Kara Garvin: The Ohio Triple Murder Case P2
From One Minute Remaining - Stories from the inmates by Jack Laurence
March 25, 2026 · 31 min · Season 52 · Episode 2
About this episode
Kara Garvin shares her story and the events surrounding the Ohio Triple Murder Case in which she was accused.
Kara Garvin grew up in Franklin Furnace, Ohio — a small, tight-knit community nestled along the Ohio River, the kind of place where everybody knows everybody, and where the OxyContin crisis of the early 2000s didn't just make the news, it moved in next door. Like so many in her community, Kara's life became entangled with addiction. And like so many, that entanglement would come to define how the world saw her. On the evening of the 22nd of December 2008, three days before Christmas, Edward Mollett, his wife Juanita, and their daughter Christina were shot and killed inside their mobile home in Franklin Furnace. A six year old boy, covered in blood, ran down the hill to a neighbour's house for help. Within hours, Kara Garvin had voluntarily walked into the Scioto County Sheriff's Office. By morning, she was facing three counts of aggravated murder. She has never stopped saying she didn't do it. In this series, I sit down with Kara inside the prison where she has spent the last sixteen years of her life. We go back to the beginning — her childhood, her struggles, the community that shaped her — and we walk, step by step, through the night of the 22nd of December, the investigation…
People in this episode
Host: Jack Laurence
Guest: Kara Garvin
Topics covered
- murder case
- addiction
- community impact
- investigation
- trial
- personal story
Keywords
- Kara Garvin
- Ohio Triple Murder
- Franklin Furnace
- aggravated murder
- OxyContin crisis
- investigation
- trial
Mentioned in this episode
Places: Franklin Furnace
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