True Crime Unwind

Episode 64: Dr. Krishan Arora - River Bluff, KY | Murder on Cherry Tree Lane A wealthy neighborhood. A brilliant physician. Two gunshots. Zero arrests. What happened inside Dr. Krishan Arora's home on June 22, 1998? Episode Summary A respected kidney specialist. An affluent Kentucky neighborhood. A killer who vanished without a trace. On the evening of June 22, 1998, 54-year-old nephrologist Dr. K...

Episode 63: Malaiyah Wickerson & Ashton Mitchell - Berkeley, MO | Cults, Murder & the Missing Six What started as a missing child flyer at the bottom of a grocery store mailer turned into one of the strangest cases we’ve covered yet. Two mothers. Two small children. Two separate families. The same “spiritual journey.” The same house in Berkeley, Missouri. And then… they all disappeared. Ep...

Episode 62: Michael Gilman - Paradise Valley, AZ | Murder in Paradise, who killed Michael Gilman? Michael Gilman was found stabbed nearly 50 times inside his Paradise Valley home. His BMW was stolen, set on fire, and abandoned just miles away. More than a decade later, Arizona investigators are still searching for answers. Episode Summary Michael Gilman was a 68-year-old businessman living in an e...

Episode 61: Austin Kanuch - Cy-Fair Copperfield, TX | A bicycle ride that led to murder A young father violently attacked in the middle of the night, a perpetrator caught on camera, and a family left shattered. Who killed Austin Kanuch? Episode Summary Austin Kanuch was a 39-year-old husband, father, and Houston native who had just purchased his family's "forever home" in the Cy-Fair Copperfield a...

Episode 60: Donald Allison - Lenado, CO | From John Doe to Donald Allison: Unmasking the Lenado Man A man dumped in the Rocky Mountains, a pocketful of clues, and a name that was lost for decades. Who killed him, and why did nobody notice he was gone? Episode Summary On August 18, 1979, mushroom hunters exploring a remote forest road near Lenado, Colorado, discovered the body of an unidentified ma...

Episode 59: Jeff McQueen, Dante Crump, Kaireem Meeks, and Jonté Clark - Saugerties, NY | Before there was Mackenzie Shirilla, there was Meredith McSpirit The Netflix documentary The Crash has reignited conversations about the controversial case of Mackenzie Shirilla. But years before that case made headlines, another devastating crash left four young men dead, one young woman alive, and a communit...

Episode 58: Jennifer Harris - Bonham, Texas | Missing evidence, a missing mother, and a murder that left a town with more questions than answers A young mother vanishes after a night out. Days later, she’s found murdered. But as investigators begin putting the pieces together, questions start piling up. Missing evidence. Conflicting stories. Gaps in the investigation. More than twenty years later,...

Episode 57: MYSTERIOUS DEATH: Tom Brown - Canadian, TX | Suicide, Murder or Cover up? The night before Thanksgiving in 2016, 18-year-old Tom Brown left to hang out with friends in the tiny town of Canadian, Texas, and never came home. What followed was a years-long mystery involving scattered evidence, investigative errors, shocking theories, and a case that raises more questions than it answers....

Episode 56: MURDERED: Carlos Medina - Kodiak, AK Kodiak, Alaska: A place where the American Dream turned into a nightmare. When beloved restaurateur and community leader Carlos Medina was found murdered on Pillar Mountain, it shocked the city’s growing immigrant community and left investigators with more questions than answers. 30 years later, the case remains unsolved. Dive into the mystery that...

Episode 55: Bonus Minisode MISSING: David Alex - Kihei, HI A simple moped accident on a beautiful island. But did it lead to something far more? Episode Summary This week, we’re heading back to Maui, where paradise and heartbreak continue to collide. Hawaii ranks among the top states for missing persons cases per capita, and Maui in particular has seen an unsettling number of disappearances that l...

Episode 54: MMIWP MISSING: Khiara Henry - Hāna, HI A young free spirit traveling alone in Hawaii, an isolated state park and an abandoned rental car . Where is Khiara Henry? Episode Summary This week on True Crime Unwind , we’re discussing the heartbreaking disappearance of Khiara Lavinia Henry — a 23-year-old adventurous, free-spirited traveler who vanished during a solo trip to Hawaii in July 20...

Episode 53: MMIWP MURDERED: Mary Ellen Johnson-Davis - Tulalip Indian Reservation, WA She was supposed to get a ride. Instead, she vanished. After being seen walking along a rural road on the Tulalip Reservation, Mary Ellen Johnson’s phone mysteriously pinged miles away, then went silent forever. Episode Summary Mary Ellen Johnson disappeared on November 25, 2020, from the Tulalip Reservation in W...

Episode 52: MURDERED: Tahjmere Hopkins - Petersburg, VA A young dad murdered over a mistake, public misinformation, missing evidence, and a detective who “knows everything”, yet no movement in the case for eight years. The truth about what really happened to Tahj Hopkins. Episode Summary In this episode of True Crime Unwind , we tell the story of Tahjmere Hopkins, a young father, son, and aspiring...

Episode 51: MURDERED: Kenneth Michael Leefe - La Grange, NC A restaurant manager finishes a normal shift and is shot in his own parking lot minutes later. No robbery. No suspect. Just a car that disappeared into the night. Episode Summary: On June 24, 2010, 55-year-old Kenneth “Ken” Michael Leefe closed the Bojangles where he worked along U.S. Highway 70 in La Grange, North Carolina. After locking...

Episode 50: MISSING: Beverly Logan - Belleflower, MO A young mom living with a man with a troubled past disappears. Phone and belonging 100 miles away, a stolen car, an unexplained gunshot wound, and a police standoff- but no answers. Episode Summary This week, we’re talking about the disappearance of Beverly Jackee Logan, a case that feels frustratingly close to being solved, yet still has no ans...

Episode 49: MURDERED: Emily Rose Taylor - Estacada, OR On a cold November night, a 19‑year‑old free spirit was gunned down on a lonely Oregon highway, and the killers melted into the darkness. Two years later, the case remains unsolved, and the community is still asking: who would ambush a young woman with everything to live for? Episode Summary This episode dives into the story of Emily Rose Tayl...

Episode 48: MYSTERIOUS DEATH: Mikayla Jones - Caledonia, MO An 18-year-old girl found dead after a night with people she barely knew, stories that don’t add up, and a family fighting for the truth. Was this really an overdose… or something much darker? Episode Summary In May 2021, 18-year-old Mikayla Jones vanished after spending the night at a home in Caledonia, Missouri, with three people she ha...

Episode 47: MURDERED: Sandra Alberda - Monette, AR A quiet, small town. A house fire in the middle of the night. And inside, a 21-year-old woman was brutally murdered in a way investigators say was deeply personal. Nearly 40 years later, no arrests have been made. So who killed Sandra Alberda, and how did they get away with it? Episode Summary Sandra Malissa Alberda was just 21 years old when she...

Episode 46: MYSTERIOUS DEATH: Terron Evans Jr. - Potsdam, NY A mother and son advocating for justice and equality, a small town that is anything but diverse, and a young activist found dead in the home of two police informants. What really happened to Terron Evans, Jr.? Episode Summary Terron Evans, Jr. was born on February 24, 1994, and was deeply loved by his family and community. In the summer...

Episode 46: SERIAL KILLER: Pamela Maurer - Woodbridge, IL A teenage girl on a short errand, a body tossed along a suburban road, and a mystery that went unsolved for four decades. How did DNA finally unmask Pamela Maurer’s killer – and are there more victims still waiting to be heard? Episode Summary Pamela Maurer, a 16‑year‑old junior at Downers Grove South High School in Woodridge, Illinois, lef...

Episode 44: MURDERED: Garrett Phillips - Potsdam, NY A 12-year-old boy strangled in his home, an investigation with tunnel vision, and a small town with many narrow-minded views. Who really killed Garrett Phillips? Episode Summary In October 2011, Garrett Phillips was killed inside his Potsdam, New York apartment. What followed was a deeply controversial investigation marked by rushed conclusions,...

Episode 43: MURDERED: Mary Virginia Webb - Crook County, WY A young woman’s cross‑country trip, an isolated highway culvert, and a decades‑old mystery with no answers. What happened to 19‑year‑old Mary Virginia Webb? Episode Summary Mary Virginia “Pooh” Webb was born on December 6, 1976. In early June 1996, she left Wenatchee, Washington, to visit family in Conway, Arkansas. Mary was last heard fr...

Episode 42: MURDERED: Ariel Allison - Kingman, AZ A Nineteen-year-old with bright plans for her future, a close-knit family she fiercely protected, a life just beginning to unfold, and an act of domestic violence that left her family shattered, and raised painful questions about how many warning signs were ignored. Episode Summary Ariel Jade Allison was born on July 25, 1990, in Kingman, Arizona,...

Episode 41: MURDERED: Lacey Claire Gaines - Justice, IL A 20-year-old mother was brutally murdered in the safety of her own home, with no signs of forced entry or struggle. Fifteen years later, will the town of Justice ever live up to its name for Lacey Gaines? Episode Summary Lacey Gaines was just 20 years old when her life was cut short inside her apartment in Justice, Illinois. A young mother w...

Episode 40: MURDERED: Sophi Sullivan - Fort Davis, TX In the remote beauty of West Texas, a beloved teacher and mother was brutally murdered in her own home. What followed was an investigation riddled with delays, missed evidence, and unanswered questions that still haunt Sophi Sullivan’s family years later. Episode Summary Sophi Eleanor Sabey Sullivan was born on February 9, 1987, and was known f...