On January 26, 2015, after a heated text exchange with her boyfriend, 21 year old Texas College student and football player Carlton Champion, Jr, 24 year old Ty Underwood insisted they meet up to discuss their relationship face to face.  A few minutes after she text Carlton she arrived, she was shot to death as she sat behind the wheel of her car.  Attempting to flee, she hit a mailbox, turned around, went up onto a grassy parkway and ran into a pole.  Even then, she continued to try to escape by spinning out her tires, but she was stuck, eventually succumbing to her injuries.  The investigation soon revealed Ty was a transgender woman, but this was not a secret she kept from Carlton.  BUT, it was a secret Carlton wanted to keep from his friends and teammates.  Ty, however, wanted more, she wanted to go public and she wanted to make it social media official.  Carlton didn't want word to get out that he was in a relationship with a transgender woman, so his solution was to choose murder.  

SOURCES:

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2RiIa36W7s

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12631200/

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/141871230/tyrone-lee-underwood

https://people.com/crime/carlton-champion-jr-charged-with-murder-of-ty-underwood/

https://thecinemaholic.com/ty-underwood-how-did-she-die-who-killed-her/

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Billy Smolinski was a 31 year old man living and working in Waterbury, Connecticut when he inexplicably went missing on August 24, 2004 after returning from a trip he took with his 46 year old girlfriend Madeline Gleason...a trip where he discovered she was having an affair with a married man.  That married man turned out to be a Connecticut politician.  Because Billy told a neighbor he was going on a road trip for three days and asked that neighbor to look after his dog, police refused to take Billy's missing persons report until those three days passed, hindering the investigation from the start.  Today, almost 21 years later, there has been no sign of Billy and his family is still searching.  What happened to Billy Smolinksi?  

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https://www.reddit.com/r/UnsolvedMysteries/comments/1g6hr9a/billy_smolinski_missing_since_2004/

Bryan Kohberger, accused of perpetrating the University of Idaho quadruple murder, is set for his trial to begin August 11, 2025.  We previously covered this case in episode 248 and a series of episodes from 266-269.  This is an update episode with information from the most recent episode of Dateline that had all. new information and never before seen photos and evidence.  

SOURCES:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amFi-bgTwJg

https://datelinetonight.com/the-terrible-night-on-king-road-dateline-reports-on-university-of-idaho-homicides-may-9-2025/

https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/28/us/idaho-student-murders-home-demolished/index.html

https://www.ibtimes.com/idaho-murders-update-suspect-may-have-messaged-victim-instagram-before-killing-roommates-3657970

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We have guest on today’s episode is hoping to bring attention and light to a very cold case.  A few weeks ago, I had the honor and pleasure of speaking to 11 time Emmy award-winning (to name a few) creative composer, producer, multi-instrumentalist and NOW filmmaker, Dan Brown Junior.  Because you listen to this podcast and many other podcasts across the true crime landscape, I can say with a reasonable degree of certainty that you have most likely heard Dan’s work…somewhere…on networks such as ABC,CBS, NBC,  Disney, A & E,  Investigation Discovery, Hulu, Netflix, YouTube, History Channel, Hallmark, NFL, HBO, TLC, HLN, Oxygen,, BET, AMC, Apple, Crime & Investigation… on shows such as Dateline, Snapped, Unspeakable Crimes, The Hunt for the Zodiac Killer, Pitbulls & Parolees, Killer Beside Me, Catfish, The Hunt with John Walks, Deadline Crime with Tamron Hall, Wives with Knives, American Greed, The Disappearance of Maura Murray, Very Scary People, Forensic Files II, The Disappearance of Crystal Roberts, A Current Affair…to name a few…there are literally thousands of places where you’ve heard his work and today, we will put…at least a voice to the musician who woke up one day and decided he wanted to “write the music you hear on the crime shows”.  

With that, Dan created Crimesonics in 2018 with a singular goal in mind…to take over the sound of crime television, films and games worldwide by supplying the globe with exquisitely criminal production music.  Since then, Crimesonics, under Dan’s creative vision and leadership, has amassed an eclectic repository of criminal and investigative music and sound effects, redefining what Crime TV could sound like.  

Dan has since crossed over into filmmaking with a project that is also a passion, with his documentary Girl Forgotten: What Happened To Brianna Wells.  You heard the trailer of Dan’s film at the opening, a link to which is in the show notes where you can watch and subscribe to Crimesonics on YouTube…which you’re going to want to once you learn who Brianna was and is…and the ongoing efforts to solve her murder.  With his documentary, Dan hopes to bring light to a case that has been languishing in darkness for more than a decade.  This is Killafornia Dreaming's interview with Dan Brown Junior

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SOURCES:

https://crimesonics.com/

https://www.danbrownjr.com/about/

https://www.azfamily.com/2021/08/18/cold-case-still-no-arrest-7-years-after-teens-body-found-phoenix-alley/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-DJ3p_VJt8

https://silentwitness.org/cases/brianna-wells-1800-e-mobile-lanealley-phoenix/

WARNING: THIS EPISODE MAY CONTAIN GRAPHIC DETAILS INVOLVING SEVERED CHILD ABUSE AND MAY BE DIFFICULT FOR SOME LISTENERS; LISTENER DISCRETION IS STRONGLY ADVISED.   Former Family Vlogger Ruby Franke And Former Marriage and Family Therapist Jodi Hildebrandt Are Serving Up To 30 Years In Prison for Abusing Ruby's Two Youngest Children. This is the third and final part of our series on this troubling story out of Ivins, Utah.  On August 30, 2023, former YouTube family and lifestyle vlogger Ruby Franke and her "therapist" turned business partner, turned lover (???) Jodi Hildebrandt were arrested, charged, and ultimately pleaded guilty to several counts of child abuse.  We are going to discuss the 2025 docuseries about this troubling case which premiered on Hulu entitled "Devil in the Family: The Fall of Ruby Franke".

SOURCES:

https://people.com/ruby-franke-rise-fall-youtube-vlogger-charged-child-abuse-7969073

https://www.hulu.com/series/devil-in-the-family-the-fall-of-ruby-franke-302e037b-92b9-4c45-8acd-a0db60d5a159

https://gazettedirect.com/ruby-franke-kids-now/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2Tm3BVK4qo&t=22s

https://www.sltrib.com/religion/2021/09/28/see-how-lds-church/

https://www.biography.com/crime/a60319774/ruby-franke-story

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qnf7RbmyvU

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

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WARNING: THIS EPISODE MAY CONTAIN GRAPHIC DETAILS INVOLVING SEVERED CHILD ABUSE AND MAY BE DIFFICULT FOR SOME LISTENERS; LISTENER DISCRETION IS STRONGLY ADVISED.   Former Family Vlogger Ruby Franke And Former Marriage and Family Therapist Jodi Hildebrandt Are Serving Up To 30 Years In Prison for Abusing Ruby's Two Youngest Children. This is the second part of our series on this troubling story out of Ivins, Utah.  On August 30, 2023, former YouTube family and lifestyle vlogger Ruby Franke and her "therapist" turned business partner, turned lover (???) Jodi Hildebrandt were arrested, charged, and ultimately pleaded guilty to several counts of child abuse.  We are going to discuss the 2025 docuseries about this troubling case which premiered on Hulu entitled "Devil in the Family: The Fall of Ruby Franke".

SOURCES:

https://people.com/ruby-franke-rise-fall-youtube-vlogger-charged-child-abuse-7969073

https://www.hulu.com/series/devil-in-the-family-the-fall-of-ruby-franke-302e037b-92b9-4c45-8acd-a0db60d5a159

https://gazettedirect.com/ruby-franke-kids-now/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2Tm3BVK4qo&t=22s

https://www.sltrib.com/religion/2021/09/28/see-how-lds-church/

https://www.biography.com/crime/a60319774/ruby-franke-story

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qnf7RbmyvU

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

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WARNING: THIS EPISODE MAY CONTAIN GRAPHIC DETAILS INVOLVING SEVERED CHILD ABUSE AND MAY BE DIFFICULT FOR SOME LISTENERS; LISTENER DISCRETION IS STRONGLY ADVISED.   Former Family Vlogger Ruby Franke And Former Marriage and Family Therapist Jodi Hildebrandt Are Serving Up To 30 Years In Prison for Abusing Ruby's Two Youngest Children.   This is the first part of our series on this troubling story out of Ivins, Utah.  On August 30, 2023, former YouTube family and lifestyle vlogger Ruby Franke and her "therapist" turned business partner, turned lover (???) Jodi Hildebrandt were arrested, charged, and ultimately pleaded guilty to several counts of child abuse.  We are going to discuss the 2025 docuseries about this troubling case which premiered on Hulu entitled "Devil in the Family: The Fall of Ruby Franke".

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https://people.com/ruby-franke-rise-fall-youtube-vlogger-charged-child-abuse-7969073

https://www.hulu.com/series/devil-in-the-family-the-fall-of-ruby-franke-302e037b-92b9-4c45-8acd-a0db60d5a159

https://gazettedirect.com/ruby-franke-kids-now/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2Tm3BVK4qo&t=22s

https://www.sltrib.com/religion/2021/09/28/see-how-lds-church/

https://www.biography.com/crime/a60319774/ruby-franke-story

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qnf7RbmyvU

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

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**WARNING: THIS EPISODE CONTAINS DETAILS AND INFORMATION RELATED TO THE MURDER OF A YOUNG CHILD AND MAY BE DISTURBING TO LISTEN TO; LISTENER DISCRETION IS ADVISED**   The 2020 Murder Of Gannon Stauch Perpetrated By His Stepmother Letecia Stuach PART 5.  On the afternoon of January 27th, 2020, a 911 call was made to the El Paso County Sheriff's Office Dispatch.  The caller was 36 year old Letecia Stauch and it was her 11 year old step son, Gannon, who she was reporting failed to come home after going to visit a friend's house.  First considered a runaway, Gannon's status as such quickly shifted to a missing persons case...and eventually, a murder case.  Letecia herself quickly became the focal point of the investigation as her bizarre behavior and ever evolving stories as to what happened to Gannon confused and inhibited the investigation from the very beginning.  From Colorado to Florida to South Carolina, Letecia took law enforcement agencies on a wild goose chase across the country as she did anything she could to try and hide from what she did to Gannon.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_and_murder_of_Gannon_Stauch
https://www.reddit.com/r/GannonStauch/comments/12gbve1/timeline_of_events_an_outline_updating/?rdt=43940
https://www.reddit.com/r/GannonStauch/comments/12gbve1/comment/jhbtnib/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3
https://www.reddit.com/r/GannonStauch/comments/12gbve1/comment/jgfk8n7/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3
https://www.reddit.com/r/GannonStauch/comments/fwol3f/letecia_stauch_22020_arrest_affidavit_master_post/

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**WARNING: THIS EPISODE CONTAINS DETAILS AND INFORMATION RELATED TO THE MURDER OF A YOUNG CHILD AND MAY BE DISTURBING TO LISTEN TO; LISTENER DISCRETION IS ADVISED**   The 2020 Murder Of Gannon Stauch Perpetrated By His Stepmother Letecia Stuach PART 4.  On the afternoon of January 27th, 2020, a 911 call was made to the El Paso County Sheriff's Office Dispatch.  The caller was 36 year old Letecia Stauch and it was her 11 year old step son, Gannon, who she was reporting failed to come home after going to visit a friend's house.  First considered a runaway, Gannon's status as such quickly shifted to a missing persons case...and eventually, a murder case.  Letecia herself quickly became the focal point of the investigation as her bizarre behavior and ever evolving stories as to what happened to Gannon confused and inhibited the investigation from the very beginning.  From Colorado to Florida to South Carolina, Letecia took law enforcement agencies on a wild goose chase across the country as she did anything she could to try and hide from what she did to Gannon.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_and_murder_of_Gannon_Stauch
https://www.reddit.com/r/GannonStauch/comments/12gbve1/timeline_of_events_an_outline_updating/?rdt=43940
https://www.reddit.com/r/GannonStauch/comments/12gbve1/comment/jhbtnib/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3
https://www.reddit.com/r/GannonStauch/comments/12gbve1/comment/jgfk8n7/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3
https://www.reddit.com/r/GannonStauch/comments/fwol3f/letecia_stauch_22020_arrest_affidavit_master_post/

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**WARNING: THIS EPISODE CONTAINS DETAILS AND INFORMATION RELATED TO THE MURDER OF A YOUNG CHILD AND MAY BE DISTURBING TO LISTEN TO; LISTENER DISCRETION IS ADVISED**   The 2020 Murder Of Gannon Stauch Perpetrated By His Stepmother Letecia Stuach PART 1.  On the afternoon of January 27th, 2020, a 911 call was made to the El Paso County Sheriff's Office Dispatch.  The caller was 36 year old Letecia Stauch and it was her 11 year old step son, Gannon, who she was reporting failed to come home after going to visit a friend's house.  First considered a runaway, Gannon's status as such quickly shifted to a missing persons case...and eventually, a murder case.  Letecia herself quickly became the focal point of the investigation as her bizarre behavior and ever evolving stories as to what happened to Gannon confused and inhibited the investigation from the very beginning.  From Colorado to Florida to South Carolina, Letecia took law enforcement agencies on a wild goose chase across the country as she did anything she could to try and hide from what she did to Gannon.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_and_murder_of_Gannon_Stauch
https://www.reddit.com/r/GannonStauch/comments/12gbve1/timeline_of_events_an_outline_updating/?rdt=43940
https://www.reddit.com/r/GannonStauch/comments/12gbve1/comment/jhbtnib/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3
https://www.reddit.com/r/GannonStauch/comments/12gbve1/comment/jgfk8n7/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3
https://www.reddit.com/r/GannonStauch/comments/fwol3f/letecia_stauch_22020_arrest_affidavit_master_post/

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