltext-opinions/1990/01/01/state-v-griffin/

9. The Charlotte Observer: https://www.newspapers.com/image/628533912/?terms=%22kim%20medlin%22&match=1

10. The Charlotte Observer: https://www.newspapers.com/image/628779354/?terms=kim%20medlin%20murder&match=1

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In March of 2013, a 53-year-old nurse was stabbed to death by a hooded figure in broad daylight outside of her lawyer’s office in downtown Cleveland, Ohio. With the help of the attack and flee caught on multiple surveillance cameras, an intense investigation began to hunt down the culprit of her brutal murder. This is the story of Aliza Sherman.

BONUS EPISODES

Apple Subscriptions: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/going-west-true-crime/id1448151398

Patreon: patreon.com/goingwestpodcast

CASE SOURCES

1. Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/107388328/aliza-caroline-sherman

2. Cleveland Clinic: https://give.ccf.org/event/inspiring-change-event-in-honor-of-aliza-sherman/e457398

3. Justice for Aliza Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/justiceforaliza

4. Cleveland Jewish News: https://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/news/local/ed-czinn-how-am-i-going-to-tell-mom/article_d091ea1c-2618-11e3-bfdf-0019bb2963f4.html

5. The Cincinnati Enquirer: https://www.newspapers.com/image/692774700/?terms=%22aliza%20sherman%22&match=1

6. Court TV: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeLrMcuZ5jA

7. News 5 Cleveland: https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/local-news/10-years-after-mothers-murder-aliza-shermans-daughter-finds-her-voice-with-new-podcast?fbclid=IwAR0sANwrQAQm70rMNqafH5FKYfJySgFg9yZ_VGh5lMrtrdLHNPpUzo0iqeI

8. Cleveland 19: https://www.cleveland19.com/2023/03/23/10-years-later-is-aliza-shermans-murder-any-closer-being-solved/

9. Cleveland Jewish News: https://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/sherman/depositions-reveal-details-of-sherman-civil-case/article_db6cc4ce-3976-11e6-9b9b-2fcaa676d945.html

10. WKYC: https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/investigations/aliza-sherman-unsolved-murder-investigation-cleveland/95-e92d9962-7ca6-42d2-ab87-fbab59ed2f4a

11. NBC: https://www.nbcnews.com/dateline/cold-case-spotlight/daughter-works-cleveland-clinic-honor-aliza-sherman-10-year-anniversar-rcna76177

12. Reddit:

https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/11t2cft/the_2013_murder_of_aliza_sherman_cleveland_ohio/

13. Cleveland Magazine: https://clevelandmagazine.com/in-the-cle/the-read/articles/aliza-sherman

14. WKYC: https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/local/cuyahoga-county/attorney-indicted-for-tampering-with-aliza-sherman-murder-evidence/24299949

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In February of 2003, a 15-year-old girl left her Nebraska home early in the morning to deliver newspapers, and never returned home. When her body was found in the basement of an abandoned lake house, an intense local investigation uncovered her killer. This is the murder of Heather Guerrero.

BONUS EPISODES

Apple Subscriptions: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/going-west-true-crime/id1448151398

Patreon: patreon.com/goingwestpodcast

CASE SOURCES

1. Heather's Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7180772/heather-guerrero

2. Find Law: https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/ne-supreme-court/1453206.html

3. Star-Herald: https://www.newspapers.com/image/988890290/?terms=heather%20guerrero

4. Nebraska DOC: https://dcs-inmatesearch.ne.gov/Corrections/InmateDisplayServlet?return=true

5. KLKN: https://www.klkntv.com/appeal-denied-for-death-row-inmate/

6. WIS10: https://www.wistv.com/story/1128937/man-arrested-in-the-death-of-nebraska-15-year-old/

7. Star-Herald: https://www.newspapers.com/image/988664696/?terms=heather%20guerrero&match=1

8. Star-Herald: https://www.newspapers.com/image/988661109/?terms=heather%20guerrero&match=1

9. Death Penalty Info: https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/news/nebraska-supreme-court-rejects-challenge-to-states-capital-sentencing-procedures

10. North Platte Post: https://archive.northplattepost.com/2011/12/23/death-row-inmate-denied-christmas-wish/

11. Star-Herald: https://www.newspapers.com/image/988662222/?terms=heather%20guerrero%20obituary&match=1

12. Star-Herald: https://www.newspapers.com/image/988892351/?terms=%22brent%20nemnich%22&match=1

13. NBC: https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna6675451

14. KLKN TV: https://www.klkntv.com/suit-filed-for-failure-to-activate-amber-alert/

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In March of 1974, a 17-year-old girl in Coconut Grove, Florida, headed to her father’s workplace to collect a few dollars of lunch money. Last seen hitchhiking next to a major highway, she vanished before she made it to either of her destinations. What ensued was a relentless search by her mother, countless harassing phone calls from her alleged kidnapper, and rumors of a motorcycle gang abduction. This is the story of Amy Billig.

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In February of 1999, a teenage girl went missing while heading home from school in the Bronx. When her body was found days later in a dumpster behind a video rental store, police worked to find the person responsible. But after the case went cold, DNA technology would prove the devastating and shocking identity of her killer. This is the story of Minerliz Soriano.

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In March of 2020, a 23-year-old Indigenous woman went missing while taking a walk outside her Haida Gwaii, BC home. Despite the fact that she had confided in loved ones about having a stalker, her case received very little attention due to the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Do what really happened to her? And does someone in her community hold the key? This is the story of Shaylanna Brown.

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In December of 2019, a 28-year-old realtor headed to an appointment with a prospective client and vanished. When her body was found in an alleyway, police uncovered the details of her grisly kidnapping and worked hard to put her killers behind bars. With the help of surveillance footage and the knowledge of a threat being put on her family, police narrowed in on story people for the crime. This is the story of Monique Baugh.

BONUS EPISODES

Apple Subscriptions: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/going-west-true-crime/id1448151398

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CASE SOURCES

1. Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/206097942/monique-latrice_leanna-baugh

2. StarTribune: https://www.startribune.com/parents-of-slain-minneapolis-mother-realtor-speak-out-as-one-of-four-suspects-makes-court-appearance/567971212/?refresh=true

3. Star Tribune: https://www.newspapers.com/image/779758895/?terms=monique%20baugh

4. GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/helping-monique-baugh-kids?utm_source=customer&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet&fbclid=IwAR0Fk3ixHBje5nHVhcpPqwEgWKoHLCOsB4Bqh3y0ioaYLCnWppxihzPIoCM

5. Pioneer Press: https://www.twincities.com/2020/01/03/suspect-arrested-in-shooting-death-of-minneapolis-real-estate-agent/

6. CBS: https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/convictions-reversed-in-murder-trial-over-minneapolis-real-estate-agent-court-rules/

7. Daily Mail: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8300649/Fugitive-arrested-Minnesota-slaying-real-estate-agent.html

8. Star Tribune: https://www.newspapers.com/image/737947038/?terms=jon%20mitchell%20momoh

9. Daily Mail: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9784223/Two-men-receive-life-without-parole-kidnapping-killing-Minneapolis-Realtor.html

10. Fox 9 Minneapolis St. Paul: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StHRxqRgscE

11. KARE 11: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wg52OqLc2O0

12. KARE 11: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHvK1vDFoh8

13. CBS: https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/monique-baugh-murder-sentencing-cedric-barry-davis-new-years-eve/

14. CBS: https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/elsa-segura-sentenced-to-life-in-prison-for-aiding-in-killing-of-monique-baugh/

15. Bring Me The News: https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-news/kris-lindahl-launches-monique-baugh-fundraiser-as-horrific-details-emerge-of-her-killing

16. Pioneer Press: https://www.twincities.com/2020/01/03/suspect-arrested-in-shooting-death-of-minneapolis-real-estate-agent/

17. Fox9: https://www.fox9.com/news/search-warrant-murdered-minneapolis-realtor-taken-from-house-showing-put-into-back-of-u-haul-truck

18. People: https://people.com/crime/minnesota-realtor-allegedly-set-trap-shot-her-alley/

19. AP: https://apnews.com/article/minneapolis-business-kidnapping-e5e01d97d0c5adf14d1a6c763f72576b

20.. US Attorney's Office: https://www.justice.gov/usao-mn/pr/minneapolis-man-sentenced-19-years-prison-fentanyl-trafficking

21. KSTP: https://kstp.com/kstp-news/top-news/third-man-convicted-of-aiding-murder-of-minneapolis-realtor-sentenced-to-life-in-prison/

22. CBS: https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/lyndon-wiggins-sentenced-to-life-in-prison-for-murder-of-realtor/

23. CBS: https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/lyndon-wiggins-convicted-in-2019-nye-killing-of-realtor-monique-baugh/

24. Star Tribune: https://www.newspapers.com/image/679286915/?terms=%22monique%20baugh%22

25. Casetext: https://casetext.com/case/state-v-segura-46

26. Star Tribune: https://www.newspapers.com/image/250158180/?terms=cedric%20berry%20manslaughter&match=1

27. Fox 9: https://www.fox9.com/news/family-of-monique-baugh-shares-journey-of-hurt-healing-after-supreme-court-ruling

28. KARE11: https://www.kare11.com/article/news/crime/wife-of-suspect-in-monique-baugh-murder-charged/89-28c97b0d-359a-484e-aaa5-09816f40c685

29. KARE11: https://www.kare11.com/article/news/local/convictions-reversed-murder-trial-minneapolis-real-estate-agent-court-rules-elsa-segura/89-eff71162-83c1-4e6b-b496-7a3297a19e1a

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In February of 2005, a couple went out for drinks with friends at a bar in Philadelphia, heading out just before midnight. But during their drive home, they vanished, seemingly into thin air, and neither they, nor their car, has been seen since. This is the story of Danielle Imbo and Richard Petrone.

BONUS EPISODES

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CASE SOURCES

1. FBI: https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/kidnap/danielle-imbo

2. FBI: https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/kidnap/richard-petrone

3. 6ABC Philadelphia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlgRUb5-IjA&t=28s

4. Philly Mag: https://www.phillymag.com/news/2014/04/01/without-a-trace-imbo-petrone/

5. Tampa Bay Times: https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1990/05/11/johnny-october-was-lead-date/

6. NBC Philadelphia: https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/imbo-richard-petrone-marge-angela-missing-persons-anniversary/116309/

7. Disappeared: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7398826/

8. RichardPetrone.com: https://richardpetrone.com/

9. Main Line Times & Suburban: https://www.mainlinemedianews.com/2018/08/15/viking-pastries-in-ardmore-closes-after-more-than-60-years/

10. South Jersey Magazine: https://www.southjersey.com/article/13029/Camden-County-Man-Pleads-Guilty

11. NBC 10 Philadelphia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BOyUvxvxNY

12. NBC 10 Philadelphia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrC04qoCBqQ

13. Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/UnsolvedMysteries/comments/178g3eb/the_strange_disappearance_of_danielle_imbo_and/

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