Episode 41: The Murder of Mandy Stavik

It’s 1989, 18 year old Mandy Stavik goes on a run with the family dog. Heartbreakingly, hours later, the dog runs home without Mandy, sending the whole community of Acme, Washington into a citywide manhunt. Three days later, Mandy would be found dead in the river and it would take thirty years to solve her murder. SOURCES: ABC 20/20. “30 Years of Searching” Hulu, Sep 20, 2019. Season 41, E44 https://www.hulu.com/watch/ac762c15-6662-4fec-84c1-674bddfe8836 [Video] Accessed Nov 11, 2023. Salo, Jackie. “Can of Coke may have cracked Mandy Stavik cold case” The New York Post, 19 Dec 2018. https://nypost.com/2018/12/18/can-of-coke-may-have-cracked-mandy-stavik-cold-case/ Accessed 11 Nov 2023. Sirken, Alec. “Mandy Stavik case: How two moms chatting at a water park helped crack a Thanksgiving cold case murder” CBSNews, July 16, 2020. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mandy-stavik-case-how-two-moms-chatting-at-a-water-park-helped-crack-thanksgiving-cold-case-murder/ Accessed 11 Nov 2023. Urquhart, Alaina & Kelly, Ash. “E470: The Murder of Mandy Stavik” Morbid: A True Crime Podcast, June 22, 2023. Wondery Network. [Podcast] https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/morbid/id1379959217?ign-itscg=30200&ign-itsct=wondery_podcasts Accessed 11 Nov 2023. 48 Hours. “Mandy Stavik: The Case No One Could Forget | Full Episode” YouTube, Nov 1, 2022. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xU7GIDi66xE [Video] Accessed Nov 11, 2023. SOCIALS: therestoomuchtothinkpod on Instagram