Colorado Woman Vanishes After Best Friend Visits

About this episode

The episode recounts the mysterious disappearance of Lea Porter after visiting a friend and the subsequent confession of murder by Christopher Waide.

Nineteen-Year-Old Lea Porter visited a former high school friend, Christopher Waide, at his Westminster, Colorado apartment in June 2014 and was never seen again. When her family grew suspicious, her brother Maxx lured Waide to a park gazebo under the guise of a tarot card reading to find Lea, secretly recording their conversation. Waide initially denied knowing anything but then admitted to strangling her. Maxx punched him and forced him to call 911 and confess. Waide pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and sexual exploitation and was sentenced to 48 years in prison. Despite a 40-day search of a landfill, Lea's remains have never been found. Get the full story on this episode of Crimes of Passion with Law&Crime’s Sierra Gillespie. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Sierra Gillespie

Topics covered

• disappearance
• murder
• true crime
• investigation
• friendship
• family

Keywords

• Lea Porter
• Christopher Waide
• disappearance
• murder
• Westminster
• true crime
• investigation

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Westminster, Colorado

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