A Date With Murder: True Crime Podcast

Guys, we are taking a break from the podcast for a little while. We appreciate everyone's support and we will return as soon as we are able to!

No new episode this week! We’ll be back soon!

On August 1, 2018, Samantha Sayers went missing during a hike and she remains missing. If you have any information about her disappearance, please call Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office at (425) 388-3393. Sources: https://vocal.media/criminal/the-disappearance-of-samantha-sayers https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/a-year-after-officials-call-off-search-for-hiker-sam-sayers-her-mother-is-still-looking/ https://www.goerie.com/story/news/2020/12/06/dateline-nbc-missing-seattle-cascades-hiker-samantha-sayers/3847754001/ https://www.namus.gov/MissingPersons/Case#/51798

On May 23, 1994, a pregnant woman vanished from a shopping center and hasn't been seen in almost 30 years. What happened to Sandra Cervone Sollie? If you have any information, call New York State Police 585-398-4100 or Richard Ingraham 585-465-5769. Sources: https://medium.com/true-crime-by-cat-leigh/pregnant-woman-and-her-dog-disappear-40e012e1c06c https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/buffalonews/name/ralph-sollie-obituary?id=5750752 https://www.mpnnow.com/story/news/local/brighton-pittsford/2015/11/28/candle-s-still-lit-for/32928249007/ https://www.trace-evidence.com/sandra-sollie https://waynetimes.com/news/cold-case-where-is-sandra-sollie/ https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2014/05/23/year-mystery-macedon/9517265/ https://13wham.com/news/local/28-years-since-sandra-sollies-disappearance-investigator-still-looking-for-answers https://www.thedailynewsonline.com/opinion/hoping-for-resultion/article_2a7175a6-a0bc-503e-8895-6f064800d330.html https://charleyproject.org/case/sandra-ann-sollie

On July 4th, 1999 a man went on a racist shooting spree. What signs led to his attack and could it have been prevented? Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_Independence_Day_weekend_shootings https://www.nytimes.com/1999/07/06/us/midwest-gunman-had-engaged-in-racist-acts-at-2-universities.html https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/intelligence-report/1999/logic-extremism https://criminalminds.fandom.com/wiki/Benjamin_Nathaniel_Smith https://murderpedia.org/male.S/s/smith-benjamin-nathaniel.htm https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/hatecrimes/stories/hatecrimes070699.htm https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-jul-06-mn-53387-story.html

Sorry, guys! We suck!

On June 20, 2021, a man killed his brother after an argument. Was it murder or self-defense? Sources: https://www.iowacourts.gov/courtcases/17615/embed/CourtAppealsOpinion https://dps.iowa.gov/sites/default/files/criminal-investigation/Press%20Release-Local%20Agenciews/Dustin_Seley_Complaint_Affidavit.pdf https://dps.iowa.gov/arrest-made-death-58-year-old-timothy-fechter https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/crime-and-courts/2022/03/11/creston-iowa-man-sentenced-life-tim-fechter-murdering-brother-trial/7005827001/ https://law.justia.com/cases/iowa/court-of-appeals/2023/22-0419.html

On June 6, 1984, a man disappeared from his home in California. Was he murdered by a business associate that he conned or is he on the run? Sources: https://www.upi.com/Archives/1993/05/20/BBC-bodyguard-admits-killing-con-man/5180737870400/ https://www.eonline.com/news/1180874/the-billionaire-boys-club-podcast-tells-a-twisted-tale-of-greed-murder-and-1980s-excess https://www.iamnotastalker.com/2019/10/11/ron-levins-former-home/ https://www.nytimes.com/1987/04/23/us/murder-conviction-for-club-leader.html  https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-billionaire-boys-club-killer-20181022-story.html https://charleyproject.org/case/ronald-george-levin https://apnews.com/article/cfd7cdac9b4f9f42b4e56cd5997c75d8

On May 9th, 2010, a woman was shot in the driveway of her home. Was it suicide or was she murdered by her married boyfriend? Sources: https://www.wkrg.com/true-crime/stephen-nodine-mistress-shot-and-killed-was-it-murder-or-suicide/ https://1819news.com/news/item/it-was-like-the-ogre-and-the-princess-steve-nodine-reacts-to-oxygen-special-featuring-death-of-angel-downs https://www.oxygen.com/accident-suicide-or-murder/crime-news/angel-downs-shot-in-driveway-what-happened https://www.cbsnews.com/news/48-hours-suicide-or-murder-investigating-the-death-of-angel-downs/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/angel-downs-ex-calls-alabama-commissioner-stephen-nodine-a-player/ https://www.al.com/live/2011/01/hallie_dixon_calls_state_da_of.html Accident, Murder, or Suicide: Season 4, Episode 8

On April 25, 2021, a woman is reported missing by her grown children. Her husband said that she took off with another man, but there is no evidence to support that. Where is Dee Ann Warner? Sources: https://www.sportskeeda.com/pop-culture/news-id-s-disappeared-when-dee-ann-warner-go-missing https://disappearedblog.com/dee-ann-warner/ https://www.mlive.com/news/jackson/2022/10/missing-michigan-woman-dee-warner-to-be-profiled-on-episode-of-id-show-disappeared.html https://www.13abc.com/2022/09/25/children-dee-ann-warner-petition-establish-death/’ https://www.wxyz.com/news/local-news/investigations/dee-warners-family-wants-answers-in-her-disappearance-thats-why-they-want-her-declared-dead https://original.newsbreak.com/@tracy-stengel-563517/2925392399704-missing-dee-ann-warner-s-family-must-wait-to-get-a-fraction-of-justice https://tracystengel.medium.com/dee-ann-warners-brother-describes-what-dale-warner-and-law-enforcement-did-when-his-sister-5b9feb973a19 https://www.wtol.com/article/news/local/lenawee-county-familys-fight-to-declare-missing-dee-warner-dead-returns-to-court-in-june/512-bbc9acde-f5ff-4dc5-bfb0-2ac291d37894 https://www.wlen.com/2023/01/06/michigan-state-police-continue-work-on-dee-warner-case-no-new-updates/

On April 11, 2007, Michele MacNeill was found dead in the bathtub in her own home. Was it an accident or did her husband murder her? Sources: https://abcnews.go.com/US/days-death-utah-doctor-killed-wife-daughter-opens/story?id=46730494 https://www.insideedition.com/new-details-emerge-2020-examination-utah-mother-michele-macneills-murder-53701 https://archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=58146124&itype=CMSID https://www.ksl.com/article/30561099/sex-abuse-trial-opens-with-testimony-from-macneills-daughter https://wildabouttrial.com/trial-coverage/martin-macneill/ https://abcnews.go.com/US/utah-doctors-life-lies-unravels-children-convinced-murdered/story?id=63609211 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Michele_MacNeill

On March 28, 1986, 18 year-old Denise Pflum disappeared from her town in Indiana. What happened to smart, hard-working, loved young woman? *Just a warning, we have some tech issues in this episode, but we've got it all figured out for the next episode. Sorry in advance!* Follow us on social media! Sources: https://uncovered.com/cases/denise-pflum https://www.nbcnews.com/dateline/man-charged-manslaughter-death-denise-pflum-34-years-after-she-n1233380 https://www.newsnationnow.com/missing/new-documentary-looks-into-1986-cold-case/ https://www.newsnationnow.com/missing/new-documentary-looks-into-1986-cold-case/ https://charleyproject.org/case/denise-diane-pflum https://genwhypod.com/blogs/the-generation-why-podcast-blog/man-confesses-to-murder-of-ex-girlfriend-in-the-eighties-connersville-indiana https://www.nbcnews.com/dateline/family-missing-denise-pflum-continues-fight-justice-34-years-after-n1151956 https://www.nbcnews.com/dateline/family-missing-denise-pflum-continues-fight-justice-34-years-after-n1151956 https://www.facebook.com/DavidaPflum/ Vice TV. Small Town Secrets. (2022)

On March 14, 1977, Naomi Rolon who was only 16, was attacked in her own car and murdered. The two boys who committed the crime were barely older than her. What happened to this poor girl? Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Baldwin https://law.justia.com/cases/alabama/court-of-appeals-criminal/1978/372-so-2d-26-0.html https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1133277/horsley-v-state/ https://murderpedia.org/male.B/b1/baldwin-brian-keith.htm https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=xTZorfgmOqs https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17958506/naomi-minerva-rolon https://apnews.com/article/97aacb2619fb8cd770c6334d50724aad https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/472/372

Since it is Black History Month (which should just be American History, I'll say it every time), we talk about racism in convictions and exonerations. We get super mad in this one!  Follow us on social media! Sources; https://innocenceproject.org/facts-racial-discrimination-justice-system-wrongful-conviction-black-history-month/ https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2022-10-07/black-people-wrongful-convictions-exonerations https://innocenceproject.org/cases/calvin-johnson/ https://innocenceproject.org/cases/kevin-bailey/ https://www.themarshallproject.org/records/551-jon-burge https://theintercept.com/2018/09/25/jon-burge-chicago-police-torture/ https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=3329 https://www.law.northwestern.edu/legalclinic/wrongfulconvictions/exonerations/il/Corey%20Batchelor.html https://news.wttw.com/2022/01/26/cost-burge-era-torture-grows-chicago-city-council-agrees-pay-2-wrongfully-convicted-men https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Documents/Race%20Report%20Preview.pdf (The last link is the one we reference the most in this episode for statistics! Give it a read if you have time!)

No new episode this week! Ashley is still broken and I was betrayed by food. We'll see you guy next week!

On February 7, 2012, a man and a woman were stabbed to death. This wasn't the killers first murder and it wasn't his last. We also spend some time talking about the ongoing Tyre Nichols case. *We are taking next week off so that Ashley can recover from her surgery. We'll release a new episode on February 21, 2023. Sources: https://www.13newsnow.com/article/news/families-seek-answers-in-portsmouth-double-murder/291-294213374 https://www.wavy.com/news/portsmouth-man-found-guilty-of-stabbing-two-people-to-death-in-2012/ https://www.pilotonline.com/news/crime/article_897205a5-88f7-5308-8007-8e4d4bc812a8.html https://www.wavy.com/news/convicted-felon-takes-plea-deal-in-2011-portsmouth-killing/ https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jan/12/virginia-man-convicted-in-2-deaths-to-be-tried-for/ https://www.wtvr.com/2016/08/25/winston-bernard-black-jr-arrested-for-henrico-motel-6-murder https://apnews.com/article/4d07df425ac04bdb9650d0bde2a5c3dc https://www.wtkr.com/2018/03/19/man-sentenced-in-portsmouth-to-70-years-for-2012-double-murder https://www.wavy.com/news/man-to-serve-15-years-in-womans-2012-stabbing-death/ https://static1.squarespace.com/static/544f8488e4b0e1372c1c476a/t/5ae7349d352f53e6c7c77bc3/1525101726186/Press+Release+-+Winston+Black+Sentenced+Apr+2018.pdf https://www.wtvr.com/2016/06/10/motel-6-shooting https://www.nbc12.com/story/38353767/man-gets-25-sentence-in-henrico-killing/ https://www.fbi.gov/stats-services/publications/serial-murder

On January 31, 2022, a 4 year old boy was reported missing from his home in Virginia. He is still missing. If you have any information on his disappearance, please call the Hampton Police Department at 757-727-6111. Follow us on social media! Sources: https://www.13newsnow.com/article/news/local/mycity/hampton/codi-bigsby-missing-for-100-days-hampton-virginia/291-df09bac6-f305-404a-abed-d57963e63e86 https://www.wtkr.com/news/father-of-missing-hampton-boy-codi-bigsby-faces-judge-before-trial-in-november https://www.wtkr.com/news/hampton-police-announce-they-mishandled-request-by-cory-bigsbys-for-attorney-during-interviewing https://www.wtkr.com/news/father-of-missing-4-year-old-codi-bigsby-arrested-on-abuse-neglect-charges-source-close-to-investigation-says https://www.abc27.com/news/4-year-old-hampton-boy-codi-bigsby-still-missing/ https://www.courttv.com/news/father-of-missing-boy-codi-bigsby-indicted-on-30-counts/ https://www.wtkr.com/news/cory-bigsby-indicted-on-30-counts-by-grand-jury https://www.yourtango.com/news/cori-bigsby-update-bones-clothes-found https://www.13newsnow.com/article/news/local/mycity/hampton/judge-orders-doctor-examination-sanity-cory-bigsby/291-16af358d-79b5-4a83-a1ab-62ed0c690804 https://www.wavy.com/news/local-news/community-search-for-codi-bigsby/

On January 24, 2002, a woman was murdered in her home. An arrest was quickly made, but was the right person convicted?  We also gripe about our tech issues and Kelli shares which video game she's currently obsessed with! Follow us on social media! Sources: https://www.metrotimes.com/news/confessions-and-recantations-2177868 https://www.metrotimes.com/news/vidale-vindicated-2184598 https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=3427 https://aan.org/aan/ann-mullen-righting-a-wrongful-conviction/ https://www.metrotimes.com/news/passing-a-polygraph-2178557 https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/ExonerationsContribFactorsByCrime.aspx

On December 20, 1976, a young woman, who had just graduated college, was murdered while running to the grocery store to get salad dressing for dinner. We talk about the crime and the how the killers were caught. We also try to figure out how to pronounce Greek letters. It doesn't go well. Follow us on social media! Sources: https://bplonline.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p4017coll2/id/15608 https://bplonline.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p4017coll2/id/15631 https://bplonline.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p4017coll2/id/15629 https://casetext.com/case/jones-v-state-4217 https://murderpedia.org/male.T/t1/thomas-wallace-norrell.htm https://law.justia.com/cases/alabama/court-of-appeals-criminal/1979/372-so-2d-1331-0.html https://www.al.com/news/birmingham/2015/05/fatal_errand_brutal_rape_murde.html https://www.wsfa.com/2018/11/14/parole-denied-al-man-convicted-rape-murder/ https://vocalonline.org/ https://cite.case.law/so-2d/460/207/7608473/ https://www.atmoreadvance.com/2013/06/26/vocal-founder-making-a-difference/ https://bplonline.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p4017coll2/id/15610 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/27000103/obituary-quenette-shehane/

On January 10, 1966, a civil rights activist named Vernon Dahmer's house was set on fire with his family inside. His family was able to make it out safely. Vernon did not. Once again, we get mad in this one! We also spend some time in this episode talking about planer mills vs saw mills, and we also try to figure out where dragons come from. Follow us on social media! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vernon_Dahmer https://snccdigital.org/events/vernon-dahmer-murdered/ https://www.splcenter.org/vernon-dahmer https://www.jstor.org/stable/2207646 https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/voting-rights-act#:~:text=The%20use%20of%20poll%20taxes,in%20state%20and%20local%20elections. https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/voting-rights-act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Bowers https://mississippiencyclopedia.org/entries/vernon-dahmer/ https://www.civilrightsteaching.org/voting-rights/vernon-dahmer-civil-rights https://usm.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_05c0bdff-a6ee-412d-adc8-08fb7c44f2a8/