Help Me Hayley: Cold Case Files

The story begins in Kootenai County, Idaho in the mid-1990s. That's when Christopher Loesch's grandfather was shot to death. In 1998, Christopher's grandmother was also murdered. It would take years, and revelations uncovered in yet another murder, but police finally were closing in on Christopher's mother and her lover as suspects. The women took Christopher and spent close to a decade on the run. In 2008, the women were found dead in an apparent murder-suicide. But where was Christopher?

The wheels of justice have turned at a slow and very painful pace for a Spokane rape survivor. Her attacker broke more than a dozen bones in her body, sexually assaulted her, and left her to suffocate in a tied plastic bag. Because her wrists were so badly broken, she was able to escape the ties and call for help. Her rapist got away with the crime for nearly 20 years until the DNA he was forced to give after a felony property crime charge tied him to the vicious assault. For the first time, the victim is sharing her story.

The late 90's in Spokane was one of the darkest time periods in our history. A serial killer was among us. But Robert Yates wasn't the only killer targetting Spokane women. The family of murder victim Margaret Anselmo knows Yates wasn't her killer, but fear because it happened when it did and resources were so maxed out, they may never get justice.

In August of 1977, the bones of 19-year-old Robert Lee were found scattered in a rural wooded area in Stevens County. Evidence in his homicide was scarce. Because of that, prosecutors held his remains in the evidence room for more than 20 years, longer than he was alive. This case has many factors working against it, but one retired sheriff's office employee isn't giving up hope.

A day at the North Idaho State Fair ended in a mystery that is yet to unravel decades later.

In July of 2017, 50-year-old Marty Lang seemingly vanished into thin air. He made it to his rural property outside of Newport after work and set down his lunchbox. It was found about a foot or two from the driver’s side door. Those who knew him best believe there was a deadly encounter in his driveway. The sheriff isn’t so sure.

It was a cool June night in 2005. Spokane man Steven Allison was walking home from hanging out with his brother. He was found so badly beaten, a shoe print was visible on his face. Could a threatening note found in his room be the key to solving this cold case?

It was February of 1974. Five-year-old Siobhan McGuinness was walking home from playing with a neighbor friend. The distance was very short, but just long enough for a killer to find her.
Two days after the little girl was reported missing, her father says they got confirmation of the entire town’s worst fear.

Marsi Belez was just 12 years old when she was raped and stabbed to death in Spokane. Her case has gone cold. Someone out there has gotten away with her murder. KHQ's Hayley Guenthner digs into the final day of little Marsi's life.

Convicted killer and child abductor Arbie Williams could be released well before completing his prison sentence. Deputies call his crimes as bad as it gets. Will the sentence review board agree?