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EPISODE · Dec 30, 2025 · 25 MIN

Murdered: Steven Johnson & Lucie Turmel

from The Final Trace · host OdieStew Productions

📍 Staffordshire, England📍 Banff, Alberta, Canada🎧 Chapter 28: The Final Trace of Steven Johnson & Lucie TurmelIn 1990, on opposite sides of the world, two taxi drivers began ordinary night shifts — and never made it home.Steven Johnson was murdered in rural England. His case remains unsolved.Lucie Turmel was murdered in Banff, Alberta — and years later, science revealed her killer.Though they never knew each other, their stories share chilling similarities: last fares, isolated roads, and clues left behind in the dark.In this episode, we explore both cases side by side — one solved, one still waiting — and ask whether the same advances that brought justice for Lucie could one day bring answers for Steven.🔎 EPISODE RESOURCES & FURTHER READINGSteven Johnson — Staffordshire, England (1990)BBC Crimewatch (case appeal & coverage)https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006mg3c(Search archives reference Steven Johnson case; Crimewatch featured the murder in 1991)Staffordshire Police – Cold Case Appealshttps://www.staffordshire.police.uk(Search: “Steven Johnson taxi driver murder”)Unsolved UK Taxi Driver Murder Summaryhttps://www.unsolved-murders.co.uk/murder-content.php?key=660(Independent UK cold case archive referencing Steven Johnson)Lucie Turmel — Banff, Alberta, Canada (1990)Taxi-Library.org – Lucie Turmel Case Filehttps://www.taxi-library.org/canada/turmel-l.htm(Detailed timeline, evidence, conviction, and parole history)Global News – Ryan Jason Love parole coveragehttps://globalnews.ca(Search: “Ryan Jason Love Banff taxi driver murder parole”)Secrets of Forensic Science (2001 dramatization)https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0274295/(Episode dramatizing the forensic investigation; victim renamed in reenactment)Forensic & Legal ContextRCMP & DNA Evidence in Canadian Lawhttps://www.justice.gc.ca(Criminal Code amendments influenced by forensic cases like Lucie Turmel’s)DNA Collection & Cold Case Breakthroughshttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3547805/(Peer-reviewed overview of DNA’s role in cold case investigations)

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