Charles and Jennifer Chia could see their apartment complex from their school bus stop – that’s how close to their building it was. Such a small distance for something to go so terribly wrong. But a couple hundred feet is all it took for someone to stop the Chia siblings from making it home safe. That person has gone undetected for more than 34 years. But present-day detectives say their days are now numbered, as new technology could soon expose this nameless predator.
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Episode Info
If you know anything about the murders of Charles and Jennifer Chia, contact the Reno Police Department’s Homicide Unit at (775) 334-2188. You can also anonymously report information by calling Secret Witness at (775) 322-4900. If you don’t feel comfortable calling on the phone, you can visit the Secret Witness link on Reno Police’s website, where you can submit tips anonymously, or send an email to rpdcoldcases@reno.gov.
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Episode Source Material
- KOLO-TV (Reno, NV): The Chia kids murder: Still unsolved 30 years later, by Ed Pearce.
- NBC News (Nevada): Garrido arrest prompts look back at cold cases, by the Associated Press.
- Nevada Appeal (Reno, NV): Jurors hear of Biela’s abusive childhood.
- Reno Gazette-Journal (Reno, NV): Arrest in alleged extortion via Newspapers.com.
- Reno Gazette-Journal (Reno, NV): Chia kids found dead, by Phil Barber via Newspapers.com.
- Reno Gazette-Journal (Reno, NV): Community mourns death of Chia kids at burial service, by Martha Miller via Newspapers.com.
- Reno Gazette-Journal (Reno, NV): Fate of missing children unknown, police say, by Phil Barber via Newspapers.com.
- Reno Gazette-Journal (Reno, NV): FBI checking on Reno chiropractor, by Phil Barber via Newspapers.com.
- Reno Gazette-Journal (Reno, NV): FBI joins search for 2 missing Reno children, by Phil Barber via Newspapers.com.
- Reno Gazette-Journal (Reno, NV): Forensic experts expand slain-children investigation, by Sevil Omer via Newspapers.com.
- Reno Gazette-Journal (Reno, NV): Fresno sexual assault suspect was Cub Scout leader in Reno, by Phil Barber via Newspapers.com.
- Reno Gazette-Journal (Reno, NV): Garrido cleared in 2 old cases, by the Associated Press.
- Reno Gazette-Journal (Reno, NV): Grave search brings no “break” in slaying case, by Tom Gardner via Newspapers.com.
- Reno Gazette-Journal (Reno, NV): Guilty plea pending in Chia extortion case via Newspapers.com.
- Reno Gazette-Journal (Reno, NV): Hunt goes on for killers of 2 children, by Aric Johnson via Newspapers.com.
- Reno Gazette-Journal (Reno, NV): Lead in 10-year-old Reno murders may be breakthrough, police say, by Anjeanette Damon via Newspapers.com.
- Reno Gazette-Journal (Reno, NV): Missing kids via Newspapers.com.
- Reno Gazette-Journal (Reno, NV): Police check suspect’s link to Reno kidnapping, by Phil Barber via Newspapers.com.
- Reno Gazette-Journal (Reno, NV): Police scour apartment complex for clues in abduction of children, by Phil Barber via Newspapers.com.
- Reno Gazette-Journal (Reno, NV): Police seek information in deaths of 2 Reno children via Newspapers.com.
- Reno Gazette-Journal (Reno, NV): Suspect in slaying jailed in other case, by Jaclyn O’Malley via Newspapers.com.
- Reno Gazette-Journal (Reno, NV): Worried mother wonders who took children via Newspapers.com.