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Jodine Serrin – 7 of Diamonds, California (Part 2)

Jodine Serrin – 7 of Diamonds, California (Part 2)

by Ashley Flowers | Aug 27, 2025 | California Cold Case, Episode, Western U.S. Cold Cases

In 1995, Marisa Patti met David Mabrito on the beach in Oceanside, California – it was love at first sight. Twenty-three years later, he would be found responsible for the brutal murder and desecration of 39-year-old Jodine Serrin in her own bedroom.  In the wake of...
Maria “Mary Faye” Mendez  – Wild Card, Texas

Maria “Mary Faye” Mendez  – Wild Card, Texas

by Ashley Flowers | Aug 20, 2025 | Episode, Southern U.S. Cold Cases, Texas Cold Case

Maria “Mary Faye” Mendez walked out of the duplex she shared with her family in Odessa, Texas, on Aug. 2, 1985, and seemingly vanished without a trace. Her sister-in-law watched Mary head in the direction of a local bar after fighting with her husband, who they knew...
Lawrence Riegel – 5 of Spades, Washington

Lawrence Riegel – 5 of Spades, Washington

by Ashley Flowers | Aug 13, 2025 | Episode, Washington Cold Case, Western U.S. Cold Cases

When Lawrence was reported missing on January 10th, 2010, he didn’t exactly vanish without a trace. Between mysterious phone records and strange theories from a recluse who lived in an isolated trailer park, police had a good idea what his last movements were and with...
Gregory Fickess – Jack of Diamonds, New York

Gregory Fickess – Jack of Diamonds, New York

by Ashley Flowers | Aug 6, 2025 | Episode, New York Cold Case, Northeast Cold Cases

On a summer night in 1993, 19-year-old Gregory Fickess had just gotten out of his car in downtown Rochester when he was jumped in a seemingly unprovoked, fatal, act of violence. A case with no motive and few cooperating witnesses is tough to get very far. But when...
Jonathan Garcia-Valladares – 7 of Diamonds, Arizona

Jonathan Garcia-Valladares – 7 of Diamonds, Arizona

by Ashley Flowers | Jul 30, 2025 | Arizona Cold Case, Episode, Western U.S. Cold Cases

Being a 13-year-old kid can be tough, to say the least. But it seemed as if Jonathan Garcia-Valladares had it figured out. He was an overachieving student. He was a chess player. And on a crisp fall day in 2010,  Jonathan was trying to get in shape for the football...
Robert Gene Jones – 10 of Diamonds, Louisiana

Robert Gene Jones – 10 of Diamonds, Louisiana

by Ashley Flowers | Jul 23, 2025 | Episode, Louisiana Cold Case, Southern U.S. Cold Cases

Robert was known as a quiet man who stayed out of trouble, so when he was found shot to death in his home one morning in the winter of 2002, police were initially stumped when it came to both motive and culprit. That might’ve been because Robert was never the intended...
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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

Jerene Matta – Queen of Spades, Washington

During the Yakima Police Department’s annual Christmas party, the news of 62-year-old Jerene’s murder shocked every officer and their plus ones. Jerene’s house was known for its security cameras – there were so many that you basically couldn’t enter the property...

Ron Harnish – 7 of Clubs, California

Twenty-two-year-old Ron Harnish was murdered on the streets of San Diego in December 2006. Almost 19 years later, the police and Ron’s own mother believe they know who’s responsible. But proving it has been a challenge, and the people they are after are as violent as...

Jaklyn Baccoli – 5 of Clubs, New York

When demolition workers entered a vacant home in Rochester, New York, they expected asbestos—not a crime scene. But hidden inside was the body of 44-year-old Jaklyn Baccoli, a woman whose final moments were marked by unimaginable violence. As detectives dug into her...

REMEMBERING: Valaine Briggs – Ace of Spades, Utah

Our card this week is Valaine Briggs, the Ace of Spades from Utah. When 19-year-old Valaine left her Salt Lake City apartment and walked to class one spring morning in 1977, her carefully planned future was full of promise. And though she was in a time of transition...

Andrew Moore – 6 of Clubs, California

This week marks the 25th anniversary of Andrew “Andy” Moore's murder. 26-year-old Andy was killed in September 2000 while sleeping in his San Diego, California, apartment. The scene left behind was confounding to detectives; the weapons are missing, odd items...

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