In January of 2003, a 20-year-old college student in Colorado didn’t return home after a night out with friends. One week later, her body was found in a canyon outside of the city, clearly having been abducted and murdered. As police investigated the case, they uncovered that her killer had posed as a police officer, and pulled her over for a routine traffic stop before she disappeared, and that Lacy’s phony traffic stop wasn’t the first time it had occurred. This is the murder of Lacy Miller.
BONUS EPISODES
CASE SOURCES
1. Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/46149832/lacy-jo-miller
2. My Plainview: https://www.myplainview.com/news/article/Police-Investigate-Colo-Murder-8836806.php
3. True Crime Recaps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWH0GNdTYw0
4. Fort Collins Coloradoan: https://www.newspapers.com/image/227093695/?terms=james%20clausen
5. Windsor Beacon: https://www.newspapers.com/image/671225441/?terms=james%20clausen&match=1
6. Fort Collins Coloradoan: https://www.newspapers.com/image/227046460/?terms=james%20clausen&match=1
7. Coloradoan: https://www.coloradoan.com/story/announcements/2014/07/22/fort-collins-infamous-moments/12980659/
8. 9 News: https://www.9news.com/article/news/local/teaching-in-memory-of-a-daughter/73-343263301
9. True Crime Recaps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWH0GNdTYw0
10. Explorer Training: https://crgov.com/1780/Explorer-Post
11. Coloradoan: http://content-static.coloradoan.com/news/coloradoanpublishing/Miller/020403_suspiciousstop.html
12. Greeley Tribune: https://www.greeleytribune.com/2003/01/23/family-friends-grieve-for-woman-who-gave-so-much-to-others/
13. Fort Collins Coloradoan: https://www.newspapers.com/image/227046464/?terms=%22lacy%20jo%20miller%22&match=1
Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Stuff You Should Know
If you've ever wanted to know about champagne, satanism, the Stonewall Uprising, chaos theory, LSD, El Nino, true crime and Rosa Parks, then look no further. Josh and Chuck have you covered.
Dateline NBC
Current and classic episodes, featuring compelling true-crime mysteries, powerful documentaries and in-depth investigations. Follow now to get the latest episodes of Dateline NBC completely free, or subscribe to Dateline Premium for ad-free listening and exclusive bonus content: DatelinePremium.com
CrimeLess: Hillbilly Heist
It’s 1996 in rural North Carolina, and an oddball crew makes history when they pull off America’s third largest cash heist. But it’s all downhill from there. Join host Johnny Knoxville as he unspools a wild and woolly tale about a group of regular ‘ol folks who risked it all for a chance at a better life. CrimeLess: Hillbilly Heist answers the question: what would you do with 17.3 million dollars? The answer includes diamond rings, mansions, velvet Elvis paintings, plus a run for the border, murder-for-hire-plots, and FBI busts.