by Ashley Flowers | Apr 24, 2024 | Episode, Oregon Cold Case, Western U.S. Cold Cases
Loni Kai Okaruru made several stops on the morning of August 26, 2001, and interacted with several people, before she was beaten to death, her body left on a farm in Washington County, Oregon. Loni Kai’s murder was quickly labeled by police as a hate crime, but...
by Ashley Flowers | Apr 17, 2024 | Episode, Western U.S. Cold Cases
A while back, our team at audiochuck received an email from Kirsten Leonard’s family asking us if we would cover her case. Specifically, the email was sent by her nephew, Karsten, who’s named in memory of his aunt… an aunt he never got the chance to meet. That’s...
by Ashley Flowers | Apr 17, 2024 | Episode, Florida Cold Case, Southern U.S. Cold Cases
In the spring of 2000, a 24-year-old woman was found floating in a Citrus County, Florida canal. Though answers have eluded authorities for more than two decades, a present-day sergeant is hoping that putting her story in the spotlight may help reveal the truth....
by Ashley Flowers | Apr 10, 2024 | Connecticut Cold Case, Episode, Northeast Cold Cases
When Twana Smith’s body was discovered behind an abandoned building in Hartford in October 1997, she joined a growing list of the city’s vulnerable locals who fell victim to violent predators. And for decades, her case sat unsolved, gathering dust… even as detectives...
by Ashley Flowers | Apr 3, 2024 | Episode, Florida Cold Case, Southern U.S. Cold Cases
A college campus in broad daylight in a town literally called “Niceville” might be one of the last places you’d expect a young collegiate to disappear from, but in March 1973, that’s exactly what happened. Debra Espey’s case spans more than 50 years, includes a...
