The Cheat Sheet is The Murder Sheet's segment breaking down weekly news and updates in some of the murder cases we cover. In this episode, we'll talk about cases from Washington, California, Hawaii, and then another situation that sort of spilled out across generations through Florida, Brazil, Uruguay, and the cities of Kokomo and Richmond in Indiana.
KOMO News's coverage of Ihsan Ali and Zahraa Ali, a married couple facing attempted murder charges, for attacking their daughter in an alleged attempted honor killing: https://komonews.com/news/local/trial-begins-for-lacey-parents-accused-in-attempted-honor-killing-of-teen-daughter-high-school-teenager-iraq-washington-seattle-court-investigation-viral-video-witness-lockdown
Court TV's coverage of Ihsan Ali and Zahraa Ali, a married couple facing attempted murder charges, for attacking their daughter in an alleged attempted honor killing: https://www.courttv.com/news/wa-v-ihsan-zahraa-ali-attempted-honor-killing-trial/
The Los Angeles Times's coverage of the wrongful conviction of Alexander Torres: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-07-15/he-was-wrongfully-convicted-of-murder-now-l-a-county-agreed-to-settle-for-14-million
The Honolulu Civil Beat's report on Maui County Prosecutor Andrew Martin's efforts to prosecute strangulation cases: https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/07/this-common-precursor-to-murder-is-too-rarely-prosecuted-on-maui/
Our episode that we referenced, featuring Megan, the daughter of Leslie Hope Houston: https://art19.com/shows/murder-sheet/episodes/26c3b73e-18ad-46a3-a604-3de2a00eead3
An article from the Miami New Times that gets into the saga of the Mitriones: https://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/forever-missing-part-2-6339482
The Los Angeles Times on the case of Dan Mitrione Jr.: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-03-15-mn-34985-story.html
Time's report on the case of Dan Mitrione Jr.: https://time.com/archive/6708931/drugs-the-fbi-gets-its-man/
The UPI's article on Dan Mitrione Jr.'s conviction: https://www.upi.com/Archives/1985/03/15/Former-FBI-agents-father-was-assassinated-by-Uruguayan-rebels/5000874571985//
The New York Times's article on Dan Mitrione Sr.'s murder::https://www.nytimes.com/1970/08/14/archives/rogers-among-mourners-as-mitrione-is-buried.html
Files from the Ford Library Museum on the Dan Mitrione Sr. case: https://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/sites/default/files/pdf_documents/library/document/0054/4526305.pdf
A Central Intelligence Agency document on the Dan Mitrione Sr. case: https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP88-01365R000300210067-1.pdf
The Palladium-Item's article on Frank Sinatra's benefit concert for the Mitriones: https://www.pal-item.com/story/news/local/2020/08/10/richmond-police-chief-dan-mitrione-ex-rpd-murder-international-news-50-years-ago/3317249001
Support your local bookstores — check out Dan Mitrione Jr.'s book on a serial killer here: https://bookshop.org/p/books/suddenly-gone-the-kansas-murders-of-serial-killer-richard-grissom-dan-mitrione/11812890?ean=9781886039230&next=t
Pre-order our book on Delphi here: https://bookshop.org/p/books/shadow-of-the-brid
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