Going West: True Crime

In January of 2003, a 20-year-old college student in Colorado didn’t return home after a night out with friends. One week later, her body was found in a canyon outside of the city, clearly having been abducted and murdered. As police investigated the case, they uncovered that her killer had posed as a police officer, and pulled her over for a routine traffic stop before she disappeared, and that Lacy’s phony traffic stop wasn’t the first time it had occurred. This is the murder of Lacy Miller.

BONUS EPISODES

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CASE SOURCES

1. Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/46149832/lacy-jo-miller

2. My Plainview: https://www.myplainview.com/news/article/Police-Investigate-Colo-Murder-8836806.php

3. True Crime Recaps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWH0GNdTYw0

4. Fort Collins Coloradoan: https://www.newspapers.com/image/227093695/?terms=james%20clausen

5. Windsor Beacon: https://www.newspapers.com/image/671225441/?terms=james%20clausen&match=1

6. Fort Collins Coloradoan: https://www.newspapers.com/image/227046460/?terms=james%20clausen&match=1

7. Coloradoan: https://www.coloradoan.com/story/announcements/2014/07/22/fort-collins-infamous-moments/12980659/

8. 9 News: https://www.9news.com/article/news/local/teaching-in-memory-of-a-daughter/73-343263301

9. True Crime Recaps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWH0GNdTYw0

10. Explorer Training: https://crgov.com/1780/Explorer-Post

11. Coloradoan: http://content-static.coloradoan.com/news/coloradoanpublishing/Miller/020403_suspiciousstop.html

12. Greeley Tribune: https://www.greeleytribune.com/2003/01/23/family-friends-grieve-for-woman-who-gave-so-much-to-others/

13. Fort Collins Coloradoan: https://www.newspapers.com/image/227046464/?terms=%22lacy%20jo%20miller%22&match=1

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On December 30th, 2017, 17-year-old Breezy Otteson and 18-year-old Riley Powell went missing in Utah after meeting up with a friend. When their bodies were found brutally murdered and tossed down an abandoned Utah mine shaft, police uncovered details so shocking that the state sought the death penalty. This is the story of the Mineshaft Murders.

BONUS EPISODES

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CASE SOURCES

1. Brelynne's Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/188523501/brelynne-marie-otteson

2. Riley's Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/188523575/riley-lee-powell

3. The Salt Lake Tribune: https://www.sltrib.com/news/2019/07/31/death-penalty-sought-utah/

4. True Crime Daily: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qeZMJqljZQ

5. The Daily Spectrum: https://www.newspapers.com/image/415003758/?terms=breezy%20otteson&match=1

6. The Daily Spectrum: https://www.newspapers.com/image/500625138/?terms=riley%20powell&match=1

7. KSL: https://www.ksl.com/article/21253403/2-killed-in-head-on-collision-identified

8. Nannette's Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/188523711/nannette-jena-hamby

9. KSL: https://www.ksl.com/article/46293004

10. KSL: https://www.ksl.com/article/46295730/teens-remembered-for-their-carefree-spirit-helpful-nature

11. East Idaho News: https://www.eastidahonews.com/2018/03/man-murdered-couple-dumped-their-bodies-in-a-mine-police-say/

12. UEN.org: https://www.uen.org/utah_history_encyclopedia/e/EUREKA.shtml

13. Breezy's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Breezyotteson2000

14. Riley's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/powell.riley

15. Memorial Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/SearchingForBreezyandRiley

16. The Salt Lake Tribune: https://www.newspapers.com/image/612861988/?terms=jerrod%20baum&match=1

17. The Salt Lake Tribune: https://www.newspapers.com/image/613775374/?terms=jerrod%20baum&match=1

18. Lakeside Review: https://www.newspapers.com/image/602777584/?terms=jerrod%20baum&match=1

19. Fox 13: https://www.fox13now.com/news/local-news/jerrod-baum-sentenced-to-four-life-sentences-for-murder-of-two-utah-teens

20. KSL: https://ksltv.com/472282/utah-county-attorney-announces-he-will-no-longer-seek-the-death-penalty/

21. Salt Lake Tribune: https://www.sltrib.com/news/2022/06/10/jerrod-baum-says-im-not/

22. KSL: https://www.ksl.com/article/50420393/narcissistic-brutal-act-of-cowardice-judge-throws-book-at-convicted-killer-jerrod-baum

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In January of 2011, a 27-year-old elementary school teacher was discovered dead on her kitchen floor with over 20 stab wounds. Despite the fact that ten of the stab wounds were made from behind her, police ruled her death a suicide. But as of August 2022, the DA has reopened her case. This is the mysterious death of Ellen Greenberg.

PETITION

https://www.change.org/p/justice-for-ellen-rae-greenberg-justiceforellen?signed=true

BONUS EPISODES

patreon.com/goingwestpodcast

CASE SOURCES

1. NBC: https://www.nbcnews.com/dateline/cold-case-spotlight/parents-ellen-greenberg-believe-new-evidence-submitted-philadelphia-attorney-general-n1286606?fbclid=IwAR3ywjj2yzvTWk2mr9LSRsCKIl6G5gDT2NrYDBpKmZsBrk0YrszuDHBs0NU

2. The News Pocket: https://thenewspocket.com/where-is-samuel-goldberg-now/

3. Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/64780765/ellen-rae-greenberg

4. Change.org Petition: https://www.change.org/p/justice-for-ellen-rae-greenberg-justiceforellen?signed=true

5. Nancy Grace: https://nation.foxnews.com/watch/31691c3728887edfc62176a63cafc30a/

6. Justice for Ellen: https://www.facebook.com/JusticeForEllen2019

7. Daily Mail: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11173629/Friend-woman-suicide-reinvestigated-missed-call-died.html

8. Autopsy: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/5759528-Autopsy-RPT

9. Whyy: https://whyy.org/articles/neighbor-greenbergs-voice-stood-out-in-a-crowd/

10. Sam's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sam-goldberg-724534b/

11. Police report: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/5759550-Me-Inv-RPT.html

12. True Crime Society: https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2022/10/11/ellen-rae-greenberg-murder-or-suicide/

13. Crime Scoop: https://www.crimescoop.org/news/ten-years-ago-ellen-greenberg-was-fatally-stabbed-20-times-10-times-in-the-back-of-the-neck-why-is-her-horrific-death-still-being-called-a-suicide

14. Investigation Discovery: https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/crimefeed/news/da-reopens-case-of-teacher-found-with-20-stab-wounds-whose-death-was-ruled-a-suicide

15. CBS 21: https://local21news.com/news/local/new-evidence-brought-forward-in-controversial-suicide-case

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On New Years Day, 2023, a 39-year-old mother of 3 went missing from her Massachusetts home. When her husband was arrested days later for misleading police, a slew of suspicious information was uncovered, including frightening Google searches, strange store purchases, and blood evidence in their basement. This is the story of Ana Walshe.

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In February of 1957, a box containing the body of a boy was found in Pennsylvania, and for nearly 70 years, his identity remained a mystery. But in November of 2022, it was finally discovered. Although police are continuing the search for the boy’s killer now that they know the victim’s name, the identity of the murderer is still unknown. This is the story of the boy in the box.

BONUS EPISODES

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CASE SOURCES

1. CBS: https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/the-boy-in-the-box-joseph-augustus-zarelli/

2. Newsweek: https://www.newsweek.com/boy-box-joseph-augustus-zarelli-has-living-siblings-60-years-later-1765716

3. New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/08/us/boy-in-the-box-philadelphia-homicide.html#:~:text=His%20name%20is%20now%20known,case%20work%20in%20recent%20years.

4. FInd A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7207817/boy-in_the-box

5. Philly Voice: https://www.phillyvoice.com/boy-in-box-philadelphia-joseph-augustus-zarelli-homicide-victim-identfiied/

6. The NetLine: https://thenetline.com/joseph-zarelli-family/

7. Republican and Herald: https://www.newspapers.com/clip/114869310/joseph-augustus-zarelli-2281957/

8. The Philadelphia Inquirer: https://www.newspapers.com/clip/114409749/boy-in-the-box-joseph-augustus-zarelli/

9. ABC 27: https://www.abc27.com/news/remains-of-boy-in-the-box-identified-by-philadelphia-police-after-65-years/

10. The Philadelphia Inquirer: https://www.newspapers.com/clip/114499080/gus-zarelli-theorized-to-be-bio-father/

11. Gus' Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/131531160/augustus-john-zarelli

12. Grunge: https://www.grunge.com/901122/the-tragic-1957-murder-of-the-boy-in-the-box-explained/

13. ABC 6: https://6abc.com/boy-in-the-box-identified-dna-philadelphia-cold-case-child-killed-50s/12546104/#:~:text=The%20%22Boy%20in%20the%20Box,forensic%20genealogist%20at%20Identifiers%20International.

14. Local Today: https://localtoday.news/us/chinas-strict-zero-covid-policy-may-be-over-but-it-has-been-replaced-by-chaos-confusion-and-risk-216647.html

15. The Philadelphia Inquirer: https://www.newspapers.com/image/176083075/?clipping_id=114408911&fcfToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJmcmVlLXZpZXctaWQiOjE3NjA4MzA3NSwiaWF0IjoxNjcyMjcxNDkzLCJleHAiOjE2NzIzNTc4OTN9.HjpbJDDP9n30ZQiYbXFH5bij7nGWMVyaFeY6M0s5U0U

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Weeks after 4 college students were murdered in their Moscow, Idaho home, an arrest was made and some of the evidence that led to the arrest has been released. This is the continued story of Ethan Chapin, Xana Kernodle, Maddie Mogen, and Kaylee Goncalves, also known as the Idaho 4.

AFFIDAVIT:

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23564628-122922-affidavit-exhibit-a-statement-of-brett-payne

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In November of 2003, a 22-year-old woman was abducted from the Columbia Mall parking lot in North Dakota. As her case garnered media attention from all over the country, police meticulously examined security footage to find her killer. And when he was apprehended, they found that he had been menacing women for decades. This is the story of Dru Sjodin.

BONUS EPISODES

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CASE SOURCES

1. National Sex Offender Public Website: https://www.nsopw.gov/en/About/DruSjodin

2. KIRO 7: https://www.kiro7.com/news/trending/death-penalty-tossed-2003-abduction-murder-north-dakota-college-student-dru-sjodin/AU3554TNTJAIXKBLRSCBOZXX2A/

3. Star Tribune: https://www.newspapers.com/image/250357799/?terms=alfonso%20rodriguez%20jr

4. US vs. Alfonso Rodriguez Jr.: https://www.scribd.com/document/524152891/Alonso-Rodriguez-Death-Sentence-Overturned#

5. ABC: https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=128168&page=1

6. Star Tribune: https://www.newspapers.com/image/250312329/?terms=alfonso%20rodriguez%20jr7.

7. Cinemaholic: https://thecinemaholic.com/dru-sjodin-murder-where-is-alfonso-rodriguez-jr-now/

8. MPR News: https://www.mprnews.org/story/2007/10/16/sjodinsettle

9. Investigation Discovery: https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/video/see-no-evil-investigation-discovery/watching-dru

10. ABC: https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=127893&page=1

11. Valley News Live: https://www.valleynewslive.com/2022/06/09/alfonso-rodriguez-jr-death-penalty-still-uncertain-us-attorney-general-may-withdraw-authorization-capital-punishment/

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In December of 2018, a 25-year-old man in Indiana was kicked out of a bar for acting strangely. After being seen on surveillance footage walking in the direction of his home, he disappeared. And to this day, what happened to him remains an unsettling mystery. This is the disappearance of Kevin Nguyen.

BONUS EPISODES

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CASE SOURCES

1. Kevin's Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1634656216833940/

2. Fox 55: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SU7hDPEdfhM

3. WANE 15 News: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1EYJ9lvCt8

4. Indy Star: https://www.indystar.com/in-depth/news/crime/2021/06/02/lauren-spierer-indiana-unsolved-missing-person-cases/5211637001/

5. WANE 15 News: https://www.wane.com/news/crime/details-of-dismemberment-discussed-in-murder-trial/

6. Kevin's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AznPursuation

7. WANE 15 News: https://www.wane.com/news/crime/fort-waynes-homicide-rate-falls-as-police-lock-up-gangsters-seize-guns/

8. AP: https://apnews.com/article/8ed41911b4ba4796a1d31040771df561

9. WANE 15 News: https://www.wane.com/news/local-news/we-wont-stop-looking-family-and-friends-of-kevin-nguyen-organize-walk-to-raise-awareness/

10. Fox 55: https://www.wfft.com/news/top-stories/four-years-later-kevin-nguyens-father-grandmother-still-asking-for-answers-about-his-disappearance/article_fb88cf70-7a68-11ed-aef7-2749678fe2d9.html?fbclid=IwAR330q1YfGWsB8rw9udoJ0MOCQzse3MLZLSAoD06t9FSRbsdbYgpzFsvHl0

11. WANE 15 News: https://www.wane.com/top-stories/nearly-2-and-a-half-later-missing-fort-wayne-mans-family-still-seeking-answers/

12. Tipton County Tribune: https://www.newspapers.com/image/824134080/?terms=kevin%20nguyen&match=1

13. Studio 831: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dONbQ3Jbb8

14. Fox 55: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDGrmco69VU

15. Reddit theories: https://www.reddit.com/r/fortwayne/comments/myzk2c/kevin_nguyen_disappearance_discussion/

16. WANE 15 News: https://www.wane.com/news/crime/details-of-dismemberment-discussed-in-murder-trial/

17. JAVA: https://www.javafw.org/

18. Indiana New 1, Brian's seemingly fraudulent news site: https://www.facebook.com/IndianaJournal

19. Shane's Obituary: https://memorials.fairhavenfortwayne.com/shane-nguyen/4600399/obit.php?&printable=true

20. WTHR: https://www.wthr.com/article/news/crime/fort-wayne-mathew-cramer-life-without-parole-dismemberment-case-shane-van-nguyen/531-a0b08211-7c8b-413f-9efb-62fea711f82d

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In December of 1991, a bar manager was closing up for the night when she was attacked and murdered by an unknown man. When bite marks on her chest led investigators to a local patron, he was arrested and for her first-degree murder. But would his teeth impressions be enough evidence to prove his guilt? With the re-surfacing of a mysterious note left at the bar the night after the murder, and the testing of certain DNA evidence, all would be uncovered. This is the story of Kim Ancona, a case also called The Snaggletooth Killer.

BONUS EPISODES

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CASE SOURCES

https://www.amicus-alj.org/sites/default/files/documents/journal/ray_krone_issue_20_32-37.pdf

https://innocenceproject.org/cases/ray-krone/

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/223993986/kimberly-ann-ancona

https://www.forensicfilesfiles.com/ray-krone-kim-ancona-exoneration-settlement.php

https://members.tripod.com/phoenix_copwatch/mud/police-news/cw1313.html

https://members.tripod.com/phoenix_copwatch/mud/police-news/cw1313.html

http://forejustice.org/wc/ray_krone_JD_vol2_i9.htm

https://www.prisonlegalnews.org/news/2006/apr/15/phoenix-arizona-settles-krone-wrongful-imprisonment-suit-for-3-million/

https://www.prisonlegalnews.org/news/2006/apr/15/phoenix-arizona-settles-krone-wrongful-imprisonment-suit-for-3-million/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-uv8Wk0vW0

https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2004/nov/19/man-wrongly-convicted-as-snaggletooth-killer-to/

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In November of 2001, a Colorado woman and her six-year-old daughter disappeared almost without a trace, leaving behind just a puddle of blood in their home. Although this small, devoutly religious family appeared perfect from the outside, all was exposed after they went missing. This is the story of Jennifer and Abby Blagg.

BONUS EPISODES

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CASE SOURCES

1. Abby's Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14167218/abby-jo-blagg

2. Jennifer's Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14167060/jennifer-jo-blagg

3. Killer Relationship with Faith Jenkins: https://www.nbc.com/killer-relationship-with-faith-jenkins/video/unholy-terror/9000229733

4. The Daily Beast: https://www.thedailybeast.com/michael-blagg-killed-his-wife-and-maybe-his-daughter-now-he-could-get-a-second-chance-at-freedom

5. Fort Collins Coloradoan: https://www.newspapers.com/image/226615620/?terms=jennifer%20blagg&match=1

6. CBS: https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/timeline-michael-blagg-murder-trials/

7. The Daily Sentinel: https://www.gjsentinel.com/news/western_colorado/da-blagg-targeted-wife-in-gas-leak-plot/article_a53e5b6d-2654-53f9-84cb-4e3d83564de0.html

8. CBS: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/michael-blagg-trial-colorado-man-convicted-of-wifes-murder-gets-a-second-shot-at-freedom/

9. 9News: https://www.9news.com/article/news/local/michael-blagg-trial/days-before-disappearance-jennifer-blagg-asked-best-friend-to-pray-for-her/73-530998500

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