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The D.C. Snipers

John Allen Muhammad, 41-years old and 17-year old Lee Boyd Malvo completely terrorized Maryland’s Montgomery County as well as the surrounding areas of Virginia and Washington D.C. Before October 2002, Montgomery County was regarded as a relatively safe place to live. They didn’t experience a very high crime rate; the homicide rates were pretty low….

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Episode 42: Chandra Levy

A 24-year old Washington D.C. intern and graduate student, who has hopes and dreams of working for the FBI, suddenly vanishes. Disappears from her apartment, leaving behind her ID, purse, cell phone, and dirty dishes in the sink.  The investigation into her disappearance would uncover a romantic affair involving a well-respected U.S. Congressman. A Congressman, who was…

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Episode 41: Unexplained Deaths of Lisanne Froon and Kris Kremers

On April 1st, 2014, Lisanne Froon and Kris Kremers from the Netherlands went missing while hiking a trail in Panama. Their remains were discovered months later after an international manhunt didn’t turn up any leads.  Without a proper cause of death, was this a tragic hiking accident, or did the girls become victims of foul…

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Unexplained Deaths of Lisanne Froon and Kris Kremers

Subscribe to Forensic Tales podcast so you don’t miss an episode! On March 15, 2014, 22-year old Lisanne Froon and 21-year old Kris Kremers, both from the Netherlands, arrived in Panama. The 2 Dutch women saved up their money for 6 months to afford a 6-week long stay in Panama. Lisanne and Kris had plans…

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Episode 40: Murder of Sarah Yarborough

A 16-year old high school student from Washington is savagely raped and brutally murdered just yards away from her classmates. With dozens of potential eyewitnesses, and 2 boys who saw the suspect, it seemed like it was an open and shut case. But it would take investigators almost 3 decades before they had a potential…

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Murder of Sarah Yarborough

Subscribe to Forensic Tales podcast so you don’t miss an episode! On December 14, 1991, 16-year old Sarah Yarborough left her house to go to Federal Way High School in Federal Way, Washington. She was meeting the rest of her drill team to get on school buses to head to a competition. As Sarah’s classmates…

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Episode 39: Kidnapping of Sherri Papini

A 34-year old wife and mother of 2 young children is kidnapped in Redding, California while out for a jog. Her cell phone and headphones are discovered less than a mile from her house, with a clump of her long blonde hair. Her disappearance was dubbed as the kidnapping of ‘Super Mom”. A beautiful woman simply…

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Kidnapping of Sherri Papini

Subscribe to Forensic Tales podcast so you don’t miss an episode! Sherri Papini, 34-years old, and a wife and mother of two young children disappeared while out jogging in Redding, California on November 2, 2016. The day she disappeared, her husband, Keith Papini used the Find My iPhone feature to locate her cell phone. Her…

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Episode 38: Murder on Board PSA Flight 1771

On December 7, 1987, Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 1771, carrying 38 passengers and 5 crew members, departed from Los Angeles for what should have been a short flight to San Francisco. Moments after reaching the standard cruising altitude of 22,000 feet, the pilots inside the aircraft signaled distress, telling air traffic controllers that shots had…

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Murder on Board PSA Flight 1771

On December 7, 1987, Pacific Southwest Airline Flight #1771 crashed into a California hillside in the county of San Luis Obispo killing all 43 people on board. But what happened before and what caused the crash is even more terrifying. Flight 1771 was a British Aerospace Bae 146-200, registered as N350PS. PHOTO SOURCE: Wikipedia One…

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