Military Murder

Military Murder

Do military true crime headlines leave you hungry for every detail? Dive into your next mystery with Military Murder. Every Monday, host Mama Margot - lawyer by day, storyteller by night - brings you in-depth accounts of infamous and underreported military crime cases. With over 15 years of active military service, Margot bridges the gap between the battlefield (or just basic military life) and the courtroom, so you won't have to hunt down details across countless sources - Margot does the digging for you. Since its debut in 2019, Military Murder has been the destination for 100s of gripping stories that illuminate the darker side of military service. On the show, you'll hear about cold cases, unsolved cases, and cases which received little, if any, media coverage. If you're passionate about true crime with a military twist, welcome home! Follow along and join a community of dedicated Military Murder listeners.

Episodes

The Sleepover From Hell // Ricardo Perez Castillo

January 12, 2026 • 36 mins
In the summer of 2024, an innocent sleepover turned violent when an intruder secretly entered the home in the middle of the night and ambushed a sleeping 11-year old girl. The man accused of this heinous crime was not a career criminal nor a drifter, but a Marine recruiter by the name of Ricardo Perez Castillo. What brought him to that house, and what happened inside, would become the focus of a criminal investigation that ended...
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The Call That Cost a Man’s Life // Pierre Smith // Gerard Parvilus

January 5, 2026 • 51 mins
Gerard Parvilus and his wife had been married for two years and shared a young son. Both were members of the U.S. Air Force and were stationed at Holloman AFB. But by 2007, their marriage was unraveling. The couple separated geographically, each taking short overseas tours. She went to Kuwait. He went to South Korea. During that separation, Gerard’s wife asked for a divorce. Then she admitted something else: while deployed, she ...
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His Friend Stole $16 Million From Him // Shohei Ohtani

December 29, 2025 • 53 mins
This week, we’re joined by Tabitha from Housewives of True Crime for a special crossover episode. Tabitha breaks down the shocking 2024 scandal involving MLB superstar Shohei Ohtani and his longtime interpreter and close confidant, who is accused of stealing nearly $16 million—money prosecutors say was used to fuel a massive gambling addiction. There’s no military connection and no murder in this case, but it’s a jaw-dropping...
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She Fell Prey To Human Trafficking // Caleigha Zangari

December 22, 2025 • 41 mins
Army veteran and young mother Caleigha Zangari survived Afghanistan, sexual trauma, and life under a sex trafficker, but in August 2024, one encounter on Dallas’s infamous “blade” would end in her disappearance. Eight days later, Caleigha’s body was found in rural East Texas.  Dig in with Margot as she takes you step by step through the work of a multi-agency investigation that unraveled a chilling trail of digital breadcrumb...
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Fort Hood Soldier Found Dead Miles From His Blazing Jeep // PFC Brandon Rosecrans

December 15, 2025 • 29 mins
In May 2020, 27-year-old Fort Hood soldier Brandon Scott Rosecrans was found shot to death on the side of a quiet road in Harker Heights, Texas. A few miles away, his bright orange Jeep Renegade was discovered engulfed in flames.  What looked like a random ambush quickly unraveled into a story of betrayal, greed, and a gun deal gone horribly wrong.  In this episode, Margot walks through the investigation that traced Brandon’...
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The Guam Commissary Heist // SSgt Stacy Levay // Part 2

December 8, 2025 • 46 mins
In Part Two, the investigation into the Andersen Air Force Base ambush closes in on its prime suspect: SrA Jose Simoy. As Simoy goes on the run, FBI, OSI, and Security Police search the island of Guam for a killer hiding behind wigs, aliases, and threats. What follows is a dramatic capture, a capital court-martial, and a landmark death sentence (the first on Guam in 44 years). But a death sentence doesn’t always mean death… M...
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The Guam Commissary Heist // SSgt Stacy Levay // Part 1

December 1, 2025 • 30 mins
On December 29, 1991, a routine night-deposit escort at Andersen Air Force Base in Guam turned into a deadly ambush. Cash clerk Peregrina Armour and Security Policeman Sergeant Stacy Levay were attacked outside the base bank by a group of masked men—one armed with a rifle, another with a lead pipe. Within minutes, one airman was fighting for his life… and another lay mortally wounded on his 29th birthday. In Part One, Margot bre...
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HEADLINES // Murders Connected to Wright-Patt, FE Warren, and Whiteman AFB // Fort Hood OBGYN Secretly Records Patients // Military Cop DUI Murder

November 24, 2025 • 31 mins
These are 7 of the top headlines in military news. NOTE: All persons are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.  Today I cover these 7 headline cases:  -Death of Officer Lauren Craven (Sailor Antonio Alcantar charged) -OB/GYN Maj Blaine McGraw accused of secretly recording patients -Double Murder/Suicide out of Wright-Patterson AFB -4 Deaths in One Unit at FE Warren AFB -Whiteman AFB airman kills Good Samaritan ...
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She Never Made It To Her Fiancé // Morgan Patten

November 17, 2025 • 51 mins
On November 8, 2019, 24-year-old Morgan Patten traveled 13 hours to Jacksonville, North Carolina, to visit her fiancé. She made it to Jacksonville, but never made it to see her fiancé. Instead, she ended up in a truck with two Marines she didn’t know…and within hours, she was dead on a dark and desolate road.  Officials called it a drunk-driving accident. Morgan’s parents say the evidence tells a different story. In this e...
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She Was Kidnapped From Her Home // Edwina Marter

November 10, 2025 • 47 mins
In 1976, 35-year-old mother of two, Edwina Marter, was taken from her Mississippi home by a man demanding ransom. What began as a chilling kidnapping for money soon became one of the state’s longest-running death penalty cases. The man responsible was Vietnam veteran Richard Gerald Jordan. He would spend nearly five decades fighting his conviction, as the case wound through courts and appeals until it finally ended in the summer...
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WASHINGTON // Tiffany Hill // She Did Everything Right

November 3, 2025 • 33 mins
Tiffany Hill lived in constant fear because she was a victim of domestic abuse. In November 2019, her estranged husband, Keland Hill, was released on bail—even though his risk of committing domestic violence homicide was alarmingly high. He was a walking red flag. Just five days later, he killed Tiffany and then took his own life. In this episode, we cover Tiffany’s story, the investigation, and how her tragic death inspired the...
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ILLINOIS: The Coleman Family Massacre

October 27, 2025 • 41 mins
In 2009, Chris and Sheri Coleman lived in a quiet community in Illinois with their 2 young sons, Garett and Gavin. Both veterans, they thought they had left danger behind when they left the service. But when Chris began receiving death threats because of his work as head of security for Joyce Meyer Ministries, life got scary and tense. The threats began in November 2008 and culminated in May 2009, when Sheri and her kids were mu...
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Special Interview: John Quiñones on Vanished - What Happened to Vanessa?

October 20, 2025 • 40 mins
In this special episode of Military Murder, Margot sits down with legendary ABC News correspondent John Quiñones to discuss his brand-new true crime podcast, Vanished: What Happened to Vanessa? — a gripping six-part series exploring the disappearance and murder of Army Specialist Vanessa Guillén. John has walked alongside Vanessa’s family since the beginning of this heartbreaking case. Now, through never-before-heard interviews ...
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HEADLINES // Barracks Predator & Daughter Killer Dead, Military Spouse Gets 24 Yrs, 2 Veteran Involved Massacres, Former Navy Officer Gets 20+ Yrs, Man Gets Shot After Flipping Off a War Memorial

October 13, 2025 • 40 mins
These are 8 of the top headlines in military news. NOTE: All persons are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.  Today I cover these 8 headlines:  -Sgt Greville Clarke (aka Fort Hood Barracks Predator) found dead in prison cell -Manhunt for Travis Decker (wanted for killing his 3 daughters) ends when human remains are found and confirmed to be him  -Lt Commander Christopher Olsen pleads Guilty to Unpremeditated mu...
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FLORIDA // Tina Heins

October 6, 2025 • 40 mins
Tina Heins was 15 weeks pregnant when she was slaughtered in her home, while her husband was on duty. Tina’s brother-in-law, Chad Heins, was home during the murder and was awakened when the fire alarm blared - leading him to discover various small fires in the home. He rushed to get Tina, only to discover she had been murdered. Without much evidence, Chad was charged, convicted and sentenced to life in prison for Tina’s murder (in ...
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GEORGIA // Who Killed Tara Grinstead? // The Case Against Ryan Duke & Bo Dukes

September 28, 2025 • 60 mins
Tara Grinstead disappeared from her house in October 2005. The investigation led authorities to various suspects over the years, but sadly, Tara’s case went ice cold. Then in 2016, a budding filmmaker (Payne Lindsey) decided to investigate the case in season 1 of his true crime podcast, Up and Vanished. The podcast was a hit and by early 2017, GBI released a statement, they had made an arrest in Tara Grinstead’s case. 10 days later...
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STANFORD SERIAL KILLER // John Author Getreu

September 22, 2025 • 38 mins
John Author Getreu was the son of an Army Sergeant Major. John committed a heinous crime while a dependent at a German installation and after serving time was deported back to the U.S. He found himself in California. He married twice and appeared to be living his best life, until he was tied to 2 murders in the 1970s at Stanford.  This is the story of Margaret Williams, Leslie Perlov and Janet Taylor.  ⸻ 🎧Need More to Bin...
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CAMP PENDLETON // Josephine Jimenez (CA v. Codi Slayton)

September 15, 2025 • 44 mins
The search for missing 16-year old Josephine Jimenez lasted 10 days. When her body was discovered in an orchard - suspicion quickly fell on a local boy she hung out with the day she vanished. But a call from NCIS investigating a sextortion scheme by one of their own marines flipped the case on its head.  Dig in with Margot, as she tells you this tragic story that involved various anonymous text messages that will be reminiscent ...
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HEADLINES // Fort Stewart And The Montana Bar Shooting, FL Teen Killed Parents, 1974 Cold Case Solved, A Marine Allegedly Spikes Drink With Abortion Pills?

August 31, 2025 • 43 mins
These are 5 of the top headlines in military news. NOTE: All persons are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.  Today I cover these 5 headlines:  -August 2025 Fort Stewart Mass Shooting (all victims survived) -Montana Owl Bar Shooting and Manhunt -14-year old Allegedly Shot His Parents Then Called 911 From A Church -1974 German Cold Case Finally Sees Resolution in 2025 -A Texas Woman Files a Civil Wrongful Deat...
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BORDER PATROL SERIAL KILLER // Juan David Ortiz

August 25, 2025 • 55 mins
In 2018, Border Patrol agent Juan David Ortiz was unmasked as a serial killer in Laredo, Texas. Over the course of two weeks, he brutally murdered four women—Melissa Ramirez, Claudine Anne Luera, Guiselda Alicia Cantu, and Janelle Ortiz—targeting vulnerable victims he lured into his truck. His crimes sent shockwaves through the community and raised troubling questions about oversight in law enforcement ranks. ⸻ 🎧Need More to...
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