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Janet Couture – Jack of Diamonds, Connecticut

Janet Couture – Jack of Diamonds, Connecticut

by Ashley Flowers | Mar 25, 2026 | Connecticut Cold Case, Episode, Northeast Cold Cases

In 1973, Janet Couture was murdered in her home, and for more than five decades the case remained unsolved. Despite years of investigation, the breakthrough came only in 2025, when a longtime suspect with a violent history was finally arrested. Courtesy of Connecticut...
Carmen “CJ” DeLuca – Wild Card, Connecticut

Carmen “CJ” DeLuca – Wild Card, Connecticut

by Ashley Flowers | Jun 18, 2025 | Connecticut Cold Case, Episode, Northeast Cold Cases

When a man stopped to get gas in the middle of the night in 1985, he had no idea he was walking into the scene of a murder. The 23-year-old gas station attendant, Carmen “CJ” DeLuca, had been shot to death for seemingly no reason. But with no witnesses and no clear...
Kyle Seidel – 5 of Diamonds, Connecticut

Kyle Seidel – 5 of Diamonds, Connecticut

by Ashley Flowers | Apr 2, 2025 | Connecticut Cold Case, Episode, Northeast Cold Cases

Kyle Seidel was a 34-year-old dad to three young kids when he went to pick up Chinese takeout the Friday night before Christmas in 2012. His wife expected him to be gone for only about 20 minutes… but Kyle never came home again. A violent encounter on his way to the...
Dashaun “Dae Dae” Lawson – King of Hearts, Connecticut

Dashaun “Dae Dae” Lawson – King of Hearts, Connecticut

by Ashley Flowers | Mar 12, 2025 | Connecticut Cold Case, Episode, Northeast Cold Cases

Dashaun “Dae Dae” Lawson was 26-years-old when he was fatally shot outside his mother’s apartment in the Hockanum Park apartment complex in East Hartford, Connecticut. Dae Dae was killed  just a few days before Christmas in 2017 and  left behind three children, all...
William Alvarado – Ace of Spades, Connecticut

William Alvarado – Ace of Spades, Connecticut

by Ashley Flowers | Jan 8, 2025 | Connecticut Cold Case, Episode, Northeast Cold Cases

William Alvarado was 73-years-old when he was found stabbed to death in his living room in Willimantic, Connecticut in 2016. For years, his case was ice cold. But just recently it started heating up, all thanks to a tip that came in from a deck of cold case playing...
Javed Akhtar – Jack of Diamonds, Connecticut

Javed Akhtar – Jack of Diamonds, Connecticut

by Ashley Flowers | Dec 18, 2024 | Connecticut Cold Case, Episode, Northeast Cold Cases

When 32-year-old Javed Akhtar was fatally shot outside his convenience store in East Windsor, Connecticut, on a cold winter night in 2007, his wife, their two young children, and a community of loyal customers were desperate for answers. Police soon found the murder...
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About The Deck

State prison systems and local law enforcement agencies have replaced the faces traditional playing card decks with images of missing and murdered people and then distributed those cards throughout prisons, hoping someone will recognize a case and come forward with information. In audiochuck’s weekly show, host Ashley Flowers is revealing the stories behind some of the cards with the help of detectives and victims’ family members who have gone on record hoping to see justice served.

Recent Episodes

Clarence and Marjorie Paulson (2 of Clubs, Minnesota)

In July 1984, Clarence and Marjorie Paulson, father and daughter, were reported missing from their home in Minnesota. At first glance, sheriff’s deputies didn’t see any obvious signs of a struggle. Marjorie and Clarence didn’t have driver’s licenses, and the...

Edwin “Eddie” Heath Sr. (King of Hearts, Delaware)

For the last eleven years, the mystery of who murdered 33-year-old Eddie has haunted the New Castle County Police. It looked to them like Eddie had been targeted – shot just steps from where he lived and in front of his children. But a few BIG questions remain: Who...

Angelica Sandoval – 3 of Hearts, Colorado

When police arrived at the scene of Angelica Sandoval’s disappearance on February 24th, 2011, what they came across seemed eerily frozen in time: her 1995, four-door, green Oldsmobile sedan was parked on 13th Street, in front of her two-bedroom duplex. Her keys were...

 Jimmy “Jamie” Riddle – 9 of Diamonds, North Carolina

In the fall of 1991, just as the season was starting to change, a couple fishing at sunrise at a small lake in Fayetteville, North Carolina, noticed something floating near the surface of the water. At first, they thought it was a blow-up doll. But upon closer...

Tonya Teske – The 2 of Spades, Idaho

This week, we’re resurfacing an important old episode for you because we just learned more information about a person of interest who’s never been ruled out. His name is Mark Douglas Burns, and he's a terrifying individual. He came up in a Crime Junkie episode we...

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