Crime Wire: Who Killed Chrissy?

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Guest, Beverly Simcic, is the author of the new book Who Killed Chrissy?

Who Killed Chrissy? is the story of two young women from Pittsburgh—Beverly Simcic and Christine Casilio—who went to Las Vegas in June of 1982 for a vacation and to check out employment opportunities. Just weeks later, on June 25, Christine’s body was found decomposing in the bathroom of her small studio apartment. The homicide remains unsolved to this day.

Beverly was interviewed by Las Vegas Metro detectives at the time. But in the over 30 years since, she hasn’t shared her knowledge of events surrounding her friend’s death with the public until now.

A miracle, a vision, a premonition, and an unsolved death in Las Vegas, have hung in my memory like a broken antique for the last twenty-four years of my life. I’ve had that long to think about the reason it all happened in the first place and why I was drawn to, and ultimately placed in the old apartment building on Riverview Avenue in Pittsburgh. If you believe that nothing happens by accident, or if you have lost your faith, this true story of fate and divine intervention will shed a bright light on all the possibilities…

I’ve had this true story locked in my mind since June of 1982. I have never told this story to anyone—for reasons of paralyzing fear and the fact that the murder has never been solved.

Please join us as we try to answer the question: Who Killed Chrissy?

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Crime Wire: Dan and Gil Harrington, Part I

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On October 17, 2009 the Harrington’s lives were forever changed when their beautiful daughter, Morgan, came up missing from a Metallica concert she attended in Charlottesville, VA.  The country took notice, assistance poured in from all over, but her lifeless remains were not found until January, 26, 2010 in a remote field in Albemarle County, VA on Anchorage Farm.  Morgan was taken from this world just as she was becoming a woman recognizing her potential.

Crime Wire welcomes Dan and Gil Harrington for the hour to discuss the progress in Morgan’s case, and to let listeners know how they can become actively involved in preventing the next tragedy. Join the show for Part I of a two part series with the Harringtons.

For some, it might be the end of the story, a resolution, but until those who took Morgan Harrington’s bright light from this world are brought to justice, the Harrington family will continue to seek that the scales of justice to be balanced. In the meantime, they carry on in Morgan’s name, carving her legacy into a world which will never know all that she had to offer.

The Harringtons are building a legacy in Morgan’s name in several ways.  A scholarship has been set up at Virginia Tech where she attended, an educational wing is being built in Zambia by Orphan Medical Network International (OMNI), and a multi-media campaign titled “Help Save the Girl Next Door” to raise awareness about the vulnerability of young women to predators and to offer support to other victims’ families.

Help Save The Next Girl is aimed at educating young women about personal safety, encouraging community vigilance & providing resources for victim families.

Read Gil Harrington’s blog on the family website: FindMorgan.com          ..  ….  .

For the latest information visit the family website, Find Morgan.com and Help Save the Girl Next Door

Crime Wire: Dan and Gil Harrington

Crime Wire Updates Nique' Leili, Gwinett County, GA Unsolved Homicide

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In July, 2011, there was trouble in the Leili home with calls to the police, arguments and insinuation of past violence in the marriage of Matthew and Nique’ Leili.   Nique’ went missing on July 8, leaving behind her purse, keys, credit cards, and, most importantly, her children, her husband says there was an argument and she walked out of the house.

 A week later, in the hot Georgia summer, her decomposing remains were found on July 16 less than a mile from her home, completely naked, face down in a shallow grave covered by leaves.  Her clothes have never been found.  Interestingly, her husband, Matthew Leili had already filed for divorce citing abandonment. How did he know she wasn’t coming back? Could it be because he had spy gadgets everywhere, including surveillance cameras, tape recordings of all phone conversations, keyloggers on all computers, and trackers on all cell phones? Seems he would have a pretty good idea where his wife was headed considering the lengths taken to keep track of her.

 Named a suspect in the murder of Nique’, Matthew has not been arrested and no charges have been filed. He has since taken two of the couple’s young children and moved them out of state, isolating them from Nique’s family.

Joining the show for the hour to examine some of the known details of the case of murdered Nique’ Leili is her grown daughter, Alex Page, and sister, Amy Elk.

Previous shows highlighting this case:

• The Roth Show: Nique' Leili Unsolved Murder (imaginepublicity.com)
• The Susan Murphy Milano Show: What Happened to Nique' Leili? (imaginepublicity.com)
• Technology and Solving Crimes: The Susan Murphy Milano Show "Time's Up" 2:00 pm Eastern Time Thursday (murphymilanojournal.blogspot.com)

Crime Wire Examines Unsolved Murders of Kenneth Kanehl and Pamela Barnes of Waterford, Michigan

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Double Unsolved Homicide of Kenneth Kanehl and Pamela Barnes

Seven years after the 2005 murders of Kenneth Kanehl and Pamela Barnes, there have been no arrests or charges, and although much speculation and suspicion, naming of the main suspects will be a shock. The pattern of conduct of persons close to the deceased has raised many questions by the families and those left behind in this awful tragedy.  Why have investigators let this slide? 

Overview from guest,Jessie Kanehl, stepmother of Kenneth Kanehl:

On July 3, 2005, Kenneth Kanehl, 39 and Pamela Barnes, 41 were murdered in their home on the 5400 block of Brunswick, Waterford, MI.  Their bodies were discovered on Wednesday, July 6, 2005.  They were both shot in the head multiple times.  Kenny was off on vacation that week so his absence at work did not concern anyone.  On either Tuesday or Wednesday, Pam's boss called her mother to notify her that Pamela did not show up for work on Tuesday.   Monday was the 4th of July Holiday.  Kenny and Pam were last seen at a friend's house where they went for a 4th of July party and then to fireworks late Saturday night.  They were killed in the early morning hours of Sunday, July 3rd.  Pamela's mom, Carolyn Barnes, called the Waterford Police Department on Wednesday, July 6th to do a welfare check at their home.  The police arrived there at approximately 5 p.m. and found their bodies. 

 Kenny and Pamela each had teenage daughters from previous relationships. One lived at the home, the other visited often. One has been affected seriously over the tragedy, the other has moved on and doing well.  What are the circumstances that connect a daughter and her father to the murders? Tune in for details as this double unsolved murder is discussed by the Crime Wire Team.

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Crime Wire Welcomes Lisa Valentino: Seeking Justice for Allison Jackson Foy

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Guest: Lisa Valentino, sister of Allison Jackson Foy

Allison Jackson Foy went missing from Wilmington, NC June 30, 2006 and her remains were recovered in April of 2008, along with another set of remains belonging to Angela Nobles Rothen, who went missing a year after Allison. This begins the long road towards justice for Allison, seeking answers, and bringing the perpetrator(s) to an arrest. Allison's sister, Lisa Valentino, works closely with CUE Center for Missing Persons, who conducted many searches and awareness campaigns in the years that Allison was missing, but the road didn't end there. Still working together to find a final resolution to the case and bring justice for Allison and the two young children she left behind, Lisa continues to work with opportunities to benefit CUE Center, as well as attends their National Conference each year, bringing her experience as a support to other families. Lisa Valentino, once again, brings awareness to the fact that there is still someone out in the community who murdered her sister, Allison, and may have murdered others and hid them as well.

 

For updated information about Allison Jackson Foy, please refer to the website: Justice for Allison

Related articles

• Families of Missing Preyed on by Tormentors (abcnews.go.com)
• Allison Jackson Foy murder 7/30/2006 Wilmington, NC *Allison stabbed to death; her murder remains unsolved; possibly related to the murder of Angela Rothen* (mylifeofcrime.wordpress.com)
• Angela Nobles Rothen murder 6/10/2007 Wilmington, NC *Angela's remains found near other murder victim, Allison Jackson Foy; cases may be related* (mylifeofcrime.wordpress.com)
• Crime Wire Returns March 13 on "Inside Lenz Network!" Guest: Michale Callahan, "Too Politically Sensitive" (dennisngriffin.com)
• The Roth Show Highlights Missing Person, Candice Shields (imaginepublicity.com)

Crime Wire Investigates! Samantha Guzman

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Samantha Guzman

On Mother’s Day 2006, high school senior Samantha Guzman was just weeks away from graduating and wearing her crown as prom queen. She picked out a beautiful red dress to wear to prom. She proudly modeled it for her mother and imagined the tiara she would wear the night she was crowned prom queen. But just a few weeks away from the dance, on Mother’s Day 2006, Samantha was killed. She never got the chance to wear her gown. Instead, her mother buried her in it. Weeks later, her mother was handed her diploma.

March, 2009 Report from SILive.com

Police hope the arrest of seven reputed gang members in the Bronx will bring them closer to solving the 2006 murder of a Staten Island student, according to a report.

The alleged members of the Bloods gang were implicated in several brutal acts of violence, and are believed to be associates of the killer of 18-year-old Samantha Guzman, a McKee High School senior.

Samantha was gunned down May 14, 2006, on a Bronx street corner after her group of friends interrupted an apparent robbery.

Shot twice in a hail of bullets, she died two hours later at Lincoln Hospital.

GUESTS:    GENE CERVANTES (Citizens Against Homicide),

ANGIE GILLAM CHA ADVOCATE AND Her Mother  DIANA RODRIGUEZ

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On August 31, 2010, 39-year-old Jimmy Spring was robbed and murdered in Scranton, South

Carolina. The Florence County Sheriff's Department subsequently arrested four suspects.

However, in spite of the severity of the charges, a judge released three of them on house arrest.

The fourth remains in jail, but will have a bail hearing in the near future.

Jimmy's sister, Dusty Braddock, will talk about her brother's murder and the actions of the judge.

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Crime Wire Investigates: Oklahoma Unsolved

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On June 8, 2008 the tiny town of Weleetka, Oklahoma was rocked to it’s core when two young girls, Skyla Whitaker, 11, and Taylor Placker, 13, best friends, were found shot to death while walking along County Line Rd.   The tragic case brought immediate national media attention and an aggressive investigation, OSBI and FBI included.  Hundreds of tips and suspects later, the case may be closer to a resolution as agents are honing in on a specific gun purchased at a gun show.

On July 15, 2011, Ashley Celeste Taylor, 23, was reported missing from Okmulgee, OK, a town near Weleetka, supposedly after an argument with her fiance, Kevin Sweat.  Sweat was subsequently arrested and confessed to her murder, telling officials that her remains were buried off of Highway 75.  In early August, 2011, searchers found human bone fragments, pieces of clothing and glasses consistent with Ashley’s on the property of Kevin Sweat’s father, near Weleetka.

The investigators are now turning a closer eye to the theory that Kevin Sweat could be responsible for the slaying of the young girls along with his fiance, Ashley Taylor.  New information is being discovered daily.

Listeners will hear first hand information about the connections between these unsolved cases and the people surrounding them, in the hope that the pieces of the puzzle are fit together to bring resolution.

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A Cold Blooded Killers Connection to Skyla Whitaker & Taylor Paschal-Placker Murders?

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The Sheena Morris Unsolved Death in Bradenton Florida

Tonight, August 2, 2011, on the Crime Wire Investigates radio show, as part of our on going flame to justice, we discussed the death and lack of investigation in the unsolved death of Sheena Morris.

On January 1, 2009, the 22-year old was found hanging from a shower in a hotel room located in Anna Marie Island, Florida. Sheena was ending the relationship with her on again off again boyfriend, telling her mother it was coming to an end and things were going to change in the New Year.

It is important to note that a victim of intimate partner violence, never takes their own life as we would learn during the show; often they figure out the best way to move forward minus the violence and live their lives, not take their life! This was not a suicide as initially ruled. Basically, no investigation was done by Bradenton detectives and the crime scene was mishandled. The medical examiner's office relied on those who responded to the scene, and with limited information and incorrect police reports, each a contributing factor in the initial ruling for this case as a suicide.

It would be Kelly Osborn, Sheena's mother, that would gather evidence and information, along with hiring outside forensic pathologists Dr. Michael Baden and Dr. Michael Berkland, that would allow theFlorida medical examiner to change the manner of death in March of 2011 to "undetermined." That should have been enough to re-open the case, but it was not. Public comments in media interviews labeling Kelly Osborn as a mere "grieving mother" are inexcusable.

In addition, 10 months after Sheena's death, the detective contacted the person of interest and informed him that "he is going to contact his alibi" for the evening in question. This action, in and of itself, is a huge ethics issue. It goes to credibility and can hurt future cases within the department, the county, and for the FDLE.

There were other issues and red flags of importance discussed about this case. The FDLE must takethe lead and step in to investigate. Until they do, we (Crime Wire) will continue to take appropriate measures in the murder investigation and ultimate justice for Sheena Morris. Below is the link to the Crime Wire show.

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 The Lover’s Lane Murders: Update

On August 23, 1990, 22-year-old Cheryl Henry and her 21-year-old boyfriend, Andy Atkinson, were brutally murdered in an undeveloped, wooded area of westernHarrisCountyinHouston,Texas. Both victims had been tied with a rope and their throats slashed. Cheryl had also been raped.

Nearly 21 years later those murders remain unsolved. Joining us to discuss the status of the investigation will be the fathers of the victims, Bob Henry and Garland Atkinson, and Gene Cervantes of Citizens Against Homicide.

 The Rick DeVecchi Case

On the morning of December 17, 1998, 37-year-old Rick DeVecchi was working at the family trucking company in Berkeley, California.  A person was observed prowling in the back of Rick’s pickup truck, which was parked across the street. Rick was informed, but continued the tasks he was doing. A few minutes later Rick and a co-worker walked out of the gate and began to walk toward Rick’s pickup truck. By this time the suspect had gotten into his own car. He began to drive toward Rick. Without warning he accelerated his car and swerved to intentionally run over Rick.  Rick was thrown up and over the car. He was rushed to the hospital, where he died three days later. No one has been arrested for Rick DeVecchi’s murder.

Rick’s brother Randy DeVecchi and Gene Cervantes will explain the current status of the investigation.

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The Mysterious Death of Janyce Hansen

The book is the first to explore the mysterious death of Janyce Hansen, a former top model in Denver, Colorado. Although her death took place twenty-six years ago and was ruled undetermined, her son and daughter set out to prove that Janyce was killed by her husband, a successful real estate developer rumored to have strong ties to city officials and underworld crime.Joining us for the discussion about this case is Kim Hansen
 

The Unsolved Murder of Brittany Phillips and Her Mother's Caravan to Catch a Killer

In 2004, 19 year old Brittany Phillips was raped and murdered in her apartment in Tulsa, OK.  Since that time her mother, Maggie Zingman, has organized a Caravan to Catch a Killer.  She has ruled out over 2000 suspects comparing DNA records across the country.  Maggie continues her quest until the killer of her daughter is caught and brought to justice.

 

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