Tag: True Crime
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JonBenet Ramsey: With The Captain of True Crime Garage
The Captain, co-host of the True Crime Garage Podcast, joins Who Killed…? to talk one of the most infamous unsolved Christmas murders of all time, 6 year-old JonBenet Ramsey.
Statement on the 25th Anniversary of the JonBenet Ramsey Murder
As of December 2021, the Boulder Police Department has processed more than 1,500 pieces of evidence related to the murder of JonBenet Ramsey.
JonBenet was 6 years old when she was reported missing on Dec. 26, 1996, after her family reported finding a ransom note inside their home in the 700 block of 15th Street. Her body was found in a basement room, and a later autopsy revealed that the cause of her death was strangulation.
As of December 2021, that evidence has included the analysis of nearly 1,000 DNA samples.
The BPD Major Crimes Unit has received, reviewed or investigated more than 21,016 tips, letters and emails and detectives have traveled to 19 states to interview or speak with more than 1,000 individuals in connection to this crime.
Thanks to the huge advances in DNA technology, multiple suspects have been run through the system to check for matches. CBI has updated over 750 reference samples with the latest DNA technology. The Boulder Police Department works closely with CBI on future DNA advancements.
Additionally, Boulder Police have worked with CBI to ensure the DNA in the system can be compared correctly to new DNA samples that have been uploaded to ensure accuracy.
That DNA is checked regularly for any new matches.
As the Department continues to use new technology to enhance the investigation, it is actively reviewing genetic DNA testing processes to see if those can be applied to this case moving forward.
Anyone with information related to this investigation is asked to contact our tipline at 303-441-1974, BouldersMostWanted@bouldercolorado.gov or Northern Colorado Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS(8477) or www.nococrimestoppers.com -
Dayton’s Christmas Spree Killing- 1992
December 30, 1992: The Associated Press DAYTON – “Misguided friendship, a bad childhood or peer pressure may have motivated four people charged in a killing spree that left five people dead.
Thank you to the Dayton Daily News for their great reporting. They provided much of the material for this week’s episode.
It was more than a simple lust for killing that provoked the 40-hour shooting spree that also left three people injured, three mental health specialists said Tuesday.
Two adults and two juveniles are charged with aggravated murder and robbery in connection with the shootings that began Thursday.
The Dayton Daily News reported today that Marvallous M. Keene, 19; Heather N. Matthews, 20; DeMarcus Smith, 17; and Laura Taylor, 16, were part of a gang that called itself the Downtown Posse.”
Sources:
- https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90511982/
- https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90512464/
- https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90511726/
- https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90711650/
- https://www.newspapers.com/image/251290207/?terms=Dayton%20Spree%20Killers&match=1
- https://www.daytondailynews.com/news/the-notorious-christmas-killings-1992-map-and-timeline/WlhrYt0YPbL8hQ08D7Z3hJ/
- https://murderpedia.org/male.K/k1/keene-marvallous.htm
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOG8vXbOMFE
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEGJpkzX8VM
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Barry Seal & Iran Contra
This story was so fascinating they even made a movie out of it starring Tom Cruise, American Made. Barry Seal was one of the most renowned American dealers that smuggled weapons and drugs in the USA. Seal is proof the American Government was in bed with drug smuggling and flooding the streets with cocaine. Which not so coincidentally led to to crack epidemic. Lots of questions remain unanswered from the CIA and DEA.
Barry Seal became an aviator at only 16 years old, and as soon as he received his pilot licence, he started smuggling weapons. His tale of excess has led to books, movies, and a host of conspiracy theories.
He had strong relations with the Madellín Cartel, i.e. the Colombian drug cartel led by Pablo Escobar
Sources:
- https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1989/02/28/legacy-of-a-slain-drug-informer/41b5c1bf-ba53-48f4-87d8-afd6bcbc15ce/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Seal
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhG2-dz6LVc
- https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/mena-intermountain-municipal-airport-4070/
- https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2020/jul/19/activities-at-airport-in-mena-detailed/
- https://armoneyandpolitics.com/the-digs-of-the-deal-mena-intermountain-municipal-airport-tails-to-tell-economic-engine-to-drive/
- https://www.thestatesman.com/entertainment/who-was-barry-seal-1502485914.html
- https://heavy.com/entertainment/2017/09/american-made-true-story-barry-seal-death-wife-family-movie
- https://www.amazon.com/Kings-of-Cocaine-audiobook/dp/B07FTMDZ8R
- Leveritt, Mara. All Quiet at Mena: A Reporter’s Memoir of Buried Investigations. Little Rock: Bird Call Press, 202
- Bowden, Bill. “Activities at Airport in Mena Detailed.” Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, July 19, 2020, pp. 1B, 5B
- http://www.walterlippmann.com/docs184.html
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The Kirtland Cult Killings: Part II
Part 2 of 2.
Kirtland is located in Lake County and only a 25 minute drive east of Cleveland the small town became a national story in January 1990. After moving to town, Lundgren became a lay minister in Kirtland for the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
Dale Luffman, president of the northeast Ohio chapter of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, said Lundgren worked from 1985 to 1987 at a church temple in Kirtland. Lundgren conducted tours for the public of the church’s 153-year-old temple in Kirtland when he moved from Kansas City, Mo.
