Going West: True Crime

On Christmas Eve, 1991, a 23-year-old woman went missing after a bike ride from her boyfriend’s house in Hawaii. When police discovered her bike, it appeared that someone had purposefully driven into her. Soon, her body was found, but with DNA from an unknown male at the scene, many are questioning whether the wrong men were put behind bars. This is the murder of Dana Ireland.

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CASE SOURCES

1. Judges for Justice: https://www.judgesforjustice.org/

2. Dana's Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10547943/dana-marie-ireland

3. The Honolulu Advertiser: https://www.newspapers.com/image/265536446/?terms=%22dana%20ireland%22

4. Honolulu Star Bulletin: https://www.newspapers.com/image/273462157/?terms=%22dana%20ireland%22&match=1

5. John's Obituary: https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2000/11/06/obituaries/c6e1bbb6-34d9-4048-b1d7-f81d18de1741/

6. Honolulu Civil Beat: https://www.civilbeat.org/2018/12/a-retired-judge-keeps-asking-who-really-killed-dana-ireland/

7. Hawaii Tribune-Herald: https://www.newspapers.com/image/556902276/?terms=frank%20pauline%20jr&match=1

8. Honolulu Star-Bulletin: https://www.newspapers.com/image/273883408/?terms=dana%20ireland&match=1

9. Hawaii News Now: https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2022/08/16/judges-unseals-documents-dana-ireland-murder-case-amid-exoneration-fight/

10. Hawaii News Now: https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2022/08/18/unsealed-documents-dana-ireland-murder-case-show-no-hidden-dna-evidence/

11. The Crime Report: https://thecrimereport.org/2017/01/25/a-prisoners-death-3000-miles-from-home/

12. Honolulu Star-Bulletin: http://archives.starbulletin.com/1999/08/28/news/story4.html

13. Hawaii News Now: https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/29107826/new-mexico-inmate-charged-with-killing-man-convicted-in-dana-ireland-murder/

14. Hawaii Tribune-Herald: https://www.newspapers.com/image/557325640/?terms=%22dana%20ireland%22%20obituary&match=1

15. The Honolulu Advertiser: https://www.newspapers.com/image/264973822/?terms=dana%20ireland&match=1

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In October of 2022, a 25-year-old woman went to Mexico with her friends for a birthday trip. But within a day of their arrival, she would be found dead of reported alcohol poisoning. After a video of her friends assaulting her surfaced across the internet, her family uncovered her real cause of death and who was likely behind it. But they are still fighting for justice. This is the story of Shanquella Robinson.

BONUS EPISODES

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CASE SOURCES

1. WCNC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XK6-O5ALb-c

2. Shanquella's Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/245689297/shanquella-brenada-robinson

3. Medium: https://jaylencoaxum.medium.com/a-timeline-of-shanquella-robinsons-case-b3dda326728

4. Sallamondra's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sallamondra_robinson/

5. Roland S. Martin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7CbbiYRfYw

6. Insider: https://www.insider.com/shanquella-robinson-death-being-investigated-as-femicide-what-is-it-2022-12

7. Charge It 2 The Game: https://charge2podcast.com/products/charge-it-2-the-game-drinking-cards

8. Go Fund Me: https://www.gofundme.com/f/shanquella-robinson-funeral-services/topdonations

9. Radar Online: https://radaronline.com/p/shanquella-robinson-sister-raises-350000-funeral-mexico-death-investigation-homicide/

10. Time: https://time.com/6237029/shanquella-robinson-north-carolina-mexico-fbi/

11. The Cut: https://www.thecut.com/2022/11/shanquella-robinson-death-mexico.html

12. Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/11/30/shanquella-robinson-death-mexico-cabo/

13. Villa listing: https://www.villaway.com/luxury-rentals/villa-linda-32-109741

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In December of 1998, a 21-year-old German woman studying at Yale turned in her senior essay and prepared for a pizza party. Later that night, a passerby called the police after stumbling upon Suzanne, unconscious and bleeding profusely in the street. She had been stabbed 17 times, and with a solid composite of her alleged killer, police narrowed in on someone from campus. This is the story of Suzanne Jovin.

BONUS EPISODE

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CASE SOURCES

1. Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/227444533/suzanne-nahuela-jovin

2. Hartford Courant: https://www.newspapers.com/image/177154299/?terms=suzanne%20jovin&match=1

3. Medium: https://medium.com/crimebeat/the-tragic-ivy-league-murder-of-suzanne-jovin-283811c93b6

4. Vanity Fair: https://www.vanityfair.com/magazine/1999/08/yale-murder199908

5. Yale Alumni Magazine: https://yalealumnimagazine.org/articles/2184-new-leads-in-a-cold-case

6. New Haven Register: https://www.nhregister.com/news/article/Jovin-murder-mystery-continues-20-years-later-13438017.php

7. Thomas' letter to MLK Jr.: https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/17967179/to-thomas-jovin

8. IEEE Explore, Donna Arndt Bio: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/author/38311186000

9. Ellen's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ellenjovin/

10. Rebecca's Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rebecca-jovin-36359a/

11. Daily Mail: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2242997/Desperate-parents-Yale-student-hoping-justice-14-years-daughter-brutally-stabbed-death.html

12. Yale Daily News: https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2013/12/04/jovin-99-remembered/

13. New Haven Register: https://www.nhregister.com/connecticut/article/Prosecutor-James-Van-de-Velde-no-longer-a-11435141.php

14. Yale News: https://news.yale.edu/1999/05/05/suzanne-jovin-be-memorialized-yales-elm-and-ivy-ceremony

15. Best Buddies: https://www.bestbuddies.org/

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In December of 2011, a 911 dispatcher went missing in Arkansas after leaving a Christmas party. When her body was found in a secluded area days later, suspicions immediately fell on someone in her inner circle. This is the story of Dawna Natzke.

BONUS EPISODE

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CASE SOURCES

1. Dawna's Obituary: https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/nwitimes/name/dawna-natzke-obituary?id=21929865

2. The Cinemaholic: https://thecinemaholic.com/dawna-natzke-murder-where-is-kevin-duck-now/

3. Crime Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXWpXmVmrf0

4. Medium: https://jeancampbell-25104.medium.com/a-killer-in-the-village-dae627265804

5. Arkansas Democrat: https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2017/mar/30/officer-advised-of-baby-on-way-20170330/

6. Hot Springs Village: https://www.explorethevillage.com/

7. Doris' Obituary: https://caruth-hale.secure.tributecenteronline.com/obituaries/Doris--Marie-Smith?obId=25882119

8. Homer's Obituary: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/51666021/homer-h-smith

9. The Times: https://www.newspapers.com/image/309410118/?terms=dawna%20moeller&match=1

10. The Times: https://www.newspapers.com/image/310354610/?terms=dawna%20moeller%20todd%20natzke&match=1

11. Times Record: https://www.swtimes.com/story/news/local/2020/10/21/villagers-death-brought-domestic-violence-awareness/114452702/

12. Arkansas Times: https://arktimes.com/news/cover-stories/2013/06/13/will-dawna-natzkes-killer-ever-be-brought-to-justice

13. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dorrell.investigations/posts/kevin-duck-files-an-appeal-in-the-murder-conviction-of-dawna-natzkekevin-filed-t/1528769410501519/

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In December of 2016, a 28-year-old woman left her insurance job for the night and disappeared. The next morning, her car was found, but the location of her body remained a mystery. With the help of surveillance footage, cell phone pings, and multiple eye witnesses, police focussed on someone from her work. This is the story of Danielle Stislicki.

BONUS EPISODES

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CASE SOURCES

1. The Oakland Press: https://www.theoaklandpress.com/2022/10/27/trial-for-danielle-stislickis-accused-killer-floyd-galloway-moved-to-2023/

2. Fox 2 Detroit: https://www.fox2detroit.com/news/trial-for-floyd-galloway-charged-in-murder-of-danielle-stislicki-delayed-to-2023

3. Click On Detroit: https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/investigations/2022/11/17/why-a-judge-ruled-to-exclude-key-evidence-in-danielle-stislicki-murder-case/

4. Find Dani Facebook page: https://www.instagram.com/finddaniellestislicki/

5. Click On Detroit: https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2022/06/13/battle-over-evidence-continues-in-danielle-stislicki-murder/?fbclid=IwAR0u5fQ6-1e_QzBzvSzF0ZlKuYeaQcj8Ndq9WmJ9vfSEE3Zl3XF3tz0gFhw

6. Eileen's obituary: https://www.desmondfuneralhome.com/obituaries/Eileen-Ruth-Galloway?obId=12330773

7. Crime Watch Daily: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxQZflRVK24

8. Elizabeth's LinkedIn post: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/eily-galloway-stislicki-family-elizabeth-puleo/

9. Click On Detroit: https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/2017/12/08/sisters-best-friend-of-danielle-stislicki-speak-for-first-time-since-her-disappearance/

10. Detroit Free Press: https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2017/08/02/jogger-recounts-attack-livonia/531184001/

11. M Live: https://www.mlive.com/news/2019/09/medical-examiner-says-danielle-stislicki-was-asphyxiated-despite-body-never-being-found.html

12. Charley Project: https://charleyproject.org/case/danielle-ann-stislicki

13. Ranker: https://www.ranker.com/list/danielle-stislicki-disappearance/aspen-stevens

14. Hometown Life: https://www.hometownlife.com/story/news/local/farmington-hills/2018/11/29/danielle-stislicki-family-copes-disappearance-two-years-later/2027002002/

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In 1968, the decomposing body of a young woman was found on the side of the road in Kentucky. With the lack of DNA testing, and no indication of her identity found at the crime scene, she remained a Jane Doe for over three decades. But in the 90s, a young man became obsessed with bringing her home to her family, and he eventually did just that. This is the story of Barbara Ann Hackmann, also known as Tent Girl.

BONUS EPISODES

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CASE SOURCES

1. Arkansas Online: https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2009/oct/26/long-time-gone-modern-tools-hope-old-case-20091026/

2. Candace's Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/173426327/candace-lynne-clothier

3. The Lexington Herald: https://www.newspapers.com/image/682091717/?terms=doris%20dittmar&match=1

4. Messenger-Inquirer: https://www.newspapers.com/image/379949036/?terms=tent%20girl&match=1

5. The Knoxville News-Sentinel: https://www.newspapers.com/image/773545067/?terms=tent%20girl&match=1

6. Barbara's Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7468/barbara-ann-hackmann

7. NBC Philadelphia: https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/42-years-later-case-closed-on-teens-death/1869587/

8. NBC Philadelphia: https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/namus-todd-matthews-tent-girl-barbara-ann-hackman/116308/

9. Wired: https://www.wired.com/2004/08/matthews/

10. George's Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/186897763/george-earl-taylor

11. The Doe Network: https://www.doenetwork.org/

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In the early morning hours of November 13, 2022, four University of Idaho Students were stabbed to death in their off-campus home by an unknown assailant. With rumors of one of the victims having a stalker, police are still attempting to get to the bottom of what happened inside the house that night. This is the story of Kaylee Goncalves, Maddie Mogen, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin, also known, as the University of Idaho Murders.

BONUS EPISODES

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CASE SOURCES

https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/skagitvalleyherald/name/ethan-chapin-obituary?id=38105693

https://cdapress.com/news/2022/nov/25/maddie-may-mogen/

https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/26/us/university-of-idaho-murders-saturday/index.html

https://www.krem.com/article/news/crime/university-of-idaho-students-killed/university-of-idaho-murders-previous-stabbings-moscow-police/293-4e67bbbb-ed50-4f96-9246-3e3c64233adf

https://dnews.com/local/big-pieces-missing-in-murder-case/article_f0603a80-4a5a-5929-adba-c2bb00ed84e3.html

https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/27/us/university-of-idaho-stabbing-investigation-sunday/index.html

https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/News/video/university-idaho-students-return-class-murders-94036211

https://nypost.com/2022/11/24/former-fbi-profiler-thinks-university-of-idaho-killer-is-a-young-man/

https://nypost.com/2022/11/21/inside-the-idaho-home-where-four-students-were-murdered/

https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/midwest/idaho-murders-suspect-search-college/

https://www.foxnews.com/us/idaho-murders-was-kaylee-goncalves-killers-main-target-police-respond

https://www.foxnews.com/us/idaho-murders-police-eyeing-stalker-issue-probe-enters-day-12-without-suspect

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In December of 1997, a 23-year-old woman went out to a bowling alley with friends to celebrate finals week and a recent promotion. But after a fun, seemingly uneventful evening, she disappeared without a trace along with her car. She was missing for a whole month before her body was found during the search for someone else. This is the murder of Laney Gwinner.

BONUS EPISODES

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CASE SOURCES

1. Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10337247/alana-jane-gwinner

2. The Journal News: https://www.newspapers.com/image/445125406/?terms=laney%20gwinner&match=1

3. Fox 19: https://www.fox19.com/2019/09/26/retired-detective-shares-new-details-unsolved-murder-laney-gwinner/

4. Give Me Hope, Bring Me Home Facebook Group: https://m.facebook.com/1427111610893392/photos/5-young-females-missing-or-murdered-cincinnati-oh-area1-katelyn-markham-fairfiel/1604813896456495/

5. Justice for Alana Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/38837478756/

6. CNN: https://edition.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/05/20/grace.coldcase.gwinner/index.html

7. WCPO: https://www.wcpo.com/news/local-news/kenton-county/covington/this-week-in-cincinnati-history-police-officer-mike-partin-dies-in-fall-off-ohio-river-bridge

8. Fox 19: https://www.fox19.com/2020/08/12/volunteers-searching-ohio-river-connection-unsolved-murder-laney-gwinner/

9. The Clermont Sun: https://www.clermontsun.com/2022/07/06/the-unsolved-homicide-of-university-of-cincinnati-college-student-alana-gwinner

10. Web Sleuths: https://www.websleuths.com/forums/threads/oh-alana-laney-gwinner-23-fairfield-10-dec-1997.27739/

11. The Journal-News: https://www.journal-news.com/news/crime--law/unsolved-cases-weigh-police-officers/1P8UZNzaoevDlAmgx41D6K/

12. Charley Project: https://charleyproject.org/case/erica-lee-fraysure

13. The Journal-News: https://www.journal-news.com/crime/what-will-it-take-to-solve-the-katelyn-markham-mystery-after-11-years/YHWQ2WRCOJAKNDNUUHK3XS6IXM/

14. Fox 19: https://www.fox19.com/story/23721165/police-identify-womans-remains-found-alongside-sb-1-75/

15. Fox 19: https://www.fox19.com/2020/07/28/man-indicted-connection-with-paige-johnsons-death-disappearance-2/

16. Bill Warner PI: http://www.billwarnerpi.com/2021/01/unsolved-murders-in-heartland-of.html

17. AMW Forum: https://amwfans.com/thread/3130/unknown-misty-gwinner-killer-kentucky

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In December of 2003, a 38-year-old lawyer was found dead under mysterious circumstances in Pennsylvania. He had been stabbed 36 times with his own pocket knife and then drowned in a creek next to his car. Although suicide was initially speculated, it seemed clear after his autopsy that he was murdered. But the circumstances surrounding his death remain a mystery. This is the story of Jonathan Luna.

BONUS EPISODES

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CASE SOURCES

1. The Baltimore Sun: https://www.newspapers.com/image/248579389/?terms=jonathan%20luna%20obituary&match=1

2. Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/a-decade-later-prosecutor-lunas-death-still-a-mystery/2013/12/10/211e2ab8-f563-11e2-aa2e-4088616498b4_story.html?utm_term=.1c738c1f4154

3. Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8155254/jonathan-paul-luna

4. Fox 43: https://www.fox43.com/article/news/jonathan-luna-murder-mystery-2003/521-2229b272-9355-43a8-8163-506440862577

5. The Baltimore Sun: https://www.baltimoresun.com/maryland/bal-te.md.luna09dec09-story.html

6. Property Club NYC: https://propertyclub.nyc/article/most-dangerous-neighborhoods-in-nyc#:~:text=The%20most%20dangerous%20neighborhood%20in,is%20about%201%20in%2022.

7. NBC: https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna24341781

8. The Baltimore Sun: https://www.baltimoresun.com/maryland/bal-md.luna11dec11-story.html

9. ABC: https://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=90141&page=1

10. Fodor's: https://www.fodors.com/world/north-america/usa/maryland/baltimore/experiences/news/this-is-one-of-the-coolest-streets-in-america

11. The Baltimore Sun: https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-2003-07-14-0307140005-story.html

12. NY Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/06/washington/06prosecutor.html

13. Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2003/12/21/lunas-three-state-car-trip-a-mystery-to-investigators/13878a02-2166-4328-bd59-c8b58e988ea9/

14. Pherson Associates Jonathan Luna Case Study: https://www.e-education.psu.edu/geog885/sites/www.e-education.psu.edu.geog885/files/file/Luna%20Case%20Study/CS10.pdf

15. The Baltimore Sun: https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-2002-09-10-0209100214-story.html

16. The Midnight Ride of Jonathan Luna: https://www.amazon.in/Midnight-Ride-Jonathan-Luna/dp/1882611187

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In November of 2013, a woman in Pennsylvania went missing from her home just a week before Thanksgiving. Years later, her remains were found on the property of someone she knew- some who idolized Dexter and aspired to be a serial killer. This is the story of Holly Grim.

BONUS EPISODES

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CASE SOURCES

1. Fox: https://www.foxnews.com/us/holly-grim-slaying-pennsylvania-man-found-guilty-2013-murder-coworker

2. The Morning Call: https://www.mcall.com/news/police/mc-holly-grim-wrongful-death-lawsuit-20170623-story.html

3. Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/172107556/holly-ann-grim

4. The Morning Call: https://www.mcall.com/news/police/mc-nws-horvath-sentencing-grim-murder-20220909-5yjqdhcaurc5hgb6zb5x5frx7a-story.html

5. ABC News: https://6abc.com/pennsylvania-news-lehigh-valley-missing-woman-mom/1606510/

6. Oxygen: https://www.oxygen.com/crime-news/michael-horvath-guilty-of-holly-grim-2013-murder

7. Police Press Conference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRV6p-dNt74

8. Praying for Justice for Holly Grim Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/222457674544501

9. WFMZ: https://www.wfmz.com/news/area/lehighvalley/family-reacts-after-sentencing-of-man-who-killed-holly-grim/article_d1bcf238-2fb4-11ed-b4ad-0b68eb12cd94.html

10. WFMZ: https://www.wfmz.com/news/area/lehighvalley/mother-of-homicide-victim-holly-grim-passes-away/article_0d15835f-730e-5912-8e6b-7e9fe10a954c.html

11. Lehigh Valley Live: https://www.lehighvalleylive.com/news/2016/11/7_things_to_know_about_holly_g.html

12. WFMZ: https://www.wfmz.com/news/area/poconos-coal/michael-horvaths-wife-takes-the-stand-in-holly-grim-slaying-trial/article_5ac657d8-dc48-11ec-987a-1f927c0ec9e7.html

13. Pocono Record: https://www.poconorecord.com/story/news/crime/2016/10/13/man-charged-with-murder-after/25204587007/

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