Bodies In the Bayous: Recent Episodes
Gretchen Scanlon & Morgan Kelly
Bodies In the bayous is the true stories of the murder and missing women of South Texas. In the area known as the Texas Killing Fields. Follow the indepth journey as we look at these cases and ask why are they still unsolved?
Join us in our final episode of the season where we real highlight who Janice was. In this tribute you will hear from her son Sean, daughter Denise and sister Mary what a wonderful person she was. Thank you for another great season stay tuned for our next season.
Join us in this episode as we recap our conversations with Norman Lillie. It's what he doesn't say that will leave you with more questions. Do we really have it "all wrong"? Or, are we on the right path to bringing justice for Janice?
In this episode, Matthew Thomas takes a plea for the murder of Janice Ashcraft Lilly, what would he reveal about the murder? Would his plea allow for charges to be dropped against "DeeDee"? What is her real involvement?
What secret was Owenia "DeeDee" Evans hiding about the murder of Janice Ashcraft Lillie. Did she witness the murder or was she lying to protect her lover, Norman? With the discovery of the murder weapon would it lead to more questions then answers? Is Matthew Thomas related to Dee Dee and truely resposible for the murder?
Are there buried secrets that Norman Lillie kept to himself that led to Janice to being vulnerable to an attack? For closures, bankruptcies, affairs, and lies could be the reason behind Janice's death. How far would one go to keep it all together? Did Norman Lillie's lifestyle lead to her being murdered?
In this episode, we dive into the confusing aspects of Janice Ashcraft Lillie's murder. The brutal attack took place in the middle of the day with people coming and going at any time and yet the door was locked? Was this a planned ambush and if so, what was the reason behind it?
It has been an exciting couple of weeks as we heard that there is a huge development in a case we covered as a bonus episode last year titled "Garnett John Doe".
We also have exciting news out of Allen County that will effect all the cases out of Iola Kansas and Allen County that we covered in our last two seasons of the podcast. We can't wait for you to hear all the exciting updates.
Join us in this episode, as we discuss the day that Janice Ashcraft Lillie was murdered, also referred to as eviction day. We cover what her plans were for the day, as well as the tragic way she was discovered by one of her closest friends. In the episode we also cover and discuss the autopsy including the details of the 22 stab wounds that ended her life that day.
Janice Ashcraft Lillie was murdered on November 12, 1991. It happened in her office at the apartment complex she and her husband Norman owned. In this episode we introduced you to Janice and Norman before that tragic day through the recollection of her friends. Was there anything happening in Janice's life that foretold what would happen to her on that day?
Just outside The Big Easy, in LA, a historical town called Gretna, would lose one of their own in a brutal attack. On November 12, 1991 Janice Ashcraft Lillie would fall victim to a horrific, up close and personal, stabbing that ultimately cost her, her life.
In this episode we explore the questions that we have asked all season long, where are all the rumors coming from? Who was knows more than they are saying and what are they hiding?
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Join us as we talk about a possible grave in the field, behind the Lewis property. This journey brought us to the discovery of an intact, military headstone. What is it doing there? Wait until the end to hear our personal thoughts, surrounding a mystery of a missing video.
In life we hear about "6 degrees of separation" in the small rural Kansas community of Allen County its more like four degrees. Join us in the episode where you learn more about Billie Bledsoe and Walter Lewis "Junoir" and Britt Lewis.
Join us in this episode as we take you down some of the rabbit holes that we have had to explore in this season. As new information arises, we have to investigate, even if it is, just a dead end. Nothing is too small to look into as people continue to come forward and talk with us. You can reach us at bodiesinbayous@hotmail.com
Listen today, Allen County Sheriff Department starts the investigates into Don Sager's disappearance. The investigation would start with interviews with those closest to Don. Join us as we discuss the paper trail in detail. including the bloodhounds tracking what could have been Don's last movements.
Join us in this episodes as we break down the events that happened two weeks leading up to Don Sagers disappearance. Don's Ex-wife Norma Sager celebrated her wedding to Walter Jr. Lewis on Valentines Day, a few days later she would accompany Don while he called off his relationship to Billie Bledsoe, Apon retuning home Nora's marriage to Walter Jr. would be in the process of being annulled while Don and Norma gave their undeniable attraction one more chance. Did this create a dangerous triangle between lovers?
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In this episode we discuss the years before Don Sager disappeared as he and Norma opened the Landmark Tavern in Moran Kansas and then expanding by opening the Goldmine bar in La Harpe Kansas. The Goldmine was a busy disco catering to young college students from the nearby junior colleges. Were there things happening that would lead to Don's disappearance?
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53-year-old Donald Courtland Sager was last seen at his home in La Harpe Kansas on February 29, 1984. His family has been searching for him for the last 30 years. Who was Don Sager, why would this grandfather disappear?
We sat down and talked Allen County Sheriff Bryan Murphy to talk about the Sally Hutton case. He talks about the investigation in the past, where the evidence is and what can be done now.
As we told the story of the disappearance of Betty Cantrell the one thing that kept nagging at us was the possibility that this case could it be connected to the disappearance of Kenneth Paul Wight that happened just a few years earlier. There are a few similarities to Wight's and Betty’s disappearance that could not be ignored.
Sadly no one is looking for Kenneth Paul Wight, I Allen County Sherriff's office considers his case closed even though his body has never been located. He is not listed on any of the missing person data bases, even if his remains had been found, we would never know because his case is not being compared to any located remains.
Is it possible that someone in Sally's own family could have something to do with the murder of the young 14yr old. Join us as we bring this season to an end and help us make our plea to law enforcement to test the DNA in Sally's Hutton's case.
Over the last 54 years, the rumors and speculation of who killed Sally Hutton and why her case remain unsolved today has captivated this small community of Iola Ka. Is there some truth to the rumors? Afterall, a rumor does start with a truth? Right???
Could two anonymous phone calls lead to answers in Sally Hutton's case? Did the investigation into those calls go far enough or was it a missed opportunity? 54 years later what remains to be done with the evidence box in the KBI's custody? With advancement in DNA technology is now the time to ask that these items be retested?
Tom Williams began his career in Law Enforcement as a Arkansas City Police officer before joining the Kansas Bureau of investigation were he worked as an agent for 19 years. Most of those 19 years he was the agent assigned to Iola Kansas. After leaving the KBI. Tom Williams became the sheriff for Allen County. During his time at the sheriff's department, he investigated the Sally Hutton case. He retired from law enforcement in 2013 and became an Allen County Commissioner.
Could the answers to who murdered Sally Hutton lay in a box of letters saved by her sisters over the years. When going through the letters one such letter from Glenda had some promising information about who she believed may have killed Sally. Glenda's letter points that finger at Ron Shaffer who was convicted of another murder in 1976.
Was Sally meeting someone after the football game? A love letter found with Sally might have been a clue to who she was meeting. Was this an innocent crush with an older boy leading to deadly consequences?
Is something sinister happening in their small quaint town as Sally’s case was still unsolved. Letta’s death was 1of the 5 in Iola in the last 22 months and the 6th in the past 2 decades. Officer quickly began to compare the similarities between Sally’s and Letta’s case both lived near each other, both appeared to have been hit by a car, both disappeared around the same time of day. Both were found on a country road outside of town both were found in a ditch.
On July 22, 1971, the trial of Joseph "Jack" Shoemaker for the murder of Betty Cantrell would begin. The trial and the verdict would leave the small town of Iola Kansas divided did police get the right man? If not, why did he confess? And who killed Sally Hutton?
In 1963 the young couple Betty and Loren began their lives together moving to Norfolk Virginia. The future was promising for the young family. Loren was "a good man" or was he? No one would know until 14-year-old, Gwendolyn Contance Padgett disappeared while on a babysitting job. It was Loren who held the secrets to her disappearance and the truth would send Betty back home to Iola.
This episode is a discussion of the events happening in the early days of the Sally Hutton and Betty Cantrell's Murders. What steps were taken to solve these cases and missteps. The investigators in the Betty Cantrell case announce a suspect is arrested Jack Shoemaker.
David was born on April 14, 1929 in Wellston Oklahoma to James and Anna Cantrell. He was one of 7 children. The family all worked on a farm in order to provide for the household. The family moved to Keener Arkansas when David was young. David was a veteran serving in the Army for a year, from 1951 to 1952. While he was enlisted he was trained to become a mechanic which would become how he would support his family. David married Kathleen Kutchko on Aug. 15 1956, The couple moved to Iola where David worked as a mechanic. Kathleen died on June 20, 1961.
David married Betty Duffield on Sept. 14th 1964. She died on September 30 1969.
David married Coyita Alice Richardson on July 31, 1971. Coyita died February 25, 1978 she was 48 years old at the time of her death.
David married Marjory Louise Feld Turner on April 25, 1979.
David died on February 3, 1995. Marjory outlived him.
It would be the question still 53 years later, did Sally Hutton really go to the Junior High School football game the night she was murdered? This is the question because it was out of the norm for the usually quiet and reserved, 14 year old Sally Hutton. Year after year after year would go by. Investigators, Family, and Friends would look for the answers. Yet time and time again they come back to that strange thing, what was Sally doing at the game? Who saw her? Who did she leave with?
On Friday October 3rd, Jimmy Maloney was driving his Motocycle over the Kentucky Street Bridge, looked down into Elm Creek and saw the body of Betty Cantrell floating below. Betty's body would not be the only one located that day just hours earlies police were call to an isolated country road in regards to a report of a women's body lying in the ditch. She would later be identified as, 14-year old, Sally Hutton. What happened that week has plagued this town for the past 53 years.
September 30, 1969, a 28-year-old married mother raising 2 children named Betty Cantrell worked the early morning shift at the Dine Out Cafe. Betty was the only person working the overnight shift, she would wait on customers and then also prepare their meals. There would not be another employee arriving until 5a.m. It was a passing police officer doing his morning rounds said he saw the cafe was opened around 4:30-4:45 am. Betty sitting at a small 2 top table listening to her small portable transistor radio as usual. When the next employee arrived at 5:00 am he noticed the sign was closed and that Betty’s car was not there. Assuming something must have happened and she had to leave and would have locked the door he realized that he did not have keys so he turned back walked back home. When he returned, he discovered that the door was opened although the lights were off. Upon walking in he immediately noticed what appear to be blood droplets. Betty was nowhere to be found, when he looked around, he noticed that the cash drawer was open. The money was missing expect for the coins out of the cash register. The cafe was back open for the breakfast diners while the search was on for Betty.
September 30, 1969 28-year-old, married mother raising 2 children, Betty worked the overnight shift so that she could be home with the children during the day while her husband David worked the day shift as a mechanic.
When the owner’s son Phillip began his short walk to the café as he did most days. When he got close, he noticed the sign was flipped to closed and Betty’s car was not there. He discovered that the door was unlocked although the lights were off, walking in, immediately he noticed what appear to be blood droplets. Betty was nowhere to be found. At 12:30 P.M. on October 3rd, a body of a woman was found a mile north of the Country Club. Officers at first believed that they had found the body of Mrs. Cantrell who had been missing for 2 days. Police would soon learn that this was not the body of Betty Cantrell but was instead the body of Sally Hutton a missing 14-year-old Junior High School Student.
Join us as we wrap up season 3 looking back to some of the cases that we covered and the progress that has been made.
Join us as we bring the case of a couple who was murdered at Lover's Lane and that would be connected to another attack and robbery through DNA.
Listen as we introduce an outlier to our timeline in the Texas Killing Fields, Lena Jean Britt who brings light to other elderly women murdered in or for similar reasons. Joyce Maybel Cleveland and Julia Muckleroy all three were murdered in June of 2010, two of these cases would be solved. Police need your help with tips that could help solve the case of Lena Jean Britt.
When an anonymous call comes in to the KPRC news tipline investigators begin to follow clues left by a serial killer who is terrorizing the Houston area. It would take years before police would be able to identify him by DNA and end his murder spree by lethal injection.
Follow us as we bring you the reign of terror committed by the nomadic gypsy family know as the McCrary Clan. The clan would terrorize workers at diners, grocery stores, and donut shops from California to Florida.
Was there a link between Sherman McCrary's family of killers and the Texas Killing Fields? Follow us as we discuss the McCrary family were killing is a family affair.
Listen to today's episode as we present Watts's Confessions and the consequences when you make a deal with the devil.
In this episode we bring you another serial killer who was active in the area known as the Texas Killing Fields during 1981-1982.
Listen as we discuss the impact that Lucas' confessions had on the investigations and involvement in the area known as The Texas Killing Fields.
In today's episode we bring you the confession's that Lucas made in Galveston Co. and surrounding areas. Is it possible that Lucas and his accomplice Toole committed the horrible homicides of Christine Wilson, James Edward Cox, Suzie Bowers, and Roy Wayne Hallmark? Take a listen and you decide for yourselves.
Join us as we discuss the brutal murders of Kate Rich and Freida "Becky" Powell by Henry Lee Lucas.
In this episode we give some background on who was Herny Lee Lucas. Could he have killed some of the women in the Texas Killing Fields?
Join us as we wrap up season 2 and discuss the connections between Dean Corll and John Paul Norman's Odyssey Foundation in Dallas Texas.
Join us as we bring you the stories of the remaining victims of Corll's reign of terror and degradation of young men. Some will remain unidentified for years while others will be misidentified for decades.
Join us as we continue to bring you the identity of the young male victims of Dean Corall. Ray Blackburn was abducted as he attempted to hitch hike back to Baton Rouge La to be with his family. Billy Lawrance was a 15-year-old and the only one that Brooks would confess to and be found guilty of "in the name of the law".
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Jion us as we discussed the inconstancies in the confession of two friends who fall victim to Corll and his accomplices, Marty Ray Jones and Charles Cobble. During this episode we discuss the John Manning Sellars an outliner victim who may or may not have actually be one of Corll's victims. Also, the unfortunate missing information behind 2 autopsies of Homer Garcia.
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One of Dean Corll's victims still remains unidentified to this day could he be Bobby French or David Yeager? Who is Bobby French where did he from and when did he go missing?
What happed to Mark Scott's remains?
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Join us as we continue to talk about the family's search for what happened to their sons and arduous task of identifying the remains of Corll's victims.
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In today's episode we are bringing you the names of the first victims in the Candyman's reign of terror and the broken families he left behind. Unfortunately, for these young boys, some would be misidentified leaving the families heart broken.
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In this episode we discuss what happened in the trials of Elmer Wyne Henley and David Owen Brooks. Some of the details during the trial would have the spectators and family members leaving the courtroom in tears.
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Uncover the story behind the Candyman's two teenage accomplices, David Owen Brooks and Elmer Wayne Henley. Why would they participant in these gruesome crimes, what their roles would become, and how did they meet the Candyman?
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In this episode we dive into who Dean Corll was, aka the Candy Man. He got his name from the many candy stores that his mother owned and operated. He would work in these candy stores and build relationships with young children in the neighborhood and appearing to be a mentor to many. Nobody would know the truth to who he was behind closed doors.
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Day two began with the removal of more bodies from the boat shed, only to find out through the confession of Dean Corll's teenage accomplices/victims that there were more bodies located at Lake Sam Rayburn and High Island. Over the next two days the total victims remains recovered would total 27. Many beach goers enjoying a day on the beach would find themselves in the middle of Dean Corll's graveyard.
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- The Candyman a.k.a Dean Arnold Corll, also known as Houston's Mass Murder, stalked and murder young boys in Houston and surrounding suburbs from 1970 to 1973 along with 2 teenage accomplices Elmer Wayne Henley and David Owen Brooks. Elmer Wayne Henley would put a stop to Corll's reign of terror buy killing him with his own gun.
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Please join us as we discuss recent developments in these cases.
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Amanda Nicole Kellum, a lifetime Galveston County resident was found murdered, in Omega Bay on November 6, 1979. What happened to her?
Bridgette Lynn Gearen was enjoying time with friends on Crystal beach. On July 14, 2007 she is abducted, raped, and murdered. Although there are suspects in her case why has no one been charged?
18-year-old Arionna Parham was last seen getting a ride to school with an older man named "Nico" who had a criminal past. She has not been seen since May 22, 2018. Her family is looking for answers where is Arionna?
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Where is 57 year old Tot Harriman, she was looking for property between League City and Corpse Cristy when her and her car disappeared on July 12, 2001?
What happened to young wife and mother Sarah Trusty? She went on a late night bike ride only to be discovered 28 days later floating in Galveston Bay.
Who killed 16 year old Teressa Vanegas? She was out enjoying Halloween night when someone raped and murdered her leaving her body in a field.
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In this week's episode we bring you and update on the identity of Dean and Tina's long lost daughter. We also take a look into the cases of Detta Dee Taylor Maris who went missing out of Pasadena Tx and was discovered in a rice field 8 months later in Liberty Tx. Next, we bring light to a cold case of Catherine Anne Hammel out of Houston Tx, who disappeared after work and has yet to be found. The last case in this episode is Hope Ann Moore from Galveston, Tx who is still missing after more then 20 yrs.
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Tina Flood was reported abducted at the hands of a predator who would later be convicted and was responsible for other assaults around the Caulder Field area and Austin Tx as well. The search continues for Rebecca Beard in Angleton, Texas as of June 2022.
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Angela Leann Mitchell, A mother of 4 went missing on May 5th, 2022. Her body was found in the trunk of her car on May 11, 2022, police are looking for information on her case.
Lynette Bibbs and Tamara Fisher were 2 teenage girls 14 and 15 years old from Laporte Texas that went out to a club in downtown Houston for teenagers, they were discovered murder in Chambers County 50 miles away from where they last seen in 1996.
Krystal Jean Baker went missing after a fight with her grandmother. She stormed off and never returned home. Her body was identified 2 weeks later, miles from her home. DNA would solve her case in 2011 but question still remain was she his only victim?
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It was a warm day on September 10, 1990. In Manvel Texas, a small town between Alvin and Houston, along the Highway 6. A man on a dirt dead end road pulled over to take a closer look at a pile of trash bottles and old tires noticed a skull and other bones in the debris. It would be 30 years before the findings would be Identified as Juile Gwenn Davis - but this case is not solved.
Another body was found on the side of interstate 35 by exit 277 near County Road 304 by two Texas Highway Department workers who were stopping to eat lunch. One of them noticed the body of a woman near a fence on September 25, 1989 in Jarrell Texas. It would be 31 years before she would be identified, as 17 year old Sue Ann Huskey - but this case is not solved.
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Four young women's lives have been taken and many years have gone by without answers for their families. Their children have grown up without them, it is time to bring answers and justice for the families.
There are families out there waiting for answers in these Galveston Island case.
Decapitated woman found in Galveston State Park in 1988 still remains unidentified.
Darlene Delany found nude in Galveston behind the K-mart on September 5, 1988. Her face had been severely burned in order hide her identity.
Suzanne Renee Richerson was abducted on October 7, 1988, does someone out there know something or are they just perpetuating a hoax? Where is she?
Kasie Price has gone missing on March 3, 2022, from her home in San Leon, Texas. Her family is searching for her please help us find her and bring her home.
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In 1980's there was a string of cases involving Real Estate agents. Their deaths would change the way agents operate today. What happened to their cases, were they connected and are there any leads?
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In 1997 girls and young women would disappear from the small communities outside of Houston. The first was that of a young ballerina Laura Kate Smithers from Friendswood Texas. Then, University of Texas Student Kelli Cox; from Denton, Texas, next would be High School Senior Jessica Cain from Tiki Island. It was because of a young mother named Sandra, who was kidnapped in Webster Texas and her daring escape that would lead to the arrest of William Lewis Reece. Reece's DNA and would connect him to an unsolved homicide case in Oklahoma. He would be indited to for the murder of Tiffany Johnston. With an inditement in Oklahoma Reece agreed to lead police to the bodies of the missing women in Texas.
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In 1997 girls and young women would disappear from the small communities outside of Houston. The first was that of a young ballerina Laura Kate Smithers from Friendswood Texas. Then, University of Texas Student Kelli Cox; from Denton, Texas, next would be High School Senior Jessica Cain from Tiki Island. It was because of a young mother named Sandra, who was kidnapped in Webster Texas and her daring escape that would lead to the arrest of William Lewis Reece. Reece's DNA and would connect him to an unsolved homicide case in Oklahoma. He would be indited to for the murder of Tiffany Johnston. With an inditement in Oklahoma Reece agreed to lead police to the bodies of the missing women in Texas.
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Timothy Lane Gribble seemed like the guy next store willing to help out a friend when truth would come out it would rock the foundation of these small coastal towns.
When he confessed to the murder of Elizabeth L. Jones, this would also help bring closure to another family. He would drop a bomb on law enforcement by also confessing to the murder of Donna Weiss and aid in locating her remains. But a day later he would confess to another murder of hitchhiker Kristie or Kristina, this mystery is still unsolved of who was she and where is her body?
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The cases of:
Michelle Doherty Thomas went missing from her home in Alta Loma, Texas never to be seen again. Although police believe they know what happened to her they still have been unable to locate her body or close her case.
Rebecca Jean Beard's case has been solved and closed; her murderer sits in prison but still police are unable to locate her body.
Shelley Sikes left work after a long day hoping to spend the evening with her boy friend, only to be run off the road and abducted in the middle of the night. Although her killers have confessed her body has never been found.
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Harris County Identified the remains of John and Jane doe found murdered in January of 1981 as those of Harlod Dean Clouse and his wife Tina Gail Linn. Questions still remain, what happened to their baby daughter Hollie Marie Clouse, also who killed them and why?
Susan Eads age 19 is found murdered near the Nasa Space Center after a night out with friends in August of 1983. Her murder would go unsolved for decades before advances in Genetic Genealogy would solve her case with the identification of Arthur Davis.
Sondra Kay Romber goes missing in October of 1983, she was last seen in the safety of her own home in the middle baking biscuits.
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We look into suspect Clyde Hendrick and the murder of Ellen Beason. Is he also responsible for murdering the Calder Road victims Hiede Villareal, Laura Miller, Audrey Cook and Donna Prudhome? Or is it, possibly someone else, like Mark Roland Stallings who confessed to the murders of April Eaves and Benna Bea Bowen. Or is it possible yet that they were killed by David Allen Walker, convicted murdered of Priscilla Welch.
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Join us as we continue to look at the savage killing of 4 women who were found, in a field off Calder Road dubbed "The Texas Killing Fields". Who are Jane and Janet Doe? We take a look into the background of unlikely suspect Robert Able.
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Calder Field is a lonely abandoned oil flied outside of League City Texas and would become infamous as the heart of the "Texas Killing Fields" when the remains of 4 young women were discover there between 1984 and 1991.
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Michelle Angela Garvey goes missing from her home in New Haven Connecticut. Her body would be found in Texas on July 1, 1982, but she would not be identified till 2014.
Tamera Ellen McCurry - goes missing from Galveston Island on July 1, 1982 she has never been heard from again.
Are these cases connected or is it just a coincidence or are these two cases connected.
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Just when you think that you think that it could be wrapped-up we bring you the cases of four more missing or murder victims in the Texas Killing Fields.
Are these cases connected?
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From prison Edward Harold Bell begins confessing to the murders of 7 young women, around Galveston Island in the 1970's. He plays a "cat and mouse" game with law enforcement, the district attorneys office, and the press giving vague details and then recanting. Later, he includes more victims dubbing them "The Eleven That Went To Heaven". He claims to be the product of a experimental government agency "program" that turned him into a flasher and a murder. Is he a mad man or a con man?
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On August 28, 1978 Larry Dean Dicken's was a true hero when he confronted a flasher outside his mother's home, who was exposing himself to young neighborhood kids. He was brutally gunned down in the driveway by serial flasher Edward Harold Bell. Bell would be arrested blocks away after a short police chase, o1nly to escape justice for years by fleeing the country. When he finally would be brought to justice the suffering would not end, as he began to confess to many of the killings in the "Texas Killing Fields"
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Nina Lynn Kluge, goes missing on October 22, 1975 outside of Santa Fe Texas her car is discovered a day later abandoned along Hwy 6, leaving no clue to what happened to the teenager. The discovery of her body on Thanksgiving day does not help police solve her case.
Samarra Kay Cribbs is stabbed in the parking lot of her apartment complex on March 5, 1977. Is she another random victim of a mad man or was she killed by someone she knew?
Suzanna "Suzie" Bowers a 12 year old girl disappeared from Galveston Island on May 21, 1977. There are no leads in her case until her body is discovered miles from her home on March 21st 1979.
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Brooks and Georgina decide to skip school and go on an adventure for the day, this would be the last day they would be seen. Sadly one innocent mistake would cost them their lives. But it was law enforcement's "lazy couldn't be bother response" at the time that leads to this case still being unsolved to this day.
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This episode discusses the brutal stabbing death of Mildred Jo Ann Knighten, Why has this case gone cold? As well as the mystery behind the adduction and murder of Kimberly Pitchford. Mildred Jo Ann and Kimberly were both young Pasadena High school students with the rest of their lives ahead of them; How did were they both murdered only a few months apart in the same area?
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In this episode we look back at the first five episodes, are they all linked to one or two killers? Why was there a 6 month rein of terror in these small coastal communities. Why did it suddenly begin and why did it just as suddenly stop? Are these cases solved or was someone just lying in wait to start again? Follow us on facebook at https://www.facebook.com/Bodies-in-the-Bayous-108105734885021/
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Two high school students go missing after spending the day with friends, exploring the Galveston Island on November 15, 1971. Their bodies are found a few days later floating in the murky waters of secluded Turner's Bayou. Sadly after 50 years this case still remains unsolved. 1
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Rhonda Johnson and Sharon Shaw both go missing from Galveston Island on August 4, 1971. They are never seen again. It would not be till their bodies are discovered near Webster Texas in Taylor Bayou that their families would finally have answers to what happened to them. When Michael Lloyd Self confessed to killing them people believe this nightmare is over, but it only give us more question than answers.
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Brenda Jones is abducted from Galveston, Texas on July 1, 1971. Her body is discovered the next day floating in Galveston Bay. Allison Craven is abducted from her apartment complex in Houston, Texas on November 9, 1971. Her remains are found scattered in two different fields 5 miles apart. Are these cases connected?
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In 1971 two more women would go missing and be found shot to death.. Listen as we explore the links of Collette Wilson and Gloria Gonzales to the rapes and murders of Adele Crabtree, Linda Suthernlin, and Pamela Hubner by looking into the case of tow truck driver Harry Lanham and Anthony Knoppa. https://www.facebook.com/Bodies-in-the-Bayous-108105734885021/
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The first victim, in an area known as the Texas Killing Fields, is 13 year old Collette Wilson. She disappeared on June 17, 1971 after being dropped off by her band teacher. 5 months later her body would be discovered along with missing 19 year old Gloria Gonzales. What would follow is a 35 year rein of terror for these small coastal communities. https://www.facebook.com/Bodies-in-the-Bayous-108105734885021/
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There is a mad man murdering women and young girls in South Texas. Was this one man or a pod of serial killer activity. Listen as we explore the links between these cases https://www.facebook.com/Bodies-in-the-Bayous-108105734885021/