About this episode

The episode discusses the tragic abduction and murder of Kelsey Smith during a trip to Target in June 2007.

Kelsey Smith was 18 years old in June 2007 when an innocent trip to Target would turn in to her worst nightmare. Original air date: 7/8/2021 Listen Ad Free And Get Access to Exclusive Journal Entries Episodes: Spotify: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/4HEzJSwElA7MkbYYie9Jin⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/themurderdiariespod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Apple: Hit subscribe/ 1 week free trail available ⁠Resources: See No Evil on ID Discovery, Season 1, Episode 1 (2015) YouTube video (summary of case and contains some surveillance footage): ⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Kr3LiOBT9U⁠ CNN (Nancy Grace) Transcripts: ⁠http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0706/06/ng.01.html⁠ Article: ⁠https://web.archive.org/web/20150517121217/http://www.kshb.com/news/local-news/kelseys-law-helps-reunite-lenexa-parents-with-kidnapped-5-month-old-baby-in-record-time ⁠Article: ⁠https://web.archive.org/web/20080726165757/http://www.kctv5.com/news/16966786/detail.html ⁠Article: ⁠https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=3249158 ⁠Article: ⁠https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna19107235 ⁠Article: ⁠https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article10539872.html ⁠Article…

Topics covered

• true crime
• abduction
• murder
• Kelsey Smith
• target
• justice

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