Method & Madness

A true story that reads like fiction.  A murder and attempted murder, a fugitive on the run, new identities, a mysterious twin... and an ending that surprised even seasoned investigators.
 Researched and written by Dawn Cate 

Music by Timmoor from Pixabay 
Resources
Text “hello” to 741-741 for crisis support 
Sources
The Unique Motives of Female Serial Killers by Ekua Hagan Female Serial Killers Exist, but Their Motives Are Different by Cody Cottier The Orlando Sentinel: Jim Nesbitt March 1987 https://law.justia.com/cases/alabama/court-of-appeals-criminal/1985/484-so-2d-476-0.html https://www.sentinelsource.com/news/local/black-widow-story-revisited/article_fe78ae03-7617-533f-845d-e645307c8f53.html The Tuscaloosa News Feb 27, 1987 Gadsden Times Jan 26 1983 https://apnews.com/article/b2190ea3068b4bec912cd22bf7d2f941 https://web.archive.org/web/20060619193024/http://www.crimelibrary.com/notorious_murders/women/hilley/6.html

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Gary Matson and Winfield Mowder didn't see it coming, murdered in the middle of the night while sleeping.  Their murderers; 2 self-proclaimed white supremacists with a mission.
 
Researched and written by Dawn Cate 

Music by Timmoor from Pixabay 

Resources: https://www.glaad.org/resources/ Call 1-800-LIFENET (1-800-543-3638) Sources https://www.redding.com/story/news/local/2019/07/01/gay-northern-california-couple-killed-shasta-county-live-on-20-years-later/1558764001/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-jul-20-mn-57756-story.htmlhttps://meaww.com/matthew-williams-brother-tyler-killed-gay-couple-lashed-fear-oown-sexuality Washington Post article by Rene Sanchez 7/21/99 https://enacademic.com/dic.nsf/enwiki/11778252 Forensic Files episode “Brotherhoods” A Flower Power Legacy by Tony Scupham-Biltonhttp://queerstoryfiles.blogspot.com/2017/07/a-flower-power-legacy.html https://www.myplainview.com/news/article/Man-Pleads-Guilty-to-Killing-Gay-Couple-9047853.php https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Isolated-upbringing-of-hate-suspects-3075392.php Oxygen: Killer Siblings https://apnews.com/article/vatican-decree-same-sex-unions-cannot-bless-sin-077944750c975313ad253328e4cf7443https://www.justice.gov/archive/opa/pr/2000/March/130cr.htmhttps://www.washingtonblade.com/2019/11/20/fbi-report-shows-increase-in-anti-lgbt-hate-crimes/ https://www.salon.com/1999/10/06/redding/

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It was 1982 in Cheyenne Wyoming when 16 year old Richard Jahnke Jr. spread weapons throughout his home, his sister Deborah waiting as a backup.  Any minute, Mom and Dad would pull up the driveway and a few bullets would put an end to years of abuse.

 Researched and written by Dawn Cate

Music by Timmoor from Pixabay 
Resources -
If you or someone you know is being emotionally, physically or sexually abused, visit: crisistextline.org/resources/#resources-2 Crisis Support Text “hello” to 741-741 

Sources: https://apnews.com/article/087764288db0c0f8235ad062e4fe2922https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/its-you-or-me-dad-102547/https://law.justia.com/cases/wyoming/supreme-court/1984/121303.htmlhttps://law.justia.com/cases/wyoming/supreme-court/1984/121243.htmlhttps://www.upi.com/Archives/1984/06/15/Governor-commutes-sentence-of-boy-who-killed-father/1687456120000/https://apnews.com/article/09d0d83d60931a19700164f5b9b8be0f#:~:text=(AP)%20_%20Deborah%20Ann%20Jahnke,youth%20center%2C%20her%20lawyer%20said.&text=Deborah%20and%20her%20brother%20Richard,Jahnke%2C%2038. The Poison Tree by Alan Pendergast

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What should have been a happy holiday season turned into a mother’s worst nightmare when she heard the words “Grandma, Katy’s dead.”  A bloody discovery leads to the truth behind an online friendship.
 
Researched and written by Dawn Cate 

Music by Timmoor from Pixabay
For resources: Go to https://www.rainn.org/ RAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network) is the nation's largest anti-sexual violence organization. RAINN created and operates the National Sexual Assault Hotline (800.656.HOPE, online.rainn.org y rainn.org/es) in partnership with more than 1,000 local sexual assault service providers across the country and operates the DoD Safe Helpline for the Department of Defense. RAINN also carries out programs to prevent sexual violence, help survivors, and ensure that perpetrators are brought to justice. 

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A man, unhinged & obsessed with his co-worker.  Revenge taken out on an entire office building and 7 left dead.
Researched and written by Dawn Cate

Music by Timmoor from Pixabay 

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there were a reported 444 total fatal injuries caused by personal assault in the workplace in the US in 2019.  The Workplace Violence Research Institute says that violence in the workplace can be defined as the disgruntled employee or client that shoots up the office; more commonly though, it is defined as Any act against an employee that creates a hostile work environment and negatively affects the employee, either physically or psychologically. These acts include all types of physical or verbal assaults, threats, coercion, intimidation and all forms of harassment. Many workplaces have training for their employees on how to respond if they are ever in the rare situation of an active shooter -if you’re unsure of your employers response regarding workplace harassment or handling of violence in the workplace, ask - be the one to bring it up to your boss or to HR.  You just never know.
A link to resources is below.
https://www.osha.gov/workplace-violence/resources 

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A high-profile executive vanishes from his driveway one morning without a trace.  Kidnappers requesting millions in ransom.  300 investigators following a literal paper trail of instructions for the victim’s safe return..  Would law enforcement find him in time?
 
Hosted, researched and written by Dawn Cate 
Music by Timmoor from Pixabay
 
Sources
The Courier News June 1992
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A young woman, found murdered in her friend’s apartment - a victim of sexual assault.  A man on the run and a massive hunt to find him.  But it wasn’t what it seemed.
This is the story of Julie Kibuishi & Sam Herr and their "friend", Dan Wozniak
Researched and written by Dawn Cate 
Music by Timmoor from Pixabay


Sources: https://abcnews.go.com/US/actress-convicted-lying-police-fiances-double-murder-pleads/story?id=63234575https://www.ocregister.com/tag/daniel-wozniak/ https://www.ocregister.com/2016/09/24/daniel-wozniak-sentenced-to-death-for-killing-2-friends-to-fund-his-wedding/ Ex-fiancée of Orange County killer Wozniak is sentenced as accessoryhttps://www.mercurynews.com/2016/08/19/daniel-wozniak-case-full-story-of-california-double-murder-investigated-on-2020/ https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/clues-and-evidence-in-the-murders-of-julie-kibuishi-and-sam-herr/11/ https://angelsbailbonds.com/costa-mesa-community-theater-actor-and-murderer/ https://www.biography.com/crime-figure/hh-holmes https://www.courant.com/la-me-ln-father-horror-dismembered-son-murder-20160104-story.html ABC 20/20

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One family.  32 bullets. 8 murders.  Somebody had been watching them.  Someone knew their habits.  Where they slept.  Someone entered 4 homes in the quiet night hours and killed 8 members of the same family on April 22 2016.  But who? - and - Why?
Researched and written by Dawn Cate 
Music by Timmoor from Pixabay



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A missing woman rescued from a 30 foot storage container.  3 bodies found on a remote 95 acre wooded property.  A killer’s confession to a quadruple homicide.  Families finally get answers they’ve been praying for and a serial killer is caught... Researched and written by Dawn Gandhi Music by Timmoor from Pixabay

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A quadruple homicide that went unsolved for 13 years. Three more people murdered in cold blood and an 8th victim held captive, chained to a wall for 2 months...
 
Researched and written by Dawn Cate

Music by Timmoor from Pixabay

Sources:
“The Killer Across the Table: Unlocking the Secrets of Serial Killers and Predators with the FBI’s Original Mindhunter” by John Douglas and Mark Olshaker

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