Trace Evidence

By: Steven Pacheco
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  • Trace Evidence is a weekly true crime podcast that focuses on unsolved cases, from chilling murders to missing persons. Join host Steven Pacheco as he examines each case, diving deep into the evidence and exploring the theories which revolve around them. For each unsolved case, there are the victims and their families, who want answers and the abductors and murders who hide the truth.

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  • 244 - The Vanishing of Loy Evitts

    244 - The Vanishing of Loy Evitts
    Sep 6 2024
    When twenty-nine year old Loy Evitts failed to return to her Kansas City, MO office job after taking a late lunch, her co-workers were concerned. When they found her car, parked in its assigned spot, but could find no trace of the woman, that concern transformed into worry. They quickly called her home and spoke to her husband, Don, who immediately knew something had to be wrong.

    The next day, Kansas City Police kicked off a massive search for Loy. They interviewed co-workers and friends, they went around town and established a timeline which showed everywhere and everything the woman had done. But they couldn't fill in a small window of time, five to ten minutes, and it's believed that is when she vanished.

    When an anonymous caller claimed responsibility for the crime, police quickly located and questioned him but they could never confirm whether he had knowledge of the crime or was just a sick prank caller. Forty-seven years later, Loy has never been found and her abductor has never been identified. To date, her disappearance is the longest unsolved missing persons investigation in the history of Kansas City.

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    1 hr and 38 mins
  • 243- The Murder of Shirley McAvoy

    243- The Murder of Shirley McAvoy
    Aug 10 2024
    When thirty-two year old Shirley McAvoy didn't show up for her youngest daughter's birthday everyone knew something was wrong. After being unable to reach her, Shirley's estranged husband, Brian, reported her missing to the Pittsfield Police Department in Maine.

    Initially, investigators found nothing to indicate a crime had been committed and did little other than issue a statewide bolo for Shirley and her car. Thirty-four days later, a massive puddle of blood was discovered in Shirley's home.

    Friends and neighbors told a strange tale about a man who called himself "Jerry." Jerry moved into Shirley's home just days before her disappearance and gave many different, contrasting stories about his background. He was missing, too.

    Detectives soon learned that Jerry had been involved in an accident in Shirley's car in Boston the day after she was last seen alive. One month later, the mother of two was found dead in a rural area of Virginia. For detectives, solving the disturbing case appears to hinge entirely on identifying this so-called Jerry.

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    1 hr and 15 mins
  • 242 - The Murder of Randy Church

    242 - The Murder of Randy Church
    Jul 19 2024
    Twenty-three year old Randy Church was a bright, talented and driven student attending Montana State University. Majoring in electrical engineering, Randy was excited for what opportunities the future would afford. Living off campus in Bozeman at the time, Randy picked up a part time job at a local Pizza Hut. He quickly was promoted to the position of shift supervisor.

    On the evening of Saturday, February 9th, 1985, Randy was scheduled on a closing shift. Locking up just after midnight, he stayed behind with one other employee to clean and prep for the next day's business. At approximately 3 AM, Randy's co-worker left and sometime shortly thereafter, an armed individual gained entry to the restaurant.

    The next morning, co-workers discovered Randy's body. The college student had been shot two times during what appeared to have been a robbery gone wrong. No one has ever been charged, no suspect officially named, no motive confirmed. Was he the victim of a random crime, perhaps committed by two escaped prisoners on the run? Was he targeted by a local violent criminal or was he murdered by someone close, perhaps a friend or co-worker?

    More than forty years later, Randy's murder remains the sole unsolved homicide on the books in the city of Bozeman.

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    1 hr and 16 mins

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Diplomatic, informative and captivating coverage

My absolute favorite podcast! Factual, considerate, interesting and respectful case coverage. The thorough explanation of every aspect of the cases are not only very detailed but also delivered in a way that make them a very interesting listen .. Steven is always very well spoken too!

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Best Podcast

Ive been a huge fan of this podcast from the start almost. Steven Pacheco's style of delivery is his own, yet he doesnt need to use any gimmicky, over-the-top, verbal prose--he lets the story tell itself by presenting the facts in an entertaining and engaging manner. This podcast is the best one out right now, as far as im concerned. The only reason i didnt give it 5-stars across the board, is because some time ago he took the background music out of the videos. That eerie instrumental music behind his voice as he relayed the story was really what did it for me. I still like it the way it is now, but it kinda lost something without the scary music in background.

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sensitive, thoughtful, comprehensive

this podcast really deserves much praise, for a one man podcast it's incredibly well researched, very well done, and the subject matter is so very important.

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