Rainbow Crimes - Beyond the Rainbow

In 2017, Portland, Oregon lost an incredible human being. DJ Jakob Jay who was known during the day as simple Jacob the hair stylist, would become DJ Jakob Jay by night at CC Slaughter's LGBTQ Nightclub! He was well known and loved in the community, until one May night when he was out doing the mundane task of grocery shopping.

Our true crime quickie is from Belgium in 2021 when three people would lose their lives over jealousy, obsession and homophobia.

But first I start the episode with a missing LGBTQ person, Thomas Clyde Pittman of Texas and then we move into Florida with a What the F**K is wrong with people??

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Intro: Shire Girl by David Fesilyan

Outro: Beating Heart by David Renda

Resources:

https://www.kptv.com/2017/05/17/friends-lgbtq-community-remember-old-town-stabbing-victim/

https://www.koin.com/news/man-admits-killing-barber-dj-in-random-old-town-attack/

https://katu.com/news/local/man-sentenced-to-life-in-prison-for-stabbing-stranger-to-death-in-downtown-portland-07-12-2018

https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2017/05/nw_portland_stabbing_victim_di.html

https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2017/05/nw_portland_stabbing_victim_di.html

https://obits.oregonlive.com/us/obituaries/oregon/name/jacob-shroyer-obituary?id=16929981

https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/portland-stabbing-victim-made-everybody-happy/283-440666879

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/08/formula-one-ceo-female-lover-shot-death-husband/

https://www.uliege.be/cms/c_14443639/en/death-of-professor-ann-lawrence-durviaux

https://www.thetimes.com/sport/formula-one/article/f1-boss-nathalie-maillet-lover-shot-by-husband-nz22t69k6?eafs_enabled=false

https://www.thebulletin.be/spa-francorchamps-ceo-nathalie-maillet-found-dead-suspected-murder-suicide

https://charleyproject.org/case/thomas-clyde-pittman

https://lufkindailynews.com/news/community/acso-foul-play-suspected-in-disappearance/article_6871007a-4bfe-11e7-b5e7-136ffd149e64.html

https://www.fox9.com/news/former-school-bus-driver-released-30k-bond-after-train-crash-29-students

https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/florida-school-bus-driver-fired-after-train-crash-30-passengers-onboard

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It was Medford, Oregon in the early 1990's when the couple of Roxanne Ellis and Michelle Abdill owned a property management company. A conservative group in Oregon at the time were trying to pass laws to mandate gays were not given any rights, Roxanne and Michelle stepped forward to fight against these laws.

Then on a cold day in December of 1995 the women would vanish, but what happened to them? Was it retaliation from a political extremist group? Or something else?

Our True Crime Quickie is from Utah in 1983, the Murder of David Stevens.

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Intro: Shire Girl by David Fesilyan

Outro: Beating Heart by David Renda

Resources:

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-12-20-ls-15918-story.html

https://ktvl.com/news/local/abdill-ellis-murderer-acremant-dies-on-death-row

https://www.yahoo.com/news/death-row-inmate-killed-visalia-182954035.html?guccounter=1

https://www.glapn.org/6339RoxanneEllisMichelleAbdil.html

https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/social-sciences-and-humanities/lesbian-couple-murdered-oregon/

https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/2-lesbian-activists-murdered-in-Oregon-3117619.php

https://www.opb.org/news/article/robert-james-acremant-inmate-oregon-death-row-dies/

https://www.reddit.com/r/UnchainedMelancholy/comments/14qv6ok/the_murders_of_roxanne_ellis_and_michelle_abdill/

https://www.nytimes.com/1995/12/14/us/suspect-held-in-killing-of-2-oregon-lesbians.html?eafs_enabled=false

https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/murdered-for-being-lesbians-3117658.php

https://www.deseret.com/1990/3/27/18853351/top-utah-court-rejects-killer-s-appeal/

https://law.justia.com/cases/utah/supreme-court/1990/19559.html

https://www.casemine.com/judgement/us/5914c211add7b049347bd582

https://www.advocate.com/news/chicago-cop-transgender-sex-assault

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Hey guys, this will this week's episode as I did two stories for it, one to represent Rainbow Crimes and one to represent Murder in the PNW. Enjoy, it was a labor of love for some of the Darkcast shows!

I'll be back with a new season next week!

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It is still Domestic Violence Awareness Month as I share two cases where love didn't prevail but murder did.

The first is that of Annissa Ellen-Williams in Illinois and the second is that of Shaikia Strong in Georgia.

Intro: Shire Girl by David Fesilyan

Outro: Beating Heart by David Renda

Resources:

https://www.facebook.com/KendallCountySAO/posts/30-year-sentence-on-first-degree-murderkendall-county-states-attorney-eric-weis-/1054119193571562/

https://www.wcsjnews.com/news/wspynews/oswego-woman-pleads-guilty-to-february-2023-murder-sentenced-to-30-year-prison-sentence/article_f080bd27-2038-5370-82c2-41d88d80a1e9.html

https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/oswego-woman-who-tried-to-stage-girlfriends-murder-as-a-suicide-sentenced/3789309/

https://www.shawlocal.com/kendall-county-now/2023/02/20/oswego-police-told-woman-shot-herself-while-driving-vehicle-death-investigation-underway/

https://people.com/woman-sentenced-killing-girlfriend-staging-death-suicide-11775836

https://abc7chicago.com/post/oswego-illinois-murder-case-alexia-telles-sentenced-death-annissa-ellen-williams-tried-stage-suicide/17161696/

https://www.kansascity.com/news/nation-world/national/article310692045.html

https://www.wcbi.com/biloxi-woman-charged-with-death-of-west-point-woman/

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article293790829.html

https://www.wxxv25.com/biloxi-woman-turns-herself-in-after-being-accused-of-murdering-her-girlfriend/

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This episode is dedicated to three cases I covered a while back. Missing Brian Neil Hooks, Tayy Dior Thomas and Sam Nordquist. Each case will be reviewed with a brief update.

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Intro: Shire Girl by David Fesilyan

Outro: Beating Heart by David Renda

Resources:

https://charleyproject.org/case/brian-neil-hooks

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2792283837586071/posts/3391459681001814/

https://www.wmbfnews.com/story/34092437/family-continues-search-for-florence-man-missing-for-28-years/

https://ncmissingpersons.org/brian-neil-hooks/

https://www.advocate.com/news/crime/tayy-thomas-murderer-guilty-plea

https://www.hrc.org/news/hrc-remembers-brandon-tayy-dior-thomas-transgender-teenager-killed-in-mobile-alabama

https://www.al.com/news/2024/06/transgender-alabama-teen-tayy-dior-thomas-was-killed-because-of-her-trusting-and-loving-nature-family-says.html

https://www.them.us/story/tayy-dior-thomas-trans-woman-killed-alabama

https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/really-preferred-trial-alabama-family-191210442.html

https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/09/09/sam-nordquist-killers-sentenced-to-life-in-prison

https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/rochester/public-safety/2026/09/08/2-sentenced-to-life-in-prison-for-the-torture-and-murder-of-sam-nordquist

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/disturbing-details-emerge-death-sam-nordquist-transgender-man-tortured-rcna194850

https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/06/23/sam-nordquist-family-saw-signs-of-control-before-he-was-killed

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/sam-nordquist-killing-room-22-rcna194129

https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/05/us/sam-nordquist-ny-murder-indictment

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Another Domestic Violence Case coming out of the U.K. in 2010, although the results of the story don't wrap up until this year of 2026. The story is of two Polish lesbians who meet, fall in love, and stay together no matter how turbulent there relationship is. To get a fresh start on their relationship, they move to the U.K.

Our true crime quickie is from Denver, Colorado, and another DV case in 2019.

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October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month.

In March of 2011, Canadian resident Allan Lanteigne was brutally murdered by a dark figure laying in wait inside of his home. His husband happened to be in Greece at the time so it couldn't possibly be him could it?

Our True Crime Quickie is from Iraqui Kurdistan in 2022.

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Intro: Shire Girl by David Fesilyan

Outro: Beating Heart by David Renda

Resources:

https://www.oxygen.com/killer-couples/crime-news/demitry-papasotiriou-lanteigne-murder-husband-insurance

https://lethbridgenewsnow.com/2018/09/04/toronto-man-convicted-in-husbands-murder-granted-bail-pending-appeal/

https://www.robsoncrim.com/single-post/hearsay-evidence-in-r-v-papasotiriou-lanteigne

https://www.minicounsel.ca/oca/2023/358

https://www.law360.ca/ca/articles/1762220/appeal-dismissal-illustrates-downside-of-trial-by-jury

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2022/feb/21/kurdish-transgender-woman-shot-by-brother-had-been-hiding-from-family

https://www.openlynews.com/i/?id=bb69a122-c91a-4e41-b17d-063b5f137e5b

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

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In 1990, a 24 year old man set out to work his job as a door to door canvasser for an environmental company. The young man would be found dismembered about 3 miles from where he was working. Was his killer a resident in the area he visited?

Our true crime quickie is from an attack outside a gay bar in Liverpool England on September 20th, 2026

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Promo for And Then They Were Gone

Intro: Shire Girl by David Fesilyan

Outro: Beating Heart by David Renda

Resources:

https://www.wicourts.gov/ca/opinion/DisplayDocument.html?content=html&seqNo=21642

https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/us-7th-circuit/1178640.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z343KPcxF8k

https://www.chicagotribune.com/1991/09/14/killer-sentenced-to-life-in-prison/

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/09/three-men-were-stabbed-outside-a-gay-bar-police-arent-investigating-it-as-a-hate/

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There has been an increase of violence against the LGBTQ community in Sacramento's gayborhood of Lavender Heights. Two lesbians, two gay men and at least four other attacks on queer people in the past month or so. And during Halloween of last year, one gay man, Alvin Prasad, had his life ended in the same area.

Our true crime quickie is from Southern California in 1980.

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In 1984, Greeley, Colorado, 12 year old Jonelle Matthews had been dropped off to her home after singing in a Christmas Choir Concert. Jonelle would be alone for approx. an hour, when her dad and sister would be be back to join her. However when her father and sister got home, the lights and television were on, but no Jonelle. A bisexual man, Steven Pankey, who was a youth pastor at the church Jonelle's family attended would insert himself in various ways in Jonelle's disappearance.

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Intro: Shire Girl by David Fesilyan

Outro: Beating Heart by David Renda

Resources:

https://www.oxygen.com/the-girl-on-the-milk-carton/crime-news/what-to-know-about-jonelle-matthews-killer-steve-pankey

https://ballotpedia.org/Steve_Pankey

https://assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com/i/cbslocal/wp-content/uploads/sites/15909806/2020/10/Steve-Pankey-Indictment.pdf

https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/jonelle-matthews-murder-steven-pankey-trial/

https://people.com/where-is-jonelle-matthews-killer-steven-pankey-now-11740959

https://www.coloradoan.com/story/news/2022/10/31/jonelle-matthews-case-pankey-guilty-of-kidnapping-felony-murder/69606715007/?gnt-cfr=1&gca-cat=p&gca-uir=false&gca-epti=z114134a114440c114440u115834e008425v114134&gca-ft=212&gca-ds=sophi

https://www.the-sun.com/news/7423839/who-jonelle-matthews-what-happened-dateline-true-crime/

https://medium.com/@Charlie_OBrien/jonelle-matthews-the-heartbreaking-story-1edc0231b164

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