Aren’t You the Girl?

A series of brutal sexual assaults occurred to sex workers who were brought to Wright County in the 1990s.  Along with the homicide of Wendy Bozeman that may link to homicide victims Martha Bacon and Victoria Morris.

Between April 1986 and September 1992, the nude strangled bodies of Willie May Harding and Lee Ann Blomquist were found in or near watery graves in Golden Valley. Armongene Mason and Susan Rheineck were found bound outside by county roads. These four cases most closely resemble Vicky’s murder to me.  In this episode of “Aren’t You the Girl?” I’ll be introducing and covering the unsolved tragic dea...

In October of 1994, the body of 25 year old Victoria Morris was found in Wright County, Minnesota.  The second body to be found in Wright County within a year; and the tenth victim to be lumped into a group of women who were found violently murdered around the Twin Cities. Why didn't Victoria receive any media attention? In this episode of “Aren’t You the Girl?” I’ll be covering the life of Victor...

In October of 1993, the first body part of Martha Bacon was discovered in a rural area in Wright County, Minnesota.  She was victim number eight of sex workers who were targeted by a serial predator or killer in the Twin Cities. The difference with Martha’s case that finally sparked public outcries - she was the first victim to be dumped in Wright County.

One of Chicago’s Southside Strangler’s Gregory Clepper went on a murder spree from 1991 - 1996, possibly amounting to 40 victims.  Clepper lived in St. Paul for a time in the mid 1990’s; and had an obsession with sex workers in the area. One woman in particular was 1994 Wright County victim Victoria Morris.  Was he actually responsible for all of the crimes he admitted to or was he lying so his vi...

Donald Blom was released back into society for the final time in the early 1990’s. A string of sexual assaults on young women occur in suburban parks. Holly Spangler was then found murdered after being assaulted in a park. Could Donald be connected to this array of crime?

Katie Poirier is the only confirmed murder under Donald Blom’s criminal history. Investigators tried to get confessions for other cases he may be connected to but he refused to talk every time.  Donald however connected himself to one case decades before Katie’s case exposed him to Minnesota - the case of Wilma Johnson.

In May of 1999, 19 year old Katie Poirier went missing from a Moose Lake convenience store where she was working alone as a night clerk. A grainy black and white surveillance video captures a man with his arm at the back of Katie’s neck as he forces her out of the store. What would unfold within the next few months would shock and disgust Minnesota along with the nation.  

Two friends Dewey and Kevin travel to Down in the Valley record store in November of 1974. Kevin wanted to replace some cassette tapes that were stolen from his vehicle a week prior and Dewey went along to shop for some records. While shopping a man comes into the store and starts to shoot.

In August of 1974, a former classmate of Timothy Crosby’s was found stabbed to death. Yvonne Bye was only 18 years old when she became friends with two people who would plot to take her life brutally.  In December of 1974, Timothy spoke of her murder to his current abducted victim.

In 1965 in a quiet neighborhood on a late Summer night, a peeping Tom and repeat sexual offender took 14 year old Barbara Iversen from a home where she was babysitting two young children.  Today in Minnesota, the law that stems from her case is still a controversial topic. In this episode I’ll be covering the abduction and murder of Barbara Iversen and the dangerous sexual offender law in Minnesot...

The son of a St. Paul police officer is a seasoned violent sexual offender by the age of 18. The deal he got after his first caught offense in 1974 solidified his freedom to roam the streets off and on from then to 2009. Leaving three suspected murdered or missing victims in Wright County alone.  In this episode of Aren’t You the Girl? I highlight what I know of the 1994 cold case of Victoria Morr...

In an isolated area of Monticello, Minnesota in the fall of 1993 a dog dragged home a human forearm and hand. When the owner discovers the gruesome sight on their front doorstep – a 6 mile search of the county begins. When it was learned the remains were of 31 year old Martha Bacon, a woman with a checkered past, sensitivity in our community diminished and a media frenzy in Minneapolis ensued.  Fo...

Eighteen months after Joli Truelson’s murder, twenty-five year old Mary Schlais was found dead after hitching a ride in Minneapolis. What stands out to Joli’s uncle Matt – the yellow vehicle Mary’s body was witnessed being dumped from.    For more info go to www.arentyouthegirl.com

When 16 year old Joli Truelson was found in a creek after supposedly thumbing a ride to her grandmother’s house, a massive anti-hitchhiking movement ignited in the Twin Cities.  But was that the easy explanation for her murder? 51 years later her death remains unsolved and we wonder did Joli truly get a fair investigation when she was initially killed?  For more info go to www.arentyouthegirl.com