Voices for Justice

Today, I’m sharing an episode of The Final Hours, the show I co-host with Kourtney Nichole about missing persons and the final hours leading up to their disappearance or murder. In October 1981, 17-year-old Kurt Sova stepped outside a Cleveland Halloween party to get some air. Two minutes later, he was gone. Five days after that, his body was found in a nearby ravine — arms outstretched, both shoe...

In February 2020, 26-year-old Marquis Martin disappeared after working a night shift at his second job. For nearly a month, his family, friends, and community searched for him, pleading for answers and for help from law enforcement. When Marquis was finally found, it was the worst possible outcome: he had been murdered. But as his loved ones pushed for justice, they were forced to confront another...

In the early morning hours of July 29, 2012, 21-year-old Kortne Stouffer vanished from her apartment in Palmyra, Pennsylvania. But this wasn’t a quiet night. There were people outside her door, arguments, noise complaints and calls to police. Neighbors awake and paying attention. But by morning, Kortne was gone. Kortne Stouffer was last seen in Palmyra, Pennsylvania in the early morning hours of J...

Pepita Redhair was 27 years old when she disappeared from Albuquerque, New Mexico on or about March 24, 2020. In the days and weeks that followed, her family desperately searched for answers while facing roadblocks, conflicting information, and a lack of attention during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.  More than six years later, Pepita’s loved ones are still searching for the truth about wha...

In the final part of Nancy Guthrie’s case, we pick up with the update that changed everything: law enforcement had recovered previously inaccessible doorbell camera footage showing a masked, armed man outside Nancy’s Tucson home in the early morning hours after she was last seen. From there, the case only gets more complicated. In this episode, I walk through the video, the suspect description, th...

For years, people have asked what active searching for Alissa looks like in 2026. In this episode, I’m taking you behind the scenes of a recent search effort that left me with more questions than answers. After being directed toward a specific area, our search team brought in trained dogs. During the search, the dogs alerted in a location that raised serious concerns. Despite those alerts, law enf...

Part One of my series on Nancy Guthrie begins where the case began: with the first days of confusion, concern, and unanswered questions. In this episode, we walk through the earliest timeline of Nancy’s disappearance, what was known publicly at the time, and how her family began trying to piece together what happened. As the story unfolded, each new detail raised more questions than answers. 84 ye...

Like so many people in the US, 32-year-old Nicole Fitts was struggling with housing insecurity. She worked at Best Buy in San Francisco, California and would often travel up to 4 hours a day to commute to work from wherever she was staying at the time. Sometimes the commute was so bad, Nicole would just crash on a couch until her next shift. This meant she would have to leave her two-year-old daug...

On February 4, 2003, four-year-old Sofia Juarez left her home in Kennewick, Washington, with a dollar in her hand and plans to walk to a nearby store. She never made it there. What followed was Washington State’s first AMBER Alert, a massive search, and a case that has haunted Sofia’s family and community for more than two decades. Over the years, investigators have pursued witness statements, veh...

Twenty-five years ago, my sister Alissa Turney disappeared. For most of that time, I have lived in the space between grief and action, between not knowing and refusing to look away. This episode is different. It is shorter, more personal, and less about retelling every detail of Alissa’s case than it is about marking what this anniversary means. Twenty-five years is an impossible amount of time to...

On Mother’s Day in 1938, 4-year-old Marjorie West was picking wildflowers with her sister in the Allegheny Forest when she vanished. Within minutes, her family was searching. Within hours, hundreds of people were combing the woods. And within days, thousands of volunteers, law enforcement officers, and even the National Guard would join one of the largest searches Pennsylvania had ever seen. But d...

In March 2012, 36-year-old Gayle McCaffrey vanished from the Charleston, South Carolina home she shared with her husband, Robert McCaffrey. At first, there were signs that Gayle may have left on her own but as investigators looked closer, the story became far more complicated. More than a decade later, Gayle has never been found, and the questions surrounding her disappearance remain deeply unsett...

When 27-year-old Lisa McBride disappeared in June of 1990, she was reported missing within hours. Her family was immediately alarmed. Police quickly believed they were looking at foul play. A 17-member task force was formed. Her family offered a massive reward. Thousands of flyers were printed and distributed. And still, for more than three decades, Lisa’s case remained unsolved. In the original e...

In April 2001, first responders were called to the scene of an explosion and house fire at the Fisher family home in Scottsdale, Arizona. But as investigators started piecing together what happened, it became clear they were dealing with a lot than property damage or arson. It was a triple homicide sparking one of the largest manhunts in the history of Arizona. Robert William Fisher is wanted for...

Twelve-year-old Sherry Lynn Marler disappeared from Greenville, Alabama on June 6, 1984, after spending the morning running errands with her stepfather. What should have been an ordinary summer day turned into a mystery that has haunted her family and community for decades. Anyone with information is asked to call the Greenville Police Department 334-382-3107. This episode originally aired on Apri...

A four-year-old girl disappears from a small Tennessee town, and almost instantly, fear ripples through the community. Her family pleads for answers. Her neighbors rally around them. People search, pray, and hold onto hope that she’ll be found safe. But then, just when it seems the case couldn’t get more tragic, it takes a turn so shocking it changes everything. Marlena Danyele Childress was just...

Bianca Lebron was just 10 years old when she vanished after arriving to her school in Bridgeport, Connecticut. What followed was a case filled with troubling questions, unsettling leads, and a timeline that left her loved ones searching for answers.   Bianca Elaine Lebron was last seen on November 7, 2001, in Bridgeport, Connecticut when she was 10 years old. She is a Hispanic female who was 4’11”...

June Goodman was 66 years old when she vanished from Snowflake, Arizona in 2003. She was a mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, widow, and a familiar face in a small town where people knew each other and where her family name carried weight. When June disappeared, the questions left behind and the theories of what may have happened to her only grew more unsettling.   66-year-old June Goodman wa...

In this replay, I’m revisiting the case of my missing sister, Alissa Turney, beginning with a 2019 phone call between me and our father, Michael Turney the only person of interest in her case with added context, updates, and a bit of reflection. For more information about the podcast and the cases discussed, visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠VoicesforJusticePodcast.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠   For even more content or to furt...

In 1965, a shocking crime inside a quiet New Jersey home left a community reeling and a family forever changed. The Rubenstein case is one filled with unsettling details, unanswered questions, and decades of lingering mystery. In this episode, we explore what happened that day and why this case continues to haunt those who hear it. Anyone with information is asked to call the Highland Park Police...

On March 8, 1966, a crime committed in broad daylight shattered the sense of safety in Elizabeth, New Jersey. Seven-year-old Wendy Wolin was killed, and the shock of what happened that day would echo through the community for decades. Former Mayor, Tom Dunn, who served for 28 years put it very bluntly saying “It scared the hell out of the city.” In this episode, we revisit moment everything change...

In 1997, 17-year-old Kristen finished her first year of college at North Carolina State University, but after classes ended, she had no plans to enjoy a lazy summer. Instead, she devised a plan to take another class across the country in California… A few short months to enjoy the Golden State and gain some independence as she entered adulthood.  She was smart, ambitious and had a solid plan.  But...

Today, I'm sharing an episode of The Final Hours, a new Crime House podcast hosted by me, Sarah Turney, and Kourtney Laymance. Listeners of Voices for Justice know how much the framing of a story matters. The Final Hours applies that same scrutiny to disappearance cases by focusing on the hours before someone goes missing. Each episode examines the routines, timelines, and details that often get o...

On the morning May 3rd, 2002, 7-year-old Alexis Patterson was very excited about going to school. Alexis was already a good student, she got straight A’s and prided herself on her perfect attendance record. But this day was going to be very special. The night before, she and her mother Ayanna Patterson, purchased cupcakes for her to bring to her first-grade class. But when her mother realized Alex...

On December 14, 1981, the coastal town of St. John’s was shattered by a single, haunting action at a roadside bus stop.   What followed became the most expensive and exhaustive investigation in Canadian History, a manhunt spanning decades that involved hundreds of suspects, false confessions, and a question that has lingered for over forty years… Who was behind the wheel that day?   If you have an...