Welcome to Lurking In the News Vol. 6, our True Crime News segment. In this episode we discuss the stories of Kelsey Pittman (missing person, found), Trudy Appleby (cold case arrest), First Date Murder Trial (murder and dismemberment of Sade Robinson), Giovanni Pelletier (missing person, found deceased), Anthony Angelli Rea (remains identified), and Emmanuel Haro (missing baby). We also include a brief update on The Martin Family whom we covered in True Crime News Vol. 1 and a bonus story at the end.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/kelsey-pittman-found-alive-missing-person-investigation-death-valley/

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/07/25/kelsey-pittman-reported-missing-alive/85378691007/

Arrest made in 1996 Moline, Illinois, disappearance of Trudy Appleby | Dateline

Trudy Appleby 'Puzzle' Solved? 29 Years After Illinois Girl Vanished, Police Have a Suspect

https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/crime/sade-robinson-murder-trial-guilty-verdict-justice-b2766732.html

https://www.wpr.org/news/trial-milwaukee-man-charged-murder-woman-date-sade-robinson

Sheriff describes Giovanni Pelletier’s last known moments before his disappearance, death | WFLA

Missing Teen's Final Moments Caught on Video as He Sprints Near Water

https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/anthony-angelli-rea-remains-identified-newburyport/

Emmanuel Haro still missing after San Bernardino County authorities conduct search in Moreno Valley - CBS Los Angeles

Emmanuel Haro disappearance: Missing California baby's parents tied to child abuse report in Moreno Valley, deputies say - ABC30 Fresno

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/feb/23/ex-soldier-blames-ptsd-for-holding-woman-at-gunpoint-in-bid-to-get-cat-out-of-shelter-court-told

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-02-25/man-jailed-over-storming-cranbourne-animal-shelter-melbourne/100860444

Episode 22: in this case we discuss the murders of 2 female Virginia college students, Morgan Harrington and Hannah Graham, and touch on the sexual assault of another woman, who are all found to be connected to the same perpetrator. During the investigation, the disappearance and suspected murder of a 17 year-old named Alexis Murphy is also discussed, but she is linked to a separate killer named Randy Taylor. Who killed Morgan and Hannah? Tune in to find out!

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/48-hours-hannah-graham-deadly-connections/

https://www.cnn.com/2014/09/29/us/morgan-harrington-virginia-tech

https://medicine.vtc.vt.edu/giving/morgan-harrington.html

https://noisecreep.com/missing-metallica-fan-morgan-harrington-drinking/

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/docs-uva-victim-hannah-graham-refused-to-get-in-killer-jesse-matthews-car/

https://hannahgraham.virginia.edu/

https://www.cnn.com/2014/10/03/us/virginia-hannah-graham-missing-what-we-know#:~:text=About%2012:45%20a.m.%20on,less%20able%20to%20defend%20herself.&text=What%20is%20being%20done%20to,Where%20is%20Hannah%20Graham?

https://abcnews.go.com/US/suspect-hannah-graham-disappearance-tied-2009-murder-police/story?id=25840656

https://6abc.com/hannah-graham-jesse-mathew-jr-sentencing-university-of-virginia/1013596/

True Crime In a Dime Chapter 4, this is an unsolved stories episode featuring the cases of Mateusz Kawecki (mysterious death), Diana Vicari (unsolved homicide where only her arms were found), Lars Mittank (mysterious disappearance), and the Leathers Oil Co. Murders (murderer has been on the run since 1994 and never found).

https://websleuths.com/threads/mateusz-kawecki-30-went-missing-in-on-the-way-to-the-hospital-to-meet-his-wife-in-labor-found-5-months-later-in-family-barn-march-2018.664983/

https://www.strangeoutdoors.com/strange-indoors/mateusz-kawecki

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

https://www.reddit.com/r/Tucson/comments/1gh1uet/any_longtime_residents_of_tucson_remember_the/

https://tucson.com/diana-dawn-vicari/article_9fdafdb0-c8fc-11e7-9b66-dfc4a7f28bd0.html

https://tucsoncitizen.com/morgue2/1994/04/20/132089-mystery-shrouds-1992-murder/

https://www.newspapers.com/article/arizona-daily-star-27-0ctober-1992-page/9999309/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KrZKiuy0I4

https://www.findet-lars-mittank.de/

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

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14197933/mystery-lars-mittank-tourist-disappearance-varna-bulgaria.html

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

https://www.koin.com/archives/cold-case-greshams-most-gruesome-murder/

https://kidnappingmurderandmayhem.blogspot.com/2008/11/where-is-ty-theis.html?m=1

https://www.reddit.com/r/TrueCrime/comments/gxymzt/the_leathers_oil_company_murders_three_women_shot/

https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Tyrom_Theis

https://archive.ph/dVle0/b18d3d3727e847630792b8f99ab3059ae0f84b13.jpg

https://archive.ph/20210212171423/https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=19940414&slug=1905490

Episode 21: in this episode we tell you about the disturbing case of a family-made cult by a man named Marcus Wesson. He had multiple children and sadly assaulted and married some of those children and impregnated them. These horrific actions came to an end on March 12, 2004 when Marcus murdered 9 of his children in what would be known as the worst mass murder in Fresno, CA history. Tune in to learn the details.

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

https://abc30.com/marcus-wesson-mass-murder-children-killed-convicted-murderer/14518182/

https://abcnews.go.com/Primetime/marcus-wesson-mass-murder-surviving-family-speaks-abuse/story?id=11089648

https://6abc.com/archive/8240570/

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jury-gives-death-to-killer-dad/

https://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/04/22/wesson/

Episode 20: we discuss the murders of Barbara Nantais in 1978 and Claire Hough in 1984 whose bodies were found yards apart from each other and murdered in the same way. Was this the work of one killer or more than one? There has also been a few other similar murders in the area. Tune in to learn more!

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Crime Files: Hope renewed for leads in teen's unsolved murder at Torrey Pines |

cbs8.com⁠

⁠Left

in the Sand: The Torrey Pines Beach Murders • Morbidology⁠

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deadly night that has lasted 33 years – San Diego Union-Tribune⁠

⁠https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/timeline-the-haunting-torrey-pines-beach-murders-of-barbara-nantais-and-claire-hough/26/⁠

⁠Torrey Pines State Beach⁠

⁠Were

the murders of California teens the work of a serial killer? - CBS News⁠

Episode 19: we discuss the mysterious disappearance of 9 year-old Asha Degree in the middle of the night on February 14th, 2000. She packed a backpack of clothing but where was she headed? Her backpack was later found with items that didn't belong to her inside. New details have emerged in the investigation in 2024 and 2025 and we believe they are close to solving her case. Tune in to find out!

https://findingashadegree.wordpress.com/ca-debunking-the-runaway-myth-asha-her-familys-profile/il-what-the-bookbag-contents-tell-us-their-important-significance-in-the-case/

https://myfox8.com/news/north-carolina/asha-degree-case-officials-conduct-search-on-property-formerly-owned-by-man-referenced-in-prior-warrants-records-show/

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

https://www.wbtv.com/2025/04/04/large-law-enforcement-presence-cherryville-tied-asha-degree-investigation-what-we-know/

Welcome to Lurking In the News Vol. 5, our news-type segment where we share True Crime cases currently unfolding in the news or giving new updates to old cases.

Episode 18: in this episode, we do a deep-dive into the mysterious death of Pheobe Handsjuk, who died at the age of only 24 after falling 12 floors down her apartment's garbage shoot. The circumstances of her death were so unbelievable that her former police detective grandfather created a replica of the shoot and had one of Phoebe's friends, who is about the same size, attempt to get in and go down the shoot. She struggled for several minutes while sober, so how did Phoebe fall in while intoxicated? Was it suicide? Was she pushed?

At the end, we also discuss the death of Baillee Schneider, who also died under questionable circumstances and dated the same guy Phoebe dated at the time of her death. Are they connected? Is he involved? A lot of details in this case do not add up, so tune in for all of the details!

https://crimereads.com/an-australian-death-and-a-suspicious-ruling-of-suicide/

https://www.phoebehandsjuk.com/

https://allthatsinteresting.com/phoebe-handsjuk

https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/boyfriend-used-computer-after-chute-death-20130823-2sggt.html

https://www.smh.com.au/interactive/2016/phoebesfall/index.html

https://wivesandknives.wixsite.com/mysite/post/19-08-2020-phoebe-handsjuk

https://www.mamamia.com.au/phoebe-handsjuk-death/

https://www.smh.com.au/interactive/2016/phoebesfall/CoronerFinding.pdf\

https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/coroner-finds-baillee-schneider-death-was-self-inflicted-after-break-up-20200616-p552y1.html

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8426147/Melbourne-model-died-just-hours-breaking-boyfriend-ruled-killed-herself.html

Episode 17: in this episode we discuss the case of 6 boys who went missing in the middle of the night after a party. 3 of the boys were caught on CCTV at a marina around 1AM, and a boat was discovered missing the next day. Did the boys take the boat? Where were the other 3 boys? Did they drown? Police sadly did a very poor investigation in this case and all 6 boys are still missing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tryx6t3DyHY&t=1845s

https://durham.insauga.com/new-book-delves-deeper-into-the-mystery-of-the-lost-boys-of-pickering/

https://medium.com/@knowledgeapotheosis/the-lost-boys-of-pickering-six-teens-boys-28-years-of-mysterious-disappearance-d149d7fe2325

https://www.toronto.com/news/march-17-marks-29-years-since-the-lost-boys-of-pickering-disappeared/article_ede2d620-e58b-5ea0-90c5-f17d204722ff.html

Welcome to True Crime In a Dime, where we tell you a chilling story in 10 minute's time. In chapter 3 we discuss the cases of Toni Sharpless (a missing nurse), Sarma Melngailis (a chef & business woman turned criminal), Ray Gricar (mysterious disappearance of a PA lawyer/DA), and Brenda Spencer (a 16 year-old school shooter).

https://ashmysteries.com/2025/01/01/the-missing-toni-sharpless/

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

https://www.wgal.com/article/pennsylvania-ray-gricar-disappearance-20-years-later/64545230

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/district-attorney-once-linked-jerry-010003769.html

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