Going West: True Crime

In June of 2021, a 5-year-old girl living in rural Tennessee disappeared one afternoon while allegedly playing with her toys in the basement of her family home. Her parents believe that she was abducted in broad daylight, but after an extensive investigation, no evidence suggested she had been taken. There was, however, suspicion that pointed closer to home. This is the story of Summer Wells. 

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Last week, we broke down the ever-haunting Ruth Price 911 Call that has stumped the internet for nearly 20 years. But with new information, this mystery has finally been solved.

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In December of 2021, a 23-year-old woman headed off to meet an older man for a Bumble date, but by nights end, she would be dead. With an unclear cause of death and lack of cooperation from law enforcement, the family is desperate for answers. This is the story of Lauren Smith-Fields.

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Towards the end of 1988, a recently blended family in Florida received a threatening letter in the mail, and within a few months, they all became incredibly ill. When 2 doctors concluded that they had been poisoned, an investigation into who was behind it began. Between a murder mystery weekend event, to a killing that was literally inspired by an Agatha Christie detective novel, this story really does play out like a fictional story. But it’s all real. This is the story of Peggy Carr, also known, as the Mensa Murder.

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CASE SOURCES

https://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/justice-story-article-1.207903

https://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-11th-circuit/1606616.html

https://www.rounderlife.com/reasonable-doubt-murder-mystery-series-death-row-inmate-george-trepal/

https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1990/04/10/poisoning-suspect-staged-murder-mystery-events/

https://delanirbartlette.medium.com/george-trepal-evil-genius-69896b7c69c5

https://www.floridasupremecourt.org/content/download/345265/file/01-2267_petition.pdf

https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-1991-05-12-9105101101-story.html

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/207534160/peggy-jean-carr

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/213815606/parearlyn-carr

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In 1988, a woman called 911 to report a strange man outside her house. After a brief moment of silence, she screamed before the phone got disconnected. Ever since the call surfaced on the internet in 2002, it’s been picked apart by internet sleuths, and has left people everywhere wondering: Is the call a hoax? Or is it a 30-year-old murder mystery waiting to be solved? This is the story of the Ruth Price 911 Call.

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CASE SOURCES

https://www.familytreenow.com/records/death/price/ruth/area/ca

https://libredd.it/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/db65nl/who_was_ruth_and_was_she_real/

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40033379/ruth-m_-price

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/45216716/ruth-price

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/134754949/ruth-price-tyre

https://www.truepeoplesearch.com/details?name=Ruth%20Price&citystatezip=El%20Cajon%2C%20CA&rid=0x2

https://www.redfin.com/CA/San-Diego/3877-35th-St-92104/unit-3879/home/5321131

https://www.ancientfaces.com/person/ruth-m-price-birth-1913-death-1994/88613986#family

https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/qp9b7e/the_murder_of_ruth_price_a_lengthy_debunking/

https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/fv1k3z/any_updates_to_the_ruth_price_911_call/

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On New Years Eve, 2002, an inspiring 19-year-old woman celebrated at a friends house party in Fillmore, California before becoming the designated driver for the night. But after taking some partygoers home, she disappeared. When her body was found the following morning in a nearby drainage pipe, the investigation into her murder began. This is the story of Valerie Zavala.

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CASE SOURCES

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28811002/valerie-diane-wilson

https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/mercurynews/name/valerie-wilson-obituary?id=14629352

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-aug-03-me-puebla3-story.html

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-may-18-me-zavala18-story.html

https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/missing87975/unsolved-murder-valerie-zavala-wilson-t3530.html

https://www.oocities.org/inmemoryofvalerie/article_070904.html

https://www.newspapers.com/image/190278884/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/191070557/?terms=Valerie%20zavala&match=1

https://www.newspapers.com/image/190255579/?terms=Valerie%20zavala&match=1

https://www.newspapers.com/image/190262454/?terms=Valerie%20zavala&match=1

http://santapaulatimes.com/news/archivestory.php/aid/4876/High_School_senior,_18,_charged_in_brutal_slaying_of_Valerie_Zavala_.html

https://www.vcdistrictattorney.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/term_report_web_08072012.pdf

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In January of 1982, two beautiful young women seemingly vanished in Breckenridge, Colorado during a relentless snow storm. But the next day, one would be found dead, and several months later, the other’s body would turn up as well. As police struggled to find the identity of a cold blooded killer, the investigation would take a number of unexpected turns that would last almost 40 years. This is the story of Bobbi Jo Oberholtzer and Annette Schnee, also know as The Rocky Mountain Murders. 

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Between 1979 and 1981, a handful of girls and young women disappeared around the jolly small town of North Pole, Alaska, only for their remains to show up later. When their cause of deaths matched up, local State Troopers knew they had a serial killer on their hands. And eventually, they flew out of state to track down the man behind it all. This is the story of Glinda Sodemann, Doris Oehring, Wendy Wilson, Marlene Peters, and Lori King, also known as the North Pole Murders.

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CASE SOURCES

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/114362966/glinda-sodemann

https://robinbarefield76.medium.com/the-north-pole-murders-2df18db4c864

https://www.lelandhale.com/wordpress/murder-alaska-terrible-80s/

https://frankweberauthor.com/blog/its-just-another-manic-bunday

https://www.amazon.com/Murder-40-Below-Stories-Alaska/dp/0945397992

https://murderpedia.org/male.B/b/bunday-thomas-richard.htm

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2550860/

https://www.amazon.com/Murder-40-Below-Stories-Alaska/dp/0945397992

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In December of 1989, a 22-year-old woman was doing some Christmas shopping in Connecticut when a “good samaritan” helped change her flat tire, and then she went missing. On Christmas Day, her body was found in an icy pond, and her death was ruled a homicide. This is the story of Julia Ashe.

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CASE SOURCES

https://caselaw.findlaw.com/ct-supreme-court/1131986.html

https://www.casemine.com/judgement/us/5914bfa9add7b049347af46d

https://murderpedia.org/male.C/c/cobb-sedrick.htm

https://www.newspapers.com/search/#query=Julia+ashe&p_province=us-ct&dr_year=1989-2021

https://www.newspapers.com/image/242403967/?terms=Julia%20ashe&match=1

https://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/15/nyregion/retrial-hearing-under-way-for-man-sentenced-to-death.html

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/147320828/julia-m_-ashe

https://reallifevillains.miraheze.org/wiki/Sedrick_Cobb

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In November of 1969, a 22-year-old Penn State student studying English had been in the basement of the campus library when she was attacked. One single stab wound penetrating her heart was discovered, but somehow, amongst all commotion of the crime scene, the killer was able to escape. This is the story of Betsy Aardsma.

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