This week’s guest Kristofer Warden has one of the most traumatic backstories we’ve heard on this podcast so far. And after staying silent for many years, Kristofer is finally opening up on a public forum about the sexual abuse that has crippled his life and ultimately culminated in the 2003 death of a 57-year-old man. We’ll hear about Kristofer’s chaotic childhood and his early exposure to the prison system. At various points in this conversation, Kristofer reveals how several institutions failed him and set him down a criminal path. Why was Kristofer sent away from his family at 10 years old? What led to him consorting with a school principal? And what do the headlines get wrong about his grisly crime? We’ll answer all these questions and more on this episode of Voices of a Killer.

More information about this case:

• News Report after Kristofer was Charged | Principal Tortured, Killed by Visine & Limeaway Injections | Springfield News Leader
• Online Memorial for Gaylen | Dr Gaylen W. Terrill | Find a Grave
• News Report after Discovery of Gaylen’s Body | Body Found in Basement | Springfield 33 News
• Information about the Preliminary Hearing | https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/208157167/ | Springfield News Leader

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