Montana Murder Mysteries

Nearly a decade after the dismembered remains of John Mike Crites were discovered outside of Helena, the case is one step closer to closure.

ABC FOX Montana is bringing you the last episode of Season 2 of our 'Montana Murder Mysteries" podcast. We're wrapping up this season by bringing you an important update to a Montana murder mystery that we first brought to you back in Season 1: the unsolved murder of beloved Seeley Lake Elementary School teacher, Cliff Nelson.

Two years have passed since the body of Harriet Wilson was found floating in the Yellowstone River. She had been seen alive only hours earlier but an autopsy shows she was a victim of violence and has sustained injuries before she ended up in the river. This week on Montana Murder Mysteries, we hear from her family as they continue searching for answers.

This week Angela Marshall brings you exclusive information on a newly-formed task force in Missoula County dedicated to cold cases. Plus, she'll share with you a conversation she had with the grandson of two murder victims, previously covered in a 'Montana Murder Mysteries' episode.

On October 5, 2011, two forest service made a gruesome discovery when they stumbled upon a garbage bag filled with dismembered human remains on MacDonald Pass. The incomplete skeleton was identified as the remains of John “Mike” Crites, a Helena area man who had been missing for several months. To this day, no one has been charged with his murder.

In 1986, a Missoula killer met his demise at the hands of two of his victims. The assailant? Wayne Nathan Nance. The victims? Kris and Doug Wells. After his death, investigators were able to piece together a jigsaw puzzle of unsolved murders that haunted the Missoula and Bitterroot valleys for more than a decade.

The Missoula Mauler. Montana's baby-faced killer. A serial sex murderer. These names all refer to one man-- Wayne Nathan Nance. Wayne Nance is suspected of killing six people in Missoula and Ravalli counties between 1974 and 1986. To his neighbors, though, Nance was a hard-working furniture mover from Missoula. No one knew he had killed half a dozen people, at least. Nance was never tried for a si...

She's known as "Jane Doe 3UFMT." Her real name, though, is unknown. Investigators refer to her as "Christy Crystal Creek" and may be a victim of Montana's "suspected" serial killer, Wayne Nance. In our new episode of "Montana Murder Mysteries," we breathe new life into a nearly 35-year-old cold case that is sure to cause the hair on the back of your neck to stand up.

Montana Murder Mysteries returns for season two. This week we look at the possible connections between the disappearance of Father Kerrigan from Ronan in 1984 and the brutal murders of several priests in the south. Two out of the three murdered priests were found in hotel rooms lying face down, naked, with their hands tied behind their back. We also discuss the theories surrounding the connections...

This week on Montana Murder Mysteries we take a look back at all the cases we've covered and give you a sneak peak in what you can expect from Season 2.

While we work through some technical difficulties, we bring you an inside look on our recent interview with former FBI agents currently working on unsolved cases in Montana.

This week we explore the disappearance of a Montana priest just days after moving to the small Montana town of Ronan. The clues left behind lead investigators to believe this case could reach far beyond the big sky as similarities begin to pop up with other murdered priests across the country.

We continue our series 'Montana Murder Mysteries' by looking into the city of Kalispell's only unsolved murder-- 26-year-old Darlene Wilcock. We reveal more about the events that led up to Darlene's murder, two prominent "persons of interest," the difficulty in finding justice for Darlene, and the grief and anguish her death has caused her family.

This week is part three of our in-depth look into the mysterious death of a Livingston teenager whose body was found floating in the Yellowstone River nearly 25 years ago. Today, we discuss the rumors that ran rampant following his death, theories about what happened to him, and the legacy he left behind.

This week is part two of our in-depth look into the mysterious death of a Livingston teenager whose body was found floating in the Yellowstone River nearly 25 years ago. Today, we discuss a suicide note, a drug bust, and tensions in town leading up to Nelson McNair's death. Warning: This episode contains explicit content.

This week is part one of our in-depth look into the mysterious death of a Livingston teenager whose body was found floating in the Yellowstone River nearly 25 years ago. Today, his manner of death is still listed as "undetermined," but it's the events leading up to his death that raise suspicions with family and friends.

This week we travel back to the pioneer days as we explore the mystery surrounding two deaths that still have impacts on Montana today.

In our first ever minicast, we're joined by a true crime celebrity guest as their new show prepares to air their investigation into the murder of Julianne Stallman who was brutally stabbed to death in her Butte home back in 1994.

We explore homicide cases that have haunted Montanans for decades and have become a part of the state's ghostly past. We're talking about one of Billing's bloodiest murders, a pair of severed legs found in Butte, and mutilated cows in north-central Montana.

This week we speak with family friends and local law enforcement as they continue to seek justice 25 years after a woman is brutally stabbed to death in her Butte, MT home.

This week we dig deep into the case of a woman abandoned to die on a road in Missoula in 2018.

In this week's edition of MONTANA MURDER MYSTERIES, we explore a Seeley Lake killing that shocked a community in 1996, with reverberations that last to this day.

In 1985, Dexter Stefonek was on a long drive home to Wisconsin. He never made it farther than the Bad Route Rest Stop in Glendive, Montana. The Dawson County sheriff tells us about a clue that investigators still think could lead to the killer. Visit abcfoxmontana.com for evidence photos.