Sipping on Some Crime

Seeking Diane takes a deep dive into the life of Diane T. Francis, leading up to her disappearance in 2005. Diane's daughter Sherri and I cover Diane's early years and the relationships that led her to choose troubled relationships and addiction again and again. Diane fought to be a present mother and wanted a better life for her and them but disappeared before getting that chance. Sherri has spen...

BRENDA GAIL LAMBERT from The Archives. Still working on bringing back all the original episodes from the first two seasons of Sipping on Crime between posting new episodes of the 50 State Gold case series This episode was originally loaded in February 2024, so some information may have changed since then. I added links to all the social media pages run by Christy for the latest updates on Brenda’s...

Diane Francis was well known in the Jacksonville area. Not just by the community she hung out with but also by local law enforcement. In fact, the last official sighting we have of Diane is November 27, 2005 when she was arrested at a local hotel for trespassing. We know that she was held overnight and released the following morning on the 28th. From there, we don’t know where she went or what hap...

This week I am covering three cases out of Illinois Cases featured: *Yasmin Rayon Acree The lock on the fence and the basement door had been cut and 15-year-old Yasmin Acree was gone. All of her belongings were still there, even her glasses but investigators classified her as a runaway, not collecting essential evidence in her case. When investigators finally decided to take a deeper look into Yas...

Idaho Spotlight Full Week Case featured this week… *He abducted a girl from a trampoline in the middle of the night, is he also responsible for Amber’s disappearance… In the summer of 2002, a young girl was abducted from her trampoline in the early morning hours. After being assaulted for hours she escaped that afternoon after her abductor left for work immediately leading investigators back to hi...

Hawaii Spotlight Full Week I covered three ases this week in Hawaii, the cases include… * The girl who vanished by the cliffs… The last contact Laura Vogel, 43, had with anyone was with a friend she texted, explaining that she was camping down the way from the birthing pools and meeting all the locals. However, when she vanished, and investigators canvassed the area, not a single person, including...

Cases featured on this week's episode: Mary White Mary’s boyfriend believed in her aspirations to become a writer so much that he gave her 7,000 to help her finish her book. That 7000 would lead investigators to believe that Mary planned her mysterious disappearance, but her family believes something awful happened to her and that some of her friends might know more than they are saying. In 2004,...

For three months in 1974, five young girls ranging from 8 to 12 were mysteriously abducted from Jacksonville, Florida. Investigators, then and now, are still trying to determine whether they are all connected. In the summer of 1974, just a few weeks after Jeanie Schoen, 8, was abducted from a Jacksonville laundromat, Mylette Anderson, 11, and her sister Annette, 6, would vanish from their Jacksonv...

Alabama season 2 of the 50 State Cold Case Spotlight. In today's episode, I'll be featuring 5 Unsolved Cases that still need the public's help. Each of these cases needs more media and social media attention to generate the tips and leads to finally solve their cases! Cases featured: 📍Christina Lynn Carter In September 1973, Christiana Carter, 3, and her mother, Janet, disappeared from Hueytown,...

This week in the 50 State Cold Case Spotlight Series we are in Connecticut. Here are all 4 cases featured this week in one video. Cases featured: Bob Hart a mechanic on his way home to see his wife for lunch, was gunned down by a hitchhiker who darts off into the woods. To this day, the hitchhiker has never been identified, and we still don’t know why he attacked Bob. Margo Olsen 24 was murdered i...

Danielle Bell was last seen in September 2001 at a party on the 500 block of Cedar Tree Lane and Highway 95A in Cantonment, Florida Witnesses who attended that party with Danielle would tell investigators that they last saw Danielle leave the party with a man who was in his mid-20s at the time. It wouldn’t be until six years later, in 2007, that Alfredo Gomez Sanchez Junior would be charged with p...

Doreen Jane Vincent Doreen Vincent, 15, was last seen at her father’s home in Wallingford, Connecticut, between 8 and 9 PM. Her father, Mark, would later tell investigators that they had an argument that evening, and Doreen took some money and extra clothing and walked out the front door, never to return. Doreen had recently moved with her father and stepmother to a new house just 10 days before s...

In April of 2022, Debahni, 18, spent the night partying with friends. When she was not home the next morning, her parents called the police to report her missing. While investigators began a massive search for Debahni, her mother received a haunting picture of Debahni standing on a highway. This photo was taken by the cab driver who picked her up from the party. This eerie photo would go viral and...

In August of 1974, Tess Hilt 22 was brutally murdered in her off-campus apartment. Investigators had some solid suspects but not enough evidence to get a conviction. There were some unique details about the crime scene that may help the public identify the suspect.

On November 21st 1971, Kathy left home to go down to the local store to buy a few snacks and never came back. Her faithful German Shepard returned hours later, with her scratching frantically at the door. The next day, Kathy’s nude remains were found badly beaten. She had been rapped and dumped in the woods off a dirt road just three miles from her house. Her sisters have spent their lives fightin...

In 1953, Cecil Wells was a wealthy businessman who was married to the picture-perfect bombshell blonde and was a huge investor in many Alaska businesses; he had it all. That all changed in October of 1953, when he was murdered in his bed, and his wife was severely beaten and left for dead. Cecil’s wife, Diane, survived her injuries, and initially, investigators believed it was a robbery gone wrong...

Crystal Arensdorf was last seen in the early morning hours of July 4th, 2001, at Knicker’s Saloon in Dubuque, Iowa. Earlier that evening, Crystal watched the annual fireworks display by the river before heading over to Knicker’s with several friends. Crystal was last seen around 2 am inside Knicker’s. According to witnesses, Crystal and the bartender had plans to share a cab to continue the night...

In Donegal, Ireland, on a remote farm in 1977, little Mary, a twin just 6 years old, would vanish while walking back to her grandmother’s home. Despite a frantic search by family, locals, and the Ballyshannon Garda station, no trace of Mary has ever been discovered. Mary’s sister Ann and her cousin Margo have campaigned tirelessly to try to find little Mary and bring her home to rest. For more inf...

Natasha, a 32-year-old single mother, left her grandmother's house to attend a party and was never seen or heard from again. She was last seen leaving with a male acquaintance who told investigators that he last saw her at the quarry before she took off running into the woods. Her family believes there are those in the community who hold the answers to Natasha’s disappearance, but they are too sca...

On October 14th, 1994, Krystyn’s mother would head to work, leaving then 17-year-old Krystyn at home. When she returned home from work that day, Krystyn and her belongings were gone, but her mother found a note from Krystyn stating she needed to go sort herself out and would be back in a year. Kristen has not been seen by her family since. For more information, sources and pictures please visit: h...

When Inga arrived by ferry in Northern Ireland, she was wondering where she would stay that night. The 18-year-old had been backpacking through the UK into Northern Ireland. She would be found murdered days later in a picturesque forest. It's been 34 years of agony for her family, and her sister is pleading for Inga’s justice.

February 10th 2009 Randa then 42 was talking with her sister on the phone as they usually did, Catching up on their events from the day. At 11:30 pm Ronda would tell her sister she was heading to bed. Ronda hung up the phone and that would be the last time anyone heard from or saw Randa ever again! What happened between the hours of 11:30 pm February 10th and 8 am the morning of the 11th? How did...

Sarah was just 14 when she vanished in 2000, despite a massive search across the UK, she has never been found. So many failed her, and 26 years later, we are still asking how and why? For more information, sources and pictures please visit: https://sippingonsomecrimecom.wordpress.com/2022/02/08/sarah-benford/

Cathy was last seen in Portland, Maine, on September 24th 1971. Her father dropped her off downtown to run some errands before a dance she planned to attend that evening. She was seen by a friend at a local record store later that afternoon. The girls talked for a bit before Cathy said her goodbyes, telling her friend she was heading back home to shower before the dance, but Cathy never made it ba...

Between 1996 and 1997, a man was hunting the streets of Claremont Australia abducting young women off the street. He lurked around the nightclubs waiting to find a girl alone and vulnerable. In 2016, the killer would finally be identified and held accountable for two murders, but because investigators were not able to locate the youngest victim, Sarah Spiers remains, sadly her case is still consid...