The Murder of Corinna Mullen: A Corrupt Cop, a Cover-Up, and 20 Years Without Justice

The Murder of Corinna Mullen: A Corrupt Cop, a Cover-Up, and 20 Years Without Justice

From Moms and Mysteries: A True Crime Podcast by Moms and Mysteries Podcast

June 23, 2026 · 1h 9m

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The episode discusses the brutal murder of Corinna Mullen and the subsequent investigation that revealed corruption within the police force.

In October 1987, 20-year-old Corinna Mullen was found brutally murdered in the trunk of her own car behind a city garage in Central City, Kentucky. Her injuries were catastrophic. She had been beaten, sexually assaulted, and left to die. Her boyfriend, Jimmy Springer, was arrested, tried, and ultimately acquitted when the jury found the evidence too thin to convict. The investigation was riddled with problems. Evidence was never tested. Key interviews were never recorded. And a pocket knife with blood and hair on it was found by Corinna's own father after her car was returned to the family. For nearly two decades, Corinna's parents, Claude and Patricia Mullen, refused to let the case die. They placed ads in newspapers, handed out flyers, met with agencies, and followed every lead they could find. Then in 2005, a woman named Sandy came forward with a story that changed everything. She claimed she had been a 16-year-old witness to Corinna's murder and that the man who orchestrated it was none other than Lieutenant Billy Fields, the very officer who had responded to the crime scene and led the original investigation. In 2006, Billy Fields, Jeffrey Boyd, Jimmy Cramer, and Angela…

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