Murder With Mannina

25-year-old Aubrey Dameron was last seen in Grove, Oklahoma on March 9, 2019.  She disappeared after leaving her family home to meet up with someone.  Chris discusses potential motives and suspects in this fairly recent missing persons case.  

Seven-year-old Kyron Horman disappeared on June 4, 2010, from Northwest Portland’s Skyline Elementary after stepmother, Terri Moulton Horman dropped him off with his second-grade science project on tree frogs.  Chris reviews this case which had many twists and turns in the investigation from the beginning and sparked the largest criminal investigation in Oregon history.

Chris attempts to untangle what had happened to 18-year-old Denise Pflum when she went missing in late March 1986 from rural Fayette County, Indiana, and the reasons why, after three decades, this case still hasn't been solved. 

In 2007, 20-year-old Sarah Wallace, an aspiring nurse, was shot inside her apartment after arguing with her boyfriend in a bar.   Chris examines why her boyfriend is the obvious suspect including the fact he admitted to shooting Sarah.  So why, after all of these years, is he still a free man?  

Chris discusses the chilling, unsolved, triple-murder of the Sims family that has haunted Tallahassee, Florida since 1966. 

Chris talks with police officer Megan Bortner.  Megan has three years on the force. Just like Chris, she's known since she was a little kid that she wanted to be a police officer and a homicide detective.  Megan reached out to Chris for advice and we recorded the conversation so our listeners could learn from it too. 

In honor of Pride Month, Chris illuminates a 40-year-old case that was recently solved with the help of The Trans Doe Task Force. 

Jessica Masker was 24 and had recently given birth to her second son when she went missing on the east side of Indianapolis on April 15, 2013.  It's a mystery that has haunted Jessica's parents and her seven brothers and sisters for a decade.  

On July 25, 2015, in Gary, Indiana, a developmentally disabled 21-year-old woman named Diamond and her two-year-old nephew left their home to take a walk while their caretaker was napping. They have not been seen since. Despite countless searches and sightings, as well as a named person of interest, they are still missing. It’s a baffling case that needs and deserves attention.

Dorothy Hill, Debbie Wilson, and Tammy Alford share a tragic bond. Their sisters were murdered over 40 years ago in Louisville, KY and the three cases appear to be connected.  What makes this long journey to justice even more frustrating is that DNA collected from one of the victims was linked to a convicted murderer. So why haven't these cases been solved? 

All year long, dead bodies have been discovered in the Chicago River and Lake Michigan's shoreline and harbors. Evidence of foul play isn't apparent but the similarities — all young, smart men, all found in the city's waterways, and several last seen at bars in Chicago's River North nightlife district — have citizens wondering if there is a serial killer or killers at large in the windy city.  

Picking up where we left off... Bodies are being pulled from Lady Bird Lake in Austin, TX with mysterious frequency.  Is this the work of a serial killer?   Does this add credence to the Smiley Face Killer theory?   What is happening on Rainey Street?  Austin realtor Jessica Yang  joins us to share a local's perspective and answer Chris's questions about the area. 

More than 20 years ago, 9-year-old Asha Degree disappeared from her home in North Carolina in the middle of the night.  Chris highlights clues that have emerged along with the ongoing investigative efforts to solve this baffling case. 

A friend, Maite Soltero,  joins us to share a close call she had in college and Chris weighs in with her own experiences and safety tips. 

On the morning of June 6, 1984, in Greenville, Alabama, 12-year-old Sherry Lynn Marler accompanied her stepdad on errands.  He gave her a dollar to buy a soda from a gas station across the street.  She would never be seen again.  Chris discusses theories about the case.  Was Sherry the victim of a rare stranger abduction or something even more sinister?  

Chris discusses a killer who preyed on hotel clerks in the late 1980s and early 1990s along the Interstate 65 corridor in Kentucky and Indiana. The perpetrator was recently and positively identified via genealogy after more than 30 years.