Voices for Justice
Voices for Justice is a true crime podcast hosted by Sarah Turney, sister of missing teen, Alissa Turney. Every episode ends with a call to action. Don't just listen to their stories, be a voice for them.
Episodes
April 25, 2024 • 35 mins
On Monday, April 26, 2010, 16-year-old Ali Lowitzer went missing after she got off her school bus stop close to home in Spring, Texas. She planned to walk to her part-time job at a burger joint located a quarter of a mile away, but she never made it. Her case remains unsolved.
If you have any information about Ali Lowitzer, please call The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children at 1800-The-Lost.
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April 18, 2024 • 39 mins
Paula Wade was last seen on October 12, 2002, leaving her work at Sam’s Club in Valdosta, GA. She and her 3-year-old son, Brandon Wade, have not been seen since. The pair was planning to move to Florida not long before they went missing. Nothing except for Brandon’s car seat was missing. Paula’s purse, glasses, ID, and all other possessions were left behind.
Anyone with information on the Wades' disappearance is asked to contact t...
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April 12, 2024 • 59 mins
In April 1981, Sue and John Sharp along with Dana Wingate were brutally murdered in Keddie, California. 12-year-old Tina Sharp was seemingly abducted. Despite some very strong evidence, 43 years later, the case remains officially unsolved.
If you have any information please call the Plumas County Sheriff’s office at 530-283-6360.
For more information about the podcast and the cases discussed, visit VoicesforJusticePodcast.com
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April 5, 2024 • 45 mins
At about 2 a.m. on July 9th, 1993, 10-year-old Nikki Wasilishin is deep asleep under the covers of her bed when she is woken up by a flashlight in her face. It’s an officer from the Sedona, Arizona police department. He tells her that her parents have gotten into an altercation, and she needs to come with him.
As she’s escorted out of her room and through the front door, she sees her mother’s boyfriend, Russel Peterson, on the co...
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March 28, 2024 • 40 mins
At about 2 a.m. on July 9th, 1993, 10-year-old Nikki Wasilishin is deep asleep under the covers of her bed when she is woken up by a flashlight in her face. It’s an officer from the Sedona, Arizona police department. He tells her that her parents have gotten into an altercation, and she needs to come with him.
As she’s escorted out of her room and through the front door, she sees her mother’s boyfriend, Russel Peterson, on the co...
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March 22, 2024 • 35 mins
When Detective Randy Lesser from the Spokane Police Department gets assigned a welfare check turned missing person case, he quickly realizes that no one has seen 27-year-old Courtney Holden for nearly two years. While her adoptive mother and brother, Judy and Joshua Holden, would tell police that Courtney and her 7-year-old son left willingly just a few days prior, investigators begin to discover and untangle a large and very distu...
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March 15, 2024 • 36 mins
Tracey Lynn Kirkpatrick was a 17-year-old with the world at her fingertips and worked hard to make that happen. She had a solid plan to get her bachelor’s degree and then attend law school, and she worked two jobs to realize this dream. But on March 15, 1989, while working at a women’s clothing store in Frederick, Maryland, that was all stripped away from her when she was brutally murdered. The week this episode airs marks 35 years...
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March 7, 2024 • 53 mins
The name Ann Marie Burr may sound familiar. Especially if you are well-versed in the history of famous serial killers in the United States, specifically Ted Bundy. For decades, people have speculated that 8-year-old Ann Marie from Tacoma, Washington, may have been Bundy’s first kill in 1961, long before the murders he confessed to.
But what’s fact and fiction concerning Bundy’s possible involvement in Ann Marie’s case has been gr...
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March 1, 2024 • 60 mins
In 2009, Claudia Lawrence lived in the idyllic city of York in North Yorkshire, England. At 35 years old, she seemed to have a great routine going for her. She worked as a chef at the University of York’s Goodricke College Roger Kirk Center, about two miles from her home.
Every day, she woke up, went to work, and came home. Several nights a week, she met her regular group of friends at her favorite pub, The Nag’s Head, which was ...
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February 23, 2024 • 50 mins
In the early morning of February 17, 2018, Ryan Shtuka attended a house party on Burfield Drive in Sun Peaks, British Columbia, Canada. What happened after the party is unclear, but it's believed he started walking toward his home, a short distance away. While Ryan was familiar with this walk, the weather was very cold, and there was heavy snowfall at that time.
Ryan didn't make it home, and his supervisor became concerned when h...
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February 8, 2024 • 49 mins
In March 1986, Denise Pflum really had it all. She was at the top of her senior class at Connersville High School in Indiana, in leadership positions in several clubs, and a member of the National Honor Society. She’d been accepted into her college of choice, and it was her last spring break before graduating.
When Denise suddenly goes missing, her father’s cousin is assigned to her case. The Pflums let out a sigh of relief, know...
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February 1, 2024 • 55 mins
12-year-old Celina Mays went missing from her home in Willingboro, New Jersey, on December 16, 1996. Celina was reported missing, but her disappearance wasn’t really treated as a potential crime by her family or local law enforcement. In fact, it took days for police to find out perhaps the most important detail – 12-year-old Celina was pregnant and due in only two weeks.
Now, it’s been over 25 years, and Celina is still missing....
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January 26, 2024 • 58 mins
In 2004, April Beth Pitzer was in a terrifying situation. Nearly a decade after working as an undercover informant for the police, her past is catching up with her. She’s just met a woman whose husband is in prison due to April’s testimony against him. She knows she needs to get out of the area fast and makes plans to move in with her mom across the country. In a few days, April’s bags were packed, and she said her goodbyes. But Ap...
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January 19, 2024 • 39 mins
Angela Marie Hammond was 20 years old and four months pregnant when she called her fiancé’ Rob Shafer, from a pay phone in Clinton, Missouri, on April 4, 1991. He was babysitting his younger brother at his mother’s house. Angela was calling to cancel their plans for later that night, she was just too tired to stay out. She planned on heading to their shared home after the call. While speaking with Rob on the phone, a man approached...
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January 12, 2024 • 48 mins
On Sunday, April 16, 2023, 22-year-old Mercedes Vega was attacked and abducted from the parking garage of her apartment complex in Tempe, Arizona. Her vehicle was found behind one of the most popular restaurants in the city near Mill Avenue, but Mercedes was not in it. She was found deceased at approximately 1:15 am on Monday, April 17, 2023, 60 miles away near Tonopah, Arizona, in a vehicle off the I-10 freeway that had been lit o...
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January 5, 2024 • 38 mins
On Friday, February 22, 1985, in Winfield Township, Pennsylvania, 8-year-old Cherrie Mahan looked forward to attending her friend Jennifer’s 10th birthday party after school. The final bell rang for her third-grade class, and Cherrie headed to her school bus to get home and get ready for the party. At about 4:10 pm, Cherrie and three of her classmates get off the bus at their regular stop on Cornplanter Road, just around the corner...
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December 21, 2023 • 35 mins
Today, I’m discussing 2023 updates in the cases of Alicia Navarro, Brandy Myers and the Arizona Canal Killings, Tara Calico, Margarita Sandoval, Naomi Irion, Harmony Montgomery, Madeline Kingsbury, Anaiah Walker, and Alissa Turney.
Thank you so much for listening, and I'll see you in 2024.
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December 14, 2023 • 38 mins
Destiny McClain was shot and killed outside Karamba Nightclub at 17th and McDowell in Phoenix, Arizona. A car was seen leaving the area eastbound on McDowell Road from 17th Street. In 2021, the vehicle was described as being a newer dark-colored sedan with four doors. Anyone with information is asked to contact Phoenix police at 602-262-6151 or Silent Witness at 480-948-6377.
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December 8, 2023 • 68 mins
Suzanne Morphew was reported missing from Maysville, Colorado, on May 10, 2020, Mother’s Day. Her bicycle was found at the bottom of a ravine that evening.
As friends came forward and investigators learned more about Suzanne, the investigation pointed in one direction— to Suzanne’s husband Barry Morphew, who claims the two had a “perfect” marriage. Meanwhile, Suzanne was secretly documenting abuse and, by her friend’s accounts, p...
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December 1, 2023 • 61 mins
Suzanne Morphew was reported missing from Maysville, Colorado, on May 10, 2020, Mother’s Day. Her bicycle was found at the bottom of a ravine that evening.
As friends came forward and investigators learned more about Suzanne, the investigation pointed in one direction— to Suzanne’s husband Barry Morphew, who claims the two had a “perfect” marriage. Meanwhile, Suzanne was secretly documenting abuse and, by her friend’s accounts, p...
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