18 year old Thomas Odle lived with his parents and 3 younger siblings in Mt. Vernon IL. A troubled teen, Thomas often turned to drugs to cope. His parents had had enough and wanted him gone on November 8, 1985. Thomas didn’t go. Trigger WarningEmail. [email protected], Instagram-@kelliscoffeecrimechat, Facebook-Kelli’s Coffee & Crime Chat, X-@kelliscccpod, Java Momma-www.javamomma.com/Kellisjava.

Bruce Lindahl had piercing blue eyes and a way with the girls. Many said he was an ordinary likable guy. But he can turn with a flip of the switch! Called the Serial Killer of Naperville, Bruce evaded the law for years, until 1981 when he made a mistake. Sources: cbsnews.com, NBCchicago online, wikipedia.org, chicagotribune.com. Email - kelliscoffeeandcrime@ gmail.com, Instagram-@kelliscoffeecrimechat, Facebook-Kelli’s Coffee & Crime Chat, X- @kelliscccpod. Java momma- www.javamomma.com/Kellisjava.

Cassie Chadwick, also known as The Queen of Ohio, made her money fast! As she conned her way through life, she was able to pull off one of the biggest scams at that time in the early 1900s. But it all caught up with her in the end.

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3 murders were committed in the Chicago area in the fall/winter of 1945 & 1946. They had a few suspects but centered on one. A 17 year old petty thief named William George Heirens. But was it him? Sources: thecrimetraveller.org, Wikipedia.org and Page-a-Day calendar-true crime edition. Email - [email protected], Instagram-@kelliscoffeecrimechat, X-@kelliscccpod, Facebook-Kelli’s Coffee & Crime Chat, Java Momma- https://javamomma.com/Kellisjava Kitty Town Coffee - https://www.kittytowncoffee.com/

Nannie Doss looked like a sweet grandma and was very pleasant. Just don’t make her mad! Sources : allthat’sinteresting.com, Wikipedia.org, Encyclopedia of Alabama online, and the book The Giggling Granny by Annette Rice. Email - [email protected], Instagram-@kelliscoffeecrimechat, X-@kelliscccpod, Facebook-Kelli’s Coffee & Crime Chat, Java Momma- https://javamomma.com/Kellisjava Kitty Town Coffee - https://www.kittytowncoffee.com/

Sydney Powell was a student at Mount Union in Alliance, OH. She was afraid to tell her parents about her college failures when the school suspended her. The result ended up in murder. Sources: People.com, nbcnews.com, Oxygen.com, legacy.com, beaconjournal.com, YouTube - Court TV. Email - [email protected], Instagram-@kelliscoffeecrimechat, X-@kelliscccpod, Facebook-Kelli’s Coffee & Crime Chat, Java Momma- https://javamomma.com/?ref=Kellisjava%20 Kitty Town Coffee - https://www.kittytowncoffee.com/

Early morning on Sept 11, 1979 Micki Jo West was walking to her bus stop for work in St Joseph MO when she was never seen again. More disappearances followed and finally, they were able to put a stop to a sadistic killer. Podcast recommendation at the very end! Sources: Oxygen.com, Buried in the Backyard-Episode Dead Girls Don’t Talk, unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com and The Charley Project https://charleyproject.org/case/micki-jo-west Email - [email protected], Instagram-@kelliscoffeecrimechat, X-@kelliscccpod, Facebook-Kelli’s Coffee & Crime Chat, Java Momma- https://javamomma.com/?ref=Kellisjava%20 Kitty Town Coffee - https://www.kittytowncoffee.com/

July 30, 2022 was a beautiful summer day for some tubing on the water at Apple River. Near Sunset Bridge in Somerset WI was an awesome area to relax, drink and have some fun in the sun! What started out as summer fun ended up bloody in just a matter of seconds! This case is a sad one all around. Sources: cbs.com, legacy.com, FoxNews.com and IssacSchumanfoundation.org Email - [email protected], Instagram-@kelliscoffeecrimechat, X-@kelliscccpod, Facebook-Kelli’s Coffee & Crime Chat, Java Momma- https://javamomma.com/?ref=Kellisjava%20 Kitty Town Coffee - https://www.kittytowncoffee.com/

2 cases today. In Drakesville IA, 1984, a body was found, burned in a trailer and as the investigation went, they uncovered 2 more bodies. Sources: desmoinesregister.com, medium.com & IowaColdCases.org. Case 2- July of 1989, a 16-year-old girl was found, murdered in her bedroom in Kansas City MO. The case went cold for 30 years until Genetic Geneology DNA came through! Sources: YouTube’s Lamont At Large, mamania.com.au and cbsnews.com Email - [email protected], Instagram-@kelliscoffeecrimechat, X-@kelliscccpod, Facebook-Kelli’s Coffee & Crime Chat, Java Momma- https://javamomma.com/ Kitty Town Coffee - https://www.kittytowncoffee.com/