Ep. 31: Cari Farver

I’m joined by Isa to dive into the shocking disappearance of Cari Farver. What started as a simple dating triangle exploded into years of stalking, tens of thousands of harassing messages, arson, and a murder with no body ever found. Together, Isa and I break down how Shanna “Liz” Golyar spun a web of lies so twisted it took digital forensics and years of detective work to unravel. From the first red flags to the jaw-dropping courtroom finale, this episode is a wild ride through obsession, deception, and justice.

 

Here are the sources used to research this episode of Friends Who Crime:

• “48 Hours: What Happened to Cari Farver?” CBS News, 20 Apr. 2019, www.nytimes.com/2016/12/19/us/shanna-golyar-cari-farver.html.
• Keating, Dan. “Inside the Bizarre Disappearance of Cari Farver.” People Magazine, 20 Apr. 2019, people.com/crime/cari-farver-bizarre-disappearance-shanna-golyar/.
• Panella, Chris. “How a Woman Pretended to Be Her Boyfriend’s Ex for 3 Years, Sending Him 50,000 Texts and 15,000 Emails.” Business Insider, 18 Jan. 2023, www.businessinsider.com/true-crime-lover-stalker-killer-netflix-case-2023-1.
• Supreme Court of Nebraska. State of Nebraska v. Shanna L. Golyar. 300 Neb. 213, 912 N.W.2d 890. 27 Apr. 2018. Nebraska Judicial Branch, www.nebraska.gov/apps-courts-epub/public/viewOpinion?docId=N00006309PUB.
• Lover, Stalker, Killer. Directed by Sam Hobkinson, Netflix, 2023.

If you want to dive deeper into this case, I highly recommend checking out the Netflix documentary Lover, Stalker, Killer. They go into even more detail about the investigation, trial, and the wild digital evidence that cracked the case.