The Silver Linings Handbook

Ashley Loring Heavyrunner was last seen on a June 2017 night near Browning, Montana. Ashley was 20 years old and an aspiring environmental scientist who was noted for her intelligence, her love of animals, her infectious humor and her communication skills. After Ashley broke up with her first love and her grandfather died, her sister, Kimberly Loring, says she fell on hard times and into a bad crowd. The stories of the people she had been spending time with that day on the Blackfeet Reservation left more questions than answers in her mysterious disappearance. Kimberly joins me for a heartfelt conversation about her little sister, the case, her newfound faith and what she hopes for in resolving what happened to Ashley.

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In this episode, I talk with Dana Diaz about her journey of overcoming a lifetime of abuse. Dana discusses her experiences with physical, emotional, and psychological abuse and trauma, and the intergenerational cycle of abuse that so many people face. Despite the stigma and shame surrounding psychological abuse, Dana has emerged as a voice for those who cannot speak out. We explore the complexities of intimate relationships, the power of trauma bonds, and the insidious nature of narcissistic abuse. Dana's story is one of resilience and hope, offering insights into healing and the importance of setting boundaries. She is the author of the book "Gasping for Air."

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Janet Sherlund was adopted as a child and is grateful for her new parents. But she also recognizes the trauma that comes from being pulled away from your family of origin, your history and move and talk like you. In some ways, she felt that she was being painted on like a canvas, turned into the image of others and not who she really was. After being given away by her parents, she was never secure in the fact that her adopted parents would not do the same. Janet joins me to talk about the trauma of adoption, the loss of belonging and society finding a better way to help the children who are still searching for the arms that once held them.

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Disappearances can happen to anyone at any time. Ed Dentzel, the host of the Unfound podcast and an expert on missing person cases, joins us for Part 2 of my interview with him. In this episode, Ed discusses disappearance profiles, the role of victimology in solving missing person cases and the link that we discover in the conversation between Ed's life and why he is so interested in disappearances.

We also continue our discussions of specific cases, including the murder of Jonelle Matthews, one of the first missing children to end up on a milk cartoon.

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Ed Dentzel is a man of many trades. Trained as a classical pianist and a high school football player, he worked as an actor on Star Trek: The Experience, was a writer and held many other jobs before starting a podcast in 2016 focused on missing persons cases. In his time on his podcast, Unfound, Ed has covered approximately 300 cases and has become an expert in why people go missing and is acutely aware of how virtually anyone is vulnerable.

Ed also became a part of the Jonelle Matthews case when he interviewed a suspect, Steve Pankey, and was eventually called as a witness at trial. Matthews was a 12-year-old American girl who disappeared near Greeley, Colorado on December 20, 1984, was mentioned by President Ronald Reagan and became one of the first missing children to be placed on a milk carton. We discuss it all in the first of two episodes with Ed.

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One of the greatest challenges for small local law enforcement agencies like those in the Jon Benet Ramsey and Delphi cases is that they are not accustomed to complex criminal cases. One of the challenges for large agencies is that they can become apathetic and overwhelmed with data. Scot Thomasson, a veteran of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tabacco, Firearms and Explosives, known as the ATF, joins me to discuss how law enforcement can solve for those challenges.

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Lisa Sugarman lived her whole life believing her father had died when she was a child as a heart attack. Three decades later, she found out he died of suicide. Lisa joins us to discuss her grief over losing her father "twice" and her efforts to promote suicide prevention.

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Monte Fronk's daughter went missing at 16, was sex trafficked, and then rescued in a raid in St. Paul, Minnesota. Just as Monte's daughter was beginning to get her life back together again, she was murdered by her boyfriend, who gunned the 24-year-old down in their Brooklyn Park apartment. Her body was found in the same room as her 23-year-old boyfriend, who committed suicide. Nada's death in May 2021 began Monte's journey in advocating for victims of crime and their loved ones, particularly Indigenous people like his daughter. Jayson is joined in this episode by Robert Parmer, the host of The Broken System Podcast, in this discussion with Monte, which occurred at the Minneapolis True Crime Meetup in December 2023.

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Bob Aellis has beautiful memories of growing up in New York doing things like going to the zoo with his dad. But when his father died and his older brother, William, returned home, Bob’s life became a hellscape, he says, as years of sexual abuse by William began. Later, Bob would find out that William had abused many children in the neighborhood and five decades later, he would realize that other children were at risk where William now lived in Florida. This began a daring effort to reverse-catfish William and set a trap. The effort, by Bob and other family members, put them at risk but it paid off when the FBI picked up their work and William was convicted of possession of child pornography in 2018, six decades after Bob and other family members say William’s reign of terror began.

In this episode, Bob tells the story of the “Monster in the Closet” and his work now to advocate for those who are suffering from childhood sexual abuse.

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George Ackerman, a police officer, attorney and PhD. in criminal justice, felt like his life was thriving. He had started his family, and they were living an idyllic life. Then, his mother became sick. She was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. George discusses what he hopes for others and wishes he knew, when it came to being a caretaker as a loved one slips away.

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