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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...
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...
Maurice (Melissa) Dupree Green – Ace of Spades, Arizona

Maurice (Melissa) Dupree Green – Ace of Spades, Arizona

by Ashley Flowers | Jul 16, 2025 | Arizona Cold Case, Episode, Western U.S. Cold Cases

Maurice – or Melissa, as they sometimes introduced themselves – was 22 when they were shot and killed in Phoenix, Arizona. They were just starting to build a name for themselves as a performer, making it to the regional final for American Idol and acting in dozens of...
Blanca Acevedo – 7 of Clubs, Arizona

Blanca Acevedo – 7 of Clubs, Arizona

by Ashley Flowers | Jul 2, 2025 | Arizona Cold Case, Episode, Western U.S. Cold Cases

In June 2010, 50-year-old Blanca Acevedo was navigating a life of quiet chaos when she was found murdered in a building set aflame. The brutal case of overkill quickly went cold for the detectives on the case… But could a letter found on Blanca’s bedside table have...
Alfonso McCoy Jr. & Debra Gomez – Queen of Clubs, Arizona

Alfonso McCoy Jr. & Debra Gomez – Queen of Clubs, Arizona

by Ashley Flowers | Nov 13, 2024 | Arizona Cold Case, Episode, Western U.S. Cold Cases

It seems like more than just a coincidence that this couple is on that particular face of cards, because by all accounts, Debbie was Alfonso’s queen. They’d only been together a few years or so, but according to both families, Alfonso always took care of his people....
Niki Bakoles – 3 of Hearts, Utah

Niki Bakoles – 3 of Hearts, Utah

by Ashley Flowers | Oct 30, 2024 | Episode, Utah Cold Case, Western U.S. Cold Cases

When duck hunters discovered human remains in an area called Saltair near The Great Salt Lake in Utah in the fall of 2000, investigators began the difficult task of trying to learn the real name of the woman they called “Saltair Sally.” It took 12 years for the...
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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

Jeffrey Dale Nichols – 6 of  Diamonds, Utah

Early one June morning in 2004, Jeffrey Nichols told his girlfriend he was meeting his ex-wife in a shopping center parking lot to buy a set of golf clubs.  But his ex-wife told police they were getting together at a McDonald's for a family meeting.  No matter which...

Kenneth “Kenny” Floyd – Wild Card, Colorado

When Kenneth “Kenny” Floyd was found dead inside his apartment in Aurora, Colorado, in 1995, detectives found a clue they hoped would lead right to his killer — a trail of their suspect’s blood leading from Kenny’s door to the front of his building. That blood...

Lois West – Ace of Hearts, Virginia

One morning in August 1986, a contractor showed up to work on the floors in a vacant house in Williamsburg, Virginia. When he arrived, he found a woman on her side in the mostly-full bathtub. In her wake were a trail of clues: a U.S. Army class ring,  a mysterious hat...

Daphne Hope the 8 of Spades, Colorado

In the summer of 2001, Daphne Hope vanished… and for over seven long years, her case disappeared into the reams of files at the Denver Police Department. And even when new detectives did start digging, no one has been able to piece together exactly what happened to...

Ronda Taylor and Bonnie Ryther – King of Clubs and 9 of Diamonds, Florida

There is a man serving a life sentence in a Florida prison for his part in the 1989 murder of a 29-year-old pregnant woman named Donna Callahan. Two brothers were ultimately convicted for her abduction – and each of them pointed to the other as the ultimate...

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