Subscribe to Forensic Tales Podcast so you don’t miss an episode! In May 1985, 17-year old Sharon Faye Smith, who went by the nickname “Shari”, was entering a whole new and exciting chapter in her life. She was about to graduate high school. On May 31st 1985, Sheri was just 2 days shy of graduating…
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Missy Bevers, a 45-year old wife, mother, and fitness instructor was brutally murdered while setting up for an early morning fitness boot camp class in April 2016. Her killer was caught on surveillance camera dressed head-to-toe in SWAT riot gear. There’s been no arrests made in the case and Missy’s killer is still out there….
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The body of 16-year old school girl Leanne Tiernan was discovered on August 20, 2001. At her autopsy, valuable forensic evidence was collected from her body, including several dog hairs. The murder of Leanne Tiernan became known as the first British murder investigation that used dog DNA profiling to catch a savage killer.
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The Hillside Strangler terrorized the city of Los Angeles between October 1977 and February 1978, killing 12 innocent women throughout the sunny California south land. Forensic evidence eventually tied the killer (or killers!) to the hillside murders and began the longest criminal trial in California’s history.
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Best friends Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman went missing from a family barbecue in August 2002 and they were never seen again. How could a forensic botanist help police solve their murders?
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Krystal Baslanowitch, 17-years old, went missing in December 1995. The police had 2 main suspects in her disappearance: her boyfriend, Chris, and a local taxi driver, Herb Fry. It would take police over 17 years to finally catch Krystal’s killer.
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In November 1971 John List murdered his mother, wife, and 3 children in cold blood. He left the bodies inside the family home where they were discovered over a month later. By then, John list was long gone. It wasn’t until the popular show America’s Most Wanted featured the case nearly 18 years later that…
Read MoreSubscribe to Forensic Tales Podcast so you don’t miss an episode! January 14, 1947, in a South Los Angeles neighborhood known as Leimert Park, a woman, Betty Bersinger, is walking with her 3-year-old daughter around 10:00 in the morning when she discovers the dead body of a woman. Not only is the woman dead, her body…
Read MoreSubscribe to Forensic Tales Podcast so you don’t miss an episode! Missy Bevers was born on August 9, 1970, in the city of Graham, Texas. The middle child in the family. She was born Terri Leanne Strickland but went by the nickname Missy for most of her life. Missy met her husband, Brandon Bevers, and the couple married on June 20,…
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