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On a spring weekend in 1970, a group of boy scouts went camping on a church property in Pennsylvania and spent the weekend having fun and doing typical outdoor activities. But on the morning they were to leave, the scouts would wake up to find on of their own dead in his sleeping bag. Despite two dozen people being at the campsite and everyone sleeping within feet of each other, nobody claims to have seen or heard a single thing. Did an intruder make their way into camp and murder the boy without getting caught? Or was somebody who was on the trip with him responsible?

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Source material:
https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/bahwx6/in_1970_11yearold_terrence_bowers_was_on_a/

https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/7xlfyh/1970_terrence_bowers_age_11_stabbed_to_death/

https://www.paulmones.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/0224.pdf

https://www.newspapers.com/article/philadelphia-daily-news-the-viewing-in-d/165683444/

https://www.newspapers.com/article/delaware-county-daily-times-funeral-of-t/165566614/

https://www.newspapers.com/article/lebanon-daily-news-no-clues-2-days-aft/165567004/

https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-courier-express-time-of-death-estima/165567102/

https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-philadelphia-inquirer-1991-interview/165614861/

https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-philadelphia-inquirer-case-update-19/165611177/

https://www.dailylocal.com/2017/04/21/update-reward-fund-now-at-51000-in-darby-boy-scouts-unsolved-murder-in-1970/

https://www.inquirer.com/news/new-clues-emerge-1970-boy-scout-murder-its-still-mystery-20121205.html?srsltid=AfmBOoosHvRYEeYTOxaKif4MbpVpazePuNCeBniC1m62ptbSOkTGAvrZ

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma_Girl_Scout_murders

https://www.hurley-law.com/chicago-injury-lawyers/a-timeline-of-sexual-abuse-by-the-boy-scouts-of-america/

https://cruxnow.com/church-in-the-usa/2022/06/a-brief-timeline-of-sex-abuse-crisis-development-of-charter

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The release of this episode, on February 10th, 2025 will mark a devastating milestone. The 35th Anniversary of possibly the most horrific crime the state of New Mexico has ever seen. Early on a Saturday morning, the community of Las Cruces New Mexico would have its sense of safety and serenity shattered forever, when two gunman entered a family-owned small business and gunned down seven people execution style. Miraculously, there were survivors, including a brave 12 year old girl who found the courage to call for help and save others, despite being critically wounded herself.
While this case has had a bit more news coverage than some of the others cases I have covered, it hasn’t amounted to answers. In fact, there have never even been named suspects. My hope is that in honoring the lives lost and changed forever in this senseless act of violence, the conversation will continue and someone who knows something will come forward.

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Confidential TIPS: 1-800-222-8477.
Tips can also be provided online at NMCrimeStoppers.org or through the Crime Stoppers app, “P3 TIPS.”

Sources:
https://kfoxtv.com/news/local/las-cruces-police-offer-25000-reward-on-35th-anniversary-of-unsolved-1990-mass-shooting-new-mexico-nm-amador-avenue-bowling-alley-bowl-dona-ana-county-execution-style

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_Cruces_bowling_alley_massacre

https://unsolved.com/gallery/bowling-alley-murder/

https://www.mcandrewtravels.com/post/unsolved-las-cruces-bowling-alley-massacre

https://soundcloud.com/crucessunnews/las-cruces-bowling-alley-massacre-911-call-full-audio

https://www.newspapers.com/article/albuquerque-journal-21190-4-assassinat/164928253/

https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-deming-headlight-4-dead-in-shooting/164930060/

https://www.newspapers.com/article/albuquerque-journal-recreation-of-shooti/164972112/

https://www.newspapers.com/article/albuquerque-journal-recreation-of-shooti/164972112/

https://www.newspapers.com/article/albuquerque-journal-tips/164972265/

https://www.newspapers.com/article/albuquerque-journal-was-there-a-grudge/164972421/

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A computer programmer is running month end inventory at an empty office park on her day off. At least, she thought it was empty.
The next morning her colleagues reported to work and found the building flooded and signs that a fire had been started around the woman's desk. Further examination would reveal blood at her workspace and the next few days would uncover one ominous clue after another.
Despite a prime suspect emerging, her body has never been found and nobody has ever been charged in her case.

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TIPS: Gwinnett County Police Department at (770) 513-5000.

Source Material:
https://solvelisascase.com/background.php

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/158656561/lisa-marie-geise

https://www.fumcpensacola.com/lisa-wallace-geise-scholarship/

https://namus.nij.ojp.gov/case/MP582

https://www.doenetwork.org/cases/1953dfga.html

https://charleyproject.org/case/lisa-marie-wallace-geise

https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atlanta-constitution-how-he-was-arre/164518424/

https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atlanta-constitution-suspect-refuses/164518316/

https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atlanta-constitution-visiting-at-res/164518122/

https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atlanta-constitution-buys-suspects-c/164517895/

https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-times-herald-wells/164481310/

https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atlanta-journal-july-gbi-profile/164481067/

https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atlanta-constitution-right-to-remain/164478067/

https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atlanta-constitution-distance-despai/164478129/

https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atlanta-journal-1992-dig/164479437/

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Ann Arbor Michigan, 1994. College junior Renee Welka and a friend are returning home to her apartment complex after a night out. Shortly after parking her car, a man emerges from the shadows and pulls a gun, shooting Renee once in the back through the window. Renee tries to drive away but doesn't make it out of the parking lot, dying from her injuries. Her passenger quickly identifies a man in the crowd as the shooter, but charges don't stick. To this day, her case remains unsolved. In this weeks episode, I not only discuss Renee's tragic case but also the controversial topic of eyewitness misidentifications.

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Link to Picking Cotton: Our Memoir of Injustice and Redemption : https://www.amazon.com/Picking-Cotton-Memoir-Injustice-Redemption/dp/0312599536/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=

TIPS: Pittsfield Township Police Dept Confidential TIP line: 734-822-4958

Source Material:
https://aadl.org/taxonomy/term/27242

https://www.annarbor.com/news/15-years-later-emu-students-killing-remains-unsolved/

https://innocenceproject.org/scott-minton-is-exonerated-in-tennessee-after-three-decades-of-wrongful-conviction/

https://uncovered.com/cases/renee-welka

https://www.annarbor.com/news/15-years-later-emu-students-killing-remains-unsolved/

https://innocenceproject.org/the-role-of-race-in-misidentification/

https://innocenceproject.org/cases/ronald-cotton/

https://aadl.org/aa_news_19951121-parents_seek_daughters

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/155332371/renee-danielle-welka

https://aadl.org/taxonomy/term/27242

https://www.newspapers.com/article/livingston-county-daily-press-and-argus/163818836/

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4131297/#:~:text=Many%20factors%20such%20as%20repeated,not%20his%20or%20her%20accuracy.

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A family of four is camping with their friends at a remote campground in Maine near the Canadian border. On a Sunday morning after a hearty camping breakfast next to the fire, the moms went to the boathouse to wash dirty shoes, the Dads went to get more firewood and the kids played. Amongst them was four-year-old Kurt, who was riding his Big Wheel Tricycle. In about a ten-minute window of time, Kurt went missing. What was known as the most exhaustive search in the history of Maine was conducted, but outside of the abandoned Big Wheel, nothing has ever been found. Did Kurt wander into the dense woods and become disoriented, eventually succumbing to the elements? Or did somebody take him that day?

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Souces:
https://charleyproject.org/case/kurt-ronald-newton

https://www.maine.gov/dps/msp/investigation-traffic/missing-persons/newton-kurt

https://newengland.com/yankee/magazine/kurt-newton-disappearance/

https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Laura_Bradbury

https://www.newspapers.com/article/sun-journal-35-year-anniversary/163321685/

https://www.newspapers.com/article/rumford-falls-times-local-guardsman-call/163320901/

https://www.newspapers.com/article/evening-express-search-party/163320877/

https://www.newspapers.com/article/rumford-falls-times-officers-remain/163320843/

https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-lewiston-daily-sun-last-days-of-sear/163320773/

https://www.newspapers.com/article/biddeford-saco-journal-seach-for-tot-con/163320732/

https://www.newspapers.com/article/morning-sentinel-shoulder-to-shoulder-se/163320708/

https://www.newspapers.com/article/sun-journal-new-method-in-search-for-los/163320682/

https://www.newspapers.com/article/morning-sentinel-guard-continues-search/163319263/

https://www.newspapers.com/article/morning-sentinel-search-intensifies/163319187/

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Austin Texas, 1983. A close-knit family is experiencing a wave of terror and domestic violence connected to a recent break-up. By the time everything played out, there would be burglary, threats, stalking, arson, false allegations to a workplace, attempted shootings, assault, and eventually there would be murder. So much of this heartbreaking situation has been left unresolved, with everything leading back to one violent woman who couldn’t handle her relationship ending. In the end, two family members would end up dead. One confirmed dead and one presumed dead – because the woman I’m about to tell you about today, has never been found. This story paints a chilling tale of the reach of domestic violence and it may challenge your preconceived notions of who can be the perpetrator of it.

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Source Material:
https://law.justia.com/cases/texas/third-court-of-appeals/1992/5184.htmlhttps://charleyproject.org/case/gracie-nell-nash

https://inmate.tdcj.texas.gov/InmateSearch/reviewDetail.action?sid=03273066&tdcj=00581658&fullName=MOORE%2CNAOMI+EASLEY

https://texaslawhelp.org/article/peace-bonds

https://www.newspapers.com/article/austin-american-statesman-police-work-qu/162778806/

https://www.newspapers.com/article/austin-american-statesman-what-naomi-eas/162778708/

https://www.newspapers.com/article/austin-american-statesman-retrial-vowed/162778586/

https://www.newspapers.com/article/austin-american-statesman-more-details-o/162778525/

https://www.newspapers.com/article/austin-american-statesman-more-details-o/162778196/

https://www.newspapers.com/article/austin-american-statesman-investigation/162778140/

https://www.newspapers.com/article/austin-american-statesman-probation-deal/162777898/

https://www.newspapers.com/article/austin-american-statesman-disappearance/162777782/

https://www.newspapers.com/article/austin-american-statesman-john-henry-dav/162777650/

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A young family living off the grid in a rugged part of Northern California in late 1977. The mother and her two toddlers set out to do a host of errands never to return. Nobody in the city of Eureka saw the family complete their errands, but when the vehicle is later found, there's evidence that they did. The mystery of this finding causes rumors to swirl in the tiny community. Did the family get lost and succumb to the elements? Was the mother and her two children fleeing from troubles at home and looking to start a new life? Or were they the victims of foul play.

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Source Material:

https://kymkemp.com/2022/11/14/if-the-trees-could-talk-the-cold-case-of-missing-honeydew-woman-mary-stuart-and-her-two-daughters/

https://humboldtgov.org/2772/Unsolved-Cases

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honeydew,_California

https://humboldtgov.org/DocumentCenter/View/95414/Stuart-Case-Press-Release?bidId=

https://deaniepeters-missingangels.blogspot.com/2014/05/missing-37-years-mary-jessie-and-fannie.html?m=1

https://www.northcoastjournal.com/news/still-missing-7854764

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/more-than-womens-work/202409/the-tradwife-trend-is-a-risky-throwback

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/former-tradwives-divorced-share-why_n_66d1cdace4b0099ccb74ea25

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Just three days after Christmas of 1964, in the quiet town of Garfield Heights, Ohio a sixteen-year-old girl was getting ready to meet up with friends. When her friend shows up at their agreed upon time, she does not answer the door. Later that afternoon, the teen's father would come home to a horrific discovery – his oldest daughter dead on her bedroom floor, the victim of a vicious homicide. As detectives dig into her life, they find out from those closest to her that she had recently become a stalking victim – something that they didn’t even really have a word for back then. This stalker has never been identified, nor has her killer, leaving the possibility that they weren’t one in the same. Beverly and the women in her family had prophetic moments around the time of her death about her death, adding a haunting element to the tragic mystery. But believe it or not, even though the release of this episode is the week of the 60th anniversary of her disappearance, cold case detectives are still working with carefully preserved evidence, and their case is expanding. May this be the year that Beverly’s case is finally solved.

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Sources:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfqoTacSKuM

https://fox8.com/news/garfield-heights-pd-seeks-tips-in-1964-killing/

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8949797/beverly-jarosz

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1AyzAdPyuB/

https://www.cleveland.com/metro/2016/10/beverly_jarosz_a_voice_preserv.html https://www.amazon.com/Unfulfilled-Book-Poetry-Beverly-Jarosz/dp/1714439860

https://www.clermontsun.com/2021/06/17/marc-hoover-the-unsolved-murder-of-ohio-teenager-beverly-jarosz

https://markstrecker.com/garfield-heights-hm.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuOz0cpPnBY

https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/1hoer5o/60_years_ago_today_beverly_jarosz_was_murdered_in/

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