28. Costumed Criminals: Jody Harris & Sheila Keen (Halloween Series)

This week, we continue with our Halloween-themed episodes and we’ve got cases inspired by disguises…because on Halloween you dress up in a costume, aka a disguise. Okay, it’s a bit of a stretch but hang in there, it’s a great episode. Rachel tells us the story of Jody Harris, Australia’s infamous “Catch Me If You Can Thief”. Jody stole the identities of various women by swiping their identification and draining their bank accounts. Jody pretended to be an airline hostess, a policewoman, a doctor, as well as pretending to be the women themselves. Nathalie then tells the story of Sheila Keen Warren. Sheila is accused of killing Marlene Warren. Marlene was shot to death by a killer clown in 1990. Although the case has been unsolved for many years, DNA evidence led to Sheila’s arrest nearly 30 years after the crime. Sheila is currently awaiting trial as her trial date has been postponed to 2021 due to COVID. Rachel’s Sources https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Kilroy https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/jan/04/time-served-how-debbie-kilroy-went-from-jail-to-advising-the-government-on-sentencing https://www.oxygen.com/martinis-murder/cops-who-became-serial-killers-ted-bundy-ed-kemper-golden-state-killer https://www.nowtolove.com.au/news/real-life/jody-harris-fraud-53846 https://www.news.com.au/news/conwoman-helps-to-train-police/news-story/06ecb82e6a08c8364c86583cd5d79af8?sv=d339825c5359d666cedf541d01f65e1d https://www.smh.com.au/national/con-artist-harris-driven-by-greed-20060922-gdog39.html https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/law-order/con-artists-jody-harris-is-australias-queen-of-con-artists/news-story/5e8382e5598e417f96d92721c28f2671 Nathalie's Sources https://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/palm-beach/fl-reg-clown-killer-sheila-keen-warren-20170927-story.html https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/the-search-for-a-killer-clown/20/ https://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/husband-arrest-new-details-clown-killer-case-article-1.3931915 https://abcnews.go.com/US/killer-clown-suspects-husband-insists-shes-falsely-accused/story?id=50536783 https://www.cbsnews.com/news/can-new-dna-tests-help-police-crack-the-killer-clown-cold-case/ https://miami.cbslocal.com/2020/06/05/new-trial-date-florida-woman-sheila-keen-warren-killer-clown/