Going West: True Crime

In March of 2003, a 20-year-old woman, who happened to be the daughter of an NYPD detective, was found brutally beaten to death in Hudson Valley, discarded on a rural dirt path. It was quickly determined that she had been killed in her car, by someone sitting in the backseat behind her. But despite having multiple persons of interest in her case, an arrest wasn’t made for YEARS, and even then - many were on the fence about his involvement. This is the murder of Megan McDonald.

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In February of 2007, a 34-year-old mother of two left in the middle of the night for a work trip to San Juan, Puerto Rico, but would never make it to her destination. Her husband reported her missing, having last seen her getting into a black town car bound for the airport. It would take weeks of media speculation and community suspicion to bring her home, and the chilling truth was finally revealed: she had never made it past her open garage. This is the murder of Tara Grant.

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In March of 1993, a 27-year-old American woman returned home to her Dublin apartment after picking up groceries to cook dinner for her friends the following evening. But when her roommates arrived home two days later, they found the apartment empty, and her spoiled groceries still in their shopping bag. Concern quickly turned to panic as sightings of her in an Irish mountain town surfaced, leading investigators down many fruitless paths, which all culminated in an arrest in June of 2025, 32 years after she vanished. This is the disappearance of Annie McCarrick.

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In February of 2019, a 20-year-old man vanished after last being seen fleeing from a store near his small, Washington town. His disappearance came just two months after a disturbing incident in which he told loved ones that three people had attacked him and carved the word “kill” into his chest. After telling multiple people that he was concerned that his family was in danger, he vanished into the night… This is the strange disappearance of Matthew Anfeldt.

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In March of 2004, a 17-year-old girl left the late shift at a small-town Vermont inn and began her short drive home. But she never made it. The next day, her car was discovered backed into the side of an abandoned farmhouse, its headlights still on and her belongings left behind. With no clear signs of a struggle and no trace of her, her family, as well as investigators, were left to wonder: what happened to her? This is the disappearance of Brianna Maitland.

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In February of 2026, in the middle of the night, a 37-year-old woman was found shot to death in her bed after her ex-American Idol contestant husband called 911 for a rather suspicious conversation. Within days, an arrest was made, shocking the community and country at large. This is the murder of Ashley Flynn.

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In February of 1988, four members of a Minnesota family were brutally murdered in their home in the middle of a winter’s night. The shocking nature of the crime stunned a quiet, rural community and left investigators grappling with the sheer violence of the act, especially when they learned who the murders wete committed by, and what their larger plan was... These are the Brom Ax Murders.

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In February of 2024, a 13-year-old girl was reported missing in Central Florida after missing school. What began as a frantic search after a potential abduction quickly drew intense public attention as inconsistencies began to surface within her family. And as investigators dug deeper, the case unraveled into something far more sinister when investigators discovered that the girl had been abused, and there was photographic proof. This is the murder of Madeline Soto.

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In February of 1974, the body of a 25-year-old woman was found covered in snow in a roadside ditch after she headed out hitchhiking in Minnesota. Despite an eyewitness watching a man dispose of her body and drive off, decades passed without answers in the case. But eventually, DNA testing would bring closure - too late for some, but not for her remorseless killer. This is the murder of Mary Schlais.

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In February of 2021, a 48-year-old Idaho woman was found dead in her own bathtub of an apparent suicide. But as troubling details emerged, suspicion fell on someone close to the investigation and her: disturbingly, someone who had a deep familiarity with crime scenes and procedure. This is the murder of Kendy Howard.

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