PTK Case Updates

All witnesses, suspects, and purses of interest are considered innocent until proven guilty in a. Court of law. Welcome to Primetime Crime. I'm your host, Kylie. Let's talk right now in true crime, and then together we're going to work on warming up some cold cases. Let's go. Hey, guys, welcome to this week's episode of Primetime Crime. It's Kylie. We are going to go ahead and dive into right now and True Crime. I did want to share what I did for last week's Right Now and True Crime update where I talked about Linda Brown. She unfortunately was found deceased. Definitely not the update that we all wanted to hear, but I did want to go ahead and share that with you guys. Linda was my friend Jen's aunt, and Jen is an amazing human. She has done so much work for the missing, She helps victims' families, she has created a lot of different resources, and she is a fearce victim advocate. And it absolutely breaks my heart that her and her poor family have been thrust into this horrible situation with one of their own going missing and then turning up deceased. So our prayers, our thoughts are with Jen and her family. They formed their own search parties. They went out on foot, boots on the ground to look for Linda, and unfortunately, not the ending we all wanted. But I did want to keep you guys updated. If you guys can, please just keep Jen and her family in your prayers as they navigate everything. Unfortunately, news outlets broke the news before Jen was able to put out a statement on behalf of her family. And it's so important to note. That there are real people behind these cases that we talk about. It is fine to behind closed doors have your opinions and have your thoughts and your beliefs, but it is another thing when you are putting it out online into see vile and heinous way and thinking that the family members aren't reading your comments. So remember, when you're speculating about certain things about a case, there are real people behind these cases. Most of the time, they're going to be online reading the comments just like you and I. So be a nice human. Don't be so judgmental right off the bat, because in Linda's case and the next case I'm going to talk about, there was a lot of public chatter and people crucifying other people without even having all the facts or evidence, but I did just want to share that update about Jen's aunt Linda, and we are all devastated for her and her family, So, like I said, please keep them in your prayers, all right. The next case I want to. Talk about, which again we had a lot of speculation surrounding, is the murders of Spencer and Monique tepe Out of Columbus, Ohio. Monique was thirty nine years old, Spencer was thirty seven. They had two children who were ages four and one, and Spencer was a dentist. He was a very well liked individual. He had a lot of really close and dedicated staff members. And when Spencer didn't show up for work the morning of December thirtieth, his colleagues called nine one one because they were alarmed that they couldn't get a hold of him. He didn't show up for work. That was very uncharacteristic of him. They couldn't get a hold of him. They tried to get a hold of Monique, they couldn't get a hold of her. They had an instinct that something was wrong, and unfortunately they were right. They were found deceased in their home. Their two children were also there, but they were unharmed, thankfully. Spencer and Monique had been married for five years. They actually had just celebrated their fifth wedding anniversary. They were a happy couple and they had their two children together. Authorities believe that Monique and Spencer were killed between two am and five AM on their home's second floor, and there was a video initially that was released showing an individual who was walking in an alleyway by the victim's house between two and the five am timeframe, and they thought that this person could be a possible person of interest and they were looking to identify him. There initially wasn't a modive released. A lot of people were thinking that maybe it was a robbery gone wrong, or there was a more personal vendetta here. To me, it seemed personal, like they were specifically targeted. But again that was all speculation in the very beginning, and of course, the Internet is the Internet, and there was a lot of speculation about who could have done this. People started digging up all the information on anybody that they could find, and one of the people that kind of shot into public scrutiny was a man named Rob. Now. Rob is the brother in law to Spencer and Monique. He is married to Spencer's sister, and he seemingly became kind of the family spokesperson, and he would be the one who would be giving statements and going out and talking on news outlets and such. And of course, anytime anybody puts themselves out there, the public thinks that they have the right to talk about their demeanor and how they're acting and the things they say and pick apart every single word that a person says. And Rob was no different in this case. The public had convicted him of this crime before they had any evidence, and it was insane reading all the comments on social media, everybody thinking he was involved. He had made a comment. About the video footage that they were trying to identify this person, and he said, in his opinion, it could be somebody just walking home drunk from a bar, and people tore him apart about it. They're like, why would he say that. That's such an odd thing to say. Is he deflecting? He's literally just navigating the brutal murders of his family and how people act under intense scrutiny and pressure. They're not media train. They didn't ask to be thrust into this type of situation to have a loved one who's been murdered, and in this case, two loved ones who have been murdered. He was just doing the best he could and that doesn't mean that he is guilty of murder. And it turns out that Rob wasn't in fact guilty of anything. He had nothing to do with this crime. They did arrest last week and charge the ex husband of Monique, who is named Michael McKee. They have arrested and charged him with two counts of now upgraded to aggravated. Both Spencer and Monique were shot in their home by allegedly Michael McKee. Now what do we know about the marriage between Michael and Monique. They were married a very very short time. Michael is thirty nine years old. He is a physician and a surgeon who is licensed in California and Illinois. He was listed down as a vascular surgeon in Illinois as well. Monique and Michael married in twenty fifteen. Monique was twenty eight years old when she married him. They never had any children together. They were married just short of seven months and their divorce was finalized about a month after it was filed. And Monique is the one who filed. The couple had already separated at the time of the filing and they were living separately, so everything was finalized in June of twenty seventeen. So it really makes you wonder, almost ten years later, why this guy decides to circle back, seemingly circle back and murder his ex wife and her I want to say new husband, but not even new husband. They have been together for a while, they have been married for five years, they had two children, So what is the motive? And the reason that they arrested Michael McKee is because they were able to link the car that he was driving to the area of the Tepe home. He was in that car before the murders, he was in that car after the murders, and that is kind of how they came to their conclusions. I'm sure that there's way more evidence than just that his address was listed at Chicago, so he was arrested there. He did have his first court appearance where he waved his right to an extradition hearing, and that hearing just lasted a few minutes. A public defender requested a speedy return to Ohio and that he is going to plead not guilty. To all of the charges in the case. So that is the latest on all of that. It has been ever evolving. New developments are coming out every single day. There is a lot going on. But it's really another example of not crucifying people before you have all of the facts. What you perceive to be maybe suspicious behavior is just somebody trying to navigate grief and doing it in a very public way. It's not always a sign of them having something to. Do with it. It's obviously not the first time something like this has happened. It's not going to be the last. But that is my little PSA for the week. Not everybody reacts the same way to trauma when talking to the media if you're not media trained, which I would say nine times out of ten the people that are thrust into these situations are not media trained. It's a lot to process and you never know how you're going to handle a situation until you're in that situation. You can think that. You're going to it together, you're going to act the right way, You're gonna cry when it's appropriate. Not everybody is built the same, so just keep it in mind. There's a lot going on sometimes behind the season these cases and not everybody is built the same. So that is my PSA. That is my soapbox for the week. Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk. We are going to call that it for right now and True Crime for this week. I'm sure there is tons more to talk about, but those are the two cases I really wanted to highlight this week. I wanted to give them their own little spot here on the pod feed. So we are going to go ahead and get into today's episode. All righty guys, Today we are diving in two case updates. In general, of the cases I've covered, there are quite a few that are in the process of going through the court system. We've had breaks in some other cold cases, so I wanted to kind of have one place for all of the updates because we are going on three years of this podcast in just couple of months, and I really wanted a general spot for all of the case updates up to this date. So we are going to go ahead and get into it. First one up is Ellen Greenberg. So Ellen's case was one of the first episodes that I did. Ellen died on January twenty sixth. In twenty eleven in mannyot Pennsylvania in the midst of a blizzard. Ellen had been stabbed twenty times, with some of those stab wounds being to the back of her head. There has been a lot of back and forth in regards to the manner of her death. There's been homicide put on the table, then it's been switched back to suicide, and a recent re examination of the case made the determination that Ellen's death was indeed a suicide. And personal opinion, I'm going to die on the hill that I do not believe that Ellen took her own life. There is a lot of gray area again in my opinion, in Ellen's case, and Ellen's parents also are very much in a grants that she did not take her own life, and they continue to fight for their daughter and for justice. Earlier in twenty twenty five, the city of Philadelphia settled two lawsuits with Ellen's parents and they agreed to reopen and review her twenty eleven death, and part of that agreement was that they would conduct an independent review of the original autopsy on Ellen, and they did this and they came back in October of twenty twenty five with the exact same ruling suicide. And Ellen's parents continue to fight for the truth for their daughter. There was a. Documentary that was made called Death in Apartment six o three that is available on Hulu. And I think it was really well done. You get to hear from all of Ellen's love ones, her parents, her friends, people that she previously worked with at the elementary school where she taught. The one person we really don't hear much from is Ellen's fiance at the time of her death, who is named Sam. He did not speak on the documentary. There was a statement from him that was made at the very end of the documentary and that statement was published in December of twenty twenty four in People magazine and I'm going to read it. When Ellen took her own life, it left me bewildered. She was a wonderful and a kind person who had everything to live for. When she died, a part of me died with her, unimaginably. In the years that have passed, I have had to endure the unimaginable passing of my future wife and the pathetic and despicable attempts to desecrate my reputation and her privacy by creating a narrative that embraces lies, distortions, and falsehoods in order to to avoid the truth. Mental illness is very real and has many victims. I hope and pray that you never lose someone you love like I did, to a terrible disease and then be accused by ignorant and misinformed people of causing her death. If you're really writing a truthful story, dig deeper and please do some good by raising awareness for mental health. And that is the end of Sam's statement. And at this point in time, Ellen's death has officially, like I said, been ruled a suicide, and her family, her parents, continue to fight for justice. Ellen was their only daughter. She was going through some mental health struggles. She was struggling with some stress related to her job and wanting to leave her job. She also had expressed at some point that she wanted to move back home. Whether that was alluding to issues in her relationship or not, we really don't know that. But I think, if anything, the cause of death in Ellen Greenberg's case should be undetermined, if anything else, because having it labeled as a suicide closes off all hope that it will be reversed one day and that people are going to eventually wake up to whatever the hell is going on in Pennsylvania and realize that something is not right. Ellen was a young wife to be. She had a seemingly good job, although she did have her frustrations with work. She had a good, supportive family. She was in the process of making fruit salad. She had stopped on her way home to fill up her car with gas. She was making plans with people, making plans for her future. It just doesn't make sense that all of a sudden she snapped and decided that she was going to take her own life and then do so in such a horrific way. So I do hope that there one day will be justice for Ellen. This is one where I just feel so outraged for the Greenbergs because they have lost their only daughter and they have to fight and battle every single day to even get her death classified in the proper way. When the investigators are standing on that hill that Ellen took her own life, and the Greenbergs are on the exact opposite side saying no, she did it, and the evidence points to such. I don't understand this one. I don't think it's ever going to make any sense to me. But I hope that one day I can bring you that there has in fact been justice for Ellen Greenberg. Next up, we have the case of Suzanne more Few. Suzanne is the mom of two who went missing on Mother's Day of twenty twenty. Suzanne had gone on a bike ride and basically never came back. Her husband, Barry Moorefew, was initially charged in connection with her disappearance, but the charges ended up being dropped due to lack of evidence. But everything changed in twenty twenty three when remains were found and officially connected to Suzanne. Barry was re arrested and charged in June of twenty twenty five, and in the indictment it's noted that Suzanne's remains were moved to the location they were found out after her body had decomposed. They believe that the remains were actually moved twice. They also did other testing on the bones and they found a mixture of three chemicals in the bones known as BAM, which is a compound used to tranquilize wildlife. Now, Barry had admitted and said that he used that compound to tranquilize deer in the past, and they believe that Barry is the one who injected Suzanne with this compound. After she told him that she wanted to divorce him. Suzanne was not happy in her marriage and was actually having an affair with another man. Now, BAM is not something that anyone can get access to. There was only one private citizen that was living in the area of the state that had a prescription and access to BAM, and that person was you guessed it, Barry more Few. His trial is likely going to be summer of this year, twenty twenty six, and it's going to be interesting because I'm sure there's going to be a lot more evidence that's going to come out in trial, and it's going to be one that I'm definitely going to have to keep you guys updated on because Barry is a very interesting character. But my opinion on the whole thing is that exactly what the indictment said, Susanne told Barry she wanted a divorce. She might have said I've been seeing somebody and he lost his mind and did what he did. From there, and apparently they believe, like I said, the remains were moved twice, and they were able to tell, I guess because of the decomposition of the remains that they had been moved from point A to point B, and I think that's really bold of him to be wandering around moving remains of your wife. Who is presumed missing. They haven't found remains yet, and you're moving them from one point to another. Again, that is all alleged. He has not been officially convicted of anything yet, but I will continue to keep you guys updated on that one. Look for that trial coming this summer. Okay. So this next one is one that actually. Picked up quite a bit of steam in twenty twenty four, and we. Are going to talk about it. So it is the case of Asia Degree. Now. I actually did a whole episode about Asha's case, and then I did a follow up with all of the updates that broke in twenty twenty four. So if you haven't go ahead and go give both of those a listen. So a show went missing from Shelby, North Carolina in the year two thousand and She was only nine years old when she went missing. She was last seen walking on a Highway eighteen by motorists in the dark of night. It was unknown why Asha left her house and was walking alone. She was always described as a very safe and cautious child, so this was very out of the ordinary for her to be out walking alone at night in the dark. The circumstances surrounding her disappearance really do not make a lot of sense to her family, and they continue to search for her and search for answers. In twenty twenty four, a break came in the case. Investigators went ahead and executed search warrants on five different properties across Cleveland, Lincoln, and Mecklenburg counties in North Carolina. One property in particular, and also a gmc rambler, had ties to a certain couple, Roy and Connie Deadman, and they were believed to be connected to ash case. So who are Roy and Connie. They are a married couple that live not far from Asia, and they were named as suspects in the search warrants. Now, an attorney for the Deadman's has said that, of course, there are two sides to every story, and the Deadmans want theirs to be told, and unfortunately the court of public scrutiny has already convicted them. And I will say that that is very, very true, because this is a case that has been so publicly followed by so many and when you hear of a break in a case, this is exactly what happens. He goes on to say that the Deadmans also did not own the vehicle at the time that Ashia disappeared. He said that there are public records that show that the car wasn't registered to them until a full month and after Asha's disappearance in February of two thousand. Now going back to the car, there was a green vehicle that Asia was allegedly seen. With on the night she disappeared. And that is kind of where this gmc rambler comes into play, because the Deadman's had a gmc rambler and that was one of the things that they executed when they did the search warrant was this GMC rambler. So how did the dead Mens tie back to Asia? How did they become quote unquote persons of interest? So seventeen months after Asha disappeared, there was a backpack that was found and it was her backpack. In twenty twenty four, they were able to test DNA and they found a hair on one of the items inside of the backpack, and this hair matched one of the dead Men's daughters. So that's kind of how all of this came into play. Now we don't know really as far as what's going on behind the scenes. I do believe that law enforcement is doing their best to protect the integrity of this investigation and not share everything that they know with the public. I do know that they. Have seized all of the cell phones, Roy, Connie, their children, and they are diligently working their way through all of that. So if there is any more updates on this one, I will be sure to bring them to you. Asia still has not been found. She is still missing. Also, I think it's. Really important to note that up until twenty twenty four, Asia's family was very publicly scrutinized and blamed and basically put under a microscope of they might have had something to do with their daughter's disappearance. And once all of this stuff broke about the deadman's and the hair being found and everything kind of connecting to them versus connecting back to the Degree family, everybody that once placed all the blame on the Degrees was backpedaling. And I think it's so important in cases like this, it doesn't make any sense. Of course, Asha's case is a giant question mark, but there was never, in my opinion, anything that the family did that I found to be suspicious. They were questioning things just as much as the rest of all of us were questioning things. And I think it's really easy from the outside looking into point fingers and play the blame game. But they went through something very traumatic, losing their daughter in the way that they did, not knowing where their daughter is, and then to have this court of public scrutiny looking down at them and thinking that they were responsible. It's absolutely heartbreaking because now we're learning that no, they didn't have anything to do with it. So as consumers of true crime, we have to be better as a community and stop jumping to conclusions so quickly. Investigators are in their roles for a re and that is because they are the ones doing the investigations. A lot of the times, they're not sharing information publicly because they want to protect the integrity of the investigation. So the speculation and everything in a situation like this doesn't do the case any good because all of these years later, twenty four years later, we're learning of a family that possibly is connected, and none of these people were ever on the radar of anybody publicly, So just a little psa. There are real people behind these cases, and real people grieving, and real people reading your comments. So I really hope the Degree family get answers soon because Asha deserves. To be found. Brandon Lawson is the next case update I have, and this is one case that I've been following for a very long time. Brandon went missing in August of twenty thirteen. His truck had run out of gas on a desolate road located in baran Te, Texas, and he had called his brother for help. Then he placed a nim on one call. And the number of times that I've listened to this nine to on one call for where it's backwards, slowed down, sped up, I can't even tell you how many times total I've listened to that nine one one call. But when Brandon's brother got to the scene, Brandon was gone, and he seemingly vanished into thin air. Brandon's family searched for him for years with limited help from law enforcement. Remains were found in twenty twenty two, and it finally identified as Brandon's in twenty twenty four, two whole years it took to get his remains identified. The private investigator that worked on Brandon's case and one of the search volunteers sat down for an interview with the Missing Podcast, and I'm going to go ahead and link that below in the show notes, and if you want an in depth conversation about everything that transfer, I would suggest listening to that podcast for all of the latest about Brandon's case. It is such a sad and unfortunate story. Law enforcement did nothing truly to help Brandon's family, and it's really sad that they had to go through everything that they've been put through over this last ten plus years trying to navigate finding Brandon and bringing him home. So I'm going to link that podcast below. Please go give it a listen. All right. Next case up is that of Rachel Morin. So when I first covered Rachel's case, i shared it hoping that it wouldn't become a cold case and that whoever was responsible would be held accountable. And I'm so happy to report that that's exactly what happened. Rachel was a mom of five who was murdered in Maryland in twenty twenty three, and she was found near a walking jogging trail. The now convicted Victor Martinez Hernandez was arrested and charged ten months after Rachel's death, and he was found guilty of murder rape and kidnapping. He was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. He was connected to another sexual assault case and that is how they were able to essentially zero in on him being the suspect and eventually connecting him to Rachel's murder. All right, we are now moving along to the homicide of Kidujidary. She was eighteen years old and killed outside of her home in December of twenty twenty three. She was shot while sitting in her car, and she was shot more than a dozen times. By what appeared to be two people. Both suspects were identified, although one of them was killed in April of twenty twenty four, and they did arrest the other one. However, this person was a juvenile at the time of Kadusha's murder, so they were never publicly named, and unfortunately, just weeks. After their arrest they were released. Police said that they had done interviews and there was also digital evidence that linked the surviving suspect to the murder, but prosecutors basically said that the current evidence that they have is not sufficient enough to move forward with a murder charge currently at this time. Now, Kadisha's mom remains hopeful that justice will be served in her daughter's case. She is quoted in a k e NS five news article as saying, at some point everything is going to come to light. You know you are guilty, and you have to live with that. Your conscience will eat you alive, whether it's through the justice system or through your own personal recognisance. Now, Kajij's family has been very vocal about their belief that the person that they arrested, they believe that this is the person that took Kadizha's life and this is the person who's responsible. Converse Police gave a statement in days after the suspect was released, and it said the following, the Converse Police Department remains unwavering in its pursuit of justice for the Dairy family in holding accountable those responsible for acts of violence in our community. So I really hope that whatever evidence they do have, I hope that they're able to truly get enough that they are able to bring this person up on charges because they were a juvenile at the time that Kadijah was killed. And I can't even imagine if somebody was willing to do something so horrific like target Kadija for no reason at all has to just be a random act of violence and shoot into her car over a dozen times. That they are a violent person and they should not be out on her streets. And Khadija's family deserves answers, they deserve justice for her, and none of this makes any sense to me. If there is anything new, I will be sure to bring it to you, Okay. Next up is Amber Spradlin, and this one is a truly horrific case. And when I covered this case, Amber's episode was one of my most played episodes ever, and I think for a good reason because when I did this episode, nobody had been arrested or charged in connection with Amber's homicide, but all of the evidence pointed in a certain direction. And that's exactly where our update finds us today. So Amber was thirty eight years old, living in Kentucky and she was murdered, found stabbed twelve times, and found deceased in the home of prominent Prestonburg Dennis Michael McKinney the second on June eighteenth of twenty twenty three. Now, there were two nine one one calls that came in that night from that residence, and there's been a large amount of scrutiny on how it was handled by law enforcement since they didn't end up showing up after the first nine one one call happened. So this call ended up coming in and it was about somebody being injured at the home and somebody being intoxicated at the home, and the homeowner basically got on the phone and said, there's nothing to see here, everything's fine and the situation's under control. So law enforcement never followed up. Nobody ever went to the residence. And then the next nine one one call that came in was about Amber because she had been. Stabbed to death. It's just absolutely horrific. So, like I said when I did my episode, nobody had been arrested in connection to Amber's death, but the writing was very much on the wall. More than a year later, police charged Michael McKinney's son, Michael MK McKinney the third, with murder and multiple counts of evidence tampering in Amber's case. Michael McKinney the second, who was the dentist, and a friend of the family named Josh Mullins were also charged with multiple counts of complicity and tampering with evidence. M K who is Michael's son is still the only one who is in prison, as the others have been released on bond awaiting trial. MK is set for trial May eleventh of twenty twenty six, and justice is coming soon, I very much hope. So if there's anyone that deserves justice, it's Amber. Amber was a sweet girl. From everything I've read, so many people loved her. She was a hard worker, She had lost both of her parents, and she was just trying to rebuild her life and get back on her feet and be social and hang out with people. And this is unfortunately where we're at now. So I very much will keep you updated on on Amber's case. I hope and pray that they have all the evidence they need to convict. I think the writing is on the wall myself. There is a lot of information that I think we're going to learn about. But I do just want to send condolences to all of Amber's family. She has amazing people behind her and supporting her, and I am one of them because once I heard about her case, it just really struck a nerve with me. And if there is one case I want to see adjudicated in twenty twenty six, it's Amber Spradland. So I will keep you guys updated on that one, all right. Next up is Noah Presgrove's case. So, Noah was nineteen years old and he lost his life under mysterious circumstances in Jefferson County, Kentucky, after attending a multiple day house party Labor Day weekend of twenty twenty three. Now, there is a lot of speculation surrounding Noah's death, but one thing is clear, and it's that he should not have lost his life at all, and the way that he did blunt force trauma. He obviously went through a lot in the last moments. Of his life. Now, Noah had gone to the party that night. There had been an incident where there was an ATV that have rolled over, but Noah had returned to the party following that incident and he was okay. Noah was found deceased without clothes on, and he had two different shoes on. There hasn't been anybody charge in connection with Noah's death, but there have been multiple lawsuits against multiple people. Noah's family have went forward and sued multiple parties, including the individual whose house the party was at where Noah was last seen alive. The family said that this individual failed to prevent underage drinking. But of course, the defense team is arguing that Noah assumed the risks when he went to the party that night. And let me just say that, I don't think anybody goes to a party like that and participates in any type of alcohol or anything like that and thinks that they are going to lose their life in a viciously vile way. I think that that is such a deflect to place blame on a victim and say that he knew the risks that were involved. Noah was nineteen years old. The adults know better than to throw a massive rager where they let kids drink uncontrollably. Sorry, not sorry. Now, there is reason to believe that something more happened to Noah and this resulted in him being beaten and ended up resulting in his death. However, it has been said that his death is not being investigated as a homicide. There is so much here. The convenience store that sold all the liquor, they are under scrutiny as well. There's a lot here. This one is very complex, very complicated, and Noah's family has every right to take things into their own hands and have these lawsuits against these people, because that's the only way I think that we're going to see movement in this case right now. If there is anything more on this one, I will be sure to let you know. Okay, moving on to our next case. It's a one again that I did a full update episode on, but I wanted to include it here so everything is in one spot. And that is the case of Dale Williams. Dale went missing in May of nineteen ninety nine after receiving a phone call at his autobody shop from a woman who needed help and said she was stranded. Dale left to help her and was never seen again. His truck was found submerged in July later that year, but there. Was no sign of Dale. It was suspected that a friend of Dale's was connected to his disappearance. There was a lot kind of going on there in regard to this person, and this was James Daniel Bishop. Danny Bishop is what he goes by. He was a longtime friend of Dale's and after decades of no movement in this case, Dan Bishop was arrested in connection with Dale William's disappearance and death in twenty twenty four. The Montrase County Sheriff's office said that they had a theory that Dan had arranged for his now deceased cousin, who was named Vilden Barnes, to kill Dale Williams, and that the phone call from the stranded motorists was in fact, at the time Velden's girlfriend who was named Debbie Lacy, and she is also now deceased, So it was basically just a setup to Lord Dale there to kill him, and unfortunately, as quick as everything transpired with them arresting Danny Bishop, the charge charges were dropped. Danny Bishop was released and they said that he had been released from custody and there were court records obtained that basically said that the district court granted the prosecution's motion to dismiss the first degree murder charged against Danny Bishop, but without prejudice, which very much leaves room for the DA's office to bring a new case in front of them and try to come up on more charges. But as of right now, that's kind of where things stand. Dale's two daughters continue to fight for justice and they have said the following about the charges being dropped. We are deeply disappointed by the decision to dismiss the case, the arrest affidavit stands on its own and we continue to believe in its validity. We urge the District Attorney's office to uphold their commitment that this is not the end as they move forward. Made firm in our belief of guilt. We greatly appreciate the investigative work done on this case, particularly by the CBI and MCSO, referring to the Colorado Bureau of Investigation and Mantras County Sheriff's office. And this one again really really upsets me in my opinion. I went through the arrest affidae fit on the update episode I did, and it's. All very clearly laid out. Again, that is just my opinion, but it's really upsetting that nobody has been held responsible and Dale is still missing, presumed deceased, but still missing. So that is kind of where it stands now. Okay, Next up, we have the Austin yogurt Chot murders and they are officially now solved. You can listen to the update episode that I did on that one, but just to have it all here in one nice little handy spot, it was determined that Robert Eugene Brashers was responsible for taking the lives of the four young girls inside of the yogurt chop, seventeen year old Jennifer Harbison, fifteen year old Sarah Harbison, seventeen year old Eliza Thomas, and thirteen year old Amy Ayres. It is now also believed that Robert Eugene Brasher's last victim was a Kentucky woman and she was killed in November of nineteen ninety eight. So, in November of nineteen ninety eight, the Lexington Fire Department was dispatched to a hearing aid center and there was heavy smoke coming from the building, so firefighters arrived and inside they found a body. It was identified as a woman named Linda Rutledge. She was forty three years old at the time. She had been shot multiple times in the head and was sexually assaulted as well. And investigator said that they found her body in the back hallway of the hearing Aid center and then the fire was set to cover the tracks. Exact same thing that happened at the yogurt chop. So fast forward to July of twenty twenty five, Lexington detectives were contacted by the Austin Police Department in Texas after there was an alert to a match in the National Integrated Ballistic Information Network, which is called the NIBIN, which is basically like a CODIS but for ballistics, and that's how they were able to positively identify Robert Eugene Brashers as being involved in the Austin yogurt shop. And it also matched the same type of shellcasing that was found at the Nixon Hearing Aids Center. So investigators said that they determined that the shellcasings came from the same firearm, and there was also DNA evidence that was able to match back to Robert Eugene Brashers. Detective John Davis is quoted as saying, I think this is kind of the most perplexing thing about this case. Every thing that we've been able to find through kind of his previous records and thankfully all of the research that these other departments have done on him as well as speaking with family members of his, he really has no ties to Lexington in general. What we learned was that Robert owned his own construction company and that he would travel a lot for that construction company, mostly around the southern portion of the United States. So why he was in Lexington. We don't really know. I don't know if we're ever going to know, but obviously he targeted that hearing Aid center, he targeted the woman who was inside, and then he basically tried to burn it down to cover his tracks. And all these years later, it is finally catching up with him. So as of right now, that is the last known murder that Robert Eugene Brasher's committed, and he committed suicide in January of nineteen ninety nine, so that all transpired not long after Linda, which was killed, so she is likely his last victim. And what a wild ride. Two cases tied to him in the last few months. I'm so glad that these families finally are getting answers as to what happened to their loved ones. It's been really long overdue, all right. Last update is the case of Henry Badard. He was the fifteen year old boy from Swampscott, Massachusetts who was murdered with the baseball bat in the woods. They found the baseball bat. It had a lot of unique markings and carvings on it, and I'm sure it had some type of DNA on it. So it was stated in October of last year, twenty twenty five, that they exhumed Henry's body for further testing. I assume maybe they have something to go off of that made them want to go the route of exhuming his body. Police Chief Reuben Quisada said, quote, when we lost him, we lost a piece of our town's innocence. While that time has passed, the look in mister Bernard's eye still carries the loss of a son like it was yesterday. We not only owe it to mister Bedard Senior to bring closure, but we also owe it to our entire community to find answers that we have all been searching for over the past half a century. He then went on to say that until this investigation is solved, the detectives will not stop searching for answers. And it's so refreshing to hear this because Henry's case, it happened a long time ago. It happened in nineteen seventy four, which is coming up on fifty two years ago. And that whole thing is so wild to me that nineteen seventy four was fifty two years ago. It just doesn't seem possible. So I'm really. Glad that the Swampscot Police Department is making this a top priority and that they really want to solve Henry's case. And I do think that they are going to solve Henry's case because I always say, for these bad people out there who did horrible things, time is running out, technology is catching up, and all we need is technology to catch up and a police department that isn't going to stop. And that's exactly I think what we have here. So I'll be sure to keep you guys updated on that one. That is the last update for now. I do want to regularly try to do these case update episodes because I do little updates here and there, but having them all in one place, I think is a really good thing. It's kind of like a catch up on all of the different cases that I've covered that have seen movement, some movement for the good where people are awaiting trial, and then some where we've seen movement and those people have been let out. And again, it's so important just to keep these cases in the public eye and keep talking about them because maybe one day charges will be brought, people will be brought to justice. That's the ultimate end goal, is to get some resolution for these families and for these victims. So thank you guys so much as always for listening. I appreciate each and every one of you for tuning in every single week. And I will see you guys next week for a brand new unsolved case. And next week's going to be a doozy. I'm just giving you a heads up wild case, lots to talk about, so I will see you then. I hope you have a great weekend and stay safe. Bye.