Crime and Crime Again

In the early morning hours of June 30th, 2014, 33 year old Nefertiri Trader made a quick run to a gas station just a few minutes away from her home. Shortly after she returned home, however, a neighbor allegedly witnessed Nefertiri being abducted from her own front yard and forced into her car, before her assailant drove away. Both Nefertiri and her car are still missing to this day._________________________PatreonRequest a CaseYouTube ChannelGoodpods: Leave a review!Podchaser: Leave a review!Music: "Poisoned Rose" by Aakash Gandhi_________________________Sources:• "Cold Case Review: Nefertiri Trader"• Nefertiri Trader | The Charley Project• Nefertiri Trader | Our Black Girls• "One by one, nearly everyone involved in attack..."• "Missing in America: Nefertiri Trader"• "A Mother's Frustration..."• "Missing New Castle woman now presumed dead..."• "Harrowing video shows shooting in Delaware..."• "Jurors Deliberate Harford Mass Shooter..."• "Trial Underway for Radee Prince..."• Radee Labeeb Prince v. State of Maryland• "Who is Radee Labeeb Prince?"• "Alleged office gunman got jobs..."• "Man accused in Harford shootings..."

In January 1983, Katherine Mordick, known to family and friends as "Kit," was in the middle of a divorce and preparing to make a big move to a new city. But just days before a court date pertaining to the divorce, Kit was murdered. More than two decades passed before justice was finally served._________________________PatreonRequest a CaseYouTube ChannelGoodpods: Leave a review!Podchaser: Leave a review!Music: "Poisoned Rose" by Aakash Gandhi_________________________Sources:• "Haunting Images." Dateline. March 4th, 2011.• People v. Mordick• "California Mom Found Dead..."

In March 2020, just as COVID-19 embarked on its path of destruction, 27 year old Navajo woman, Pepita Redhair, disappeared from Albuquerque, New Mexico. Pepita had been in a relationship with a man who had become abusive. There was more than one occasion on which police were called to the home that Pepita shared with her boyfriend for domestic disturbances, and just weeks before she disappeared, Pepita was hospitalized as an assault victim. Four years after she disappeared, and Pepita Redhair is still missing. Pepita's family has participated in numerous MMIW / MMIWG (Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls) rallies in order to bring awareness to her disappearance.If you have any information regarding the disappearance of Pepita Redhair, please contact the Albuquerque Police Department at: (505) 242-2677 _________________________PatreonRequest a CaseYouTube ChannelGoodpods: Leave a review!Podchaser: Leave a review!Music: "Poisoned Rose" by Aakash Gandhi_________________________Sources:• "Navajo Nightmare." Disappeared. Season 10, Episode 3.• "A Daughter Stolen." Never Seen Again. Season 4, Episode 9.• "Family seeks help in finding missing loved one..." • "Amid attention on Petito case, Native mother seeks justice..."• "Mother continues to search for missing daughter..."• "Missing woman's family has been searching for answers..."

On April 26th, 2009, shoppers at a local department store in Snellville, Georgia could never have imagined that as they walked to their cars, shopping bags in hand, they would hear a horrifying scream... followed by the pop of a single gunshot. A woman was shot in the parking lot of a busy shopping center as her infant son cried for her from inside of her vehicle. The woman was 25 year old Heather Strube. As the suspect fled, panic ensued. Though there were multiple witnesses to the crime who were able to describe the suspect, even investigators could not have predicted who the shooter would turn out to be._________________________PatreonRequest a CaseYouTube ChannelGoodpods: Leave a review!Podchaser: Leave a review!Music: "Poisoned Rose" by Aakash Gandhi_________________________Sources:• "It Looks Like You." See No Evil. Season 6, Episode 12.• "The Man Who Got Away." American Monster. Season 8, Episode 10.• "Who Killed Heather Strube?" Killer Motive.

In Spring 2002, 39 year old Dana Pastori put in her two week notice at her job and told her coworkers that she was packing up to leave New Orleans. But the next day, Dana suddenly just... stopped showing up to work. When coworkers became concerned about her sudden disappearance, Dana's boyfriend informed them that Dana had been involved in an accident and would be in the hospital for the foreseeable future. But then, his story took several twists and turns, until Dana's family and friends had all been told different accounts about what became of the free-spirited mother of two. Years later, Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans in August 2005 and uncovered the truth of Dana's fate._________________________PatreonRequest a CaseYouTube ChannelGoodpods: Leave a review!Podchaser: Leave a review!Music: "Poisoned Rose" by Aakash Gandhi_________________________Sources:• "Hard Life in the Big Easy." Disappeared. Season 5, Episode 16.• "Man convicted of murdering girlfriend in mummy case." • Louisiana v John Morgan | Justia• State v Morgan | Leagle• "Who most often abducts kids?"

In late October 2014, gunshots rang out amid the backdrop of a farm owned by a prominent local family in Cadiz, Kentucky. Those gunshots would lead to the horrifying discovery of three members of the Champion family, lifeless in their own home. While three members of the family had been murdered, one member of the family managed to escape the house alive. And he certainly had a tale to tell for investigators.Lindsey, Joy, and Emily Champion lost their lives in an unspeakable act of violence. So then... how did Ryan Champion survive the brutality?_________________________PatreonRequest a CaseYouTube ChannelGoodpods: Leave a review!Podchaser: Leave a review!Music: "Poisoned Rose" by Aakash Gandhi_________________________Sources:• "Trigg County Remembers Champion Family.."• "Man accused of murdering 4 people..." • "Prosecutor: son plotted Kentucky family killings..."• "Friend of alleged Kentucky killer indicted..."• "Questions linger in Kentucky shooting..." • "Kentucky man to serve life in prison..."• "Family confronts Ryan Champion..."• "KY man who orchestrated his family's killings..."• Ryan Champion Local News Interview• Lisa Champion Victim Impact Statement• Loren Champion Victim Impact Statement• Crime Watch Daily• Ryan Champion Jailhouse Interview• "No Son of Mine." Devil in Suburbia. Season 1, Episode 5.

On the evening of December 11th, 2012, friends of 23 year old Julia Niswender were frantic, attempting to gain entry into her bedroom after learning that no one had heard from her in two days. When they received no response and could not access Julia's bedroom, Ypsilanti, Michigan police were called to conduct a welfare check. When police entered Julia's bathroom, they discovered her nude body partially submerged in water. Julia Niswender had been murdered nearly two full days before she was found. The investigation into the murder of the aspiring broadcast journalist took a few astonishing turns, and has been the topic of much debate over the last decade. But today, Julia Niswender's case remains unsolved._________________________PatreonRequest a CaseYouTube ChannelGoodpods: Leave a review!Podchaser: Leave a review!Music: "Poisoned Rose" by Aakash Gandhi_________________________Sources:• "TV Dreams Cut Short." Still A Mystery. Season 2, Episode 6.• "Family mourns Julia Niswender..."• "Family of slain EMU Student..."• "Who Killed Julia Niswender?" • "Cold Case Spotlight: Julia Niswender..."• "Documents detail suspicions of stepfather..."• "Turnquist acquitted..."• Explore With Us: Part 1 and Part 2• Jay is 4 Justice Podcast Interview with Julia's grandfather

On the morning of June 3rd, 1990, 21 year old Beth Buege was found slumped over in her car, which had been parked and abandoned in a suburban neighborhood in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She had been strangled to death. Despite heavy suspicion and circumstantial evidence surrounding one person in particular, Beth Buege still has not received justice._________________________PatreonRequest a CaseYouTube ChannelGoodpods: Leave a review!Podchaser: Leave a review!Music: "Poisoned Rose" by Aakash Gandhi_________________________Sources:• "FLRT 12." On the Case with Paula Zahn. Season 24, Episode 5.• "The mystery of Beth Buege..."• "Milwaukee slaying remains unsolved..."• Beth Eileen Buege

Dr. Amie Harwick was a prominent marriage and family therapist in Los Angeles, California. Her ambition and innate desire to help people elevated her into the upper echelons of Hollywood society, and she built a thriving career and vibrant social life for herself. But behind the scenes, Amie had struggled for years with the looming threat of a man whose obsession ultimately manifested Amie's worst nightmares into her reality.In the early hours of February 15th, 2020, after attending a Valentine's Day burlesque show with her friends, Amie Harwick was attacked in her Los Angeles home and ultimately succumbed to her injuries. Amie's story paints a picture of a brilliant, successful, confident woman who had built a beautiful life for herself, and highlights the importance of education about domestic violence and stalking, and how current laws do not strive to protect victims or prevent tragedy.Dr. Amie Harwick Memorial Statue GoFundMeJustice 4 Amie Petition_________________________PatreonRequest a CaseYouTube ChannelGoodpods: Leave a review!Podchaser: Leave a review!Music: "Poisoned Rose" by Aakash Gandhi_________________________Sources:• Amie Harwick Memorial• "Inside the Bright Life of a Murdered Hollywood Sex Therapist..."• "Blood, a broken necklace, and a poison-filled syringe..."• "Amie Harwick court documents..."• "CA v. Gareth Pursehouse..."• "The Life and Death of Amie Harwick"• "The Final Hours of Amie Harwick"• Stalking Fact Sheet• National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey• "Remembering Dr. Amie Harwick"

May 5th marks Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Awareness Day in remembrance of Hanna Harris, a Northern Cheyenne woman who was murdered on the reservation in 2013.In honor of MMIWG Awareness Day, I am collaborating with a small business called Tarabusi Creek, where my friend Steph makes handmade soaps, candles, wax melts, body scrubs, and more. She has created two custom scents in the form of wax melts, and 50% of the sales from those select products will be donated to the National Indigenous Women's Resource Center.You can find the products at Tarabusi Creek's website.If you feel called to make a donation to NIWRC on your own, you can do so on their donation page._________________________PatreonRequest a CaseYouTube ChannelGoodpods: Leave a review!Podchaser: Leave a review!Music: "Poisoned Rose" by Aakash Gandhi_________________________Sources:• "True Life Crime: Mom Gone Missing." • "South Dakota woman gets 22 years..."• "Man who moved murdered woman's body..."• "MT legislators hear emotional testimony..."• "National Day of Awareness..."• "A Proclamation on Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons..."• MMIWG Report• CDC MMIWG Report• MMIWG | Native Womens' Wilderness

In April 2016, the disappearance of a successful children's author left a community rattled and confused. Everything seemed to have been going well for Helen Bailey; after experiencing a tragic loss, she had found love again, and was even making wedding plans. But the truth of her disappearance was more horrifying than anyone would have guessed, and would lead to new revelations about the untimely death of another woman years before._________________________PatreonRequest a CaseYouTube ChannelGoodpods: Leave a review!Podchaser: Leave a review!Music: "Poisoned Rose" by Aakash Gandhi_________________________Sources:• "Murdered By My Fiance." Channel 5 News.• "My Lover, My Killer." Season 2, Episode 7.• "Helen Bailey: A life shaped by death." BBC News.• "I was wearing a bikini when he died..." The Guardian.• "How killer fiance duped grieving Helen Bailey." The Guardian.• "Murdered author Helen Bailey's life..." Express.• "Helen Bailey's intimate blog..." Huffington Post.• "Man who killed author..." BBC News.• "How devious man murdered two partners..." The Independent.• "Ian Stewart found guilty..." Cambridgeshire Constabulary.• "How a donated brain helped convict..." BBC News.

Karlie Gusé was 16 years old when she disappeared from her small, isolated neighborhood in Chalfant, California on October 13th, 2018. The night before she went missing, she had gone to a party with friends, where she smoked a substance that put her into a state of panic and paranoia that lasted several hours. The next morning, Karlie seemingly walked away from her home between 5:45 and 7:30am, with nothing except the clothes on her back. Despite numerous searches of the area and countless public pleas for answers over the years, Karlie Gusé is still missing. _________________________PatreonRequest a CaseYouTube ChannelGoodpods: Leave a review!Podchaser: Leave a review!Music: "Poisoned Rose" by Aakash Gandhi_________________________Sources:• Karlie Lain Gusé | Federal Bureau of Investigation• "Sixteen year old Karlie Guse missing..." NBC News.• "Where is Karlie Guse?" Crime Online.• "Family searches for California girl..." People News.• "Karlie Guse stepmom admits..." Crime Online.• "Calif. teen came home after party..." People News.• "No new information on Karlie Guse." Sierra Wave Media.• "Search continues for California teen..." Las Vegas Review Journal.• "Search warrants issued..." News 4.• "Finger Pointing and Accusations: Will Karlie Guse be found?" The Dr. Phil Show