Serial Napper | True Crime for the Chronically Tired

On the morning of November 7, 2001, ten-year-old Bianca Lebron walked to Elias Howe Elementary School in Bridgeport, Connecticut, just as she always did. While waiting outside before classes began, she excitedly told classmates that her uncle was taking her shopping for the day. She even invited some of them to come along. Minutes later, multiple witnesses watched Bianca calmly climb into a brown-and-tan van. No one tried to stop her. No one thought anything was wrong. Everyone believed she was leaving with family. There was just one devastating problem. Bianca didn't have an uncle waiting outside that school. By the time anyone realized she had never made it to class, nearly twelve hours had passed. The most critical window in any child abduction investigation was already gone. Nearly twenty-five years later, Bianca has never been found. If you have any information about the disappearance of Bianca Lebron, please contact the Bridgeport Police Department at 203-576-7671 or the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children at 1-800-THE-LOST (1-800-843-5678). Sources: https://www.missingkids.org/blog/2026/released-today-new-age-progression-of-bianca-lebron https://nhschiefadvocate.org/2024/04/connecticut-mystery-remains-unsolved-over-two-decades-later/ https://int-missing.fandom.com/wiki/Bianca_Lebron  https://charleyproject.org/case/bianca-elaine-lebron https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fX99UaHDjZE  https://www.ctpost.com/news/article/bianca-lebron-missing-for-10-years-2255434.php https://www.nhregister.com/news/article/Police-may-have-new-leads-on-missing-girl-11689656.php Follow me here: ► YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@SerialNapper/ ► Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/serialnappernik/ ► Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/SerialNapper/ ► TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@serialnappernik  *Go Ad-Free on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SerialNapper * Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In July 1993, 20-year-old Bobby Kent believed he was meeting his ex-girlfriend for a second chance. Instead, he was driven to a secluded rock pit in western Broward County, Florida, where seven young people were waiting. Among them was Bobby's best friend of fourteen years, Marty Puccio. The murder of Bobby Kent would inspire books, documentaries, and the 2001 film Bully, but the real story is far more complicated than Hollywood could ever portray. Was Bobby truly the violent bully so many described after his death? Were some of the allegations against him impossible to verify? Was Marty Puccio a victim trapped in an abusive friendship, or did he become something far more dangerous? Sources: https://www.sportskeeda.com/pop-culture/where-bobby-kent-s-killers-now https://allthatsinteresting.com/bobby-kent-murder https://www.sportskeeda.com/pop-culture/5-chilling-details-bobby-kent-murder-case-1993 https://law.justia.com/cases/florida/supreme-court/1997/86242-0.html https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2013/05/10/bphotosb-kents-killers-then-now/ Follow me here: ► YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@SerialNapper/ ► Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/serialnappernik/ ► Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/SerialNapper/ ► TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@serialnappernik  *Go Ad-Free on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SerialNapper * Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How far would someone go to escape accountability? In 2020, child advocate Nicholas Rossi was declared dead after an alleged battle with non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Politicians mourned him. Friends grieved. An obituary celebrated his life and his supposed contributions to foster care reform. There was just one problem. Nicholas Rossi wasn't dead. Nearly two years later, a critically ill COVID patient calling himself "Arthur Knight" was admitted to a hospital in Glasgow, Scotland. When hospital staff noticed his distinctive tattoos, an international investigation unravelled one of the most bizarre true crime stories in recent memory. Sources: https://everloved.com/life-of/nicholas-alahverdian/obituary/?flow=201 https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/local/2022/01/12/ri-nick-alahverdian-suspected-faking-death-found-scotland/9188170002/ https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/9542954/fugitive-nicholas-rossi-hit-controlled-ex-wife/  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYT7SeUWTuo Follow me here: ► YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@SerialNapper/ ► Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/serialnappernik/ ► Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/SerialNapper/ ► TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@serialnappernik  *Go Ad-Free on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SerialNapper * Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the morning of June 30, 2002, 21-year-old Lisa Marie Young vanished without a trace after accepting a ride from a man she'd only met hours earlier. She was supposed to be heading to Subway for something to eat after a night out celebrating a friend's birthday. Instead, she ended up at another house with people she didn't know. Before disappearing, Lisa sent one final text message to a friend: "Come get me... they won't let me leave." Twenty-four years later, those words remain one of the most haunting final messages in any Canadian missing persons case. In this updated episode of Serial Napper, we're revisiting Lisa's story with new investigative developments, renewed searches, and the extraordinary determination of a family that has never stopped fighting to bring her home. We explore the events of that summer night, the investigation that followed, why police continue to describe Lisa's disappearance as a homicide, and how a community continues to keep her memory alive through the annual Forever Young gathering. If you have any information about the disappearance of Lisa Marie Young, no matter how small it may seem, please contact the Nanaimo RCMP at 250-754-2345 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477). ❤️ Resources & Links • Lisa Marie Young Missing Person Poster:https://bc-cb.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/ViewPage.action?siteNodeId=2136&languageId=1&contentId=7817 • Island Crime Podcast (Season 1: Where is Lisa?)https://www.islandcrime.ca/ • Native Women's Association of Canadahttps://www.nwac.ca/ • National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girlshttps://www.mmiwg-ffada.ca/ • Crime Stoppers Canadahttps://www.canadiancrimestoppers.org/ • Lisa's Facebook Grouphttps://www.facebook.com/groups/35766644425 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sixteen-year-old Mekayla Bali spent the morning of April 12, 2016, moving across Yorkton, Saskatchewan. She went to school... for six minutes. She withdrew every dollar from her bank account. She tried to pawn a ring. She spent hours sitting in restaurants, checking her phone, waiting for someone. She told friends she was heading to Regina. Then, at approximately 1:45 p.m., she walked out of a bus depot restaurant and vanished. What happened next remains one of Canada's most baffling missing person cases. Was Mekayla planning to run away? Was she meeting someone she met online? Or did something go terribly wrong after a meeting she entered willingly? Ten years later, her family is still searching for answers. Sources: https://www.cjme.com/2016/07/06/a-familys-agonizing-search-for-missing-yorkton-girl-mekayla-bali  https://rcmp.ca/en/saskatchewan/news/2026/04/4352074 https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/longform/i-need-help-mekayla-bali-missing/  https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/mekayla-bali-missing-decade-10-year-anniversary-9.7160487 https://www.sasktoday.ca/central/yorkton-this-week/nine-years-since-the-disappearance-of-mekayla-bali-10519670 Follow me here: ► YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@SerialNapper/ ► Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/serialnappernik/ ► Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/SerialNapper/ ► TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@serialnappernik  *Go Ad-Free on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SerialNapper * Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When 7-year-old Harmony Montgomery was finally reported missing in December 2021, investigators made a horrifying discovery: nobody had seen her in nearly two years. There were no school records, doctor's appointments or welfare checks. No confirmed sightings. A little girl had seemingly vanished from the face of the earth while the very systems designed to protect her failed to notice she was gone. In this episode of Serial Napper, we take a deep dive into the heartbreaking case of Harmony Montgomery. From her difficult childhood and the controversial custody decision that placed her with her father, Adam Montgomery, to the warning signs that were repeatedly ignored, we'll examine how a vulnerable little girl slipped through the cracks. We'll also explore the shocking revelations that transformed Harmony's case from a missing child investigation into a homicide prosecution, including the testimony of Adam's estranged wife, Kayla Montgomery, the years-long search for Harmony's remains, and the 2024 murder trial that resulted in Adam's conviction. But the story doesn't end there. In 2025, Harmony's mother secured a multimillion-dollar settlement against the State of New Hampshire over allegations that child welfare agencies failed to protect her daughter. Then, in June 2026, the New Hampshire Supreme Court overturned Adam Montgomery's murder conviction, setting the stage for a possible retrial. More than six years after Harmony disappeared, one heartbreaking fact remains unchanged: Harmony has never been found. Sources: https://www.boston25news.com/news/local/investigators-released-updated-timeline-when-harmony-montgomery-disappeared/3GJZCZVRIZE5ZLJ7BO5ITOBRTI/ https://www.crimeonline.com/2022/01/14/spiteful-dad-of-missing-harmony-montgomery-has-history-of-violently-attacking-women-children-reports/ https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/harmony-montgomery-timeline-everything-known-about-girls-disappearance https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2022/01/07/timeline-harmony-montgomery-missing-case/ https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/01/10/metro/heres-what-know-about-harmony-montgomery-investigation/ https://www.boston25news.com/news/local/timeline-missing-nh-girl-harmony-montgomery/MZQL2N2AMNERNMTLHKQOYRUILA/ https://manchesterinklink.com/when-worlds-collide-d-c-couple-who-adopted-harmony-montgomerys-sibling-choose-to-walk-in-the-light-on-this-dark-road/ https://www.the-sun.com/news/4394373/harmony-montgomery-brother-jamison/#:~:text=Harmony%20Montgomery%20used%20to%20take,biological%20father%20in%20February%202019.&text=Jamison%20was%20taken%20in%20by,Jonathon%20Miller%20in%20November%202019 https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/harmony-montgomery-missing-child-case-blame-1284963/ . https://apnews.com/article/harmony-montgomery-new-hampshire-missing-607b8988b51e7f955627acfacdc98870 https://apnews.com/article/harmony-montgomery-mother-lawsuit-425fd680d5eedffe9e4ed8b1e266cca8  Follow me here: ► YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@SerialNapper/ ► Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/serialnappernik/ ► Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/SerialNapper/ ► TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@serialnappernik  *Go Ad-Free on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SerialNapper * Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rogue Transmissions--the edgy, semi-annual anthology of indie podcasts--is invading your podcast feed with DUNGEONPUNK PART 2 ... a symphony of 80s nostalgia, dystopian cyberpunk, and savage swords drawn against both super sorcery & super science. Featuring an adventuring party of your indie podcast favourites! FIRST UP, Octoberpod presents "Byzantium Slab: The Shell Remember" a wraparound tale of adventure on the savage streets of the dystopian Witch Kingdom (featuring the voice talents of Ari Shey, MJ McAddams, and Family Plot podcast's Arthur Williams). THEN: The Final Trace investigates the satanic panic epidemic of the 1980s & the case of Bink Pulling. LATER: Ghost Bites presents to dire warning about mysterious arcade games in "Insert Coin to Die." FINALLY: Horrifying History plumbs the depths of 1980s paranormal activity with the Smurl Family Haunting. Rogue Transmission 4: DungeonPunk. Total Power. Total Mystery. Total Savagery ... Totally AWESOME! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 2017, 11-year-old Alex Batty left the UK for what was supposed to be a short holiday in Spain with his mother and grandfather. But when the trip ended, Alex never came home. His grandmother, Susan Caruana, who was his legal guardian, received a chilling video message instead. In it, Alex appeared to read from a script, asking her not to look for him. Then he vanished. For the next six years, Alex lived under fake names, moved through communes and remote communities across Spain and France, and was raised in a world shaped by conspiracy theories, anti-government beliefs, and an off-grid lifestyle. He rarely attended school, never put down roots, and slowly disappeared from the world that had once known him. Then, in December 2023, a delivery driver spotted a teenager walking alone on a dark mountain road in the French Pyrenees. Carrying a backpack, a skateboard, and years of untold stories, Alex finally made a choice that would change everything. Sources: https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/tv/7-bombshells-alex-batty-bbc-33931952 https://www.mailplus.co.uk/tv-guide/tv/456193/kidnapped-by-my-mum https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/documentaries/alex-batty-disappearance-true-story-explained/ https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cevp0zneyk4o https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/alex-batty-bbc-spain-france-french-b2975546.html https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/05/24/alex-batty-kidnap-interview/ https://www.theoldhamtimes.co.uk/news/24000968.alex-batty-timeline-events-disappearance-now/ Follow me here: ► YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@SerialNapper/ ► Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/serialnappernik/ ► Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/SerialNapper/ ► TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@serialnappernik  *Go Ad-Free on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SerialNapper * Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 1992, Rachel Nickell was murdered on Wimbledon Common while her two-year-old son watched helplessly. As Britain demanded answers, police became convinced they had found their killer. They hadn't. While investigators targeted Colin Stagg, the real murderer, Robert Napper, remained free. On a summer morning in South West London, 23-year-old Rachel Nickell set out for a walk with her son Alex and their dog Molly. What should have been an ordinary day ended in one of Britain's most shocking and high-profile murders. As the nation grieved, immense pressure mounted on the police to solve the case. Detectives became fixated on local dog walker Colin Stagg, launching a controversial undercover "honey trap" operation that would later be condemned by a judge as "deceptive conduct of the grossest kind." But while police focused on the wrong man, a violent serial offender was hiding in plain sight. Sources: https://time.com/article/2026/06/01/rachel-nickell-true-story-the-witness-netflix/ https://people.com/why-it-took-16-years-to-convict-man-who-raped-and-killed-model-in-broad-daylight-11991640 https://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/articles/colin-stagg-falsely-accused-rachel-nickell-murder https://resource.download.wjec.co.uk/vtc/2021-22/el21-22_14-3d/pdf/eng/14-3d_criminology-ko-the-case-of-colin-stagg_eng.pdf https://www.law.ac.uk/about/press-releases/inside-the-case-william-clegg/ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10216328 https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2008/jan/24/ukcrime.haroonsiddique1 https://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/articles/robert-napper-rachel-nickell-killer https://www.biography.com/crime/a71432959/robert-napper-now-rachel-nickell-murder-netflix Follow me here: ► YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@SerialNapper/ ► Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/serialnappernik/ ► Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/SerialNapper/ ► TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@serialnappernik  *Go Ad-Free on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SerialNapper * Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In October 2020, a frantic woman called 911 from an Oklahoma highway, claiming she had just given birth on the side of the road. Covered in blood and clutching a newborn baby, she begged first responders to help save her child. But there was one devastating problem. She had never been pregnant. In this episode of Serial Napper, we examine the shocking case of Taylor Parker, a woman who spent months convincing friends, family, and even her boyfriend that she was expecting a baby girl. She posted ultrasound photos, pregnancy updates, hospital visits, and nursery plans. She documented a future that didn't exist. As her fake due date approached, reality began closing in. What happened next would leave 21-year-old Reagan Hancock and her unborn daughter, Braxlynn, dead and send shockwaves across the country. Sources: https://abc7.com/post/reagan-simmons-hancock-murdered-taylor-parker-death-sentence-capital-murder-conviction-texas-row/12438449/  https://www.ktalnews.com/news/crime/day-7-jury-hears-frantic-911-calls-in-taylor-parker-trial/  https://people.com/crime/woman-sentenced-death-stabbing-pregnant-woman-100-times-stealing-baby/ https://www.texarkanagazette.com/news/2026/may/29/supreme-court-will-not-review-taylor-parkers/ https://texasscorecard.com/state/texas-criminal-court-upholds-taylor-rene-parkers-death-sentence/  https://law.justia.com/cases/texas/court-of-criminal-appeals/2025/ap-77-110.html https://www.cbsnews.com/news/taylor-parker-death-sentence-murder-reagan-simmons-hancock-steal-unborn-baby-texas/ Follow me here: ► YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@SerialNapper/ ► Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/serialnappernik/ ► Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/SerialNapper/ ► TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@serialnappernik  *Go Ad-Free on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SerialNapper * Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rogue Transmissions--the edgy, semi-annual anthology of indie podcasts--is invading your podcast feed with DUNGEONPUNK PART 1 ... a symphony of 80s nostalgia, dystopian cyberpunk, and savage swords drawn against both super sorcery & super science. Featuring an adventuring party of your indie podcast favourites! FIRST UP, Octoberpod presents "Byzantium Slab: Life Without A Soul" a wraparound tale of savagery & adventure in the dystopian Kingdom of the Witch King (featuring the voice talents of Ari Shey, MJ McAddams, and Family Plot podcast's Arthur Williams). THEN: Our True Crime Podcast presents "The Acid King of the 80s" a true crime case of drugs, delusion, DnD, and murder. LATER: The Morbid Forest Takes "A Roll of the Dice" on a journey into a role playing game that is much more than it appears. FINALLY: The Serial Napper herself, Nikki Young, lulls you to sleep (or into the arms of a nightmare) with the true tale of "Monsters Made of Dice" Rogue Transmission 4: DungeonPunk. Total Power. Total Mystery. Total Savagery ... Totally AWESOME! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the morning of December 1, 2016, a teenage girl woke up to the sound of her mother's cellphone alarm ringing endlessly from the kitchen table. Jennifer Hillier-Penney's purse was still there. Her coat was still there. Her boots, passport, vehicle, and personal belongings had all been left behind. Jennifer was nowhere to be found. What followed was one of Newfoundland and Labrador's most haunting missing persons cases. For years, Jennifer's family searched for answers while rumours spread through the small town of St. Anthony. Many believed they knew what had happened, but the police made no arrest, and Jennifer's body was never found. Then, behind the scenes, the RCMP launched one of the largest undercover Mr. Big operations in the province's history. Over four years, undercover officers built an elaborate fake criminal organization designed to gain the trust of one man: Jennifer's estranged husband, Dean Penney. Seven years after Jennifer disappeared, a confession on a boat in Vancouver Harbour would change everything. Sources: https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/article/dean-penney-charged-in-mr-big-sting-found-guilty-of-first-degree-murder/ https://www.pressreader.com/canada/the-telegram-st-johns/20260403/281573772242968 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/marina-jennifer-hillier-penney-life-insurance-1.5398038 https://www.saltwire.com/newfoundland-labrador/jennifer-hillier-penney-murderer https://pleasebringmehome.com/canada/jennifer-hillier-penney/  https://halifax.citynews.ca/2026/05/25/mr-big-sting-for-n-l-man-guilty-of-killing-estranged-wife-involved-100-officers/  https://www.saltwire.com/newfoundland-labrador/derick-hilliers-parents-defend-innocence https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zEUjBvluWY Follow me here: ► YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@SerialNapper/ ► Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/serialnappernik/ ► Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/SerialNapper/ ► TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@serialnappernik  *Go Ad-Free on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SerialNapper * Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In August 2010, 20-year-old Amber Tuccaro flew from Fort McMurray to Edmonton with her young son, Jacob, hoping for a short getaway and a break from the stress of everyday life. Within hours, Amber vanished. What followed became one of the most haunting unsolved cases in Canadian history. Years later, the RCMP released a chilling audio recording captured during a 17-minute phone call Amber made while riding with an unidentified man down dark rural Alberta roads. In the recording, you can hear Amber slowly realizing something is terribly wrong as the driver calmly takes her in the opposite direction of where she wanted to go. And somehow, despite the world hearing the possible killer’s voice… nobody has ever been charged. If you have any information about Amber Tuccaro’s murder, please contact Alberta RCMP or Crime Stoppers anonymously. Sources: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7dL1Qro46g https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/amber-tuccaro-phone-call-1.1200955 https://www.crcc-ccetp.gc.ca/en/interim-report-public-complaint-investigation-into-amber-tuccaro-missing-person-investigation https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/amber-tuccaro-rcmp-apology-1.5305103 https://edmontonjournal.com/news/local-news/rcmp-apologize-to-family-of-amber-tuccaro-for-errors-in-missing-person-investigation https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/remains-found-near-leduc-confirmed-as-missing-woman-amber-tuccaro-1.1165203 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/women-identify-voice-on-amber-tuccaro-recording-1.1206490 https://albertapressleader.ca/man-claims-audio-recording-of-man-with-murder-victim-amber-tuccaro-is-his-father-alberta-press/ Follow me here: ► YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@SerialNapper/ ► Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/serialnappernik/ ► Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/SerialNapper/ ► TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@serialnappernik  *Go Ad-Free on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SerialNapper * Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 2008, millions of Americans watched the Stockdale family on Wife Swap and saw a deeply religious, old-fashioned family trying to shield their children from the modern world. They lived on a rural Ohio farm, homeschooled their sons, banned television and dating, and spent their lives performing together as a bluegrass gospel band. To some viewers, they seemed wholesome and disciplined. To others, deeply unsettling. Nearly a decade later, the Stockdales would make headlines again for something far darker. On June 15th, 2017, deputies responded to a 911 hang-up call at the family farmhouse and discovered a horrifying scene: 54-year-old Kathy Stockdale and her youngest son James had been shot to death. Nearby was 25-year-old Jacob Stockdale, alive after a failed suicide attempt. As investigators searched for answers, people began revisiting the old Wife Swap episode looking for clues. Had the family’s extreme isolation played a role? Did years of emotional repression contribute to what happened? Or was this ultimately the result of severe mental illness hidden beneath the surface of a seemingly disciplined family life? Sources: https://www.dispatch.com/news/20170617/disbelief-sadness-set-in-after-stockdale-family-shootings https://people.com/wife-swap-reality-show-murders-revisited-11757223 https://allthatsinteresting.com/jacob-stockdale-wife-swap-murders https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/2021/04/28/jacob-stockdale-enters-plea-mother-brothers-slaying/7389350002/?gca-cat=p&gnt-cfr=1 Follow me here: ► YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@SerialNapper/ ► Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/serialnappernik/ ► Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/SerialNapper/ ► TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@serialnappernik  *Go Ad-Free on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SerialNapper * Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Eastburn family looked like the picture of a happy military family in 1985. Gary Eastburn was away at training. His wife Kathryn was home in North Carolina with their three little girls, preparing for the family’s upcoming move to England. Then, on Mother’s Day weekend, a neighbour noticed newspapers piling up in the driveway. Inside the house, police would find a scene so brutal it would haunt investigators for decades. Kathryn Eastburn and her daughters, Kara and Erin, had been murdered. Only 22-month-old Jana survived, found alone in her crib after spending days trapped inside the home. Almost immediately, suspicion fell on a fellow serviceman named Timothy Hennis, a husband and father who had visited the Eastburn home just days earlier after answering an ad about the family dog. What followed became one of the most shocking legal sagas in true crime history:a conviction, a death sentence, an acquittal, and then a DNA bombshell twenty years later that changed everything all over again. Sources: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2011/02/07/three-trials-for-murder? https://www.wral.com/news/local/topic/timothy_hennis/ https://www.fayobserver.com/search/?q=Timothy+Hennis https://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/timothy-hennis-found-guilty-eastburn-family-murders/story?id=10290831 https://www.cbsnews.com/news/timothy-hennis-convicted-again https://murderpedia.org/male.H/h/hennis-timothy.htm Follow me here: ► YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@SerialNapper/ ► Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/serialnappernik/ ► Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/SerialNapper/ ► TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@serialnappernik  *Go Ad-Free on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SerialNapper * Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Betty Broderick became one of America’s most infamous killers. She also became something much stranger: a woman thousands of people thought they understood. In 1989, Betty walked into the San Diego home of her ex-husband, high-powered attorney Dan Broderick, and his new wife, Linda Kolkena, and shot them while they slept. The murders shocked the country. But what shocked people even more was how divided the reaction became afterward. Because this was a murder story about a marriage that rotted slowly and publicly over years. About betrayal, obsession, humiliation, aging, power, and the terrifying feeling of being replaced in your own life. Before the headlines, Betty was the loyal Catholic wife who worked and sacrificed while Dan built his fortune. Together they climbed from struggling young parents living on food stamps to wealthy La Jolla socialites with luxury cars, private schools, and country club memberships. Then Dan left her for a younger woman. And Betty unraveled in ways that became impossible to ignore. Sources: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/12/us/betty-broderick-dead.html https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com  https://people.com/crime/betty-broderick-children-where-are-they-now/  https://people.com/crime/betty-broderick-case-timeline https://apnews.com/article/4f5f9d7d1a4e4e7fa6a6df95f4d0cbe5 https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-11-23-mn-4830-story.html Follow me here: ► YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@SerialNapper/ ► Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/serialnappernik/ ► Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/SerialNapper/ ► TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@serialnappernik  *Go Ad-Free on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SerialNapper * Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Melanie Uribe was just trying to get to work. On December 15th, 1980, the 31-year-old nurse and single mother vanished on her way to a night shift in California. Hours later, her burned truck was discovered abandoned on a dead-end road. Witnesses reported hearing screams and seeing men force their way into her vehicle at a stoplight before driving away. Then the case took a turn nobody could explain. A woman named Etta Smith walked into a police station claiming she had experienced a vivid vision showing where Melanie’s body could be found. She described a remote canyon police had not searched, then personally led investigators straight to Melanie’s remains. Instead of being praised for helping, Etta became the prime suspect. In this episode of Serial Napper, we dive into one of the strangest murder investigations in California history. Was Etta Smith psychic? Was it intuition, coincidence, or something else entirely? And why did police become so convinced that the woman who found Melanie’s body had to somehow be involved in her murder? This is the story of Melanie Uribe, Etta Smith, and the case that still leaves people debating the impossible decades later. Sources: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-03-27-me-381-story.html https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-03-27-me-76-story.html https://time.com/archive/6708759/crime-etta-smiths-fatal-vision/ https://unsolved.com/gallery/premonition-of-murder https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-03-27-me-76-story.html? Follow me here: ► YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@SerialNapper/ ► Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/serialnappernik/ ► Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/SerialNapper/ ► TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@serialnappernik  *Go Ad-Free on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SerialNapper * Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

37-year-old Elnaz Hajtamiri knew she was in danger. Weeks before she vanished, she survived a violent attack in the underground parking garage of her Richmond Hill condo after two masked men allegedly tried to kidnap her. She was beaten with a frying pan so severely that she required roughly 40 stitches. Terrified, Elnaz left her home and went into hiding with her family in Wasaga Beach, Ontario. But on the night of January 12, 2022, three masked men posing as police officers arrived at the house with fake badges, fake police vests, and what appeared to be a warrant. Within moments, Elnaz was dragged barefoot through the snow and forced into a white Lexus SUV. She has never been seen again. In this episode of Serial Napper, we revisit the chilling disappearance of Elnaz Hajtamiri, including major new developments in the investigation and the recent guilty plea from her ex-boyfriend, Mohamad Lilo, who admitted to conspiracy to kidnap in exchange for murder charges being dropped. We examine the alleged stalking, tracking devices, organized criminal connections, private investigators, fake police uniforms, and the haunting reality that, despite years of arrests and court proceedings, Elnaz’s family still does not know where she is. If you have any information about the disappearance of Elnaz Hajtamiri, please contact the Ontario Provincial Police at 1-888-310-1122 or submit an anonymous tip through Crime Stoppers. A $100,000 reward remains available for information leading to her location. Sources: https://www.ctvnews.ca/barrie/article/mohamad-lilo-beats-murder-charge-takes-plea-deal-in-elnaz-hajtamiri-kidnapping-conspiracy/  https://www.instagram.com/bringelnazhome/  https://www.gofundme.com/f/bring-elnaz-home https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGh-3-0Yels  https://www.innisfiltoday.ca/local-news/mother-of-abducted-woman-longs-to-hug-her-daughter-again-6368435 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/lawyer-questions-police-took-safety-seriously-woman-abducted-1.6368706 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ex-boyfriend-elnaz-hajtamiri-private-investigator-1.6427398  https://www.bramptonguardian.com/news-story/10607623-brampton-man-charged-another-wanted-in-alleged-assault-of-woman-later-reportedly-abducted-from-wasaga-beach/ https://barrie.ctvnews.ca/mohamad-lilo-s-new-lawyer-maintains-client-s-innocence-in-elnaz-hajtamiri-abduction-1.6223258 Follow me here: ► YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@SerialNapper/ ► Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/serialnappernik/ ► Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/SerialNapper/ ► TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@serialnappernik  *Go Ad-Free on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SerialNapper * Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

An apartment building in Oshawa had a clogged drain. By the end of the day, police would uncover one of Canada’s most horrifying murder investigations. When plumbers pulled a strange pink, flesh-like substance from the pipes of a basement apartment in December 2017, they immediately called police. What officers found inside the apartment of Adam Strong would shock even seasoned investigators: human remains in a freezer, blood spatter on the walls and ceiling, and evidence linking Strong not just to 18-year-old Rori Hache, but also to Kandis Fitzpatrick, a young woman who had vanished nearly a decade earlier. Sources: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/adam-strong-sentenced-to-life-1.6044616 https://criminallawoshawa.com/adam-strong-convicted-of-first-degree-murder-and-manslaughter/ https://globalnews.ca/news/7366282/adam-strong-double-murder-trial-oshawa/ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/adam-strong-trial-begins-1.5741888 https://www.durhamregion.com/news/crime/panicky-adam-strong-was-anxious-to-fix-plumbing-murder-trial-hears/article_5fbd3e0b-b6df-5c97-a02a-98a504ca7f98.html https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/remains-of-kandis-fitzpatrick-found-14-years-after-she-went-missing-1.6353740 https://www.durhamregion.com/news/family-of-murdered-oshawa-teen-rori-hache-appeals-for-support-for-funeral-costs/article_1d3e8974-90fa-5d6d-963f-44abd374efd1.html https://unidentified-awareness.fandom.com/wiki/Kandis_Fitzpatrick https://www.durhamregion.com/news/accused-killer-adam-strong-showed-off-sex-video-bragged-of-dungeon-court-hears/article_22324a18-27c0-5558-9c67-b5d2ab6c9f70.html#:~:text=WARNING:%20This%20story%20contains%20details,of%20people%20dying%2C%20court%20heard Follow me here: ► YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@SerialNapper/ ► Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/serialnappernik/ ► Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/SerialNapper/ ► TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@serialnappernik  *Go Ad-Free on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SerialNapper * Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On March 22, 2010, four-year-old Paulette Gebara Farah was reported missing from her family’s luxury apartment in Mexico City. There were no signs of forced entry. No ransom demands. No witnesses. And this wasn’t a child who could easily wander off. What followed was a massive media frenzy. Her parents, Mauricio Gebara and Lizette Farah, made emotional public appeals as search efforts intensified and the entire country watched. But as days passed with no answers, the focus began to shift inward. Investigators started questioning the family. Stories didn’t quite line up. Public suspicion grew. Nine days later, she was found in the same room… in a place dozens of people had already looked. Sources: https://people.com/paulette-gebarah-farah-death-mexico-girl-vanished-bed-8706458 https://www.bbc.com/news/10168243 https://www.timetoast.com/timelines/the-story-of-paulette-gebara-farah https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-apr-11-la-fg-mexico-paulette11-2010apr11-story.html https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2020/06/9863045/netflix-the-search-based-on-a-true-story-paulette-gebara-farah Follow me here: ► YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@SerialNapper/ ► Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/serialnappernik/ ► Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/SerialNapper/ ► TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@serialnappernik  *Go Ad-Free on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SerialNapper * Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Just before midnight in March 1990, Toni Clark was driving home across the Bay Bridge when her car stalled. Minutes later, another vehicle crashed into it. Police arrived within six minutes. Toni was gone. No one saw her go over the bridge. No evidence proved she entered the water. And a week later, her mother says she received a phone call she believed came from Toni herself. In this episode of Serial Napper, I’m diving into the haunting disappearance of Toni Clark, a pregnant 17-year-old whose case never received the national attention it deserved. Was Toni killed in a tragic accident… or taken from that bridge? We explore the timeline, witness accounts, the mysterious phone call, the driver later charged and acquitted in connection with the crash, and the uncomfortable question of why some missing children become household names while others fade from public memory. This case is not just about what may have happened to Toni. It’s about what happens when a missing girl’s story never gets the spotlight. Sources: https://websleuths.com/threads/ca-toni-danielle-clark-17-san-bruno-16-mar-1990.370625/  https://www.doenetwork.org/cases/software/mp-main.html?id=148dfca  https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/The-Other-Missing-Kids-They-quickly-faded-from-2975456.php https://deaniepeters-missingangels.blogspot.com/2009/11/toni-clark-missing-for-20-years.html https://www.ourblackgirls.com/p/toni-clark-missing-california  https://rcccmcc.com/2020/06/01/toni-danielle-clark/ Follow me here: ► YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@SerialNapper/ ► Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/serialnappernik/ ► Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/SerialNapper/ ► TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@serialnappernik  *Go Ad-Free on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SerialNapper * Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 1991, Gregory Green brutally murdered his pregnant wife, stabbing her to death inside their home while her children hid nearby. Despite the severity of the crime, he was sentenced to 15–25 years and was eventually released on parole after serving 16 years. He appeared to rebuild his life. He remarried. He became part of a church community. He had more children. But behind closed doors… the same patterns began to emerge. In 2016, as his second wife prepared to leave him, Gregory Green carried out a second act of unimaginable violence...killing four children and forcing their mother to witness it. This episode explores not just what happened… but how it was allowed to happen. Sources: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/true-crime/wp/2017/03/08/a-woman-married-a-paroled-murderer-years-later-he-killed-all-her-children/ https://www.thestar.com/news/world/25-years-after-killing-first-wife-u-s-man-allegedly-shoots-second-wife-kills-4/article_3592d8db-9c9d-5972-9c63-191eb07bc7dc.html https://murderpedia.org/male.G/g/green-gregory.htm Follow me here: ► YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@SerialNapper/ ► Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/serialnappernik/ ► Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/SerialNapper/ ► TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@serialnappernik  *Go Ad-Free on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SerialNapper * Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Three teenagers left a house in the early morning hours of July 31, 2022. Six minutes later, two were dead and one would be convicted of murder. In Strongsville, Ohio, a car driven by 17-year-old Mackenzie Shirilla slammed into a brick building at nearly 100 miles per hour, killing her boyfriend Dominic Russo and their friend Davion Flanagan. At first, it looked like a tragic crash. But investigators say the data tells a different story. No braking. Accelerator fully pressed. A prior threat to crash the car. In 2023, Shirilla was convicted of murder and sentenced to 15 years to life. But the case didn’t end there. Because not everyone agrees on what happened in those final minutes. Her legal team now argues that a possible medical event may have caused a loss of consciousness. Others point to text messages, videos, and relationship dynamics that suggest something more intentional. And then there’s the part that still doesn’t sit right for many people—A key post-conviction filing raising these issues was rejected, not because it was disproven, but because it was filed one day too late. So what actually happened on Progress Drive? Was this a deliberate act…a catastrophic accident…or something more complicated that never fully made it into the courtroom? This episode breaks down the timeline, the trial, and the competing narratives behind one of the most debated cases in recent years. Sources: https://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/rod/docs/pdf/8/2024/2024-Ohio-4674.pdf https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/investigations/3news-investigates-exclusive-parents-mackenzie-shirilla-break-silence-claim-new-evidence-proves-innocence/95-72f8fb48-b994-43d2-b62c-6cc255a3c5f2 https://www.ccprosecutor.us/strongsville-woman-sentenced-life-in-prison-crash-killed-two/ https://law.justia.com/cases/ohio/eighth-district-court-of-appeals/2024/113167.html https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/investigations/exclusive-new-medical-evidence-challenges-conviction-mackenzie-shirilla-case-3news-investigates/95-29304f15-460b-4a70-82c6-227c42a163d4 https://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/rod/docs/pdf/8/2026/2026-Ohio-830.pdf https://www.aol.com/news/father-20-old-murdered-girlfriend-193056756.html Follow me here: ► YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@SerialNapper/ ► Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/serialnappernik/ ► Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/SerialNapper/ ► TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@serialnappernik  *Go Ad-Free on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SerialNapper * Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On January 13, 1996, nine-year-old Amber Hagerman was riding her bike in Arlington, Texas, when she was abducted by a stranger in broad daylight. There was a witness. Police were called immediately. A search began within minutes. And still… Amber was gone. Four days later, her body was found in a creek just a few miles from where she was taken. Her killer has never been identified. In this episode, we walk through the timeline of Amber’s abduction, the investigation that followed, and how a single question from a concerned citizen led to the creation of the AMBER Alert system, now used worldwide to help recover missing children. We also take a closer look at the suspects who have been considered over the years, the role of evolving DNA technology, and why cases like Amber’s are some of the hardest to solve. Thirty years later, the case remains open. And someone, somewhere, still knows what happened. Sources: https://www.woodlandsonline.com/npps/story.cfm?nppage=68886 https://youtu.be/jKaqwlht1Xg?t=1742  https://www.ojp.gov/library/publications/amber-advocate-issue-1-2026 https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/critical-thinking-technology-history/how-many-lives-do-amber-alerts-really-save https://thebarbedwire.com/2026/01/13/amber-alert-30th-anniversary/#:~:text=Robinson%20said%20that%20the%20APD,some%20peace%20and%20some%20closure.%E2%80%9D https://people.com/what-happened-to-amber-hagerman-11883708#:~:text=Gildon%20also%20said%20he%20believes,Give%20Amber%20justice.%E2%80%9D Follow me here: ► YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@SerialNapper/ ► Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/serialnappernik/ ► Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/SerialNapper/ ► TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@serialnappernik  *Go Ad-Free on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SerialNapper * Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On February 14th, 2000—Valentine’s Day—15-year-old Nicholas “Nick” Kunselman and 16-year-old Stephanie Hart-Grizzell were found shot to death behind the counter of a Subway restaurant in Littleton, Colorado. Just ten months earlier, both teens had survived the Columbine High School shooting. They were part of a community still trying to heal… still trying to move forward. That night was supposed to be simple. Nick was finishing his shift. Stephanie had stopped by to wait for him. But sometime between closing time and just before 1:00 AM… something happened inside that restaurant. A coworker noticed the lights were still on. She saw a man leaving through the back...And moments later, she walked in to find both teens dead. Investigators have spent decades chasing leads, reviewing evidence, and re-testing DNA. The case file now spans dozens of binders, with hundreds of interviews and over 150 pieces of evidence. Theories have ranged from robbery to a targeted attack to rumours of a possible drug connection… but none have held up. What remains is a narrow window of time, a fleeting sighting of a possible suspect, and one persistent belief from investigators: Someone knows what happened that night. Sources: https://thartribune.com/nicholas-nick-kunselman-and-stephanie-hart-grizzell/ https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/nick-kunselman-stephanie-hart-grizzell-subway-sweetheart-murders/ https://law.justia.com/cases/colorado/court-of-appeals/2003/01ca1989-0.html https://uncovered.com/cases/stephanie-hart-grizzell-littleton-co https://www.denver7.com/longform/project-unsolved-colorado-cold-case-stephanie-grizzell-nick-kunselman?_ga=2.124708426.1902990716.1775739200-2034097701.1775739199 Follow me here: ► YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@SerialNapper/ ► Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/serialnappernik/ ► Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/SerialNapper/ ► TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@serialnappernik  *Go Ad-Free on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SerialNapper * Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

She arrived in Auckland at 2:14 PM. By 3:32 PM, she was gone. In September 1998, 29-year-old Kayo Matsuzawa travelled from Japan to New Zealand to study English and explore the world she had dreamed of seeing since she was a child. She was careful. Prepared. Independent. And just months away from returning home. But during a short trip to Auckland, something happened in the space of just over an hour. Days later, her belongings were found in a nearby trash bin. Eleven days later, her body was discovered in a locked utility room between two office buildings, just minutes from her hostel. No witnesses. No clear cause of death. No arrest. Years later, male DNA would be found under her fingernails - proof that she fought back. But even that hasn’t led to a name. In this episode of Serial Napper, we walk through Kayo’s final known movements, the unsettling gaps in the timeline, and the theory investigators keep coming back to: that she may have been targeted inside a bar and led somewhere no one was watching. Sources: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/24-years-of-torture-the-cold-case-murder-of-japanese-tourist-kayo-matsuzawa/S7SNMUEBZZKGR3I6WK2KR2FWXU/ https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/news/crime/killing-of-tourist-in-central-auckland-breakthrough-in-20-year-cold-case/ https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/police-have-new-suspect-in-japanese-tourists-cold-case-murder/OTQQPAGRE7CKLCUIA2NK4CVO2U/  https://websleuths.com/threads/kayo-matsuzawa-29-japanese-tourist-murdered-auckland-nz.385219/  Follow me here: ► YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@SerialNapper/ ► Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/serialnappernik/ ► Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/SerialNapper/ ► TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@serialnappernik  *Go Ad-Free on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SerialNapper * Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

17-year-old Hailey Buzbee vanished from her home in Fishers, Indiana, in January 2026. What started as online gaming turned into a year-long grooming process that ended in tragedy. In this episode of Serial Napper, we walk through the case of Hailey Buzbee, from the quiet early morning hours she disappeared… to the digital trail that led investigators across state lines and into the woods of Ohio. Hailey met 39-year-old Tyler Thomas through online platforms like Roblox and League of Legends. What followed was months of communication across apps like Discord, Snapchat, and the encrypted messaging app Session, where conversations can disappear without a trace. This case isn’t about a stranger in a van. It’s about what can happen inside a phone. 17-year-old Hailey Buzbee vanished from her home in Fishers, Indiana, in January 2026. What started as online gaming turned into a year-long grooming process that ended in tragedy. In this episode of Serial Napper, we walk through the case of Hailey Buzbee, from the quiet early morning hours she disappeared… to the digital trail that led investigators across state lines and into the woods of Ohio. Hailey met 39-year-old Tyler Thomas through online platforms like Roblox and League of Legends. What followed was months of communication across apps like Discord, Snapchat, and the encrypted messaging app Session, where conversations can disappear without a trace. This case isn’t about a stranger in a van. It’s about what can happen inside a phone. Sources: https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/03/17/who-is-hailey-buzbee-and-why-are-ohio-lawmakers-moving-to-restrict-online-gaming-after-her-death/ https://www.10tv.com/article/news/local/court-records-reveal-new-details-in-disappearance-death-hailey-buzbee/530-1222f1bd-65cb-4e91-8518-f3946e527555 https://abc6onyourside.com/news/local/columbus-police-fbi-hocking-perry-county-fishers-indiana-search-warrant-reveals-new-details-hailey-buzbee-tyler-thomas-death-investigation  https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/people-show-unwavering-support-for-buzbee-family-weeks-after-the-teens-disappearance-and-death/531-0a8dcfb4-cf55-4141-8987-d39111d35188  https://www.flannerbuchanan.com/obituaries/hailey-buzbee https://www.indystar.com/story/news/crime/2026/02/03/hailey-buzbee-teen-remembered-as-kind-vibrant-with-passion-for-journalism-community-reacts/88491969007/ Follow me here: ► YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@SerialNapper/ ► Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/serialnappernik/ ► Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/SerialNapper/ ► TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@serialnappernik  *Go Ad-Free on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SerialNapper * Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Natalie McNally was 32 years old, 15 weeks pregnant, and preparing for a future she believed was finally falling into place. On December 18, 2022, she spent the evening with her family watching the World Cup final before heading home to her house in Silverwood Green. Hours later, she was brutally killed. Her boyfriend, Stephen McCullagh, seemed like the last person anyone would suspect. He had a public alibi: a six-hour YouTube livestream watched by thousands, showing him at home playing video games, drinking, and joking with viewers. But something about that stream didn’t sit right. What started as a seemingly airtight alibi quickly unravelled into a calculated plan involving prerecorded footage, a carefully timed journey, and a web of lies that placed him closer to Natalie than anyone initially believed. This is the murder of Natalie McNally...a case of control, deception, and a plan that was supposed to be perfect… until it wasn’t. Sources: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g8d8pz0xyo https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0q3l33nwp1o  https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2djy2gkxl9o https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj9883njdnmo  https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/03/04/murder-accused-spent-time-with-natalie-mcnallys-body-while-distraught-at-wake/  https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/mar/23/stephen-mccullagh-livestream-lies-natalie-mcnally-murder Follow me here: ► YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@SerialNapper/ ► Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/serialnappernik/ ► Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/SerialNapper/ ► TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@serialnappernik  *Go Ad-Free on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SerialNapper * Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Professional cyclist Anna Moriah Wilson was in Austin, Texas, for a race when she was shot to death inside a friend’s home. What first looked like a quiet, targeted killing quickly turned into one of the most bizarre true crime stories in recent years, involving a secret relationship, a jealous girlfriend, an international manhunt, plastic surgery, and a 2023 murder conviction. In this episode of Serial Napper, we revisit the case of Kaitlin Armstrong, the yoga instructor accused of killing Mo Wilson after discovering her boyfriend was still seeing her behind her back. Prosecutors said Armstrong tracked Mo’s location, followed her home, and carried out a planned shooting before fleeing the country using a fake passport. She was later found hiding in Costa Rica after 43 days on the run. This case shocked the cycling world. Sources: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/22026476-d-1-dc-22-301129.html?embed=true&responsive=false&sidebar=false https://www.bicycling.com/culture/a42154519/the-tragic-story-of-moriah-wilson/ https://www.caledonianrecord.com/community/deaths/anna-moriah-wilson-obituary/article_6ad624b6-0322-5c33-a27f-6b295f325753.html  https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/family-friends-remember-talent-kindness-slain-pro-cyclist-anna-moriah-wilson/  https://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/biking/moriah-wilson-murder-gravel-racing/ https://road.cc/content/news/moriah-wilson-murder-colin-strickland-hiding-293121#:~:text=However%2C%20the%20pair%20subsequently%20reconciled,was%20%E2%80%9Cplatonic%20and%20professional.%E2%80%9D https://abcnews.com/US/jury-deliberating-closing-statements-kaitlin-armstrong/story?id=104949718&utm_source=chatgpt.com https://apnews.com/article/bicyclist-murder-trial-costa-rica-mo-wilson-cad77497b26a55ab75b9f739dae6b561  Follow me here: ► YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@SerialNapper/ ► Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/serialnappernik/ ► Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/SerialNapper/ ► TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@serialnappernik  *Go Ad-Free on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SerialNapper * Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In October 1993, a small farming community in Wilkie, Saskatchewan, was shaken when Robert Latimer was arrested for killing his own daughter. At first, Tracy Latimer’s death didn’t seem suspicious. She had lived her entire life with severe cerebral palsy, daily seizures, chronic pain, and repeated surgeries. Her health was fragile, and her family had spent years caring for her through hospital stays, procedures, and constant medical complications. But the autopsy told a different story. Robert later admitted that he had ended Tracy’s life himself, saying he believed he was sparing her from more suffering after doctors told the family she would need another painful surgery. What followed was a trial that divided Canada. Some people believed Robert Latimer was a loving father forced into an impossible decision. Others believed his actions crossed a line that can never be justified. The case sparked national debate about euthanasia, disability rights, parental authority, and whether compassion can ever be a legal defence to murder. Even today, the questions raised by Tracy Latimer’s death remain unresolved. Can killing someone ever be an act of mercy? ⚠️ Listener discretion advised. This episode discusses disability, chronic illness, and the death of a child. Sources: http://www.ccdonline.ca/en/humanrights/endoflife/latimer/2000/06b  http://www.ccdonline.ca/en/humanrights/endoflife/latimer/victim-murderer  https://decisions.scc-csc.ca/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/1470/index.do https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/robert-latimer-case https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/robert-latimer-25-years-later-1.5360711 Follow me here: ► YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@SerialNapper/ ► Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/serialnappernik/ ► Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/SerialNapper/ ► TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@serialnappernik  *Go Ad-Free on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SerialNapper * Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In March 2021, 33‑year‑old Sarah Everard disappeared while walking home from a friend’s house in South London. What began as a missing person’s case quickly turned into one of the most shocking and heartbreaking stories the UK has ever seen...because the man responsible wasn’t a stranger in the dark. He was a police officer. This episode takes a deep, updated look at the full story of Sarah Everard’s murder; who she was, what happened on the night she vanished, and how her death sparked an international movement demanding change for women’s safety and accountability within policing. We’ll revisit the original coverage of this case and layer in new details from recent investigations, public inquiries, and reports exposing how Wayne Couzens—an armed officer in the Metropolitan Police—was able to abuse his position of authority to commit this heinous crime. Sources: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0433k22x9vo https://www.met.police.uk/police-forces/metropolitan-police/areas/about-us/about-the-met/bcr/baroness-casey-review/ https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Wayne-Couzens-Sentencing-Remarks.pdf  https://criminalinjurieshelpline.co.uk/blog/sarah-everard-a-timeline-of-tragedy-and-betrayal/ https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/30/uk/sarah-everard-timeline-gbr-intl https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/sep/29/wayne-couzens-timeline-footage-shows-movements-before-murdering-sarah-everard  https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/article/uk-officer-accused-of-citing-covid-19-to-detain-kidnapping-murder-victim-sarah-everard/ https://tomowenandson.com/blog/sarah-everard/ https://www.vogue.co.uk/article/susan-everard-sarah-tribute ► YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@SerialNapper/ ► Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/serialnappernik/ ► Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/SerialNapper/ ► TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@serialnappernik  *Go Ad-Free on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SerialNapper * Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When 25‑year‑old Joshua Saulteaux from Whitefish Lake First Nation, Alberta, scratched a ticket and won $1 million, it was supposed to be the start of a new life. Instead, just weeks later, he was gone, leaving behind his new RV, his phone, and a haunting scene of blood inside. In this episode, we trace Joshua’s short road from celebration to disappearance, exploring the fear he felt in his final days, the unanswered questions in his case, and how a violent past may have followed him home. We also uncover what lottery winners in Canada are really risking the moment their names go public and why sudden wealth can sometimes bring deadly attention. Joshua’s story is complex. He was involved in a horrific crime in 2021 that claimed two lives... a truth that can’t be ignored. Those victims, Deidra Aldridge and  Daniel Grandbois, deserve to be remembered. But Joshua served the sentence handed down to him, and his disappearance remains a tragedy that no family should have to endure. Listen as we unravel how fortune, fear, and unfinished business collided in the case of Joshua Saulteaux: the man who won the lottery… and then vanished. Sources: https://edmontonjournal.com/news/crime/edmonton-double-homicide-murder-accessory  https://www.reddit.com/r/alberta/comments/1o30ovt/family_says_joshua_francis_saulteaux_missing/ https://www.aptnnews.ca/investigates/blood-a-trailer-and-1m-what-happened-to-joshua-saulteaux/ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/man-accused-in-fatal-edmonton-shooting-completed-accessory-to-murder-sentence-weeks-earlier-1.7518731 https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/national-international/lottery-rules-anonymous-states-powerball-mega-millions/3913059/ Follow me here: ► YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@SerialNapper/ ► Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/serialnappernik/ ► Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/SerialNapper/ ► TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@serialnappernik  *Go Ad-Free on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SerialNapper * Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, we return to one of the most haunting cases ever to strike the east coast of Canada: the reign of terror unleashed by Allan Joseph Legere, better known as The Monster of the Miramichi. In 1989, a quiet community was transformed into a place gripped by fear as Legere, an escaped convict with a violent past, stalked the woods, broke into homes, assaulted, tortured, and murdered with escalating brutality. For seven months, Miramichi lived through a nightmare that felt endless. And now, decades later, the story takes a final turn. As of March 2026, Correctional Service Canada has confirmed that Allan Legere has died at age 78 while serving his life sentence. His death closes a chapter, but not the scars he left behind. Join me as we revisit the darkness that swept through Miramichi and the ending to a case that Canada has never forgotten. Sources: https://murderpedia.org/male.L/l/legere-allan.htm https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/miramichi-police-chief-deputy-allan-legere-death-community-reacts-9.7122877 https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/allan-legere-case Follow me here: ► YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@SerialNapper/ ► Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/serialnappernik/ ► Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/SerialNapper/ ► TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@serialnappernik  *Go Ad-Free on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SerialNapper * Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A heavy backpack. A quiet question in first‑period math. And a year of warnings that went unanswered. This episode of Serial Napper traces the long, tangled path leading to the Apalachee High shooting and the four lives lost in minutes. In this late‑night deep dive, we walk through the slow unravelling of 14‑year‑old Colt Gray: a boy raised in chaos, overlooked by schools, ignored by caseworkers, and surrounded by adults who kept assuming someone else would step in. We also break down how Colt's father, Colin Gray, now charged with murder, moved through a year of missed red flags before the Apalachee High shooting. From FBI‑flagged threats that stalled out, to a full school year he never once attended, to a frantic search that ended with staff detaining the wrong student - we unravel how a tragedy built itself one missed chance at a time. This isn’t about excusing a shooter.  It’s about the systems that should have protected every child at that school… and failed them all. If you or someone you know is struggling with thoughts of self‑harm, help is available. In the U.S., call or text 988. Sources: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpv87wwmd0lo https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/06/us/timeline-apalachee-high-school-shooting-georgia https://gbi.georgia.gov/press-releases/2024-09-13/frequently-asked-questions-apalachee-high-school-shooting https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/us/colin-gray-verdict-apalachee-shooting.html https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2024/09/06/inside-georgia-high-school-where-sleepy-morning-was-pierced-by-gunfire/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2024/10/03/georgia-school-shooting-suspect-apalachee/ Follow me here: ► YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@SerialNapper/ ► Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/serialnappernik/ ► Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/SerialNapper/ ► TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@serialnappernik  *Go Ad-Free on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SerialNapper * Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the morning of February 18, 2019, 15-year-old Rebecca Reusch was supposed to go to school. She never arrived. The last confirmed sign of life? A Snapchat sent from inside her sister’s home in Berlin-Britz. At 7:46 a.m., her phone connected to the house Wi-Fi for the final time. After that, her digital footprint vanished. In this episode of Serial Napper, we walk through one of Germany’s most high-profile and puzzling missing person cases. From the narrow 46-minute window inside the house… to the suspicious eastbound drives on the A12 highway… to the forest searches in Brandenburg… and the 2025 property excavation involving over 100 officers and the BKA. Why was Rebecca’s brother-in-law arrested twice on suspicion of manslaughter?Why were hairs and fibres from a missing blanket reportedly found in his car trunk?Why did police publicly release his photo in a way that many called unprecedented? And why, seven years later, is there still no body, no confession, and no definitive proof of what happened inside that house? Rebecca Reusch’s disappearance has been described as one of Germany’s most closely watched missing person cases, second only to Madeleine McCann in media intensity. And it all comes back to one timestamp. 7:46 a.m. Sources: https://www.berlin.de/generalstaatsanwaltschaft/presse/pressemitteilungen/2025/pressemitteilung.1608274.php https://www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/alles-deutet-darauf-hin-dass-sie-das-haus-nicht-lebend-verlassen-hat-4686169.html https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/police-searching-missing-teen-rebecca-36103410 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15210047/Police-hunting-missing-Berlin-schoolgirl-vanished-six-years-ago-15-search-grandparents-home.html  https://www.stern.de/panorama/verbrechen/themen/rebecca-reusch-8595696.html https://www.tagesspiegel.de/gesellschaft/spuren-des-zweifels-5546110.html?icid=in-text-link_4686169 Follow me here: ► YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@SerialNapper/ ► Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/serialnappernik/ ► Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/SerialNapper/ ► TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@serialnappernik  *Go Ad-Free on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SerialNapper * Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the summer of 1968, the tight-knit community of Scotswood in Newcastle upon Tyne was shaken by two devastating deaths. Four-year-old Martin Brown was found in an abandoned house. Three-year-old Brian Howe was discovered weeks later, strangled behind concrete blocks near a railway. The person ultimately convicted? An 11-year-old girl named Mary Flora Bell. In this episode of Serial Napper, we dive deep into one of Britain’s most infamous child murder cases. Not just the crimes, but everything that came before them. Mary’s chaotic upbringing in the slums of Scotswood.The alleged abuse and early head injuries.The repeated warnings that no one acted on.The chilling courtroom testimony describing her “mask of sanity.”The controversial verdict of diminished responsibility.Her release at 23 under a new identity.And the lifelong anonymity order that still protects her today. We also ask the uncomfortable question that has haunted this case for decades: Was Mary Bell born this way? Or was she built by the violence around her? She has never reoffended. Not once. But two little boys never got the chance to grow up. Sources: https://www.theguardian.com/society/1968/dec/06/childprotection https://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/crime-files/mary-bell https://www.nytimes.com/1999/04/18/books/a-bad-seed.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/police-investigate-bell-s-abuse-claims-1161695.html Follow me here: ► YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@SerialNapper/ ► Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/serialnappernik/ ► Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/SerialNapper/ ► TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@serialnappernik  *Go Ad-Free on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SerialNapper * Come to CrimeCon UK in London! Head to CrimeCon.co.uk to secure your tickets, and don’t forget to use my code "NAPPER10" for 10% off. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 2005, just weeks after surviving a 41-day stay in the NICU, baby Emmanuel Woods died of malnutrition in Shreveport, Louisiana. His mother, Tiffany Woods, was later convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison. Her crime? Switching her premature infant to cow’s milk after Hurricane Katrina displaced the family and disrupted access to formula and medical care. Nearly twenty years later, after earning a degree behind bars and raising four surviving children from a distance, Tiffany requested parole. Two board members voted to release her. One vote kept her in prison. So what do we call this case? Was this criminal neglect? Or a catastrophic mistake made in survival mode during one of the worst natural disasters in U.S. history? Sources: https://atlantablackstar.com/2026/02/18/louisiana-mom-convicted-of-murdering-infant-by-feeding-him-cows-milk-after-hurricane-katrina-denied-parole-after-spending-18-years-in-prison/ https://newsone.com/6843116/tiffany-woods-disaster-displacement-life-without-parole/ https://www.scrippsnews.com/us-news/crime/clemency-recommended-to-mom-in-prison-for-killing-infant-with-cow-milk https://www.nola.com/news/courts/louisiana-mom-whose-baby-died-after-being-fed-cow-s-milk-during-katrina-evacuation-denied/article_6bdb3f2f-c40d-458c-9644-b4e08e8cacde.html https://madamenoire.com/1654770/tiffany-woods-parole-denied/ https://www.themarshallproject.org/2021/12/16/her-baby-died-after-hurricane-katrina#:~:text=Baby%20Emmanuel%20was%20extremely%20sleepy,he%20might%20tolerate%20it%20better.&text=Her%20Baby%20Died%20After%20Hurricane%20Katrina.,-Was%20It%20a Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

April 15, 2014. What began as a small student gathering near the University of Calgary ended in one of the most devastating nights in the city’s history. Five young people went to a house party in Brentwood and never made it home. The accused, 22-year-old Matthew DeGrood, the son of a Calgary police officer, would later be diagnosed with schizophrenia and found Not Criminally Responsible for the killings. In this episode, we explore:• What witnesses described from inside the house• The disturbing behaviour leading up to the attack• The legal meaning of Not Criminally Responsible in Canada• The ongoing review board process• And the difficult tension between treatment and public safety This is not a story about revenge or a clear motive. It’s a case about psychosis, missed warning signs, and the ripple effects that continue more than a decade later. Five families are still living with the aftermath. Sources: https://calgary.citynews.ca/2025/12/19/matthew-de-grood-criminal-review-board/ https://globalnews.ca/news/10067351/matthew-de-grood-calgary-stabbings-review/ https://calgaryherald.com/news/crime/details-of-shocking-brentwood-killings-heard-during-first-day-of-matthew-de-grood-trial https://edmontonjournal.com/news/crime/matthew-de-groods-family-breaks-silence-about-alberta-review-board-controversy Follow me here: ► YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@SerialNapper/ ► Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/serialnappernik/ ► Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/SerialNapper/ ► TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@serialnappernik  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In February 2025, 22-year-old Liam Gabriel Toman disappeared from Mont-Tremblant after a night out at Le P’tit Caribou. Last seen on surveillance walking toward his hotel, he never made it back — and his disappearance remains unsolved. After a day on the slopes and drinks in the village, Liam was captured on camera just minutes from his room. An extensive search followed. Weeks later, his wallet was found near a parking lot inside the resort area — but Liam was nowhere to be found. In this episode of Serial Napper, we break down the timeline, the surveillance gaps, the search efforts, and the unanswered questions that still surround Liam’s disappearance. A $50,000 reward is being offered for information leading to his whereabouts (valid through May 20, 2026).If you have information, contact the Sûreté du Québec tip line: 1-800-659-4264. Sources: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjYasFE18Jk https://ottawa.citynews.ca/2025/11/25/reward-ontario-man-missing-mont-tremblant/ https://people.com/man-22-vanished-after-leaving-quebec-ski-resort-bar-and-remains-missing-year-later-11888049 https://www.liamtoman.com/ https://montrealgazette.com/news/liam-toman-mont-tremblant-police-command-post  https://www.facebook.com/groups/9496912960422437/ Follow me here: ► YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@SerialNapper/ ► Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/serialnappernik/ ► Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/SerialNapper/ ► TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@serialnappernik  *Go Ad-Free on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SerialNapper * Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In September 2021, Mchale Busch and her 16-month-old son Noah McConnell were murdered in their apartment building in Hinton, Alberta, by a neighbour the system already knew was dangerous. This episode explores how a young family, searching for safety and stability, unknowingly moved next door to Robert Keith Major, a convicted sex offender assessed as high risk to reoffend. Despite documented warnings, he was living without monitoring or supervision. We examine the life Mchale and Cody built together, the events of September 15, 2021, the investigation that followed, and how gaps in Canada’s sex offender registry failed to protect families. We also discuss the RCMP’s 2025 High Risk Child Sex Offender Database and why Noah’s Law, proposed by Noah’s father, still matters. Content warning: This episode discusses violence against a child. Details are handled with care and without graphic description. Sources: https://noahslaw.ca/  https://www.alberta.ca/assets/documents/hro-robert-keith-major-media-release.pdf https://noahslaw.ca/  https://globalnews.ca/news/8332627/alberta-justice-system-failed-hinton-murders/ https://burgarfuneralhome.com/tribute/details/7794/Mchale-Busch/obituary.html VIDEO: https://globalnews.ca/video/8414090/alberta-man-speaks-candidly-about-homicide-of-fiancee-and-son-in-hinton-airs-justice-system-grievances https://www.canadianlawyermag.com/news/general/royal-canadian-mounted-police-releases-high-risk-child-sex-offender-database-to-public/393593 Follow me here: ► YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@SerialNapper/ ► Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/serialnappernik/ ► Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/SerialNapper/ ► TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@serialnappernik  *Go Ad-Free on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SerialNapper * Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In October of 1978, a young woman’s body was found dragged into a roadside ditch along a rural gravel road in Lyon County, Iowa. She had been dead for months. She had no identification. No missing person report. No name. For 27 years, she was known only as Jane Doe. That woman was Wilma June Nissen. Wilma’s life was marked by abandonment and survival long before her murder. Born in 1954, she endured extreme neglect and abuse as a child, homelessness at a young age, and years in the foster care system. As an adult, she was repeatedly exploited, escaped dangerous relationships, and tried to rebuild her life while navigating a world that never truly protected her. After disappearing in 1978, Wilma resurfaced hundreds of miles from home, working for an escort service operating in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and Northwest Iowa. Shortly after, she was brutally murdered. The details of her death remain largely undisclosed due to the extreme violence involved. Despite being identified in 2006, Wilma’s case has stalled. Evidence exists. DNA exists. Modern forensic tools exist. Yet law enforcement has declined to pursue updated testing, forensic genetic genealogy, or outside assistance that could move this case forward at no cost to taxpayers. Wilma was never reported missing. She was never prioritized. And today, she risks being erased all over again. This episode is told through the lens of her daughter, the only person still fighting for answers. It’s a story about systemic failure, silence as policy, and what it means to refuse to let someone be forgotten simply because their life was difficult. Sources: https://medium.com/@justice4wilma/no-person-is-disposable-5172b2deee95 https://projectcoldcase.org/2025/05/12/wilma-nissen/ https://www.nbcnews.com/dateline/cold-case-spotlight/wilma-nissen-rock-rapids-iowa-homicide-unsolved-rcna232527 https://storiesoftheunsolved.com/2021/02/14/the-murder-of-wilma-june-nissen/ https://unidentified-awareness.fandom.com/wiki/Wilma_Nissen Follow me here: ► YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@SerialNapper/ ► Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/serialnappernik/ ► Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/SerialNapper/ ► TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@serialnappernik  *Go Ad-Free on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SerialNapper * Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kiara Agnew was 23 years old when she left Canada for the very first time. In March 2023, the Dawson Creek, British Columbia woman travelled to Playa del Carmen, Mexico to celebrate her birthday with her boyfriend. She sent happy videos home. Smiled from a resort balcony. Talked about food and the beach. Everything about the trip felt ordinary. Less than twelve hours later, Kiara was found beaten to death in a laundry room at a five-star resort. Her boyfriend, Ryan Friesen, was discovered asleep beside her body. Ryan was charged with femicide under Mexican law, and prosecutors told Kiara’s family the case was “open and shut.” But in September 2024, after a judge-only trial, he was found not guilty. This episode walks through what happened next. We examine the crime scene, the physical evidence, and the defence theory that shifted the case, including the DNA evidence that introduced reasonable doubt. We hear from Kiara’s sister about diary entries that documented years of escalating abuse, and we unpack Ryan’s version of events, including his claim that multiple attackers were responsible. We also look at the questions that were never fully answered, including surveillance footage from the resort that Kiara’s family was led to believe existed but was never provided to them. In a case where timelines matter, that absence still looms large. As protests spread across Canada, Kiara’s aunt organized the Justice for Kiara movement, pushing for accountability and for Kiara’s Law, a proposal calling for mandatory Canadian forensic autopsies in suspicious deaths abroad, stronger consular support for families, and Canadian jurisdiction in cases of Canadian-on-Canadian violence overseas. Then, in an extremely rare move, a Mexican magistrate overturned the not-guilty verdict. Ryan Friesen remains free in Canada while his lawyers appeal, and his fate now rests with a three-judge panel in Mexico. If the new verdict is upheld, he could face up to 50 years in prison. This is a story about unanswered questions. Conflicting truths. And a young woman whose first trip abroad ended in violence. Sources: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100090631765773 https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/article/ctv-w5-exclusive-not-guilty-verdict-in-murder-of-canadian-may-be-overturned/ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/canadian-man-found-not-guilty-of-killing-b-c-woman-in-mexico-1.7322127 https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/legacyremembers/kiara-agnew-obituary?id=51529082 https://www.scribd.com/document/985529747/Ryan-Friesen-Statement#google_vignette Follow me here: ► YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@SerialNapper/ ► Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/serialnappernik/ ► Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/SerialNapper/ ► TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@serialnappernik  *Go Ad-Free on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SerialNapper * Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In December 2020, two little boys vanished from a backyard in California City just days before Christmas. Three-year-old Orrin West and four-year-old Orson West were reported missing by their adoptive parents, who claimed the boys wandered away through an open gate while playing outside. At first, it sounded like every parent’s nightmare. But almost immediately, nothing about the story made sense. No footprints in the desert dirt.No scent trails.No neighbours had ever seen the boys.No surveillance footage placing them in California City at all. As the search intensified, investigators began to suspect something far darker. What followed was a quiet, meticulous investigation that unfolded largely out of public view, culminating in the arrest and conviction of the boys’ adoptive parents, Trezell West and Jacqueline West. In this episode of Serial Napper, we revisit the case now that it’s been somewhat resolved and walk through what really happened to Orrin and Orson West. Sources: https://www.kget.com/missing-cal-city-boys/west-case-timeline-from-the-initial-report-to-trial/ https://www.courttv.com/news/cal-city-toddlers-trial-ca-v-jacqueline-and-trezell-west/ https://www.yahoo.com/news/west-trial-conflicting-testimony-given-010300309.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAADFT6Qni2katPdaXiZ1xxMS4d4R8joN6u_NBPQIyfJ2s5tzwMGSYrTVx2l8EVE4xWX6MOhJt6XZdw4b4ydL2WMuvZUdyyTL3vZvuagovm_h1EYg44KaBCusTOSH4OtVTqqKzCtEk9A6-uc4r-rlAnHboe0RyIhuT-8pxEHblNkUh https://www.kget.com/missing-cal-city-boys/west-trial-day-14-prosecution-begins-calling-west-children-to-testify/  https://lawandcrime.com/crime/they-were-babies-adoptive-parents-sentenced-for-2020-murder-of-still-missing-4-year-old-boy-and-abuse-of-his-younger-brother/ Follow me here: ► YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@SerialNapper/ ► Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/serialnappernik/ ► Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/SerialNapper/ ► TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@serialnappernik  *Go Ad-Free on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SerialNapper * Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On July 9, 2014, a quiet home in Spring, Texas, became the site of an unimaginable act of violence. Six members of the Stay family were murdered in their own home. Parents Stephen Stay and Katie Stay, and four children, Bryan Stay, Emily Stay, Rebecca Stay, and Zach Stay, were killed by a man who believed he was owed something he had already lost. Only one person survived. Fifteen-year-old Cassidy Stay was shot in the head and left for dead. She stayed conscious. She stayed silent. And when her attacker left, she did more than call for help. She warned police where he was going next, stopping him before he could take more lives. In this episode, we walk through the full story. The family behind the headlines. The years of warning signs that went unheeded. The calculated nature of the attack. The trial that followed. And the decade Cassidy spent growing up with a story no one should ever have to carry. Listener discretion advised. This episode contains discussion of extreme violence against a family and the survival of a child under traumatic circumstances. Sources: https://abc13.com/post/timeline-6-members-of-family-killed-in-their-home-in-spring/5493731/ https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/man-who-killed-6-members-ex-wife-s-family-gets-n1065366 https://www.khou.com/article/news/crime/i-didnt-think-someone-would-hurt-kids-lone-survivor-of-spring-mass-shooting-testifies/285-47b9ffd4-9142-4430-89ef-6e10ec2148ab  https://www.12newsnow.com/article/news/violent-past-of-alleged-mass-shooting-gunman-ronald-lee-haskell/502-269449058 https://abc7chicago.com/post/couple-speaks-out-about-murders-of-son-daughter-in-law-4-grandkids/176868/ Follow me here: ► YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@SerialNapper/ ► Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/serialnappernik/ ► Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/SerialNapper/ ► TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@serialnappernik  *Go Ad-Free on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SerialNapper * Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 2020, Suzanne Morphew vanished on Mother’s Day from a small mountain town in Colorado. The story the public was given was simple: a bike ride, an accident, maybe an animal attack. But Suzanne was never seen on a bike. In this episode, I return to the case I first covered when Suzanne was still missing and trace what happened next. The red flags that were visible from the beginning. The years of silence and waiting. And the moment, three years later, when Suzanne was finally found miles away from every early theory. We walk through the original timeline, the strange digital breadcrumbs, the first arrest, the collapse of the case, and what investigators now say happened after Suzanne’s remains were discovered in 2023. We also break down the evidence presented in court, including what prosecutors allege about Suzanne’s marriage, her plans to leave, and the forensic details that changed everything. Suzanne Morphew was not a theory.She was a person.And for years, she waited to be found. Sources: https://abcnews.go.com/US/barry-morphew-pleads-not-guilty-alleged-murder-wife/story?id=129144043 https://www.crimeonline.com/2020/05/21/pacing-around-staring-out-windows-chaffee-county-fire-chief-addresses-questions-about-missing-suzanne-morphews-husband-barry-morphew/ https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/barry-morphew-case-colorado-autopsy-wife-suzanne-morphew/ https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/husband-colorado-woman-disappeared-2020-pleads-guilty-murder-129147753#:~:text=Barry%20Morphew%20entered%20his%20plea,murder%20and%20tampering%20with%20evidence. Follow me here: ► YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@SerialNapper/ ► Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/serialnappernik/ ► Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/SerialNapper/ ► TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@serialnappernik  *Go Ad-Free on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SerialNapper * Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 1999, fifteen-year-old Michael Palmer disappeared after leaving a graduation party and riding his bike home in Wasilla. His bicycle was later found in the Little Susitna River. His shoes were discovered nearby. Michael himself was never found. For eleven years, his family lived with unanswered questions. Then, in 2010, history repeated itself. Michael’s brother, Charles “Chucky” Palmer Jr., vanished while snowmachining in the backcountry of the Talkeetna Mountains. His snow machine was located twelve miles from the cabin where his group had been staying. There were no footprints. No helmet. No trace of where he went. Despite extensive searches, Chucky was never found and was later declared legally dead. In this episode of Serial Napper, we examine both disappearances side by side. One that unfolded in town, surrounded by rumours, conflicting stories, and evidence that never quite lined up. And one that disappeared into snow, weather, and terrain that rarely gives answers back. Was Chucky’s disappearance a tragic accident in the Alaskan wilderness? And if so… why does Michael’s case still refuse to make sense? This is a story about missing persons, unresolved investigations, and what happens when families are left without closure. Not just once, but twice. Support Our Sponser: Go to HelloFresh.com/napper10fm to get 10 free meals plus a FREE Zwilling knife valued at $144.99 on your third box. Offer valid while supplies last. Free meals applied as a discount on your first box. New subscribers only. Varies by plan. Sources: https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/article/last-brother/2010/04/16/  https://charleyproject.org/case/michael-timothy-palmer https://charleyproject.org/case/charles-edwin-palmer-v https://www.frontiersman.com/news/youth-still-missing-after-seven-years/article_4778a9bd-9231-5e38-bf8a-d2aa21a7fba1.html Follow me here: ► YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@SerialNapper/ ► Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/serialnappernik/ ► Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/SerialNapper/ ► TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@serialnappernik  *Go Ad-Free on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SerialNapper * Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On June 7, 2017, 19-year-old Tanner Ward left his family’s home in Trenton, Missouri, saying he’d be back in thirty minutes. He never returned. Six months later, Tanner’s body was discovered hanging in a tree just blocks from his home. Authorities ruled his death a suicide. Two autopsies reached the same conclusion. And on paper, the case was closed. But for Tanner’s family, the story never settled. In this episode, we walk through what’s known, what’s missing, and why this case continues to divide opinion in a small town where rumours travel fast, and certainty is hard to come by. From the delayed response when Tanner first went missing, to disturbing tips that flooded his family’s inbox, to conflicting interpretations of forensic evidence, this is a case shaped as much by silence as by facts. Sources: https://www.resthavenmort.com/obituary/Tanner-Ward https://truecrimenews.com/2018/03/01/mystery-in-missouri-what-happened-to-tanner-ward/ https://websleuths.com/threads/mo-tanner-ward-19-trenton-7-june-2017.340371/ https://ktvo.com/news/local/autopsy-performed-on-trenton-human-remains Follow me here: ► YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@SerialNapper/ ► Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/serialnappernik/ ► Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/SerialNapper/ ► TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@serialnappernik  *Go Ad-Free on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SerialNapper * Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the early morning hours of October 27, 2006, Dennis Hoy was killed as he slept in his girlfriend’s bed in Etobicoke, Ontario. At first, the story sounded almost tidy. An intruder. A shower running. A crime that appeared sudden and external. But this case was never simple. What followed was a tangled investigation involving a secret relationship, rehearsed narratives, a confession that was never heard by a jury, and two women whose stories changed depending on who needed protecting. In this episode, we examine the murder of Dennis Hoy and the cases against Nicola Puddicombe and Ashleigh Pechaluk. We walk through the plan that was discussed before the murder, the night Dennis was killed, and the police investigation that initially appeared resolved, until it wasn’t. Pechaluk’s confession was ruled inadmissible due to a Charter violation, leading to her acquittal, and the focus later shifted to Puddicombe. We explore the trial that followed, where jurors were shown a videotaped confession they were never allowed to see in the original case, and were asked to decide which version of events could survive cross-examination. This is a case about unreliable confessions, distorted loyalties, and the uncomfortable reality that legal outcomes don’t always provide emotional certainty. Sources: https://www.canlii.org/en/on/onca/doc/2013/2013onca506/2013onca506.html https://globalnews.ca/news/11546862/toronto-woman-axe-murder-trial/ https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/this-was-my-only-son-jury-told/article_504bd1ab-fce6-5f07-8305-ebd613cb85f6.html https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/new-girlfriend-of-axe-murderer-seeking-early-parole-is-a-child-killer https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/jury-rules-toronto-woman-serving-life-sentence-for-axe-murder-of-boyfriend-is-now-eligible/article_f5d41159-7f11-4352-952e-9ed995aa16ee.html https://toronto.citynews.ca/2009/10/16/trial-shocker-video-confession-from-acquitted-lover-of-axe-murder-accused/  https://canadianmedialawyers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Rv.Puddicombe_2009_ONSC_92188.pdf Follow me here: ► YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@SerialNapper/ ► Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/serialnappernik/ ► Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/SerialNapper/ ► TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@serialnappernik  *Go Ad-Free on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SerialNapper * Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On May 7, 1992, three young men broke into a McDonald’s restaurant in Sydney River, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, planning to rob the safe and walk away with easy money. Instead, the night ended in one of the most shocking crimes in Canadian history. Three McDonald’s employees were murdered.One young woman survived with permanent, life-altering injuries.And a small community was left forever changed. In this episode of Serial Napper, we break down the Sydney River McDonald’s robbery step by step. From the months of planning and betrayal by an employee on the inside, to the moments when compliance wasn’t enough to stop the violence. We also explore the investigation, trials, and parole decisions that continue to haunt the victims’ families decades later. This is a story about greed, escalation, and how violence can erupt in the most ordinary places, during the most routine moments. Sources: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/full-parole-for-cape-breton-mcdonalds-murders-convict-1.7158681 https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-sole-survivor-of-1992-mcdonalds-murders-in-nova-scotia-dies-at-46/  https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/sydney-river-mcdonalds-murders https://www.saltwire.com/atlantic-canada/day-parole-extended-for-freeman-macneil-one-of-three-convicted-in-1992-mcdonalds-slayings-100870464 https://globalnews.ca/news/10390253/mcdonalds-murders-freeman-macneil-full-parole-granted/ Follow me here: ► YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@SerialNapper/ ► Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/serialnappernik/ ► Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/SerialNapper/ ► TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@serialnappernik  *Go Ad-Free on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SerialNapper * Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Five members of one family were found shot to death inside their home in Dunedin, New Zealand. Parents Robin Bain and Margaret Bain, along with their children Arawa (19), Laniet (18), and Stephen (14), were all killed in the early morning hours of June 20, 1994. The only person left alive was the eldest son, David Bain, who said he had been out delivering newspapers at the time of the murders. Inside the house, police discovered a chilling message typed on the family computer:“Sorry, you are the only one who deserved to stay.” What followed was one of the most controversial and divisive criminal cases in New Zealand’s history. In this episode of Serial Napper, we take a deep dive into the Bain family murders, a case that has split public opinion for decades. We examine the deeply dysfunctional family dynamic, the disturbing events leading up to the killings, and the two competing theories that continue to fuel debate. This is a case where the courts delivered a verdict, but never certainty.Where five people lost their lives.And where the truth may have died with them. Sources:https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/519710/bain-family-murders-30-years-on-case-continues-to-grip-the-public https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/the-bain-murders-30-years-on-where-is-david-why-are-kiwis-obsessed-with-this-case-and-why-his-lawyer-says-questions-remain/ML6FZENSGBFRHPIH3IQZNJWX3I/ https://www.nowtolove.co.nz/news/real-life/the-case-that-gripped-new-zealand-the-bain-murders-25-years-on-43581/ https://murderpedia.org/male.B/b/bain-david.htm https://newsroom.co.nz/2020/12/02/book-of-the-week-phil-taylor-on-martin-van-beynen/ https://interactives.stuff.co.nz/blackhands/evidence/ Follow me here: ► YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@SerialNapper/ ► Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/serialnappernik/ ► Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/SerialNapper/ ► TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@serialnappernik  *Go Ad-Free on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SerialNapper * Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices