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Episode 142 Laura Kempton Part 1 of 2 Vivacious, fun-loving, and popular twenty-three year old Laura Kempton was a fixture in the downtown Portsmouth, New Hampshire social scene in 1981. On the night of Sunday, September 27 th , she was seen out late at a local club with a girlfriend. And then she went home, alone. Sometime in the wee hours, someone broke a panel out of her front door, entered her...

Episode 141 Doe ID: Evelyn 'Dottie' Lees    On June 28,1988, the remains of a woman were found in a remote area of Pinal County, AZ along state Route 79 South of US 60. The body was found in a shallow grave, and appeared to have been placed there with care leading police to believe that someone close to her may have placed here there. She was determined to be an elderly woman and it appeared that...

Episode 140 Gayla McNeil In October 1983, a young homicide detective caught his first case when a woman turned up floating in a canal in Palm Beach County, Florida.   The Jane Doe was a homicide victim, with brutal injuries and evidence of rape.   A complex investigation failed to identify her – but then her fingerprints did.   She was Gayla Ann McNeil, a former US Airforce service member. Detecti...

Introducing Morbidology, a preview of episode 294: The Mandan Massacre.   It was just before 7:30AM on 1 April, 2019, when employees started to arrive at RJR Maintenance and Management in Mandan, North Dakota. When they entered the building, however, it quickly became apparent that something was amiss. A body was found, followed by another, then another, then another…. Make sure to subscribe to Mo...

Episode 139 Doe: ID 'Wayne County Jane Doe' Connie Christensen  In December, 1982, deer hunters in Wayne County, Indiana, found skeletal remains in the woods along Martindale Creek. When the remains were first found, authorities were unable to tell much about the skeletonized remains other than that they belonged to an adult female. There was no ID found with the remains, but police theorized that...

Introducing: Women and Crime  Women and Crime Podcast is True Crime told by real Criminologists. Amy Shlosberg and co-host Meghan Sacks are both criminologists who have spent their entire careers studying and teaching about crime. In each episode of Women and Crime, you'll hear about cases involving women as both victims, and offenders. In this preview, you'll hear about the case of Ana Abulaban,...

Episode 138 Yvonne Leroux    Detectives in the York Regional Police, located in Ontario, Canada, had a perplexing scene on their hands in late November 1972. A teenage girl was found dead in the middle of a quiet roadway, bludgeoned to death. It appeared she may have been raped as well.   The victim, 16 year old Yvonne Leroux, was well known to police because of her recent history as the victim in...

Episode 137 Doe ID: Nora Castillo  In June, 1988, a farmer in Baca County, Colorado found skeletonized human remains on his property. Investigators found nothing in the way of identification, and only a 1986 quarter in a pocket. All investigators knew was that they had found the remains of a young woman, who was likely Hispanic, and although a cause of death could not be determined, severe injurie...

Episode 136 Teree Becker and Cherrie Bridgewater Part 3 of 3  This is part 3 of the Becker/Bridgewater case. If you have not listened to parts 1 and 2 yet, please stop now and go back and listen to those two parts first.  To listen to every episode of DNA: ID ad-free and get other benefits, simply   visit our channel page  on Apple Podcasts to get started with an AbJack Insider subscription. Of co...

Episode 136 Teree Becker and Cherrie Bridgewater Part 2 of 3 This is part 2 of the Becker/Bridgewater case. If you have not listened to part 1 yet, please stop now, and go back and listen to part 1 first.  To listen to every episode of DNA: ID ad-free and get other benefits, simply   visit our channel page  on Apple Podcasts to get started with an AbJack Insider subscription. Of course, you can al...

Episode 136 Teree Becker and Cherrie Bridgewater Part 1 of 3 In 1975, 19 year old free spirit Teree Becker was found in a Westminster, CO field, after hitchhiking toward home two days earlier.   Police did everything they could to solve her case, but could not identify the culprit. Then, in 1991, it happened again – this time in Las Vegas, NV.   The victim this time was Cherrie Bridgewater.   The...

Introducing: Killer Communications AbJack Entertainment, the same network that brings you new episodes of DNA: ID every week, has a brand new show launching March 1,2025. It's called Killer Communications, and it's hosted by Mike Morford. In each episode of Killer Communications, Mike discusses a true crime case where one of the clues is a mysterious form of contact; whether it's a frightening pho...

Episode 135 Doe ID: Maria Telles-Gonzalez   On May 24, 1995, the partially nude body of an unidentified woman was found by a highway worker in a drainage ditch on Cottonhall Road in Yemassee, South Carolina. Authorities believed that the woman, who was Hispanic, had been strangled to death. Police didn't have much to go on, but they scoured missing persons cases across SC and nearby states looking...

Episode 134 Cathy Sue Swartz Part 2 of 2 This is the conlusion; part 2 of the Cathy Sue Swartz case. If you did not listen to part 1 yet, please stop now, and go back and listen to that part first.    To listen to every episode of DNA: ID ad-free and get other benefits, simply   visit our channel page  on Apple Podcasts to get started with an AbJack Insider subscription. Of course, you can also su...

Episode 134 Cathy Sue Swartz Part 1 of 2   The brutal, bloody murder of single mom Cathy Sue Swartz in her own home rocked the community of Three Rivers, Michigan. Cathy had been chased down and slain by her killer as her baby lay in her crib in the next room. Investigators had ample evidence to help them identify Cathy's killer: a fingerprint, a footprint, and a possible eyewitness. Over 1000 peo...

Episode 133 Doe ID: Pam Wittman   In November, 1980, a road crew doing work along I-95 in Volusia County, Florida, discovered human remains. A medical examiner concluded that the victim was a young woman, but she carried no ID. The strongest clue was a shirt she was wearing with the caption 'Do it in the dirt' on the shirt. Because local police had no missing persons cases that might be a match fo...

Episode 132 Lillian Decloe   There's a certain level of outrage that arises from the senseless murder of a senior citizen – 89 year old Lillian Decloe had paid her dues in life and deserved a peaceful retirement in her own home.   But in April 1994, someone broke into that home and ended her life in a violent and brutal fashion.   Dignified and gracious Lillian was raped, robbed and strangled by p...

Episode 131 Doe ID: Chester Breiney In October, 1959, partial skeletal remains of what was believed to be a little girl was found in a culvert in Ozaukee County, Wisconsin. Surveying the area, investigators found more bones; some of which showed evidence of being fractured, and then healing. The early thought was that this little girl had been abused, and perhaps was killed during one of these att...

Episode 130 Joyce Casper Part 2 of 2   This is the conclusion of the Joyce Casper case. If you have not listened to part 1 yet, please stop now, and go back and listen to that part first.  This episode is spnsored by Better Help; convenient and affordable therapy. Listeners of DNA: ID can save 10% on their first month of Better Help by visiting our special show link,  betterhelp.com/dnaid To liste...

Episode 130 Joyce Casper Part 1 of 2   When respected and esteemed 65 year old businesswoman and mother of three Joyce Casper was found raped and murdered in her car in Boise, Idaho in 1987, the community was shocked to its core.   No one could imagine who could have wished harm to Joyce - but police suspected she had reported her own killer.   Joyce had been the subject of an attempted attack les...

Released in 2016, "The Trail Went Cold" is a weekly true crime podcast which explores unsolved mysteries and cold cases. On each episode, host Robin Warder examines a new murder or missing persons case, tackling a wide variety of mysteries from different countries and time periods. After sharing all the details about each case, Robin offers his own personal analysis and theories about what happene...

Silkwood is a multi-part podcast that intricately examines the life of whistleblower Karen Silkwood, the nuclear behemoth she sought to expose, the government's role in potential wrong-doings, and asks the question: What actually happened on that cold and windy November night 50 years ago? Did Karen fall asleep at the wheel and die as the result of a true single-car crash? Did she die for what she...

Episode 129 2024: The Year in Review In this episode, Jess recaps all of the cases she presented in 2024 searching for commonalities and differences in the cases, the victims, and the offenders. Of course, Jess also recaps the Jane and John Doe cases, and she provides listeners with some case updates. DNA: ID will return in January, 2025, so keep an eye out on your feeds for new episode. Happy Hol...

Episode 128 Terri McAdams Part 2 of 2 This is part 2 of the Terri McAdams case, if you have not listened to part 1 yet, please stop now, and go back and listen to that part first. To listen to every episode of DNA: ID ad-free and get other benefits, simply   visit our channel page  on Apple Podcasts to get started with an AbJack Insider subscription. Of course, you can also support DNA: ID with a ...

Episode 128 Terri McAdams Part 1 of 2   Terri McAdams seemed to have a promising future ahead of her: a college degree, an upcoming wedding, and the love and support of friends, family, and fiancé.   But Terri was conflicted about her personal life, and was also deeply afraid. Someone was murdering young women in the Fort Worth, Texas area – women who were a lot like Terri.   On Valentine's Day ev...