August 25, 2012, Norris City IL, 17 year old Jessica Evans when fishing with her boyfriend, war veteran Jacob Wheeler. Little did they know, they’d never make it home. Small town rumors tarnished Jacob’s image, so his father Harold worked with police to clear his son’s name. Sources: IDs Nightmare Next Door, dailymail.co.uk, and jordanfuneralgroup.com

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2 missing persons cases. Laura Johnson 24, last seen May 1990 in Palatine IL and 13 year old James Yoblonski disappeared after walking out of his dad’s home in Reedsburg WI on June 12, 2023. Both cases need attention.

Sources: charleyproject.org, nbcchicago.com, wkow.com and lastseenalive.com

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I’m back! Stephen Small was a wealthy businessman from Kankakee IL. He was awakened by a phone call early morning of Sept 2, 1987 at 12:30 am. The voice said he was a police officer who got a call that one of Stephen’s properties had been burglarized. Little did he know, it wasn’t a police officer! Sources: cbsnews.com, Wikipedia.org and ID’s Murders is Forever.

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June 19, 1990 - 31 year old Robin Baxter goes missing from her New Albany IN home. Friends and family are devastated when they find her body in the Ohio River. It took 20 years for DNA to come through and find her killer. Sources: casetext.com - Baxter V State, wave3.com, findagrave.com and IDs Murders in the Heartland S8, E4 Solving the Unsolvable.

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Halloween 1973 Lisa Ann French went trick or treating close to home in Fondulac WI. It would be the last night of her life. Trigger Warning on this one. Sources: People.com, Wikipedia.org, medium.com and Casemine.com

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Dec 2, 1990 a couple stumble onto a body in McDonald County Missouri. The case would go cold for years until finally DNA and witnesses helped solve the murder of a 22 year old who lived a short, abusive life. Sources: medium.com, foxnews.com, amp.kansascity.com and nwaonline.com Email [email protected], Instagram-@kelliscoffeecrimechat, Facebook- Kelli’s Coffee & Crime Chat, X-@kelliscccpod. Java Momma - www.javamomma.com/kellisjava

The morning of 12/23/91 in Corsicana Texas, the Willingham home broke out in a fire. Three children perished and their father, Todd, was put on trial.

Sources: themarshallproject.org, Wikipedia.org, innocenceproject.org, refinery29.com

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98 year old Margaret Douglas lived in Wadsworth OH. April 9, 2018 her family called for a welfare check. They could not find her the first time, so they went back to her home after an extensive search of the neighborhood. A family member searched the closet and what he found, they were not ready for. Link to the governor of Ohio https://governor.ohio.gov/contact Sources: Medina-gazette.com, medium.com and An Unexpected Killer on Peacock. [email protected], Instagram-@kelliscoffeecrimechat, Facebook-Kelli’s Coffee & Crime Chat, X-@kelliscccpod, Java Momma-www.javamomma.com/kellisjava

Thanksgiving 2012, Little Falls Minnesota. Cousins Nicholas & Haile were getting into some mischief as they broke into 64 year old Byron Smith’s home. He retaliated by shooting them. A debate followed, dividing the community on defending your life & protecting your property. But this was murder! (Sorry about the blip edit before I go into the episode). Sources: Oxygen.com, findagrave.com, Dateline: Smoking Gun and Wikipedia.org. [email protected], Instagram-@kelliscoffeecrimechat, Facebook-Kelli’s Coffee & Crime Chat, [email protected], Java Momma - www.javamomma.com/kellisjava

Grace Dillman from Gahanna OH, met a guy online from Washington state named Robert Best. Teenagers connecting over the internet was normal but the obsession became worse. One day Grace let him in on a secret about her parents. Robert had no idea what was to come. Sources: The Columbus Dispatch online, cbsnews.com, and ID’s Web of Lies S2 Ep13. Email - [email protected], Instagram - @kelliscoffeecrimechat, Facebook- Kelli’s Coffee & Crime Chat, X-@kelliscccpod, Java Momma-www.javamomma.com/kellisjava