This week, Stacey examines the abuse allegations raised by former minor residents of youth reform homes, including Uta Haylee, and explores the role of its parent company, Rite of Passage, in the broader controversy surrounding the treatment of vulnerable youth.

Sources:

https://utahaleeacademy.com/

https://www.9news.com/article/news/investigations/ridge-view-youth-services-center-shut-down/73-4a9b9e90-7b8d-4827-86b3-4dd50e5a6333

https://publish.obsidian.md/epstein-washington-coded-diary/Book+Excerpts/The+Franklin+Scandal+(Book)

https://sobrief.com/books/the-franklin-scandal

https://riteofpassage.com/history/

https://www.kios.org/news-archive/2011-11-15/uta-halee-girls-village-closing-december-16

https://fox42kptm.com/news/local/three-teens-missing-from-uta-hallee

https://www.gillettenewsrecord.com/news/local/article_e7f3069e-7f32-5314-8052-79160f8a6bbc.html

https://bjs.ojp.gov/document/ssvjcf0712st.pdf

https://www.ketv.com/article/2-teens-wanted-for-alleged-assault-on-uta-halee-academy-employee/7647477

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This week Erin tells us about Charles Whitman, the former U.S. Marine who carried out the 1966 University of Texas tower shooting, killing 14 people and wounding 31 others before police shot him dead.

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Whitman

https://www.britannica.com/event/Texas-Tower-shooting-of-1966/The-shooting

https://www.upi.com/Archives/1986/07/08/Mass-murderers-letter-revealed/1071521179200/

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This week Stacey tells us about Joan Robinson Hill, a glamorous Houston socialite whose sudden 1969 death sparked a scandal filled mystery that led to accusations, a murder indictment, and years of revenge-fueled fallout.

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Robinson_Hill

https://www.nytimes.com/1977/09/26/archives/long-island-opinion-witness-connects-oilman-to-murder-of-his.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Joan_Robinson_Hill

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This week Erin tells us about how Cary Kerr was sentenced to death for the rape and murder of Pamela Horton in a Fort Worth suburb, after a Texas jury found him guilty in 2003.

Sources:

 http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/death/US/kerr1247.htm

http://www.skepticaljuror.com/2011/05/impending-wrongful-execution-of-cary.html

https://murderpedia.org/male.K/k1/kerr-cary.htm

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This week Stacey tells us about Paolo Zampolli, a former modeling agent and Trump ally who has held UN diplomatic roles and served in Trump-era public partnership circles, and who moved in the same worlds as Jeffrey Epstein’s modeling network, including a failed bid to acquire Elite Model Management with Epstein and later ties to Ghislaine Maxwell’s TerraMar Project, as well as allegations from his ex-wife Amanda Ungaro that she was detained and deported to Brazil following a custody dispute involving their son.

Sources:

https://www.vogue.co.uk/article/elite-files-for-bankruptcy

https://oglobo.globo.com/mundo/noticia/2026/03/25/brazilian-ex-model-describes-epstein-flight-there-were-about-30-girls-beautiful-and-very-young.ghtml

http://english.elpais.com/usa/2026-04-12/amanda-ungaro-from-sharing-soirees-with-the-trumps-to-being-deported-by-ice.html

https://www.reddit.com/r/Epstein/comments/1rz793q/paolo_zampolli_model_agent_and_trumps_close/

https://observer.com/2005/04/ciao-paolo-donalds-matchmaker-goes-from-pinups-to-penthouses/

https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%2010/EFTA01836539.pdf

https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%2010/EFTA01797755.pdf

https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA00642627.pdf

https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA00642630.pdf

https://bekahdayyy.substack.com/profile/posts

https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%2010/EFTA01820943.pdf

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This week Erin tells us about Kristil Krug, a 43-year-old married mother of three from Broomfield, Colorado, who was harassed by stalking messages beginning on October 2, 2023, and was killed at her suburban Colorado home on December 14, 2023; her husband, Daniel Krug, was later convicted and sentenced to life in prison.

Sources:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/colorado-womans-stalker-turns-out-to-be-husband-in-shocking-murder-case/ar-AA1NlL2l

https://apnews.com/article/fake-stalking-woman-killed-colorado-sentenced-af75475b55865fd03ecc14452b1f157a

https://truecrimestoryblog.com/blog/f/daniel-krug-stalked-his-wife-kristil-krug-for-months-then-murde

https://abcnews.com/US/colorado-womans-stalker-turns-husband-shocking-murder-case/story?id=124780858

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This week Stacey tells us about the tragic 2019 case of Samantha Josephson, the University of South Carolina student who mistakenly got into the wrong car in Columbia, South Carolina after a night out, leading to a case that shocked the country.

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Samantha_Josephson

https://www.thestate.com/news/local/crime/article252885083.html

https://time.com/5561773/south-carolina-college-student-suspect-uber-murder

https://www.thestate.com/news/local/article228650489.html

https://abcnews.com/US/slain-college-student-wrong-car-chance-father/story?id=62086765

https://www.thestate.com/news/local/crime/article252925823.html

https://www.sccourts.org/media/opinions/HTMLFiles/COA/6084.pdf

https://public.doc.state.sc.us/scdc-public/inmateDetails.do?id=%2000386010

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This week Erin tells us about Barbara Elaine Dalton, an American woman convicted in Georgia for kidnapping and the fatal shooting of Donna Sanders, for which she received a life sentence.

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Sources:

https://murderpedia.org/female.D/d/dalton-barbara.htm

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/33967548/donna-sanders

https://mugshots.com/US-States/Georgia/Newton-County-GA/Barbara-Elaine-Dalton.4534023.html

https://law.justia.com/cases/georgia/supreme-court/2007/s07a0955-1.html

https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/ga-supreme-court/1406318.html

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This week Stacey tells us about Warriena Wright, a 26-year-old New Zealand tourist who fell 14 floors to her death after a violent Tinder date, Gable Tostee, in Australia.

Sources:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-10-20/the-story-of-gable-tostee-and-warriena-wrights-tragic-date/7941720

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/gable-tostee-balcony-murder-trial-secret-recording-reveals-audio-of-warriena-wrights-final-hours/CM6TDPBGLBYVSYWBVQOBAUAUN4/

https://news.sky.com/story/australian-man-not-guilty-of-tinder-date-death-10624313

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivdbsvjuW2Q

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/oct/13/gable-tostee-trial-hears-warriena-wrights-body-severely-mangled#:~:text=Little%20said%20Wright's%20body%20had,found%20in%20a%20skull%20fracture.

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This week Erin tells us about the Mulhall Sisters, Charlotte and Linda, who on March 20, 2005, murdered their mother Kathleen's boyfriend Farah Swaleh Noor after he groped Linda, then dismembered and dumped his body in Dublin's Royal Canal.

Sources:

https://murderpedia.org/female.M/m/mulhall-sisters.htm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scissor_Sisters_(convicted_killers)

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