About this episode

The episode discusses the shocking discovery of a young woman's body and the subsequent media coverage that led to a family revelation.

In March 2015, a developer was checking his construction site in North Ridgeville, Ohio when he finds the body of a young woman behind a mound of snow. She was beaten, bound and naked from the waist down. There was no purse, no ID, no phone and no missing persons report. Nothing. After two days and zero leads, police do something they almost never do: they show a black-and-white photo of her face on the evening news... post-mortem. Across town, a 45-year-old mother is sitting on her couch when she looks up and sees her own daughter's dead face on the television. What unravels from there is shocking and infuriating... Produced by Jacob Hollabaugh Sponsors: -TaskRabbit: ⁠Taskrabbit.com⁠ Use code THEWORST for $15 off your first task -Goodles: ⁠Goodles.com⁠ Available at Target, Walmart, and other retailers -OSEA: ⁠Oseamalibu.com⁠ Use code THEWORST for 10% off your first order -Quince: ⁠Quince.com/theworst⁠ for free shipping + 365-day returns -Ruggable: ⁠Ruggable.com⁠ Use code PATW for 10% off your first order -Shopify: ⁠Shopify.com/WORST⁠ for a $1/month trial -Zenni: ⁠Zenni.com/podcast⁠ use code PODCAST15 for 15% off your first order Learn more about your ad choices. Visit…

People in this episode

Guest: Shelly Tyburski

Topics covered

• murder investigation
• missing persons
• family tragedy
• media coverage
• true crime

Keywords

• murder
• Ohio
• investigation
• media
• family
• true crime
• missing persons

Sponsors

TaskRabbit, Goodles, OSEA, Quince, Ruggable, Shopify, Zenni

Mentioned in this episode

Places: North Ridgeville, Ohio

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