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In this week's Case Updates, we look back on five cases previously covered which have had significant updates. We will also cover three smaller updates in which reward money for information has been increased in hopes of stirring up new tips and leads.
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017 - The Disappearance of Brandon Lawson
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091 - The Disappearance of Dail Dinwiddie
110 - The Vanishing of Paige Renkoski
137 - The Murder of Anita Knutson
011 - The Vanishing of Asha Degree
066 - The Mysterious Death of Mitrice Richardson
155 - The Disappearance of Traci Kegley
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233 - The Murder of Paul & Melody Jones
017 - The Disappearance of Brandon Lawson
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091 - The Disappearance of Dail Dinwiddie
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Speaker 1 (00:10):
On today's special Update episode, we'll look back on five
previously covered cases which have had major or important updates
in the past year, as well as a handful of
other cases with minor updates that still warrant coverage. We'll
discuss a case changing discovery made in what is now
confirmed to be a double homicide, a long awaited discovery
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in one of true crime's most famous cases of the
last fifteen years, a new theory and potential suspect in
an unsolved disappearance, a possible person of interest in a
very strange disappearance out of Michigan, and the results of
a hotly debated murder trial, and just where exactly law
enforcement has left to go in the aftermath. This is
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Trace Evidence Major Case Updates. Welcome to Trace Evidence. I'm
your host, Steven Pacheco. Today we're diving into some major
case updates, some going back as far as the first
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year of the podcast. Before jumping in, though, just a
quick reminder to those of you attending Crime Con in
Colorado that if you haven't purchased your pass yet, you
can use code trace at crimecon dot com to save
ten percent. We've also added some new shirt designs in
two hour shops, which you can visit at shoptepod dot com. Finally,
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if you aren't following Trace Evidence on social media, you
can visit follow tepod dot com for a link to
all official social counts. As always, these links are below
in the show notes. Without further ado, let's get to
these updates. Episode two hundred and thirty three, The murder
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of Paul Jones and the Disappearance of Melody Jones. On
Thursday May fifth, nineteen eighty three, Potawatamie County, Oklahoma law
enforcement began an investigation into the disappearance of nineteen year
old Melody and Jones after she failed to show up
for her shift at the local dairy queen. A family
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member went to Melody's home, where she lived with her husband,
Paul Jones, and found a grizzly scene. Paul was lifeless
on the bedroom floor, the victim of multiple stab wounds,
and there was no sign of Melody. Investigators quickly called
for assistance from the OSBI, but little, if anything, was
really uncovered. For nearly forty years, that case grew cold
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until this last summer case update. On Wednesday, August seventh,
twenty twenty four, officials from the Patawatami County Sheriff's Office
publicly announced that they had positively identified human remains as
those of the missing Melody Anne Jones. However, they noted
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the actual collection and recovery of melodies remains was not
a recent process, but one which had occurred more than
twenty years earlier. According to a statement issued on social
media channels for both the Sheriff's office as well as
the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, they had been in
possession of the missing women's remains since approximately October of
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nineteen ninety eight. At that time, human remains described only
as a partial skull, were found in a yet undisclosed section.
Speaker 2 (03:54):
Of rural Seminole County.
Speaker 1 (03:56):
After excavation of the site, the remains were transported to
the office of the Oklahoma Chief Medical Examiner to determine
the cause and manner of death, as well as an
identity for the unknown victim. According to authorities, multiple attempts
to obtain an identification of the body were made over
the passage of nearly twenty six years, but all were unsuccessful. However,
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in the summer of twenty twenty four, staff at the
Medical Examiner's office obtained the quote unquote necessary resources for
additional testing on Wednesday, August seventh. These new resources resulted
in a positive identification of Melody and Jones. Multiple articles
have noted that the additional testing, which ultimately confirmed her identity,
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was paid for by a grant issued to the OSBI.
Her body was officially recovered fourteen years after her husband Paul,
was murdered in their home and she had mysteriously disappeared
for the next two decades. Her body remained in the
possession of the Medical Liak Examiner until it was finally identified.
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This revelation came as quite a shock to Melody's siblings,
who for more than forty years have wondered not just
what became of their sister, but who was ultimately responsible
for the crime. In hopes of honoring her memory and
welcoming her home, the family organized a funeral service, which
was held on Sunday, August twenty fifth at Dale Baptist Church.
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Asked about the shocking news, Melody's sister, Rebecca Cox, spoke
to Oklahoma City Fox twenty five, saying, quote, I actually
got to.
Speaker 2 (05:36):
See her remains.
Speaker 1 (05:37):
I had a long discussion with her telling her she
was finally here, She's finally home.
Speaker 2 (05:43):
She'll never be lost again.
Speaker 1 (05:46):
Cox, along with her three siblings and their parents, while
they were still alive, endured so much pain and agony
in the unknowing of Melody's fate, let alone all of
the questions about why someone would have done this to
her and her husband. It was a search they didn't
believe would end with Cock saying, quote, desperation, miserable, everybody
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and bone you compare to her?
Speaker 2 (06:11):
Is it going to be her?
Speaker 1 (06:13):
While the family were grateful for the discovery and to
have the opportunity to lay Melody to rest properly, they
see this as only one half of the story having
been completed. Melody's brother, Randall Garton, explained saying, quote, you
walk down the street, you see people and think, man,
does she look familiar or not? Is she going to
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walk on the doorsteps someday and knock on my door?
Speaker 2 (06:38):
But that's all over. I don't have to worry about
that anymore.
Speaker 1 (06:42):
We need to find the guy that did this, hold
them accountable for what they've done. No official information has
been released about a cause or manner of death. If
in fact, the medical Examiner's office was able to make
any determination. The investigation into Paul's death and now melodies
confirmed homicide remains open and investigators would very much appreciate
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anyone coming forward with additional information. To date, no suspects
have been named and no arrests have been made. If
you have any information about this case, please contact the
OSBI via email at tips at OSBI dot ok dot gov.
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You can also call them at one eight hundred five
two two eight zero one seven. Just a quick aside,
I've had several people contact me about this case, encouraging
me and asking me to do an update on it.
I held back for a while because I was involved
in communication with one of the families connected to this case.
(07:50):
They wanted to talk to me about specific details and
their own theories of what may have happened and who
may have been involved. However, just as our back and
forth to be building towards a fevered pitch, communications stopped
on their end. I've reached out several times since, but
have received no reply, so I've decided to move forward
(08:10):
with this update. If, however, you're still out there and
you're still interested in talking, you've got my contact information.
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Episode seventeen the disappearance of Brandon Lawson. On Thursday August eighth,
twenty thirteen, twenty six year old Brandon Lawson got into
an argument with his longtime girlfriend, Ledessa Lofton.
Speaker 2 (08:46):
Frustrated and wanting some time.
Speaker 1 (08:47):
To cool off, he made a call to his father
over three hours away in Crowley, Texas and asked if
he could spend the night. His father tried to talk
him out of it. It was very late, but Brandon
would not be deterred. He began his drive. Forty miles later,
he ran out of gas and called his brother Kyle
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for help. What transpired in the next thirty minutes is unknown,
but when his brother arrived, Brandon was nowhere to be found.
After searching for hours, there was no trace of him.
The family would later learn that shortly after calling his brother,
Brandon had made a call to nine to one pint one.
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In the call, Brandon is clearly frantic and talking fast
and upset about something. The interpretation of what he said
would become hotly debated amongst the family, police and online investigators.
The Coke County Sheriff's Department was hesitant to treat it
as a missing person's case and instead approached it from
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the perspective that Brandon had chosen to run off to
avoid a warrant that had been issued for his arrest
eight years earlier. While the family searched aga exhaustively, believing
that Brandon would never abandon his children, authorities would not
begin their first search until a week later. Over the
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course of the next ten years, Brandon's disappearance would become
one of the most discussed, covered and debated both by
traditional media as well as online journalists and investigators, many
of whom would utilize this disturbing and mysterious case as
the foundation from which to construct their true crime podcasts.
Speaker 2 (10:29):
All these years.
Speaker 1 (10:30):
Gone by, while many have moved on from Brandon's case, family, friends,
and law enforcement were still determined to find the truth
and to bring Brandon home. This year, it appears at
least one of those goals has been accomplished, as it
was announced that Brandon will finally be going home.
Speaker 2 (10:51):
Case update.
Speaker 1 (10:55):
In February of twenty twenty two, nearly a decade after
brandons Its mysterious and haunting disappearance, a small search party
looking in an area not far from his last known location,
came upon a pile of clothing which was consistent with
what he was wearing the night of his disappearance. Those
clothes would ultimately be confirmed to be those of Brandon,
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and at that point the small search immediately halted their
progress and contacted law enforcement, including the Texas Rangers. Law
enforcement took the clothing into their possession for testing, while
the Rangers organized a large search, focusing in on the
area near to where the clothes were found and spinning
out from that central location. Not long into the search,
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rangers came upon human remains in the same general area.
A post was officially made on the Help Find Brandon
lass And Facebook page on Friday, February fourth. The post read,
in part quote, the Texas Rangers conducted a search which
that ultimately led them to discover human remains in this
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same area. Although DNA tests are needed to confirm identification
in our hearts, we know that it is branding. Our
main focus throughout this entire ordeal has been to bring
Brandon home so that he can finally rest in peace
and our family can have the answers we have prayed for.
I know that many of you will have questions, but
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at this time we do not have those answers.
Speaker 2 (12:28):
We will keep.
Speaker 1 (12:29):
Everyone notified of all new developments. Thirty four months later,
in late December of twenty twenty four, an update about
the remains was finally posted. This update noted that DNA
testing had officially confirmed that the remains found that afternoon
in February of twenty twenty two were in fact those
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of Brandon Lawson. This post, made on Christmas Day, read,
in part quote, we can, finally, after a seven years,
bring Brandon home and lay him to rest with his family.
While the news does bring heartbreak, it also does bring
a small amount of peace.
Speaker 2 (13:10):
On this day, twenty twenty.
Speaker 1 (13:12):
Four years ago, our Lord and Savior Jesus entered this
world to save us Luke chapter two, verse ten through eleven,
and we smile knowing that Brandon is celebrating this day
watching over us. We want to thank each and every
single one of you for your love, prayers, and support
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over these past eleven years. You have helped carry us
through this journey. A lot of people have asked me
over the years why I've never officially released an update
on Brandon's case, And there's one really specific reason, a
lack of information. I've always been waiting to learn a
little more, to find out a cause and manner of
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death if known, to get a confirmed specific location at
which his remains were found and the distance from that
spot to where his truck was the night of his disappearance.
Waiting for that information, time just kept passing, and eventually
it came to a point where I was beginning to
believe that we might never have more answers. As it
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turned out, there was a reason why so little information
had come out in the aftermath of the discovery. On Tuesday,
June twenty fourth of this year, the help Find Brandon
laws In Facebook page made a new post, this time
addressing some previously unreleased details and asking for assistance from
the public. The page posted a link to a change
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dot org petition entitled demand da Palmer release Brandon Lawson's remains.
The post noted that, for unknown reasons, despite being positively
identified back in December of twenty four, Brandon's body had
not yet been released to his family. In explaining the situation,
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the petition noted, quote, despite the lengthy and painful process,
we are left in limbo. The DA in San Angelo,
Alison Palmer is withholding the release of Brandon's remains. Our
countless attempts to reach her seeking an explanation or resolution
have gone unanswered. Not only is this an agony for
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the family who wishes to lay Brandon to rest, but
it also raises concerns about transparency and fairness in handling
such sensitive matters. Simultaneously, our private investigator's request under the
Freedom of Information Act revealed a very short ten pages
regarding Brandon's case since his disappearance. These actions leave us
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once again questioning the thoroughness and fairness of the investigation
into his disappearance and death. We acknowledge and depreciate the
professionalism exhibited by the new sheriff, Billy, who has shown
understanding and cooperation. However, we demand accountability and action from
Da Palmer. Just a few days ago, on Saturday, July nineteenth,
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there came a new update the official post credited to
Ledessa Reid's quote, good.
Speaker 2 (16:17):
Evening, everyone, I just want to give you an update.
Speaker 1 (16:20):
After four three hundred and sixty two days, we finally
get to bring Brandon home. I just want to thank
all of you from the bottom of our heart that
helped with calling and sharing, even praying for us during
these difficult times. There is so many emotions. We were
all feeling happy but sad at the same time. Let
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me tell my soul it can finally rest, but there
will always be pain and questions what happened to him
that night.
Speaker 2 (16:51):
The most recent posts from.
Speaker 1 (16:53):
Yesterday noted that the process of returning Brandon has begun,
but the family could use some assistance in covering the
cost of laying him to rest. They've set up an
official go fundme, the link to which I'll place in
the show notes. If you would like to contribute, the
link is available, and you can always visit the help
Find Brandon Loss and Facebook page for additional information and
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to keep yourself updated on this case and what is
planned to be a very public memorial. I'll put a
link to the page in the show notes as well.
While Brandon's remains have indeed been found, the question of
what happened that night still remains. Though the hope is
that someday all of the puzzle pieces will be located
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and the story will be fully understood. Life doesn't often
provide such solid and direct answers. The investigation will continue.
The search for truth never ends. I did want to
provide one important detail. I haven't seen elsewhere, which was
given to me directly by Jason Watts, a friend of
the show and private investigator who was closely involved in
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the searches for Brand. A lot of news programs in
podcasts that covered this update have stated that the owners
of the land on which Brandon's body were found were
difficult to deal with and had fought to not allow
searches on the land. According to Jason Watts, that is
entirely false. The owners of the property don't live in
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the county and only use the land for hunting once
in a great while. They had no knowledge of Brandon's
case and were not trying to keep anyone out. In fact,
Jason explained that once he managed to track them down,
they were extremely gracious and kind. They immediately granted Jason
permission to search the property and also noted that if
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additional searches would be necessary, they would be more than
happy to oblige. For whatever reason, people often prefer to
make up nasty stories instead of simply telling a banal truth.
My thoughts and prayers are with Brandon's family and friends
the release of his body and the ability to lay
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him to rest. They've lost an important part of themselves
and their family, a brother, a son, a father. Should
there come any additional updates on this case, I will
of course supply them as soon as all relevant.
Speaker 2 (19:16):
Information can be gathered.
Speaker 1 (19:18):
If you have any information about Brandon Lawson, his disappearance,
or what happened to him that night, please contact the
Texas Department of Public Safety at five one two four
two four five zero seven four where he is Case
number M one three zero eight zero zero five.
Speaker 2 (19:53):
Episode ninety one, The Disappearance of Dale Dinwiddie, twenty three
years old. Dale Dinwiddie attended a U two concert in Columbia,
South Carolina with friends on the night of Wednesday, September
twenty third, nineteen ninety two. After the show, Dale and
her friends decided to swing through the Five Points area
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of the city and ultimately stopped at a former nightclub
then called Jungle Gyms. After getting separated from her friends,
Dale searched for them, but figured they must have caught
a ride home without her. She was last seen by
a bouncer exiting the club and walking north on Hardin
Street sometime between one point fifteen and one thirty am
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on what had become Thursday September twenty fourth. Her purse
was left behind at the club, and she has never
been seen again. Police have pursued multiple angles and theories,
including one which suggested that perhaps alleged serial killer Raynaldo
Javier Ray Rivera may have been involved. He is a
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suspect in multiple homicides and at the time of the
disappearance was attending school at the University of South Carolina,
not far from the Five Points district. However, this was
but one of many possibilities, and for the last three
decades the case has remained actively investigated but growing colder
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until perhaps now case update. More than thirty years later,
a new theory about what happened to Dale that September
night is being considered, and it turns the case on
its head. According to Paul c of Irmo South Carolina,
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the entire alleged abduction and homicide may not have been
carried out as a targeted attack, but instead the result
of a bizarre and devious case of mistaken identity. C
has already been in conversation with the Richland County Sheriff's
Department as well as the Columbia Police Department. According to him,
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he has had meetings with these agencies. Since coming forward
with new information dating back more than nine months to
October of twenty twenty four, See told reporters that at
each of the two interviews he took part in, there
was also a member of the South Carolina State Law
Enforcement Division, also known as SLEDG. According to c his
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theory begins back in nineteen seventy eight when he was
growing up in Irma. That year, the family of Don
Michele Adkins moved to town and settled into a home
just a few doors down from Sea's family. The two
would become quick friends, and seven years later, in nineteen
eighty five, when See graduated from Irmo High School, Atkins
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married a man named James Adolph Campbell. Campbell has a
very colorful history when it comes to breaking the law
and has served long sentences at different points in time.
Later winding up on North Carolina's Death Row, Campbell ended
up being found guilty of assaulting a Richland County school secretary,
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for which he was sentenced to eight years at the
Broad River Correctional Institution. In nineteen eighty.
Speaker 1 (23:14):
Nine, Atkins filed for divorce and was granted one from Campbell,
who was behind bars. Two years later, in nineteen ninety one,
she remarried, this time to a man named Herbert Branham,
with whom she had a daughter. Campbell was released from
custody of the South Carolina Department of Corrections in nineteen
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ninety two and quickly moved to Rowan County, North Carolina,
where he had family.
Speaker 2 (23:40):
Over the course of the next four.
Speaker 1 (23:42):
Months, though Campbell committed multiple crimes in what one newspaper
article described as an.
Speaker 2 (23:48):
Epic crime binge.
Speaker 1 (23:50):
It was during this four month period that Sea claims
Campbell put into action a plan to get back at
Don Atkins, his ex wife, which may have ultimately led
to Dale Dinwiddie being mistakenly.
Speaker 2 (24:02):
Caught in the cross fire.
Speaker 1 (24:04):
According to C, not long after his release, Campbell spoke
with another ex KHN who had his own complex history
with law enforcement, a man named Terry Lee Huddo. According
to C, Campbell hired Huddo to track down his ex wife.
Huddo was to abduct the woman and return her to Campbell,
at which time he likely had nefarious plans for her.
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According to C, Campbell gave Huddo a photograph of Atkins
so he could identify the woman, as well as having
gone into as much detail as he could about her habits,
including clubs and bars that she frequented. Of course, by
that time, Atkins had a child and her days of
clubbing were behind her, but Campbell didn't know.
Speaker 2 (24:49):
His information was outdated.
Speaker 1 (24:51):
Addressing that particular area, she told Fitnews quote, according to
the former husband, she used to go clubbing in the
Five Points region back in the nineteen eighties, and as
far as he knew, she still did. That's why he
instructed Terry Lee Huddo to look for her there with
the picture of Dawn that mister Huddo had been provided.
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Wednesday and Thursday nights were when she usually went to
the clubs. Campbell had a history of violence against women.
During a trial in which he was charged with the
nineteen ninety two murder of Catherine Price, the prosecution pointed
out that whenever Campbell had a problem with a woman,
he'd turned violent, saying, quote, he was mad at a
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girlfriend each time.
Speaker 2 (25:37):
That's what compels him to do what he does.
Speaker 1 (25:41):
See went on to theorize that on the night of
Dale's disappearance, she was mistakenly taken by Huddo, who working
off only an outdated photograph, may have thought he grabbed
the right person. Don Atkins, at the time, shared a
resemblance with Dale, and she was also known to frequent
the Five Points. Both women were attractive, petite blonds in
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their twenties, and while side by side under the bright
light of day, one would hardly confuse the two. A
man who'd never met either and was searching for a
woman with an old picture in dimly lit clubs may
not have known the difference until it was too late.
Speaker 2 (26:20):
Then. Of course, there's also the issue of timing.
Speaker 1 (26:24):
Dale was abducted the night of Thursday, September twenty fourth,
nineteen ninety two. Campbell was arrested for the Wednesday, September
ninth murderer of Catherine Price one week earlier on September sixteenth. Therefore,
if Huddo did abduct Dale, he quickly learned that the
man who had hired him was in no position to
make good on his offer. See went on to claim
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that once Huddo learned the truth, he murdered Dale and
concealed her remains in a field not far from Campbell's
home in North Carolina. This was a common spot Campbell
would bring women to so could commit atrocities against them.
Catherine Price, for instance, was left in a field in
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the Millbridge area of Rowan County. Sea claims that Campbell
told him he'd received that information about the mistake and
abduction in a letter from Huddo. Whether or not that
is true is hotly debated, as inmate mail is very
closely monitored, and while even c himself doubts the veracity
of that claim, that's what he says Campbell told him
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when it comes to Huddo. He's currently in prison serving
a life sentence for the murder of Nadine Pool, a
murder which occurred on Friday, September twenty fourth, nineteen ninety two,
just one day after Dale vanished.
Speaker 2 (27:47):
Reportedly, several law.
Speaker 1 (27:48):
Enforcement sources, when asked about Sea's information, told FIT News
that the tip had been run down multiple times and
always came back to a dead end. But the Richland
County Sheriff's departm and appears to think there might be
more meat on the bone, as they have been putting
resources into the task of tracking it all down again.
See claims that his conversation with Campbell took place on Friday,
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June twenty third, two thousand and six, while Campbell was
on death row in North Carolina. See claims that Campbell
held onto the information about Dale's case as a so
called backup plan to be deployed in a last ditch
effort to escape his scheduled appointment with the executioner that, however,
would become unnecessary as before he could be executed, North
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Carolina placed a moratorium on all executions to date. The
last execution carried out in the state happened on August eighteenth,
two thousand and six.
Speaker 2 (28:47):
Campbell does not.
Speaker 1 (28:48):
Appear interested in verifying his part of the story now
that he doesn't need the assistance, and though don Atkins
might be able to do so, she sadly passed away
in twenty twenty. For their part, law enforcement have been
rather reserved in their approach to addressing C's story, as
well as their continued investigation into Dale's disappearance. Master Deputy
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Ali Salren of the Richland County Sheriff's Department, when asked
about the story, replied quote, we have taken the information
provided seriously and have been actively following up on it.
Dale Dinwittie's case continues to be an active investigation for
our cold case unit. At this time, we do not
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have any investigative information available to the public. If you
have any information about the disappearance of Dale Dinwitdie, you
can contact the Columbia Police Department at eight zero three
seven four nine five eight three six. You can also
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contact South Carolina Crime Stoppers at one eight eight eight
crime sc or by using the P three tips app
and submitting information anonymously. Episode one hundred and ten, The
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Vanishing of Paige ren Koski. On Thursday May twenty fourth,
nineteen ninety, thirty year old substitute teacher Paige ren Koski
dropped her mother off at the passenger terminal of the
Detroit Metro Airport. She then left the airport and began
the drive back home, but she would never arrive, and
more than forty years later, her fate remains a bizarre
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mystery with strange clues that have yet to spell out
the story. It appears that Page stopped along the westbound
shoulder of Interstate ninety six, approximately a half mile from
the exit for Fowlerville, Michigan, around three point thirty that afternoon.
Passing motorists later told police they saw Page speaking with
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two unidentified African American males standing near a maroon or
burgundy mini van. Four hours later, one of these witnesses
became worried when he drove by that spot again and
saw only Page's car sitting there. The driver called police,
who arrived and found Page's nineteen eighty six Oldsmobile Cutlass
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Calais abandoned. The headlights and radio were on keys in
the ignition, the doors were unlocked and the engine was
idling inside. They quickly located Page's purse, wallet, and shoes,
as well as an open and partially consumed bottle of beer.
She herself has never been seen again. Case update. In
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January of this year, prosecutors in Washingtonaw County, Michigan, charged
sixty nine year old Buster Robin with the nineteen eighty
nine murder of Beverly Wivel after DNA evidence conclusively linked
him to the case. According to initial reports, Wivel was
sleeping in her car in Canton Township's Griffin Park after
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dropping her son off at school. It's believed that she
was then abducted from her car, sexually assaulted, and shot.
Her body was later found along the side of a
road when police found her car. The engine was running,
the driver's side door was wide open, and her purse
was still inside. Nine months later, Paige Renankoski was last
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seen alive speaking to an unidentified man on the shoulder
of I ninety six. According to police, the similarities between
the two cases are compelling, with it being noted that
both women's vehicles were found running with their shoes and
purses inside. Both women are believed to have been forcibly
abducted from their vehicles and taken elsewhere for crimes to
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be committed against them. Apparently, the DNA which tied Robins
to Wivel came from a seaman's sample, which defense attorneys
are arguing shows that their client had sexual contact with Wivell, consensual,
they claim, but nothing about that makes him a murderer.
For his part, Washtonaw County District Court Judge Carl Barr
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refused to send the case to trial, citing a lack
of evidence beyond the DNA. Judge Barr agreed that Robbins
was a serious threat and flight risk, but more evidence
would be needed. Robbins is currently being held without bond
while the state appeals Bar's decision, with the Circuit Court.
Additional information shows that police later confirmed that Robbins had
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his pilot's license at the time of Page's disappearance, and
that he served as a mounted reserve officer for the
Macomb County Sheriff's Office from nineteen eighty eight to nineteen
eighty nine. As of the current time, Robbins is being
investigated for two more crimes, one involving child held sexually
abusive material allegedly found on his phone, and another involving
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assault allegations from his estranged wife. Though they offer little
insight into their investigation, law enforcement did confirm that Robbins
is now being looked at as a person of interest
in Page's disappearance. The Livingston County Sheriff's Office said they
are working closely with the Washingtonaw County Sheriff to explore
any possible links. The Livingston County Sheriff's Office Cold Case
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Unit is convinced that there is someone out there who
has the information they need to solve this case. In fact,
someone coming forward maybe one of their last best hopes
at finding the truth. Lieutenant Matt Young told Livingston Daily Quote,
this case will be solved on somebody who gives a
deathbed confession, or somebody who is involved in the criminal
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justice system who wants to make things right. It's not
going to be something that's solved based strictly on the
the evidence that we still have here today.
Speaker 2 (35:03):
It's going to be.
Speaker 1 (35:03):
Something that someone has to come forward and say they
did it or knows who did it, or somebody who
happens across Page's body through construction of a new build
or a roadway or something like that. Those are really
the only options we have left. If you have any
information about the disappearance of Paige Renkoski, please contact the
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Livingston County Sheriff's Office at five one seven five four
zero seven eight eight zero. You can also email them
at cold Case tips at livgov dot com. Episode one
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hundred and thirty seven The murder of Anita Kanutz. Eighteen
year old Anita Kannutzen had just completed her freshman semester
at Mano State University in North Dakota. Living in an
apartment with a roommate, Anita was working two jobs and
excited about summer break. However, over the first weekend in
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June of two thousand and seven, Anita's family couldn't get
in touch with her, which was extremely out of character.
After several attempts, her father, Gordon, made the one hour
drive to check on her. There, he would make a
horrifying discovery. Anita had been murdered. That much was clear,
but who could have been responsible was far more complex question,
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involving a sordid cast of characters, from a guy with
an unrequited crush, a contentious roommate, the maintenance man, a
group of construction workers, and still others. Despite being in
possession of both DNA and fingerprints, police have yet to
name an official suspect, and while the case grows cold,
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a grieving family and frustrated community have begun to wonder
if justice will ever be served.
Speaker 2 (37:10):
Case update.
Speaker 1 (37:14):
For fifteen years after Anita's murder, investigators continued working it,
but it seemed to be growing cold. Then out of nowhere,
there came major moves from law enforcement. In March of
twenty twenty two, police arrested Anita's former roommate, Nicole Rice
formerly Nicole Thomas, and charged her with murder. At the time,
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Rice denied allegations that she had killed Anita, and was
vehement in her arguments that she was not involved in
the crime whatsoever. It was reported at the time that
Anita and Rice had clashed many times during the period
they lived together, and it was alleged by former coworkers
of the accused that she had a lot of anger
towards Anita and the two were fighting frequently. The fute
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between the two seemed to revolve around normal roommate clashes,
specifically when it came to loud noises and pets. It
was reported by one former co worker that Anita was
unhappy with how loud Rice's fish tank was and requested
that she get rid of it, but Rice refused. Allegedly,
she complained to her coworkers that Anita, in response, would
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turn off the fish tank's filter, resulting in several of
her fish dying. During testimony, the former coworker stated quote
that time, when she was upset, it was as if
Anita had really crossed a line.
Speaker 2 (38:36):
Then this is my interpretation.
Speaker 1 (38:39):
She had moved from being the worst roommate in the
world to being a bad, evil person.
Speaker 2 (38:45):
That was how Rice acted.
Speaker 1 (38:48):
Police noted that Rice was a person of interest from
the beginning, but that they did not have enough to
make an arrest until March of twenty twenty two. According
to the mie Not North Dakota Police, there were in
consistencies in Rice's alibi and two so called confessions she
had allegedly made to third parties while under the influence.
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She was ultimately charged with Class AA felony murder and
went on to enter a plea if not guilty.
Speaker 2 (39:17):
The trial took place.
Speaker 1 (39:18):
More than three years later, beginning on Tuesday, March eighteenth,
twenty twenty five, in Grand Forks. The two third party witnesses,
Christina Holler, a former friend, and William May, Rice's ex boyfriend,
both stated that while in very intoxicated states, she had
admitted to stabbing Anita in a fit of rage. Interestingly,
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while both witnesses claimed to have told police about these
incidents previously, there were no record of their statements, and
the defense hammered away at their coming forward years later
with stories law enforcement had no record of. The defense
called only one witness, former FBI.
Speaker 2 (40:00):
Agent James Coons, who.
Speaker 1 (40:02):
Testified the police did not follow up on leads which
pointed to other credible suspects, While the defense argued that
police had rushed the investigation and only charged Rice in
response to public pressure, some brought on by the television
show Coming to Town. Testimony and presentation of both cases
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came to an end six days later, on Monday, March
twenty fourth. Though the jury deliberated for two days, it
took them less than six hours to return a verdict
of not guilty. The family were devastated by the ruling,
but the jury felt there had not been enough solid
evidence presented to link Rice to the crime.
Speaker 2 (40:44):
They were roommates, and they had.
Speaker 1 (40:46):
Disputes, but nothing the prosecution put on display led any
of the jurors to believe that it escalated anywhere close
to murder. It was possible, they acknowledged, but there simply
wasn't enough hard, under liable evidence to vote for guilty.
Anita's sister Anna later told People magazine quote, I spent
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the last week reliving some of the hardest parts of
the last eighteen years of my life. And in those
eighteen years, one thing I've learned is that a not
guilty verdict does not mean innocence. I cannot say the
same for many of the people in that room, but
my conscience is clear. According to the police, a lot
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of the impetus for the arrest came after the Oxygen
show called Justice covered the story and uncovered.
Speaker 2 (41:36):
Quote unquote new evidence.
Speaker 1 (41:38):
As someone who has directly dealt with that show's producers,
who lied to me multiple times and still to this
day refuse to properly credit trace evidence after using my
audio in two episodes, I might advise law enforcement in
the future to take a second, third, and fourth look
at anything they present as solid evidence. But I digress.
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As of now, this is where the case stands. It's
unclear whether or not there are other persons of interest
or investigative avenues to explore, or if the state's case
and the Mi Not Police Department's investigation hinged entirely on
the arrest of Nicole Rice. I hope, for Anita's sake,
for her family's sake, and for the sake of justice,
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that there are other avenues to explore. If you have
any information about the murder of Anita ka Nutsen, please
contact the Mi Not Police Department at seven zero one
eight five two zero one one one. You can also
text the keyword mine not PD that's MITPD to number
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eight four seven for one one, or you could submit
a tip by downloading the app tip for one one
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This covers all of the major case updates, but there
are a few we've previously covered in which the rewards
for additional information have been increased, so we'll move through
these with a little more rapid fire pace. Episode eleven,
The Vanishing of Asia Degree. If you've been following this case,
you're well aware that there's been a lot going on lately.
Speaker 2 (43:33):
Well.
Speaker 1 (43:34):
The most recent update comes as the FBI and Cleveland
County Sheriff's Office announced an increase to the reward, now
offering seventy five thousand dollars, plus an additional twenty five
thousand dollars being offered by the state, bringing the grand
total to one hundred thousand dollars cash money to anyone
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with information leading to an arrest or the discovery of
Asha herself. If you have any information about the vanishing
of Asia Degree, please contact the Cleveland County Sheriff's Office
at seven zero four four eight four four eight two two.
You can also contact the FBI at one eight hundred
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two two five five three two four, or by submitting
information online at tips dot FBI dot gov. Episode sixty six,
The Mysterious death of my Trees Richardson Los Angeles County
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has increased the reward for information that would help solve
the mystery surrounding the last moments and death of my
Trees Richardson. In August of twenty twenty four, the County
Board of Supervisors established an award of twenty thousand dollars.
Three months later, on Wednesday, November sixth, the board voted
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to increase that reward to twenty five thousand dollars.
Speaker 2 (45:08):
If you have.
Speaker 1 (45:08):
Any information about the death of my Trees Richardson, you
can contact the Los Angeles Police Department at two one
three four eight six six nine zero zero. You can
also contact the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department at three two
three eight nine zero five five zero zero. Anonymous tips
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can be submitted to crime Stoppers at LA crimestoppers dot
org or by calling them at one eight hundred two
two two eight four seven seven. Finally, episode one hundred
and fifty five the disappearance of Tracy Pittman Kegley. There
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is now a fifteen thousand dollars reward for information in
the nineteen ninety eight disappearance of Tracy Kegley. Her nineteen
ninety three geostorm car was found abandoned on Old Georgia Road,
Elmore County Road one seventy, with her two year old
daughter left behind unattended. Personal effects, including Tracy's purse and ID,
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were found at the scene. The fifteen thousand dollars reward
being offered is composed of ten thousand dollars from the
Governor of the state of Alabama and crime Stoppers, who
are offering the additional five thousand. Anyone with information is
urged to contact Central Alabama Crime Stoppers at three three
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four two one five seven eight six seven or by
calling one eight three three two five one seven eight
six seven. You can also text two to one five
stop to the number seven three eight four seven seven
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to receive a link to an anonymous tip form. There
is now also a Facebook page for those seeking to
get involved or who desire to keep up with the information.
I'll put the link in the show notes, but you
can also search Facebook for Justice for Tracy Pittman Kegley.
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So there you have it. Five important case updates and
three in which rewards are being increased in the hope
that people will come forward with what they know. It's
always so inspiring when new information comes out, when someone
is found when new evidence is uncovered, and we can
only hope that new information will help bring resolutions to
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This concludes this week's special update, I.
Speaker 1 (49:21):
Want to give a special thank you to all of
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that you want me to get updates out as fast
as possible, but sometimes.
Speaker 2 (49:34):
I have to wait for a little bit more.
Speaker 1 (49:37):
I'm currently working on episode two hundred and fifty, which
I'm excited to release, and I've got some ideas for
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on the next episode of Trace Evidence
On today's special Update episode, we'll look back on five
previously covered cases which have had major or important updates
in the past year, as well as a handful of
other cases with minor updates that still warrant coverage. We'll
discuss a case changing discovery made in what is now
confirmed to be a double homicide, a long awaited discovery
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in one of true crime's most famous cases of the
last fifteen years, a new theory and potential suspect in
an unsolved disappearance, a possible person of interest in a
very strange disappearance out of Michigan, and the results of
a hotly debated murder trial, and just where exactly law
enforcement has left to go in the aftermath. This is
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Trace Evidence Major Case Updates. Welcome to Trace Evidence. I'm
your host, Steven Pacheco. Today we're diving into some major
case updates, some going back as far as the first
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year of the podcast. Before jumping in, though, just a
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all official social counts. As always, these links are below
in the show notes. Without further ado, let's get to
these updates. Episode two hundred and thirty three, The murder
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of Paul Jones and the Disappearance of Melody Jones. On
Thursday May fifth, nineteen eighty three, Potawatamie County, Oklahoma law
enforcement began an investigation into the disappearance of nineteen year
old Melody and Jones after she failed to show up
for her shift at the local dairy queen. A family
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member went to Melody's home, where she lived with her husband,
Paul Jones, and found a grizzly scene. Paul was lifeless
on the bedroom floor, the victim of multiple stab wounds,
and there was no sign of Melody. Investigators quickly called
for assistance from the OSBI, but little, if anything, was
really uncovered. For nearly forty years, that case grew cold
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until this last summer case update. On Wednesday, August seventh,
twenty twenty four, officials from the Patawatami County Sheriff's Office
publicly announced that they had positively identified human remains as
those of the missing Melody Anne Jones. However, they noted
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the actual collection and recovery of melodies remains was not
a recent process, but one which had occurred more than
twenty years earlier. According to a statement issued on social
media channels for both the Sheriff's office as well as
the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, they had been in
possession of the missing women's remains since approximately October of
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nineteen ninety eight. At that time, human remains described only
as a partial skull, were found in a yet undisclosed section.
Speaker 2 (03:54):
Of rural Seminole County.
Speaker 1 (03:56):
After excavation of the site, the remains were transported to
the office of the Oklahoma Chief Medical Examiner to determine
the cause and manner of death, as well as an
identity for the unknown victim. According to authorities, multiple attempts
to obtain an identification of the body were made over
the passage of nearly twenty six years, but all were unsuccessful. However,
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in the summer of twenty twenty four, staff at the
Medical Examiner's office obtained the quote unquote necessary resources for
additional testing on Wednesday, August seventh. These new resources resulted
in a positive identification of Melody and Jones. Multiple articles
have noted that the additional testing, which ultimately confirmed her identity,
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was paid for by a grant issued to the OSBI.
Her body was officially recovered fourteen years after her husband Paul,
was murdered in their home and she had mysteriously disappeared
for the next two decades. Her body remained in the
possession of the Medical Liak Examiner until it was finally identified.
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This revelation came as quite a shock to Melody's siblings,
who for more than forty years have wondered not just
what became of their sister, but who was ultimately responsible
for the crime. In hopes of honoring her memory and
welcoming her home, the family organized a funeral service, which
was held on Sunday, August twenty fifth at Dale Baptist Church.
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Asked about the shocking news, Melody's sister, Rebecca Cox, spoke
to Oklahoma City Fox twenty five, saying, quote, I actually
got to.
Speaker 2 (05:36):
See her remains.
Speaker 1 (05:37):
I had a long discussion with her telling her she
was finally here, She's finally home.
Speaker 2 (05:43):
She'll never be lost again.
Speaker 1 (05:46):
Cox, along with her three siblings and their parents, while
they were still alive, endured so much pain and agony
in the unknowing of Melody's fate, let alone all of
the questions about why someone would have done this to
her and her husband. It was a search they didn't
believe would end with Cock saying, quote, desperation, miserable, everybody
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and bone you compare to her?
Speaker 2 (06:11):
Is it going to be her?
Speaker 1 (06:13):
While the family were grateful for the discovery and to
have the opportunity to lay Melody to rest properly, they
see this as only one half of the story having
been completed. Melody's brother, Randall Garton, explained saying, quote, you
walk down the street, you see people and think, man,
does she look familiar or not? Is she going to
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walk on the doorsteps someday and knock on my door?
Speaker 2 (06:38):
But that's all over. I don't have to worry about
that anymore.
Speaker 1 (06:42):
We need to find the guy that did this, hold
them accountable for what they've done. No official information has
been released about a cause or manner of death. If
in fact, the medical Examiner's office was able to make
any determination. The investigation into Paul's death and now melodies
confirmed homicide remains open and investigators would very much appreciate
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anyone coming forward with additional information. To date, no suspects
have been named and no arrests have been made. If
you have any information about this case, please contact the
OSBI via email at tips at OSBI dot ok dot gov.
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You can also call them at one eight hundred five
two two eight zero one seven. Just a quick aside,
I've had several people contact me about this case, encouraging
me and asking me to do an update on it.
I held back for a while because I was involved
in communication with one of the families connected to this case.
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They wanted to talk to me about specific details and
their own theories of what may have happened and who
may have been involved. However, just as our back and
forth to be building towards a fevered pitch, communications stopped
on their end. I've reached out several times since, but
have received no reply, so I've decided to move forward
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with this update. If, however, you're still out there and
you're still interested in talking, you've got my contact information.
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Episode seventeen the disappearance of Brandon Lawson. On Thursday August eighth,
twenty thirteen, twenty six year old Brandon Lawson got into
an argument with his longtime girlfriend, Ledessa Lofton.
Speaker 2 (08:46):
Frustrated and wanting some time.
Speaker 1 (08:47):
To cool off, he made a call to his father
over three hours away in Crowley, Texas and asked if
he could spend the night. His father tried to talk
him out of it. It was very late, but Brandon
would not be deterred. He began his drive. Forty miles later,
he ran out of gas and called his brother Kyle
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for help. What transpired in the next thirty minutes is unknown,
but when his brother arrived, Brandon was nowhere to be found.
After searching for hours, there was no trace of him.
The family would later learn that shortly after calling his brother,
Brandon had made a call to nine to one pint one.
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In the call, Brandon is clearly frantic and talking fast
and upset about something. The interpretation of what he said
would become hotly debated amongst the family, police and online investigators.
The Coke County Sheriff's Department was hesitant to treat it
as a missing person's case and instead approached it from
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the perspective that Brandon had chosen to run off to
avoid a warrant that had been issued for his arrest
eight years earlier. While the family searched aga exhaustively, believing
that Brandon would never abandon his children, authorities would not
begin their first search until a week later. Over the
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course of the next ten years, Brandon's disappearance would become
one of the most discussed, covered and debated both by
traditional media as well as online journalists and investigators, many
of whom would utilize this disturbing and mysterious case as
the foundation from which to construct their true crime podcasts.
Speaker 2 (10:29):
All these years.
Speaker 1 (10:30):
Gone by, while many have moved on from Brandon's case, family, friends,
and law enforcement were still determined to find the truth
and to bring Brandon home. This year, it appears at
least one of those goals has been accomplished, as it
was announced that Brandon will finally be going home.
Speaker 2 (10:51):
Case update.
Speaker 1 (10:55):
In February of twenty twenty two, nearly a decade after
brandons Its mysterious and haunting disappearance, a small search party
looking in an area not far from his last known location,
came upon a pile of clothing which was consistent with
what he was wearing the night of his disappearance. Those
clothes would ultimately be confirmed to be those of Brandon,
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and at that point the small search immediately halted their
progress and contacted law enforcement, including the Texas Rangers. Law
enforcement took the clothing into their possession for testing, while
the Rangers organized a large search, focusing in on the
area near to where the clothes were found and spinning
out from that central location. Not long into the search,
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rangers came upon human remains in the same general area.
A post was officially made on the Help Find Brandon
lass And Facebook page on Friday, February fourth. The post read,
in part quote, the Texas Rangers conducted a search which
that ultimately led them to discover human remains in this
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same area. Although DNA tests are needed to confirm identification
in our hearts, we know that it is branding. Our
main focus throughout this entire ordeal has been to bring
Brandon home so that he can finally rest in peace
and our family can have the answers we have prayed for.
I know that many of you will have questions, but
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at this time we do not have those answers.
Speaker 2 (12:28):
We will keep.
Speaker 1 (12:29):
Everyone notified of all new developments. Thirty four months later,
in late December of twenty twenty four, an update about
the remains was finally posted. This update noted that DNA
testing had officially confirmed that the remains found that afternoon
in February of twenty twenty two were in fact those
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of Brandon Lawson. This post, made on Christmas Day, read,
in part quote, we can, finally, after a seven years,
bring Brandon home and lay him to rest with his family.
While the news does bring heartbreak, it also does bring
a small amount of peace.
Speaker 2 (13:10):
On this day, twenty twenty.
Speaker 1 (13:12):
Four years ago, our Lord and Savior Jesus entered this
world to save us Luke chapter two, verse ten through eleven,
and we smile knowing that Brandon is celebrating this day
watching over us. We want to thank each and every
single one of you for your love, prayers, and support
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over these past eleven years. You have helped carry us
through this journey. A lot of people have asked me
over the years why I've never officially released an update
on Brandon's case, And there's one really specific reason, a
lack of information. I've always been waiting to learn a
little more, to find out a cause and manner of
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death if known, to get a confirmed specific location at
which his remains were found and the distance from that
spot to where his truck was the night of his disappearance.
Waiting for that information, time just kept passing, and eventually
it came to a point where I was beginning to
believe that we might never have more answers. As it
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turned out, there was a reason why so little information
had come out in the aftermath of the discovery. On Tuesday,
June twenty fourth of this year, the help Find Brandon
laws In Facebook page made a new post, this time
addressing some previously unreleased details and asking for assistance from
the public. The page posted a link to a change
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dot org petition entitled demand da Palmer release Brandon Lawson's remains.
The post noted that, for unknown reasons, despite being positively
identified back in December of twenty four, Brandon's body had
not yet been released to his family. In explaining the situation,
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the petition noted, quote, despite the lengthy and painful process,
we are left in limbo. The DA in San Angelo,
Alison Palmer is withholding the release of Brandon's remains. Our
countless attempts to reach her seeking an explanation or resolution
have gone unanswered. Not only is this an agony for
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the family who wishes to lay Brandon to rest, but
it also raises concerns about transparency and fairness in handling
such sensitive matters. Simultaneously, our private investigator's request under the
Freedom of Information Act revealed a very short ten pages
regarding Brandon's case since his disappearance. These actions leave us
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once again questioning the thoroughness and fairness of the investigation
into his disappearance and death. We acknowledge and depreciate the
professionalism exhibited by the new sheriff, Billy, who has shown
understanding and cooperation. However, we demand accountability and action from
Da Palmer. Just a few days ago, on Saturday, July nineteenth,
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there came a new update the official post credited to
Ledessa Reid's quote, good.
Speaker 2 (16:17):
Evening, everyone, I just want to give you an update.
Speaker 1 (16:20):
After four three hundred and sixty two days, we finally
get to bring Brandon home. I just want to thank
all of you from the bottom of our heart that
helped with calling and sharing, even praying for us during
these difficult times. There is so many emotions. We were
all feeling happy but sad at the same time. Let
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me tell my soul it can finally rest, but there
will always be pain and questions what happened to him
that night.
Speaker 2 (16:51):
The most recent posts from.
Speaker 1 (16:53):
Yesterday noted that the process of returning Brandon has begun,
but the family could use some assistance in covering the
cost of laying him to rest. They've set up an
official go fundme, the link to which I'll place in
the show notes. If you would like to contribute, the
link is available, and you can always visit the help
Find Brandon Loss and Facebook page for additional information and
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to keep yourself updated on this case and what is
planned to be a very public memorial. I'll put a
link to the page in the show notes as well.
While Brandon's remains have indeed been found, the question of
what happened that night still remains. Though the hope is
that someday all of the puzzle pieces will be located
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and the story will be fully understood. Life doesn't often
provide such solid and direct answers. The investigation will continue.
The search for truth never ends. I did want to
provide one important detail. I haven't seen elsewhere, which was
given to me directly by Jason Watts, a friend of
the show and private investigator who was closely involved in
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the searches for Brand. A lot of news programs in
podcasts that covered this update have stated that the owners
of the land on which Brandon's body were found were
difficult to deal with and had fought to not allow
searches on the land. According to Jason Watts, that is
entirely false. The owners of the property don't live in
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the county and only use the land for hunting once
in a great while. They had no knowledge of Brandon's
case and were not trying to keep anyone out. In fact,
Jason explained that once he managed to track them down,
they were extremely gracious and kind. They immediately granted Jason
permission to search the property and also noted that if
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additional searches would be necessary, they would be more than
happy to oblige. For whatever reason, people often prefer to
make up nasty stories instead of simply telling a banal truth.
My thoughts and prayers are with Brandon's family and friends
the release of his body and the ability to lay
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him to rest. They've lost an important part of themselves
and their family, a brother, a son, a father. Should
there come any additional updates on this case, I will
of course supply them as soon as all relevant.
Speaker 2 (19:16):
Information can be gathered.
Speaker 1 (19:18):
If you have any information about Brandon Lawson, his disappearance,
or what happened to him that night, please contact the
Texas Department of Public Safety at five one two four
two four five zero seven four where he is Case
number M one three zero eight zero zero five.
Speaker 2 (19:53):
Episode ninety one, The Disappearance of Dale Dinwiddie, twenty three
years old. Dale Dinwiddie attended a U two concert in Columbia,
South Carolina with friends on the night of Wednesday, September
twenty third, nineteen ninety two. After the show, Dale and
her friends decided to swing through the Five Points area
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of the city and ultimately stopped at a former nightclub
then called Jungle Gyms. After getting separated from her friends,
Dale searched for them, but figured they must have caught
a ride home without her. She was last seen by
a bouncer exiting the club and walking north on Hardin
Street sometime between one point fifteen and one thirty am
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on what had become Thursday September twenty fourth. Her purse
was left behind at the club, and she has never
been seen again. Police have pursued multiple angles and theories,
including one which suggested that perhaps alleged serial killer Raynaldo
Javier Ray Rivera may have been involved. He is a
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suspect in multiple homicides and at the time of the
disappearance was attending school at the University of South Carolina,
not far from the Five Points district. However, this was
but one of many possibilities, and for the last three
decades the case has remained actively investigated but growing colder
(21:19):
until perhaps now case update. More than thirty years later,
a new theory about what happened to Dale that September
night is being considered, and it turns the case on
its head. According to Paul c of Irmo South Carolina,
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the entire alleged abduction and homicide may not have been
carried out as a targeted attack, but instead the result
of a bizarre and devious case of mistaken identity. C
has already been in conversation with the Richland County Sheriff's
Department as well as the Columbia Police Department. According to him,
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he has had meetings with these agencies. Since coming forward
with new information dating back more than nine months to
October of twenty twenty four, See told reporters that at
each of the two interviews he took part in, there
was also a member of the South Carolina State Law
Enforcement Division, also known as SLEDG. According to c his
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theory begins back in nineteen seventy eight when he was
growing up in Irma. That year, the family of Don
Michele Adkins moved to town and settled into a home
just a few doors down from Sea's family. The two
would become quick friends, and seven years later, in nineteen
eighty five, when See graduated from Irmo High School, Atkins
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married a man named James Adolph Campbell. Campbell has a
very colorful history when it comes to breaking the law
and has served long sentences at different points in time.
Later winding up on North Carolina's Death Row, Campbell ended
up being found guilty of assaulting a Richland County school secretary,
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for which he was sentenced to eight years at the
Broad River Correctional Institution. In nineteen eighty.
Speaker 1 (23:14):
Nine, Atkins filed for divorce and was granted one from Campbell,
who was behind bars. Two years later, in nineteen ninety one,
she remarried, this time to a man named Herbert Branham,
with whom she had a daughter. Campbell was released from
custody of the South Carolina Department of Corrections in nineteen
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ninety two and quickly moved to Rowan County, North Carolina,
where he had family.
Speaker 2 (23:40):
Over the course of the next four.
Speaker 1 (23:42):
Months, though Campbell committed multiple crimes in what one newspaper
article described as an.
Speaker 2 (23:48):
Epic crime binge.
Speaker 1 (23:50):
It was during this four month period that Sea claims
Campbell put into action a plan to get back at
Don Atkins, his ex wife, which may have ultimately led
to Dale Dinwiddie being mistakenly.
Speaker 2 (24:02):
Caught in the cross fire.
Speaker 1 (24:04):
According to C, not long after his release, Campbell spoke
with another ex KHN who had his own complex history
with law enforcement, a man named Terry Lee Huddo. According
to C, Campbell hired Huddo to track down his ex wife.
Huddo was to abduct the woman and return her to Campbell,
at which time he likely had nefarious plans for her.
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According to C, Campbell gave Huddo a photograph of Atkins
so he could identify the woman, as well as having
gone into as much detail as he could about her habits,
including clubs and bars that she frequented. Of course, by
that time, Atkins had a child and her days of
clubbing were behind her, but Campbell didn't know.
Speaker 2 (24:49):
His information was outdated.
Speaker 1 (24:51):
Addressing that particular area, she told Fitnews quote, according to
the former husband, she used to go clubbing in the
Five Points region back in the nineteen eighties, and as
far as he knew, she still did. That's why he
instructed Terry Lee Huddo to look for her there with
the picture of Dawn that mister Huddo had been provided.
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Wednesday and Thursday nights were when she usually went to
the clubs. Campbell had a history of violence against women.
During a trial in which he was charged with the
nineteen ninety two murder of Catherine Price, the prosecution pointed
out that whenever Campbell had a problem with a woman,
he'd turned violent, saying, quote, he was mad at a
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girlfriend each time.
Speaker 2 (25:37):
That's what compels him to do what he does.
Speaker 1 (25:41):
See went on to theorize that on the night of
Dale's disappearance, she was mistakenly taken by Huddo, who working
off only an outdated photograph, may have thought he grabbed
the right person. Don Atkins, at the time, shared a
resemblance with Dale, and she was also known to frequent
the Five Points. Both women were attractive, petite blonds in
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their twenties, and while side by side under the bright
light of day, one would hardly confuse the two. A
man who'd never met either and was searching for a
woman with an old picture in dimly lit clubs may
not have known the difference until it was too late.
Speaker 2 (26:20):
Then. Of course, there's also the issue of timing.
Speaker 1 (26:24):
Dale was abducted the night of Thursday, September twenty fourth,
nineteen ninety two. Campbell was arrested for the Wednesday, September
ninth murderer of Catherine Price one week earlier on September sixteenth. Therefore,
if Huddo did abduct Dale, he quickly learned that the
man who had hired him was in no position to
make good on his offer. See went on to claim
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that once Huddo learned the truth, he murdered Dale and
concealed her remains in a field not far from Campbell's
home in North Carolina. This was a common spot Campbell
would bring women to so could commit atrocities against them.
Catherine Price, for instance, was left in a field in
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the Millbridge area of Rowan County. Sea claims that Campbell
told him he'd received that information about the mistake and
abduction in a letter from Huddo. Whether or not that
is true is hotly debated, as inmate mail is very
closely monitored, and while even c himself doubts the veracity
of that claim, that's what he says Campbell told him
(27:31):
when it comes to Huddo. He's currently in prison serving
a life sentence for the murder of Nadine Pool, a
murder which occurred on Friday, September twenty fourth, nineteen ninety two,
just one day after Dale vanished.
Speaker 2 (27:47):
Reportedly, several law.
Speaker 1 (27:48):
Enforcement sources, when asked about Sea's information, told FIT News
that the tip had been run down multiple times and
always came back to a dead end. But the Richland
County Sheriff's departm and appears to think there might be
more meat on the bone, as they have been putting
resources into the task of tracking it all down again.
See claims that his conversation with Campbell took place on Friday,
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June twenty third, two thousand and six, while Campbell was
on death row in North Carolina. See claims that Campbell
held onto the information about Dale's case as a so
called backup plan to be deployed in a last ditch
effort to escape his scheduled appointment with the executioner that, however,
would become unnecessary as before he could be executed, North
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Carolina placed a moratorium on all executions to date. The
last execution carried out in the state happened on August eighteenth,
two thousand and six.
Speaker 2 (28:47):
Campbell does not.
Speaker 1 (28:48):
Appear interested in verifying his part of the story now
that he doesn't need the assistance, and though don Atkins
might be able to do so, she sadly passed away
in twenty twenty. For their part, law enforcement have been
rather reserved in their approach to addressing C's story, as
well as their continued investigation into Dale's disappearance. Master Deputy
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Ali Salren of the Richland County Sheriff's Department, when asked
about the story, replied quote, we have taken the information
provided seriously and have been actively following up on it.
Dale Dinwittie's case continues to be an active investigation for
our cold case unit. At this time, we do not
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have any investigative information available to the public. If you
have any information about the disappearance of Dale Dinwitdie, you
can contact the Columbia Police Department at eight zero three
seven four nine five eight three six. You can also
(29:52):
contact South Carolina Crime Stoppers at one eight eight eight
crime sc or by using the P three tips app
and submitting information anonymously. Episode one hundred and ten, The
(30:18):
Vanishing of Paige ren Koski. On Thursday May twenty fourth,
nineteen ninety, thirty year old substitute teacher Paige ren Koski
dropped her mother off at the passenger terminal of the
Detroit Metro Airport. She then left the airport and began
the drive back home, but she would never arrive, and
more than forty years later, her fate remains a bizarre
(30:40):
mystery with strange clues that have yet to spell out
the story. It appears that Page stopped along the westbound
shoulder of Interstate ninety six, approximately a half mile from
the exit for Fowlerville, Michigan, around three point thirty that afternoon.
Passing motorists later told police they saw Page speaking with
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two unidentified African American males standing near a maroon or
burgundy mini van. Four hours later, one of these witnesses
became worried when he drove by that spot again and
saw only Page's car sitting there. The driver called police,
who arrived and found Page's nineteen eighty six Oldsmobile Cutlass
(31:23):
Calais abandoned. The headlights and radio were on keys in
the ignition, the doors were unlocked and the engine was
idling inside. They quickly located Page's purse, wallet, and shoes,
as well as an open and partially consumed bottle of beer.
She herself has never been seen again. Case update. In
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January of this year, prosecutors in Washingtonaw County, Michigan, charged
sixty nine year old Buster Robin with the nineteen eighty
nine murder of Beverly Wivel after DNA evidence conclusively linked
him to the case. According to initial reports, Wivel was
sleeping in her car in Canton Township's Griffin Park after
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dropping her son off at school. It's believed that she
was then abducted from her car, sexually assaulted, and shot.
Her body was later found along the side of a
road when police found her car. The engine was running,
the driver's side door was wide open, and her purse
was still inside. Nine months later, Paige Renankoski was last
(32:36):
seen alive speaking to an unidentified man on the shoulder
of I ninety six. According to police, the similarities between
the two cases are compelling, with it being noted that
both women's vehicles were found running with their shoes and
purses inside. Both women are believed to have been forcibly
abducted from their vehicles and taken elsewhere for crimes to
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be committed against them. Apparently, the DNA which tied Robins
to Wivel came from a seaman's sample, which defense attorneys
are arguing shows that their client had sexual contact with Wivell, consensual,
they claim, but nothing about that makes him a murderer.
For his part, Washtonaw County District Court Judge Carl Barr
(33:19):
refused to send the case to trial, citing a lack
of evidence beyond the DNA. Judge Barr agreed that Robbins
was a serious threat and flight risk, but more evidence
would be needed. Robbins is currently being held without bond
while the state appeals Bar's decision, with the Circuit Court.
Additional information shows that police later confirmed that Robbins had
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his pilot's license at the time of Page's disappearance, and
that he served as a mounted reserve officer for the
Macomb County Sheriff's Office from nineteen eighty eight to nineteen
eighty nine. As of the current time, Robbins is being
investigated for two more crimes, one involving child held sexually
abusive material allegedly found on his phone, and another involving
(34:05):
assault allegations from his estranged wife. Though they offer little
insight into their investigation, law enforcement did confirm that Robbins
is now being looked at as a person of interest
in Page's disappearance. The Livingston County Sheriff's Office said they
are working closely with the Washingtonaw County Sheriff to explore
any possible links. The Livingston County Sheriff's Office Cold Case
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Unit is convinced that there is someone out there who
has the information they need to solve this case. In fact,
someone coming forward maybe one of their last best hopes
at finding the truth. Lieutenant Matt Young told Livingston Daily Quote,
this case will be solved on somebody who gives a
deathbed confession, or somebody who is involved in the criminal
(34:53):
justice system who wants to make things right. It's not
going to be something that's solved based strictly on the
the evidence that we still have here today.
Speaker 2 (35:03):
It's going to be.
Speaker 1 (35:03):
Something that someone has to come forward and say they
did it or knows who did it, or somebody who
happens across Page's body through construction of a new build
or a roadway or something like that. Those are really
the only options we have left. If you have any
information about the disappearance of Paige Renkoski, please contact the
(35:27):
Livingston County Sheriff's Office at five one seven five four
zero seven eight eight zero. You can also email them
at cold Case tips at livgov dot com. Episode one
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hundred and thirty seven The murder of Anita Kanutz. Eighteen
year old Anita Kannutzen had just completed her freshman semester
at Mano State University in North Dakota. Living in an
apartment with a roommate, Anita was working two jobs and
excited about summer break. However, over the first weekend in
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June of two thousand and seven, Anita's family couldn't get
in touch with her, which was extremely out of character.
After several attempts, her father, Gordon, made the one hour
drive to check on her. There, he would make a
horrifying discovery. Anita had been murdered. That much was clear,
but who could have been responsible was far more complex question,
(36:40):
involving a sordid cast of characters, from a guy with
an unrequited crush, a contentious roommate, the maintenance man, a
group of construction workers, and still others. Despite being in
possession of both DNA and fingerprints, police have yet to
name an official suspect, and while the case grows cold,
(37:01):
a grieving family and frustrated community have begun to wonder
if justice will ever be served.
Speaker 2 (37:10):
Case update.
Speaker 1 (37:14):
For fifteen years after Anita's murder, investigators continued working it,
but it seemed to be growing cold. Then out of nowhere,
there came major moves from law enforcement. In March of
twenty twenty two, police arrested Anita's former roommate, Nicole Rice
formerly Nicole Thomas, and charged her with murder. At the time,
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Rice denied allegations that she had killed Anita, and was
vehement in her arguments that she was not involved in
the crime whatsoever. It was reported at the time that
Anita and Rice had clashed many times during the period
they lived together, and it was alleged by former coworkers
of the accused that she had a lot of anger
towards Anita and the two were fighting frequently. The fute
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between the two seemed to revolve around normal roommate clashes,
specifically when it came to loud noises and pets. It
was reported by one former co worker that Anita was
unhappy with how loud Rice's fish tank was and requested
that she get rid of it, but Rice refused. Allegedly,
she complained to her coworkers that Anita, in response, would
(38:22):
turn off the fish tank's filter, resulting in several of
her fish dying. During testimony, the former coworker stated quote
that time, when she was upset, it was as if
Anita had really crossed a line.
Speaker 2 (38:36):
Then this is my interpretation.
Speaker 1 (38:39):
She had moved from being the worst roommate in the
world to being a bad, evil person.
Speaker 2 (38:45):
That was how Rice acted.
Speaker 1 (38:48):
Police noted that Rice was a person of interest from
the beginning, but that they did not have enough to
make an arrest until March of twenty twenty two. According
to the mie Not North Dakota Police, there were in
consistencies in Rice's alibi and two so called confessions she
had allegedly made to third parties while under the influence.
(39:09):
She was ultimately charged with Class AA felony murder and
went on to enter a plea if not guilty.
Speaker 2 (39:17):
The trial took place.
Speaker 1 (39:18):
More than three years later, beginning on Tuesday, March eighteenth,
twenty twenty five, in Grand Forks. The two third party witnesses,
Christina Holler, a former friend, and William May, Rice's ex boyfriend,
both stated that while in very intoxicated states, she had
admitted to stabbing Anita in a fit of rage. Interestingly,
(39:41):
while both witnesses claimed to have told police about these
incidents previously, there were no record of their statements, and
the defense hammered away at their coming forward years later
with stories law enforcement had no record of. The defense
called only one witness, former FBI.
Speaker 2 (40:00):
Agent James Coons, who.
Speaker 1 (40:02):
Testified the police did not follow up on leads which
pointed to other credible suspects, While the defense argued that
police had rushed the investigation and only charged Rice in
response to public pressure, some brought on by the television
show Coming to Town. Testimony and presentation of both cases
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came to an end six days later, on Monday, March
twenty fourth. Though the jury deliberated for two days, it
took them less than six hours to return a verdict
of not guilty. The family were devastated by the ruling,
but the jury felt there had not been enough solid
evidence presented to link Rice to the crime.
Speaker 2 (40:44):
They were roommates, and they had.
Speaker 1 (40:46):
Disputes, but nothing the prosecution put on display led any
of the jurors to believe that it escalated anywhere close
to murder. It was possible, they acknowledged, but there simply
wasn't enough hard, under liable evidence to vote for guilty.
Anita's sister Anna later told People magazine quote, I spent
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the last week reliving some of the hardest parts of
the last eighteen years of my life. And in those
eighteen years, one thing I've learned is that a not
guilty verdict does not mean innocence. I cannot say the
same for many of the people in that room, but
my conscience is clear. According to the police, a lot
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of the impetus for the arrest came after the Oxygen
show called Justice covered the story and uncovered.
Speaker 2 (41:36):
Quote unquote new evidence.
Speaker 1 (41:38):
As someone who has directly dealt with that show's producers,
who lied to me multiple times and still to this
day refuse to properly credit trace evidence after using my
audio in two episodes, I might advise law enforcement in
the future to take a second, third, and fourth look
at anything they present as solid evidence. But I digress.
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As of now, this is where the case stands. It's
unclear whether or not there are other persons of interest
or investigative avenues to explore, or if the state's case
and the Mi Not Police Department's investigation hinged entirely on
the arrest of Nicole Rice. I hope, for Anita's sake,
for her family's sake, and for the sake of justice,
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that there are other avenues to explore. If you have
any information about the murder of Anita ka Nutsen, please
contact the Mi Not Police Department at seven zero one
eight five two zero one one one. You can also
text the keyword mine not PD that's MITPD to number
(42:51):
eight four seven for one one, or you could submit
a tip by downloading the app tip for one one
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This covers all of the major case updates, but there
are a few we've previously covered in which the rewards
for additional information have been increased, so we'll move through
these with a little more rapid fire pace. Episode eleven,
The Vanishing of Asia Degree. If you've been following this case,
you're well aware that there's been a lot going on lately.
Speaker 2 (43:33):
Well.
Speaker 1 (43:34):
The most recent update comes as the FBI and Cleveland
County Sheriff's Office announced an increase to the reward, now
offering seventy five thousand dollars, plus an additional twenty five
thousand dollars being offered by the state, bringing the grand
total to one hundred thousand dollars cash money to anyone
(43:57):
with information leading to an arrest or the discovery of
Asha herself. If you have any information about the vanishing
of Asia Degree, please contact the Cleveland County Sheriff's Office
at seven zero four four eight four four eight two two.
You can also contact the FBI at one eight hundred
(44:22):
two two five five three two four, or by submitting
information online at tips dot FBI dot gov. Episode sixty six,
The Mysterious death of my Trees Richardson Los Angeles County
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has increased the reward for information that would help solve
the mystery surrounding the last moments and death of my
Trees Richardson. In August of twenty twenty four, the County
Board of Supervisors established an award of twenty thousand dollars.
Three months later, on Wednesday, November sixth, the board voted
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to increase that reward to twenty five thousand dollars.
Speaker 2 (45:08):
If you have.
Speaker 1 (45:08):
Any information about the death of my Trees Richardson, you
can contact the Los Angeles Police Department at two one
three four eight six six nine zero zero. You can
also contact the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department at three two
three eight nine zero five five zero zero. Anonymous tips
(45:33):
can be submitted to crime Stoppers at LA crimestoppers dot
org or by calling them at one eight hundred two
two two eight four seven seven. Finally, episode one hundred
and fifty five the disappearance of Tracy Pittman Kegley. There
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is now a fifteen thousand dollars reward for information in
the nineteen ninety eight disappearance of Tracy Kegley. Her nineteen
ninety three geostorm car was found abandoned on Old Georgia Road,
Elmore County Road one seventy, with her two year old
daughter left behind unattended. Personal effects, including Tracy's purse and ID,
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were found at the scene. The fifteen thousand dollars reward
being offered is composed of ten thousand dollars from the
Governor of the state of Alabama and crime Stoppers, who
are offering the additional five thousand. Anyone with information is
urged to contact Central Alabama Crime Stoppers at three three
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four two one five seven eight six seven or by
calling one eight three three two five one seven eight
six seven. You can also text two to one five
stop to the number seven three eight four seven seven
(47:01):
to receive a link to an anonymous tip form. There
is now also a Facebook page for those seeking to
get involved or who desire to keep up with the information.
I'll put the link in the show notes, but you
can also search Facebook for Justice for Tracy Pittman Kegley.
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So there you have it. Five important case updates and
three in which rewards are being increased in the hope
that people will come forward with what they know. It's
always so inspiring when new information comes out, when someone
is found when new evidence is uncovered, and we can
only hope that new information will help bring resolutions to
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these and all of the unsolved cases previously covered on
traces Evidence. As always, i'd love to hear which you
think about this. Tweet me at Tracevpod, email me at
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Speaker 2 (49:18):
This concludes this week's special update, I.
Speaker 1 (49:21):
Want to give a special thank you to all of
you out there who are always emailing me about updates
and the release of new information on cases. I know
that you want me to get updates out as fast
as possible, but sometimes.
Speaker 2 (49:34):
I have to wait for a little bit more.
Speaker 1 (49:37):
I'm currently working on episode two hundred and fifty, which
I'm excited to release, and I've got some ideas for
two fifty one as well. As always, you can submit
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