Someone Wicked This Way Comes
This podcast is about Holly Staker, an 11 YO girl from Waukegan, IL who was brutally raped and killed while babysitting. Ten months after Holly was killed, Juan Rivera, a local young man was arrested. Juan allegedly confessed to the murder. He was tried on three separate occasions and was found guilty each time. He would later be exonerated. Over the years, Juan has received a lot of attention, but Holly and her family, and friends have been lost in the noise. This podcast is to shine a light on Holly and to get justice which has long been denied.
Episodes
This episode is an update of Marvin Williford's fight for freedom. The episode covers Marvin's current court filings seeking a new trial. The episode also discusses the distance between Holly Staker's crime scene and Delwin Foxworth's crime scene, as well as Augustine Melock's crime scene location. These locations are discussed because of the Marauder Pattern Theory of criminal psychology. To see the correspond...
This episode is a deep dive into the the latest wrongful convictions out of Waukegan, Illinois and the connection they have with the wrongful conviction of Juan Rivera and unsolved murders of Holly Staker and Delwin Foxworth.
This episode covers the DNA that was linked to Holly's murder and that was found at the murder of a North Chicago man in 2000. In addition to covering that 2000 North Chicago murder, I also discuss issues with the 2000 murder similar to the 1992 murder of Holly and later conviction of Juan Rivera. Lastly, I discuss the problems surrounding Holly's murder investigation and the questions that still linger. This is the last ep...
In 2005, the DNA from the crime scene was tested and returned to an "unknown male suspect" and not to Juan Rivera. Juan's defense team requested that the FBI compare the unknown male suspect's DNA to DNA contained in the FBI's nationwide databank. The FBI refused to do so and Juan's defense team was forced to sue the Director of the FBI. Later it would come out that the DNA left at Holly's crime scene was found at another crime sce...
This episode is a continuation of my look into the Task Force and the Prosecutors in Holly Staker’s 1992 murder and the subsequent trial of Juan Rivera. I talk about the connection between Lou Tessmann and former prosecutor, Jeffery Pavletic. I also talk about Assistant State’s Attorney Michael Mermel and the distressing comments he made about Holly to the jury in the third trial.
32 years ago today and around this time, 11 YO, Holly Staker, will be brutally attacked, raped, and killed. Her alleged murderer will supposedly be found by the newly created Lake County Major Crime Task Force and prosecuted by the Lake County State's Attorney's Office. The alleged murderer will be found guilty, three times, but will later be exonerated. DNA linked to Holly's murder wasn't a match to her alleged mur...
This episode is about Task Force Officer, Lou Tessmann, and two prosecutors, Jeffrey Pavletic and Michael Mermel and their impact on the murder investigation into Holly's 1992 murder. Due to the amount of information that is covered on these individuals, "Police and Prosecutors" has been split into two parts. This is part one covering Lou Tessman and his connection to other wrongfully convicted and later exonerated me...
The Lake County Major Crime Task Force had numerous people in their line of vision early in the Holly Staker murder investigation. This is part 2 about those individuals who were looked at by the Task Force during the early days of the murder investigation. This second part of Interesting People also covers a party that took place the night of Holly's murder and the people present and their recollection of one of the party goer...
The Lake County Major Crime Task Force had numerous people in their line of vision early in the Holly Staker murder investigation. However, 10 weeks after Holly's murder, they arrested Juan Rivera who would be the Task Force's sole suspect until his exoneration in late 2011. Now that Juan Rivera has been exonerated, have these early individuals been reexamined? This episode is about the people the Task Force deemed as havin...
Reid & Associates performed 10 polygraph examinations in connection with the 1992 Holly Staker murder investigation. Part 1 of the polygraph review, covered nine people and their examination results. This episode, Part 2, will cover Juan Rivera's polygraphs and the surrounding events leading up to Juan's alleged confession.
Between September and the end of October, 1992, the Lake County Major Crime Task Force would employ John E. Reid and Associates to perform polygraph tests on 10 individuals who they deemed had knowledge of or were associated with Holly’s August 17, 1992 murder. This episode covers nine of the ten polygraph exams and the results rendered by John E. Reid and Associates.
This episode is a deep dive into what transpired while Holly was babysitting on August 17, 1992. I will breakdown what we know Holly was doing while she was babysitting Blake and Taylor. This episode covers some of the ear witnesses who provided statements as to what they saw and heard on the evening of August 17, 1992.
WARNING! GRAPHIC CONTENT.
In the wee small hours of the morning, on August 18, 1992, Holly's tiny lifeless body would be transported to the Lake County Coroner's Office. Later that same day, the coroner would perform Holly's autopsy which would reveal the events of the attack. This episode covers the autopsy report. In addition to the autopsy report, I will talk about what the crime scene looked like, as documented ...
This episode is a look into what Holly's day was like on August 17, 1992. I have a visual timeline of Holly's day which can be found on my Facebook page, Justice Denied. The profile picture is of Lady Justice, and the wallpaper is a photo of Holly with a picture of what the children's bedroom looked like after Holly was killed on August 17, 1992. Please visit the Facebook page, Justice Denied, to get additional informat...
This is Episode 3 of this podcast. By now you are aware that Holly was babysitting for 2 kids at the time she was raped and killed. The kids were found unharmed. This podcast is about those kids. Blake was 5 years old going on 6 and Taylor was 2 years old going on 3. This episode will also speak about the kids' mom, Dawn. The two kids were found physically unharmed, but can we say the same about their mental state? And, what a...
Episode 2 - Get to know Holly Staker, the 11 YO who was brutally murdered while babysitting for two neighborhood kids. If you knew Holly and would like to share your memories of her with me and my podcast audience, please email me at justice4hstaker@gmail.com.
Welcome to Someone Wicked This Way Comes. A true crime investigative podcast about Holly Staker, the 11 year old babysitter who was strangled, raped, and stabbed to death on August 17, 1992 in Waukegan, IL. Episode 1 is a general introduction to the area where the murder took place, a brief description of what happened on August 17, 1992, and the subsequent events that took place afterwards.
The prime suspect, Juan Rivera, wou...
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