Something’s Got To Give

To honor the Fourth of July, we are releasing our Patreon Episode to everyone. In this episode we discuss three current cases: Vanessa Guillen, Ft. Hood soldier who was missing and whose body was recently found; Murders of Jessica Lewis and Austin Wenner whose bodies were found by teenagers in Seattle, Washington; and the case of Lori Vallow and Chad Daybell. We announce our next case and share our happy moments of the week (hint: bunnies, dogs, pigs and so much more). 

Around 10:20am on December 11th, 1987 two utility workers found the body of a young woman in a small field in Grandview Heights, Ohio. Her body was found near the intersection of Burrell Ave and Higgs Ave, she was wearing a bright red sweater, jeans, and tennis shoes. No identification was found on or around the body. Authorities were notified, and since there was no ID, the woman was labeled as a Jane Doe.

The police turned to the public for help identifying the young woman, describing her as a white female, 5 foot 5 inches tall, 97 pounds, with shoulder length light brown hair and blue/gray eyes. The medical examiner determined she had died from strangulation and had likely been placed in the field early on the eleventh. A few days later, on Monday, December 14th, a young man contacted police stating that his ex-girlfriend hadn’t been in contact and that the Jane Doe could be her. He wasn’t allowed to see her because he wasn’t family, so he tentatively identified her through photographs. The authorities then asked the woman’s father to come down to the morgue and he confirmed that it was his daughter. The young woman was Margaret Durant.

Episode Sources:

https://www.10tv.com/article/cold-case-new-clues-27-year-old-grandview-murder

https://www.10tv.com/article/grandview-heights-police-renewing-probe-1987-cold-case-murder

This is Part 2 on the murder of Mary Morgan Pewitt. 

In this episode we discuss the crime scene, victimology, suspects and theories. 

The only unsolved murder in the small town of Comanche, Oklahoma is that of Mary Morgan Pewitt. Mary was a mother of 2 young daughters who was found stabbed to death in her Comanche home on a summer morning in 1988. No one has ever been arrested for her murder and her family is still searching for answers.

Sources for this episode:

https://www.crime-scene-investigator.net/possiblehomicide.html

https://soapboxie.com/government/The-Four-Theories-of-Victimization

http://www.children.gov.on.ca/htdocs/English/professionals/oyap/roots/volume5/chapter03_rational_choice.aspx

https://okoffender.doc.ok.gov/

https://www.oscn.net/dockets/Search.aspx

Join us for an interview with Senior Criminalist, Dr. Rhonda Williams, of the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI).