by Ashley Flowers | Jan 10, 2024 | Episode, Florida Cold Case, Southern U.S. Cold Cases
What began as a pursuit of the American dream ended in tragedy on August 16th, 2004. Manuel was working construction jobs in Atlanta, GA, and Freeport, FL – until he was murdered and dumped along a dirt road in Freeport. After 20 years of only questions and no...
by Ashley Flowers | Sep 6, 2023 | Episode, Florida Cold Case, Southern U.S. Cold Cases
The night was still young when 20-year-old Darlene left her friends at a local Daytona Beach bar to go get some shut-eye before work the following morning… but little did they know, as she walked out into the darkness of the night, that’d be the last time they’d ever...
by Ashley Flowers | Jun 28, 2023 | Episode, Florida Cold Case, Southern U.S. Cold Cases
When Renee was 22 years old, her main goal was to provide a good life for her son Caleb. But in September 1992, Renee was attacked in her Jacksonville, Florida, home after hosting Caleb’s 3rd birthday party. While Renee’s killer spared Caleb’s life, their actions took...
by Ashley Flowers | Feb 8, 2023 | Episode, Florida Cold Case, Southern U.S. Cold Cases
In 2013, 25-year-old Kyle Byrtus was found murdered on the side of the road. For the past nearly ten years, his mother has spent her days fighting for justice — and recently, she learned that justice may not be as far out of reach as once thought. Courtesy of...
by Ashley Flowers | Nov 9, 2022 | Episode, Florida Cold Case, Southern U.S. Cold Cases
Rachel Hurley, a whip-smart eighth grader on the verge of young-adulthood, spent the afternoon of St. Patrick’s Day 1990 out on a boat with friends. She was last seen headed down the beach on her way to meet her mother at a pick-up spot … but she never made it. That...
by Ashley Flowers | Oct 5, 2022 | Episode, Florida Cold Case, Southern U.S. Cold Cases
In April 1999, U.S. Army veteran Roberta Johnson was joyfully anticipating some major milestones for her family, including the imminent birth of her son who was due any day as well as watching her then-17-year-old daughter, Arkeisha, collect her high school diploma at...