Going West: True Crime

In February of 1987, a 15-year-old girl went missing from her Virginia home, leaving nothing behind but a ransom note from her alleged captor. But when a spotlight is shone on her inner circle, suspicions begin to fall on her parents and their potential involvement. But are they responsible? Or was it one of the other strange characters in the case? This is the story of Jennifer Pandos.

BONUS EPISODES

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

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CASE SOURCES

1. Charley Project: https://charleyproject.org/case/jennifer-lynn-pandos

2. Finding Jennifer Pandos: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100065268769430

3. The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/jun/07/burden-of-proof-hbo-docuseries

4. Burden of Proof: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8637336/

5. New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/on-television/hbos-burden-of-proof-and-the-problem-of-the-passive-mother

6. The Cinemaholic: https://thecinemaholic.com/ron-pandos-now/

7. The Cinemaholic: https://thecinemaholic.com/margie-pandos-now/

8. NBC: https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/cold-case-spotlight/no-answers-32-years-after-jenny-lynn-pandos-disappeared-virginia-n965906

9. Rolling Stone: https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-reviews/burden-of-proof-hbo-max-stephen-pandos-parents-killed-missing-sister-jennifer-1234765082/

10. JenniferPandos.com: https://jenniferpandos.com/index.html

11. The Virginia Gazette: https://www.newspapers.com/image/870934741/?terms=jennifer%20pandos

12. Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/GSRNews/comments/143mddd/what_happened_to_jennifer_pandos_and_has_she_ever/

13. The Cinemaholic: https://thecinemaholic.com/cori-and-tony-tobler-now/

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In March of 2017, a 21-year-old woman headed back to her old West Palm Beach home to gather her belongings and move up to Buffalo, New York. But after having a conversation with her former roommate, they stabbed her to death, claiming to have been sleepwalking. But was that truly the case? Or was this premeditated murder? This is the story of Brooke Preston.

BONUS EPISODES

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

Patreon: patreon.com/goingwestpodcast

CASE SOURCES

1. Brooke's Obituary: https://www.homerfuneralhome.com/obituaries/4173884

2. All That's Interesting: https://allthatsinteresting.com/brooke-preston

3. Sportskeeda: https://www.sportskeeda.com/pop-culture/dead-asleep-5-things-know-randy-herman-jr-sleepwalking-murder-case

4. Palm Beach Post: https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/crime/2021/12/07/hulu-sleepingwalking-murder-case-brooke-preston-randy-herman-jr-wants-new-trial/8890838002/

5. Dead Asleep: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15185642/

6. Palm Beach Post: https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/crime/2019/05/08/jury-finds-man-guilty-of-murder-in-alleged-sleepwalking-homicide/5208177007/

7. WPTV: https://www.wptv.com/news/region-c-palm-beach-county/west-palm-beach/pbso-investigate-death-of-woman-in-suburban-west-palm-beach

8. Alabama.com: https://www.al.com/news/huntsville/2015/04/pennsylvania_murder_suspect_fo.html

9. WNEP: https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/bradford-county/bradford-county-man-guilty-of-roommate-murder-in-florida/523-e3e150f9-576c-4777-831e-a2b21b1dd0c3

10. Times Leader: https://www.timesleader.com/uncategorized/10093/hanover-township-homicide-suspect-found-dead-in-alabama

11. Change.org Petition: https://www.change.org/p/justice-for-brooke-together-we-are-her-voice

12. E News: https://www.eonline.com/news/1334735/murder-victims-sister-asking-hulu-to-remove-dead-asleep-doc-done-without-familys-permission

13. Creepy Kingdom: https://www.creepykingdom.com/post/skye-borgman-interview

14. The Ledger: https://www.theledger.com/story/news/crime/2019/05/09/florida-man-randy-herman-jr-gets-life-for-slaying-he-blamed-on-sleepwalking/5200132007/

15. The Palm Beach Post: https://www.newspapers.com/image/275386837/?terms=brooke%20preston&match=1

16. NHS: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/sleepwalking/#:~:text=It%20usually%20happens%20during%20a,will%20sleepwalk%20at%20least%20once.

17. Southern California Defense Blog: https://www.southerncaliforniadefenseblog.com/2022/06/is-sleepwalking-valid-criminal-defense.html#:~:text=The%20sleepwalking%20defense%20has%20been,effective%20in%20a%20few%20cases.

18. Palm Beach Post: https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/crime/2019/05/06/psychologist-west-palm-area-man-accused-of-murder-may-have-been-sleepwalking/5235936007/

19. The Palm Beach Post: https://www.newspapers.com/image/275386892/?terms=brooke%20preston

20. The Columbus Dispatch: https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/crime/2019/05/09/killer-s-sleepwalking-defense-fails/5212432007/

21. Justia Law: https://law.justia.com/cases/florida/fourth-district-court-of-appeal/2021/19-1636.html

22. Miami New Times: https://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/randy-herman-jr-florida-man-convicted-in-murder-of-roommate-used-sleepwalking-defense-11321822

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In February of 2006, a 22-year-old Brazilian woman was seen leaving a New Jersey bar with an unknown man. Days later, her boss received a mysterious phone call, with the person on the other line screaming for help. But was this the missing woman? And what happened to her? This is the story of Carla Vicentini.

BONUS EPISODES

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

Patreon: patreon.com/goingwestpodcast

CASE SOURCES

1. FBI: https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/kidnap/carla-vicentini

2. Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/114y4qu/17_years_ago_carla_vicentini_went_to_usa_never_to/?onetap_auto=true

3. New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/28/nyregion/talk-of-the-town-a-small-brazilian-town.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Pk0.vwhf.gJd68S-7NRv_&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

4. NJ.com: https://www.nj.com/essex/2015/02/nine_years_after_disappearance_fbi_renewing_campai.html

5. Tapatalk: https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/usedtobedoe/vicentini-carla-02-09-2006-t1375.html?amp=1

6. Clube dos Detectives: https://www.podcastcdd.com.br/post/27-carla-vicentini-desaparecidos

7. Newsbreak: https://original.newsbreak.com/@fatim-hemraj-561392/2799235643159-16-years-ago-a-brazilian-exchange-student-moved-to-america-21-days-later-she-vanished-what-happened-to-carla

8. NJ.com: https://www.nj.com/news/2010/02/billboard_will_feature_brazili.html

9. Brazilian Times: https://www.braziliantimes.com/brasil/2021/02/15/desaparecimento-de-brasileira-em-nj-completa-15-anos-e-internautas-cobram-solucao.html

10. Paraná PRC: https://g1.globo.com/pr/parana/noticia/2016/02/mae-de-jovem-paranaense-que-sumiu-ha-10-anos-nos-eua-cre-em-milagre.html

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In 1999, a Missouri teenager’s stepfather disappeared. Four years later, in February of 2003, she told her uncle that her mother had murdered him and burned his body. Then, she disappeared herself. This is the story of Lena Chapin, and Gary McCullough.

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In the early months of 2023, six women turned up dead in and around Portland, Oregon, sparking rumors of a serial killer. Though police originally claimed they did not believe that the cases were connected, similarities emerged between four of the women, and one man linked them all. To the dismay of the public, not only did this suspect have multiple other crimes under his belt, but he had been granted early release from prison for fighting forest fires on the west coast. These are the stories of Kristin Smith, Charity Perry, Bridget Webster, Joanna Speaks, Ashley Real, and an unidentified Native woman. It’s also the story of Jesse Lee Calhoun.

Sources:

1. Oregon Live: https://www.oregonlive.com/news/2023/07/girlfriend-of-man-linked-to-deaths-of-4-women-says-he-knew-at-least-two-of-the-victims.html

2. Interview with Krista: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-WrdbtKNAs

3. Williamette Week: https://www.wweek.com/news/courts/2023/10/06/in-latest-sign-of-impending-charges-state-assigns-suspected-serial-killer-an-attorney/

4. KGW: https://www.kgw.com/article/news/investigations/timeline-for-connected-deaths-of-four-women-around-portland/283-f3719723-0b69-423b-93cd-af54ff73bc95#:~:text=July%2017%2C%202023%20%E2%80%93%20Willamette%20Week,of%20at%20least%20four%20women.

5. KOIN: https://www.koin.com/news/crime/timeline-jesse-calhouns-criminal-past-and-the-details-of-his-recent-arrest/

6. Statesmen Journal: https://www.newspapers.com/image/984993517/?terms=%22jesse%20lee%20calhoun%22&match=1

7. KOIN: https://www.koin.com/news/oregon/were-not-giving-up-mother-of-kristin-smith-speaks-out-after-person-of-interest-linked-to-4-womens-deaths/

8. KPTV: https://www.kptv.com/2023/05/25/missing-gresham-womans-remains-found-portland-police-say/

9. Oregon DOC: https://docpub.state.or.us/OOS/searchCriteria.jsf

10. LA Times: https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2023-07-19/deaths-4-women-oregon-person-of-interest-held

11. KPIC: https://kpic.com/news/local/remains-idd-as-missing-22-year-old-portland-woman-death-suspicious

12. KGW: https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/mother-woman-found-dead-speaks-daughter-person-of-interest/283-b01519d8-be90-4d4c-a376-20f6681614a3

13. KVAL: https://kval.com/news/local/father-mourns-loss-of-daughter-as-person-of-interest-named-in-four-oregon-deaths

14. Willamette Week: https://www.wweek.com/news/courts/2023/07/20/ashley-real-later-found-dead-reportedly-filed-a-domestic-violence-complaint-against-alleged-serial-killer-jesse-lee-calhoun/

15. KPTV: https://www.kptv.com/2023/06/02/6-women-found-dead-around-portland-metro-past-4-months/

16. Daily Mail: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12153123/Six-women-dead-Portland-woods-three-months.html

17. Oregon Live: https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2023/06/united-by-grief-families-of-slain-portland-area-women-search-for-answers.html

18. NBC: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/body-oregon-woman-found-washington-barn-appears-moved-rcna81310

19. Oregon Live: https://www.oregonlive.com/news/2023/06/medical-examiner-asks-public-for-help-identifying-woman-found-dead-in-se-portland.html

20. KPIC: https://kpic.com/news/local/victims-grandfather-says-link-in-cases-brings-closure

21. Multnomah County DIstrict Attorney: https://www.mcda.us/index.php/news/joint-release-information-links-four-victims-in-ongoing-death-investigations-person-of-interest-identified

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In November of 2015, a 35-year-old woman left her Spokane, Washington home late one night to run an errand, leaving a note behind for her fiancé. When she never returned, her fiancé went looking for her, and discovered her locked car abandoned near a music venue with her purse and phone inside. When sightings of her acting strangely poured in from another side of town, suspicions of a mental health crisis were raised, until theories emerged about the two men who were last seen accompanying her, as well as her fiancé himself. This is the story of Deanne Hastings.

Sources:

1. KHQ: https://www.khq.com/man-arrested-for-using-missing-womans-credit-cards/video_b50a8238-78ac-11eb-8c01-7f5d1fffc556.html

2. Uncovered: https://uncovered.com/cases/deanne-hastings

3. Missing Deanne Hastings: https://www.facebook.com/MissingDeanneHastings/mentions

4. NBC: https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/missing-in-america/loved-ones-still-searching-answers-deanne-hastings-disappearance-n479876

5. Disappeared: https://play.max.com/video/watch/2961635e-238e-4587-a2bc-52ee8dc3bc9b

6. Reddit: 

7. The Cinemaholic: https://thecinemaholic.com/is-deanne-hastings-found-or-missing-where-is-her-son-now/

8. Charley Project: https://charleyproject.org/case/deanne-marie-hastings

9. Carini Arts: https://cariniarts.com/blogs/carini-arts/missing-wings

10. Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Disappeared/comments/iso09b/disappeared_deanne_hastings_my_leading_theory/?rdt=59440

11. KHQ: https://www.khq.com/news/man-arrested-for-using-missing-womans-credit-cards/article_f78fe46e-4ab8-5475-b637-b509ae6659fa.html

12. KXLY: https://www.kxly.com/news/local-news/spokane-man-searching-for-missing-fianc/article_ad96492d-1677-5bdc-a302-aa6e9d6c7bd6.html

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In January of 1969, a 23-year-old Harvard graduate student headed out for dinner and ice skating with her boyfriend. After returning home to her Cambridge apartment that night, she was bludgeoned to death. For nearly fifty years, her murder would go unsolved. Then, with the help of Ancestry DNA, police uncovered a serial killer. This is the story of Jane Britton. 

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In January of 2008, a 26-year-old pregnant woman and her young daughter were found dead along a railroad track in South Carolina, leading investigators to believe that she had purposefully taken their lives. But with the only other resident of their home showing incredibly suspicious behavior by changing their story, having gaps in their timeline, and having an extensive and new injury to their hand, the family started their fight for justice. This is the story of Kadie Major, and her daughter, River Lynn Major.

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/24456332/river-lynn-major

2. Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24456312/kadie-lee-major

3. CBS: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/case-reopened-into-mysterious-deaths-of-s-c-woman-kadie-major-and-daughter-after-48-hours-investigation/

4. Kadie and her Babies: https://kadieandherbabies.com/kadie-major-news-articles/

5. The Post and Courier: https://www.postandcourier.com/news/authorities-woman-killed-by-train-was-months-pregnant/article_24bd48d5-7f72-52de-ab3d-07dc57d89f51.html?fbclid=IwAR3U6X3X8jlJyV9UrmVF4ZWgDtHb12bUTe9MwoXW2O5CKabaJRyZAp3wygY

6. Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/dv2n4v/were_kadie_major_and_her_daughter_really_killed/

7. Kadie's Obituary: https://obits.postandcourier.com/us/obituaries/charleston/name/kadie-major-obituary?id=25736633

8. Live 5 News: https://www.live5news.com/2020/01/10/high-profile-attorney-hired-help-seek-justice-berkeley-co-murder-investigation/

9. Change.org Petition: https://www.change.org/p/coroner-george-oliver-coroner-s-inquest-for-kadieandherbabies

10. Live 5 News: https://www.live5news.com/story/39041454/kadie-and-river-majors-death-case-reopened-task-force-formed-to-investigate/

11. Kadie & her Babies Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/Victoriahall65/

12. Aaron's interview with the detective: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbQemyBsD4w

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In February of 2023, a 22-year-old pregnant woman headed to a California drive-thru with her parents late one night, weeks before her due date. When they arrived, she asked to step out of the car to get some air, and was never seen again. With no hospital records recording the birth of her child, police and her family can only fear the worst. But what really happened to her? This is the story of Cajairah Fraise.

BONUS EPISODES

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

Patreon: patreon.com/goingwestpodcast

CASE SOURCES

1. Finding Cajairah: https://www.facebook.com/groups/227742849802187/

2. ABC7: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVTezeOk948

3. Press Release: https://kesq.b-cdn.net/2023/03/Response-to-Press-Release.pdf

4. ABC7: https://abc7.com/cajairah-fraise-missing-pregnant-woman-beaumont-police-department-women/13438112/

5. KESQ: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yz_LwcLKSrI

6. Beaumont Police Press Release: https://www.beaumontpd.org/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=979

7. Disappeared: https://disappearedblog.com/cajairah-fraise/

8. KESQ: https://kesq.com/top-stories/2023/03/27/family-disputes-police-information-in-beaumont-missing-pregnant-woman-case/

9. NBC: https://www.nbcnews.com/dateline/missing-in-america/mother-praying-safe-return-disappearance-8-months-pregnant-california-rcna121986

10. GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/Cajairah

11. Bitter Cup Media interview with Sara Verner: https://www.facebook.com/bittercupmedia/videos/272401151803100

12. ABC7: https://abc7.com/beaumont-missing-pregnant-woman-cajairah-fraise-highway-79/13005610/

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