That's a Bad Sign

First we cover the attack of Cari, mother of 4, in her own home during the middle of the day. Then we dive into the story of Elisa Levy. She was kidnapped and held hostage in Colombia - forcing her family to negotiate for her survival.

Sources
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAOA1tXyboc
https://www.newsreview.com/chico/content/durham-attacker-sentenced-to-at-least-32-years/35204/
https://caselaw.findlaw.com/ca-court-of-appeal/1091730.html 
Dateline “Kidnapped”, Season 19, Ep 79
https://www.nbcnews.com/video/victim-retraces-kidnappers-steps-44584515765

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First, we cover the story of 15-year-old, California, girl named Sierra Lamar. She walked to her school bus stop, then was never seen again. Then we cover the crimes of serial killer couple Fred and Rose West. This murderous couple was so horrible their home 25 Cromwell Street was named the house of horrors.

Sources:
https://allthatsinteresting.com/sierra-lamar
https://medium.com/lessons-from-history/the-disappearance-and-murder-of-sierra-lamar-14eff18c1318
https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/kron4-exclusive-sierra-lamars-killer-breaks-silence-in-rare-prison-letter/
https://criminalminds.fandom.com/wiki/Fred_and_Rosemary_West
https://www.the-sun.com/news/1507115/fred-wests-son-stephen-prison-children/
https://www.city-journal.org/html/horror-story-12312.html
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-57182844
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_West
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-57182844 

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In 2021 10,583 human trafficking cases reported in the United States. Alyssa Beck was one of those victims at just 15 years-old. This episode explores her story and how she survived. Then we cover the case of John (14) and Mark (16) of England (these are fake names because they were minors at the time of the crime). After being entangled with a catfishing scheme - John tried to stab and murder Mark. This leads the police trying to untangle a web of lies and find a killer mastermind.

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Sarah Garone was just 13 years old when the torment started. She had a stalker who would send her porn in the mail, hack her email and send her inappropriate gifts. Then we cover the story of a Jane Doe (changed to Lavender Doe by the true crime Reddit community). She was a young woman whose burning body was found hours after her murder in 2006. Her body was unidentifiable, and it took a group of web sleuths to find her identity and put her killer behind bars.

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At a 2016 Republican party fundraiser, 24-year-old ballet dancer Ashley Byers met Doug Benefield. Just 2 weeks later - the two were married and opening a ballet academy together. Quickly their relationship soured, leading to the death of Doug... leaving us wondering - was this self-defense? Or cold-blooded murder? Then we dive into the amazing survival story of Sabret. She was on her delivery route when Ronald Holloway brutally attacked her from behind. Not wanting to give up, Sabret fought back - and lived to tell the tale. 

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Todd Kohlepp is a serial killer from South Carolina, active between 2003 and 2016. He is known for shooting seven people and holding a woman captive in a shipping container on his property for months.... all while leaving chilling Amazon reviews about his weapons online. Then we cover the murder of Lauren McCluskey. In October 2018, the 21-year-old student was found dead in the parking lot of the University of Utah campus. Lauren's ex-boyfriend, Melvin Rowland, had stalked her and taken her life. While the police quickly solved the murder case, gross misconduct in how the detectives treated Lauren in the days leading up to her death came to light... resulting in more heartbreak for her family.

Sources:

• World’s Most Evil Killers: Season 4, Episode 1
• https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/2181004/todd-kohlhepp-serial-killer-kala-brown/
• https://www.ranker.com/list/todd-kohlhepp-facts/hannah-collins
• https://crimesbyholly.medium.com/the-lauren-mccluskey-case-betrayed-exploited-4100d2f0fd87
• https://www.sltrib.com/news/education/2021/04/13/former-police-chief/
• https://kutv.com/news/local/mccluskeys-to-give-away-multi-million-dollar-settlement-with-university-of-utah
• https://www.sltrib.com/news/education/2020/10/22/lauren-mccluskeys-parents/
• https://m.facebook.com/fox13newsutah/posts/logan-pd-has-released-officer-miguel-deras-after-an-investigation-concluded-that/10158419516865586/?locale=ms_MY 

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When a prank caller claiming to be a police officer called the Mount Washington, Kentucky McDonalds, the staff immediately took the call seriously. But before long, 18-year-old Louise Ogborn was sexually assaulted in the back office for two and a half hours while her fellow employees and managers watched. How could a simple phonecall lead to something so terrible? Then we dive into the case of the Long Island Lolita. Nearly three decades ago, then 17-year-old Amy Fisher—dubbed “Long Island Lolita” by the media —shot Mary Jo Buttafuoco on her front porch following an affair with her husband, Joey Buttafuoco.

Sources:

• Snapped, Season 24 Episode 1 “Amy Fisher”
• https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/flashback-amy-fisher-becomes-long-island-lolita-193012/
• https://icantbelieveitsnonfiction.com/2020/11/03/louise-ogborn/
• https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/investigations/2022/05/05/strip-search-hoax-kentucky-mcdonalds-fake-officer-scam/9598367002/ 
• https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna15504125 
• https://www.courthousenews.com/court-upholds-6m-award-in-strip-search-case/ 

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Zebb Wayne Quinn was just 18 years old when he disappeared after finishing his shift at Walmart. His car was discovered several days later in a restaurant parking lot under unusual circumstances: its headlights had been left on, a live puppy had been left inside and a drawing of a pair of lips had been scrawled in pink lipstick on the back window. Then we cover the case of 12-year-old Thadius Phillips who was tortured by 17-year-old Joseph "Joe" Clark. Kidnapped and trapped in a dirty house, Joe would break Thad's bones over and over again because he enjoyed the sound of bones breaking.

Sources:

• https://allthatsinteresting.com/zebb-quinn
• https://kileystruecrime.squarespace.com/kileystruecrimeaddict-blog/the-disappearance-of-zebb-quinn
• https://www.ranker.com/list/joe-clark-the-bonebraker-facts/laura-allan
• I survived https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tr5UXFD4zHQ

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Jennifer Pan, the daughter of Vietnamese immigrants to Canada Bich Ha Pan and Huei Hann Pan, almost, almost planned the perfect murder. With the help of her drug-dealing boyfriend, Pan meticulously planned the execution of her parents. The plan was to make it look like a robbery turned awry, but something unexpected happened...

Sources:

• https://medium.com/lessons-from-history/jennifer-pan-the-girl-who-hired-someone-to-kill-her-parents-8a045a73e29
• https://www.ranker.com/list/jennifer-pan-parents-facts/inigo-gonzalez
• https://allthatsinteresting.com/jennifer-pan
• Snapped, Killer Couples: Season 6 Episode 3

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Meghan Verikas fell in love with Texas doctor Leon Jacob in 2014 and the two quickly moved in together. When the relationship turned violent, Meghan broke free from Leon and pressed charges. Leon refused to let the matter be taken to court - and sought the help of a local hitman to silence Meghan.

Sources:
Dateline: Twisted in Texas
https://heavy.com/entertainment/2020/07/meghan-verikas-now-update-speaks/
https://www.newsweek.com/dateline-leon-jacob-meghan-verikas-what-happened-905154 

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