Candace Hiltz: Murder, Cover-Up, and the Secrets of Prison Valley

Brilliant. Outspoken. Just seventeen. Candace Hiltz was a prodigy, a single mother, and a future Supreme Court hopeful—until she was executed in her own home in Fremont County, Colorado.

In this Dark Dialogue: Distilled episode, we cut through decades of misdirection and misconduct to focus on the critical facts. From the strange disappearance of the family dog to the bullet-riddled crime scene, from a storage unit filled with blood-soaked evidence to a local sheriff’s department drowning in corruption—this is a story of shattered trust and stolen justice.

We examine how Candace’s accusations against a Fremont County deputy may have led to her death, the botched investigation that followed, and the chilling discovery of case evidence dumped in a Colorado landfill. With no arrests nearly two decades later, one question remains: was this the work of a killer—or a cover-up?

This is not just a cold case. It’s a scandal.

🔍 Keywords: Candace Hiltz murder, Fremont County corruption, Colorado cold case, Robert Dodd evidence, Cold Justice, Prison Valley, Canon City murder, police cover-up, unsolved murder podcast, true crime Colorado

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