A Sister's Fight for Justice: What Happened to Alissa?

A Sister's Fight for Justice: What Happened to Alissa?

April 28, 2026 · 30 min

About this episode

The episode explores the case of Alissa Turney, a 17-year-old who went missing and the subsequent investigation that revealed troubling aspects of her home life.

On the 17th of May 2001, 17-year-old Alissa Turney went missing, on the last day of school. At first, she was considered a runaway, but as time passed, the police realised that this was now a murder inquiry. After a killer serving a life sentence gave a false confession, investigators looked more closely at Alissa's home life. And that's when the case took a different direction.... This is REAL. If you'd like to join my Patreon community, please see here, thank you: https://patreon.com/REALtruecrimepodcast Sarah's podcast can be found here: https://www.voicesforjusticepodcast.com/ And her social media accounts can be found here: https://linktr.ee/SaraheTurney Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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