About this episode

The episode discusses the Don Studey case, highlighting failures in the investigation of alleged crimes against vulnerable individuals.

Nearly two decades of allegations. A three-day federal investigation. A wife's reclassified death. Cadaver dog alerts that nobody can explain. And now, reportedly, an alleged accomplice speaking on camera. The Don Studey case is a collision of everything broken about how we investigate crimes against vulnerable people — and the Paramount+ documentary My Killer Father: The Green Hollow Murders has thrust it into the national spotlight. Lucy Studey-McKiddy alleges her father Donald Dean Studey killed dozens of women in rural Iowa's Green Hollow area over decades. She says she was a child when she allegedly helped him at the wells. She's been telling anyone who would listen since 2007. The FBI, the Iowa DCI, and the Fremont County Sheriff's Office all investigated in 2022 — spent parts of three days on the property after cadaver dogs reportedly alerted at multiple locations — and left without recovering remains. Lucy says they drilled the wrong well on a property that allegedly spans over 400 acres. Since then, Charlotte Studey's 1984 death has been officially reclassified from self-inflicted to undetermined. A private forensic dig in 2025 reportedly produced more cadaver dog…

People in this episode

Guests: Lucy Studey-McKiddy, Bob Motta

Topics covered

• true crime
• investigation
• allegations
• forensic evidence
• documentary
• vulnerable victims

Keywords

• Don Studey
• Lucy Studey-McKiddy
• Green Hollow
• true crime
• investigation
• cadaver dogs
• forensic evidence
• documentary

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: FBI, Iowa DCI, Fremont County Sheriff's Office

Books & works: My Killer Father: The Green Hollow Murders

Places: Green Hollow, Iowa

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