How an LAPD Captain Solved a 30-Year-Old Cold Case Murder
About this episode
The episode discusses how former LAPD captain Tom Elfmont solved a 30-year-old cold case murder of Danielle Houchins.
Nearly 30 years after 15‑year‑old Danielle “Danni” Houchins was murdered in Montana, former LAPD captain Tom Elfmont helped finally bring her family answers. Drawing on more than 25 years running gang and narcotics operations in South Los Angeles, Tom has turned his skills to cold cases and long‑forgotten victims. In this episode, he takes us inside policing during some of the most volatile moments in modern U.S. history — from Vietnam and the protest years in Berkeley to the 1992 Los Angeles riots and the notorious 39th and Dalton drug raid that put his LAPD career on trial. Get 15% off OneSkin with the code MARIANA at https://www.oneskin.co/MARIANA #oneskinpod Timeline’s clinically proven formula, Mitopure, now starts at $79, when you subscribe at http://timeline.com/MARIANA Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
People in this episode
Host: Mariana van Zeller
Guest: Tom Elfmont
Topics covered
- cold case
- policing
- true crime
- gang operations
- narcotics
- Los Angeles history
Keywords
- cold case
- Danielle Houchins
- Tom Elfmont
- LAPD
- true crime
- policing
- Los Angeles riots
Sponsors
OneSkin, Timeline
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: LAPD
Places: Montana, South Los Angeles
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