Miles of Murder

This episode covers the case of Susan Monica and known victims Stephen Delicino and Robert Haney.

Content Warning: Murder, mental illness, abuse of a corpse, gun violence, animal consumption of human remains.

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Sources

Oregon offender search. (n.d.). https://docpub.state.or.us/OOS/searchCriteria.jsf

Will, D. D., & Whiting, T. L. (2019, October). Achieving humane outcomes in killing livestock by Free Bullet II: Target selection. The Canadian veterinary journal = La revue veterinaire canadienne. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6741830/#:~:text=22%20LR%20has%20ample%20energy,close%20range%20PBI%20(17).

YouTube. (2022, September 4). Detective realizes Killer is hiding the unthinkable. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1oeZe6SET4

YouTube. (2023, February 28). Susan Monica Full interrogation part 01. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nV4-kHt9nKA

David was just 23 years old the night he lost his life. He didn't live in a bustling city or a bad part of town, he lived in a town books are written about and Hallmark can only dream of. He lived in Ashland Oregon.

So who took his life that night and why did no one see anything? He was nearly decapitated on a well populated path after all. What does this small town have to do with not just one cold case, but a few?

Content Warning includes but is not limited to: Murder, death, blood.

Sources

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Etling, B. (2022, March 1). Memorial to slain Ashland man vandalized. Ashland News - Independent, Nonprofit, Community News. https://ashland.news/memorial-to-slain-ashland-man-vandalized/

Grubbs murder timeline. Timetoast timelines. (2011, November 19). https://www.timetoast.com/timelines/grubbs-murder

In loving memory of Grubbs. Facebook. (n.d.). https://www.facebook.com/groups/302537046434247

NBCUniversal News Group. (n.d.). Community still looking for answers in violent 2011 murder of David Grubbs on Ashland, Oregon bike path. NBCNews.com. https://www.nbcnews.com/dateline/community-still-looking-answers-violent-2011-murder-david-grubbs-ashland-n1300742

It is Gertrude and Paula Baniszewski, the demonic mother and daughter duo that headed the pack of equally awful children that tortured and killed 16-year-old Sylvia Likens. While some were charged in this crime, others were not. And today, some have passed away and some walk free.
What has been dubbed the most heinous crime in Indiana history.

Content Warning for today's episode includes:
Abuse, child abuse, sexual abuse neglect, violence, death, nudity, torture, and murder.




Sources for today's episode include but are not limited to:

1) Blanco, J. I. (n.d.). Gertrude Baniszewski: Murderpedia, the Encyclopedia of Murderers. Gertrude Baniszewski | Murderpedia, the encyclopedia of murderers. Retrieved April 23, 2023, from https://murderpedia.org/female.B/b/baniszewski.htm

2)Boone County Abuse Prevention and protection at Sylvia's CAC. Sylvia's CAC. (2022, July 18). Retrieved April 23, 2023, from https://sylviascac.org/

3)Indianapolis weather in 1965. (n.d.). Retrieved April 23, 2023, from https://www.extremeweatherwatch.com/cities/indianapolis/year-1965

4)Mandatory reporters of child abuse and neglect. Mandatory Reporters of Child Abuse and Neglect - Child Welfare Information Gateway. (n.d.). Retrieved April 23, 2023, from https://www.childwelfare.gov/topics/systemwide/laws-policies/statutes/manda/

5) NBCUniversal News Group. (2012, October 24). Iowa teacher's aide suspended after role in '65 torture death revealed. NBCNews.com. Retrieved April 23, 2023, from https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/iowa-teachers-aide-suspended-after-role-65-torture-death-revealed-flna1c6643498

In March of 1995 in Holt California the remains of a bound and bludgeoned female were located inside a partially submerged refrigerator.
The victim would remain unidentified until February 2023.

Content Warning: Murder, Death, Insects

Sources:

After 27 years, "lady in the Fridge" is identified. DNASolves.com. (n.d.). Retrieved April 16, 2023, from https://dnasolves.com/articles/san-joaquin-lady-in-the-fridge/

News, K. O. G. O. (2023, March 1). Horrifying "lady in the Fridge" victim identified 30 years after her murder: Channel 933. San Diego, California. Retrieved April 16, 2023, from https://channel933.iheart.com/featured/san-diego/content/2023-03-01-horrifying-lady-in-the-fridge-victim-identified-30-years-after-her-murder/

A revolution in Cold case resolution. Othram. (n.d.). Retrieved April 16, 2023, from https://othram.com/

Content Warning: Sexual Assault, abuse, violence, kidnapping and abduction, blood, death, and murder.


Starting in the early 70s the bodies of various girls and young women would be recovered from a 25-acre patch of land dubbed The Texas Killing Field, including a particularly desolate section of highway, I-45. Both lone victims and pairs of friends vanishing. Some never recovered at all. Today, 33 and counting.



Sources

Burke, D. (2017, October 3). Kidnapper convicted in Texas city teen's 1986 disappearance denied parole again. Chron. Retrieved March 25, 2023, from https://www.chron.com/neighborhood/bayarea/news/article/Shelley-Sikes-disappearance-Zwarst-parole-denied-12249397.php

Ellis, D. (2023, January 1). Texas "killing fields" murderer may be released from supervision and GPS Monitoring. KXAN Austin. Retrieved March 25, 2023, from https://www.kxan.com/news/texas/texas-killing-fields-murderer-may-be-released-from-supervision-and-gps-monitoring/

Krystal Jean Baker Act AIDS law enforcement in more quickly connecting missing links in unsolved cases. Krystal Jean Baker Act Aids Law Enforcement in More Quickly Connecting Missing Links in Unsolved Cases | Department of Public Safety. (n.d.). Retrieved March 24, 2023, from https://www.dps.texas.gov/news/krystal-jean-baker-act-aids-law-enforcement-more-quickly-connecting-missing-links-unsolved

Olsen, L. (2019, April 21). Texas Killer's death leaves unanswered questions in 11 girls' deaths. Chron. Retrieved March 25, 2023, from https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Texas-killer-s-death-leaves-unanswered-13783046.php

Taking place in Adachi City, Tokyo I cover the kidnapping, torture and subsequent death of 17-year-old Junko Furuta.
A child that even in death struggled to find peace.

Sources:

Fusek, Alyssa Pearl. “Furuta Junko: The Horrific Murder That Tested Japan.” Unseen Japan, 24 Sept. 2022, https://unseenjapan.com/furuta-junko-horrific-murder/.


Staff, Tokyo Reporter. “Junko Furuta Killer Again on Trial: Chaos in the Courtroom.” TokyoReporter, 22 May 2020, https://www.tokyoreporter.com/crime/junko-furuta-killer-again-on-trial-chaos-in-the-courtroom/.


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