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Send us Fan Mail The coroner.  Countless TV shows and movies portray coroners, but like most entertainment, it is far from reality. On “The Role of the Coroner with Jessamine County Kentucky Coroner Michael Hughes”, Wendy and David are joined by Coroner Michael Hughes, his wife Olivia Hughes and Jessamine County Coroner Cassie Robinson, for a personal conversation about what coroners do in real li...

Send us Fan Mail [Icon Photo: Victim Erica Butler] In our 3rd and final part of this roller coaster ride of an investigation, Marci Adkins and Matt Brotherton describe how a suspect seeming appears out of nowhere through an older DNA sample, and justice is complete. Hear more about: ·         More about sex kits and why they sat for several years, and how that is being resolved ·         5th victi...

Send us Fan Mail [Icon Photo: Victim Doris Roberts] Continuing the hard-fought battle for justice on behalf of victims Sonora Allen, Doris Roberts and Erica Butler, we will hear in Part 2 more about: ·         The testing of untested sexual assault examination kits using grants ·         Victim Erica Butler is found dead in 2006 ·         Bizarre behavior in a suspect interview that seems to shore...

Send us Fan Mail [Icon Photo: Victim Sonora Lynn Allen] Get you index cards, string, push pins and a marker ready; you’re going to have to put this one together with the murder cops and scientists on this case! We hear the stories of serial killers all of the time, once they have been convicted and put away.  But what is it like to be a homicide investigator watching several cases spanning as many...

Send us Fan Mail Sometimes, this thing called reality crashes into our lives. In February 2022, Wendy lost her literal best friend, Angie, to a Domestic Violence murder in Nicholasville Kentucky.  Angie was shot to death by her husband, who turned the gun on himself and died at his own hand. The thing about True Crime is that it is alluring for so many reasons.  Deciphering case details, maybe eve...

Send us Fan Mail Sometimes, this thing called reality crashes into our lives. In February 2022, Wendy lost her literal best friend, Angie, to a Domestic Violence murder in Nicholasville Kentucky.  Angie was shot to death by her husband, who turned the gun on himself and died at his own hand. The thing about True Crime is that it is alluring for so many reasons.  Deciphering case details, maybe eve...

Send us Fan Mail Sometimes, this thing called reality crashes into our lives. In February 2022, Wendy lost her literal best friend, Angie, to a Domestic Violence murder in Nicholasville Kentucky.  Angie was shot to death by her husband, who turned the gun on himself and died at his own hand. The thing about True Crime is that it is alluring for so many reasons.  Deciphering case details, maybe eve...

Send us Fan Mail On January 3, 1999 the mother of 28 year old Kecia Hughes filed a Missing Person Report in Lexington Kentucky, when she had gone for three days without hearing from her daughter. That same afternoon, police discovered Kecia deceased in her apartment that she shared with her husband.  She had apparently been deceased for some time. This is a case that was the tragic culmination of...

Send us Fan Mail On January 3, 1999 the mother of 28 year old Kecia Hughes filed a Missing Person Report in Lexington Kentucky, when she had gone for three days without hearing from her daughter. That same afternoon, police discovered Kecia deceased in her apartment that she shared with her husband.  She had apparently been deceased for some time. This is a case that was the tragic culmination of...

Send us Fan Mail On January 3, 1999 the mother of 28 year old Kecia Hughes filed a Missing Person Report in Lexington Kentucky, when she had gone for three days without hearing from her daughter. That same afternoon, police discovered Kecia deceased in her apartment that she shared with her husband.  She had apparently been deceased for some time. This is a case that was the tragic culmination of...

Send us Fan Mail On January 3, 1999 the mother of 28 year old Kecia Hughes filed a Missing Person Report in Lexington Kentucky, when she had gone for three days without hearing from her daughter. That same afternoon, police discovered Kecia deceased in her apartment that she shared with her husband.  She had apparently been deceased for some time. This is a case that was the tragic culmination of...

Send us Fan Mail Missing: Michael Keith Gorley | Part 1 of 2 | December 14, 2021 Missing: Michael Keith Gorley | Part 2 of 2 | December 21, 2021   On May 17, 2015, 38 year old Michael Keith Gorley, a son, a brother and a father, told his mother good bye as he left the house.  Michael never returned home.  He was last seen on Highway 300, or Knob Lick Road, in Stanford Kentucky. The Murder Police P...

Send us Fan Mail Missing: Michael Keith Gorley | Part 1 of 2 | December 14, 2021 Missing: Michael Keith Gorley | Part 2 of 2 | December 21, 2021   On May 17, 2015, 38 year old Michael Keith Gorley, a son, a brother and a father, told his mother good bye as he left the house.  Michael never returned home.  He was last seen on Highway 300, or Knob Lick Road, in Stanford Kentucky. The Murder Police P...

Send us Fan Mail Season 4 of The Murder Police Podcast was about as education as a death investigation podcast can get. We covered Forensic Pathology with Dr. Greg Davis, The Murder of Joseph Trevor Dilger (the art of Murder and Arson investigation to bring justice). Cold Case Investigations with Detective Rob Wilson and Missing Persons 101 with Detective David Hester. All of these will have the l...

Send us Fan Mail Missing Persons 101 with Detective David Hester | Part 1 of 2 | Tuesday November 16, 2021 Missing Persons 101 with Detective David Hester | Part 2 of 2 | Tuesday November 16, 2021   Someone’s gone missing. Listen to these two episodes on The Murder Police Podcast and learn the inside scoop on what makes a missing person cases a case, and when and how they are investigated. Retired...

Send us Fan Mail Missing Persons 101 with Detective David Hester | Part 1 of 2 | Tuesday November 16, 2021 Missing Persons 101 with Detective David Hester | Part 2 of 2 | Tuesday November 16, 2021 Someone’s gone missing. Listen to these two episodes on The Murder Police Podcast and learn the inside scoop on what makes a missing person cases a case, and when and how they are investigated. Retired D...

Send us Fan Mail This episode is sponsored by Hero Industries :  Designing and Manufacturing Uniquely branded products for First Responders, Government Agencies and Corporations.  Visit Hero Industries today! Cold Case Investigations with Detective Rob Wilson What makes a case ‘cold’?  Who investigates them?  How are cases picked for investigation after sitting for years?  What challenges do they...

Send us Fan Mail Cold Case Investigations with Detective Rob Wilson What makes a case ‘cold’?  Who investigates them?  How are cases picked for investigation after sitting for years?  What challenges do they present to an investigator? On The Murder Police Podcast, we really believe in moving beyond the story, and teaching the listener the how and why. The two episodes that offer Cold Case Investi...

Send us Fan Mail In the 4-part mini-series, The Murder of Joseph Trevor Dilger, the listener joins Arson Investigator Chris O’Bryan and Homicide Investigator Tim Upchurch, as they discuss the 2016 murder that brought them together. This is a unique opportunity to hear the important role fire investigation can play in a murder case, and learn how the science and practices come together to find the...

Send us Fan Mail In the 4-part mini-series, The Murder of Joseph Trevor Dilger, the listener joins Arson Investigator Chris O’Bryan and Homicide Investigator Tim Upchurch, as they discuss the 2016 murder that brought them together. This is a unique opportunity to hear the important role fire investigation can play in a murder case, and learn how the science and practices come together to find the...

Send us Fan Mail In the 4-part mini-series, The Murder of Joseph Trevor Dilger, the listener joins Arson Investigator Chris O’Bryan and Homicide Investigator Tim Upchurch, as they discuss the 2016 murder that brought them together. This is a unique opportunity to hear the important role fire investigation can play in a murder case, and learn how the science and practices come together to find the...

Send us Fan Mail In the 4-part mini-series, The Murder of Jospeh Trevor Dilger, the listener joins Arson Investigator Chris O’Bryan and Homicide Investigator Tim Upchurch, as they the 2016 murder that brought them together. This is a unique opportunity to hear the important role fire investigation can play in a murder case, and learn how the science and practices come together to find the truth. J...

Send us Fan Mail The autopsy.  In the world of True Crime, this examination of the victim of a crime, after death, may be one of the last and elusive mysteries in the genre. Sure, we can get copies of part or most of this post-mortem examination and try to wrap our heads around the details, but those reports never will explain anything about why the autopsy is performed (or not), who performs the...

Send us Fan Mail The autopsy.  In the world of True Crime, this examination of the victim of a crime, after death, may be one of the last and elusive mysteries in the genre. Sure, we can get copies of part or most of this post-mortem examination and try to wrap our heads around the details, but those reports never will explain anything about why the autopsy is performed (or not), who performs the...

Send us Fan Mail The autopsy.  In the world of True Crime, this examination of the victim of a crime, after death, may be one of the last and elusive mysteries in the genre. Sure, we can get copies of part or most of this post-mortem examination and try to wrap our heads around the details, but those reports never will explain anything about why the autopsy is performed (or not), who performs the...