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If you’ve found this episode, you may have been pulled in by the title. And if you’ve listened to my show for a while, you know I try to avoid dramatic headlines and writing. But the fact of the matter is, no matter how many titles I tossed around for this episode, I kept coming back to the urgency of telling this story and how dangerous it’s going to be in Spring of 2027 for anybody living in the community that this prime suspect gets released into.
In April of 1995, a seventeen-year-old girl was hanging out in the strip mall where she worked in a local grocery store in her little town an hour north of NYC.
She was supposed to visit with her boyfriend that night, who also worked in that plaza. But she didn’t show up. And the last person who saw her was a man with a trail behind him of predatory and violent behavior, most of which he had evaded any consequences for. His actions in the years after Robin’s disappearance would land him a 30-year jail sentence. But he is yet to be charged in Robin’s disappearance and suspected murder, or in the murder of another young 12-year-old girl from the same town. With the clock winding down, he’s due to be released in less than two years. It’s time to get answers in Robin’s case and keep a violent predator where he belongs.

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Sources (more at newspapers.com username asimplertimetruecrimepod) All cannot be listed due to character limitations:

https://charleyproject.org/case/robin-frances-murphy
https://www.lohud.com/story/news/investigations/2016/06/09/robin-murphy-suspect/85661402/
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/true-crime-josette-wright-carmel-andrew-krivak-1212242/
https://www.ctinmateinfo.state.ct.us/detailsupv.asp?id_inmt_num=108050
https://www.yahoo.com/news/putnam-reaches-20m-wrongful-conviction-144333647.html
https://www.ctd.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/opinions/021505.DJS_.Gombert.pdf
https://wrrv.com/putnam-county-who-killed-12-year-old-josette-wright/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/putnam-reporter-dispatch-two-years-later/171673851/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-journal-news-4-years-later/171673766/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/putnam-reporter-dispatch-nov-1997-dive-t/171673592/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/putnam-reporter-dispatch-nov-1997-dive-t/171673592/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-herald-statesman-josette-wright-serv/171673461/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-reporter-dispatch-description-of-jos/171673387/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/citizen-register-death-site-searched-ear/171673171/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-journal-news-possible-dna/171655516/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-journal-news-cold-case/171654721/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-journal-news-cold-case/171654721/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-journal-news-robin-murphy-clue/171654164/
https://www.newspapers.com/

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The Montana Teacher of the Year was known for his words of wisdom, volunteering his time, coaching, mentoring, helping students in need, and leaving lasting impact on everyone he taught. So when he was gunned down in the early morning hours of September 30th, 1996 the community was shook. Within days, focus shifted on two former students of his. But between an acquittal and lack of evidence, nobody has ever been found guilty in the case. Small town rumors say that everyone knows who did it and its an open secret, but everyone has been too scared to talk. Cold case investigators are taking another shot at the case, and they hope the passage of time might motivate those who know something to come forward.

TIPS: Missoula County Tip line at (406) 258-3302.

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Sources (more at newspapers.com username asimplertimetruecrimepod) All cannot be listed due to character limitations:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57687597/clifford_lee-nelson
https://www.khq.com/regional/montana-murder-mysteries-uncovering-the-cliff-nelson-cold-case/article_a064ca31-1bbf-5343-86eb-e7244ee7fa49.html
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-missoulian-cliff-nelson-shooting-10/171135200/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-missoulian-mentor-and-friend/171135401/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-inter-lake-teacher-killed/171138047/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-montana-standard-award-will-honor-cl/171138142/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-missoulian-students-reactions/171167408/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-missoulian-two-questioned/171174185/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-inter-lake-suspcts/171174317/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-missoulian-suspects-issues-with-clif/171174432/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-missoulian-more-of-suspect-timeline/171175159/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-missoulian-arrest-made/171175321/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-independent-record-suspects-arrested/171176292/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-independent-record-suspects-arrested/171176292/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-missoulian-1-year-memorial/171179703/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-missoulian-hooser-not-guilty/171179865/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-missoulian-trial-details/171191997/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-missoulian-kids-recreate-class-theat/171192044/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-missoulian-beginning-of-trial/171192075/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-missoulian-seeley-lake-murder/171192330/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-missoulian-cellmate/171192428/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-missoulian-car-sounds-similar/171192550/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/great-falls-tribune-acquittal/171193052/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-missoulian-debrief-of-trial-and-impa/171193321/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-missoulian-gun-arrest/171194721/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-missoulian-musical-tribute/171194354/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-missoulian-tip-hooser-assault/171194290/

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Its summer of 1990, a thirteen-year-old Texas girl named Deanna is doing her best, living in a difficult situation but also trying to just be a regular teenage girl. One night, she sneaks out of the house to visit her twin sister, who is staying with a relative. They chat for a bit before the relative wakes up and tells her to head back home. But Deanna would never make it back home that night. Her case has a lot of problems – including that its had various times where it hasn’t been investigated at all. Its also had a lot of red herrings – distractions that remain prevalent in the narrative that the public hears. In this episode, I’m joined by Deanna’s younger sister Melissa, the person who is working so hard to push her case forward – and she wants to set the record straight so that people are focusing on the right things moving forward. The pieces that could help bring her and her family long awaited answers.

A HUGE thank you to Melissa for joining me for this episode and sharing her sister's story.

TIPS: 254-501-8885 or nholtzclaw@killeentexas.gov

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Podcast to check out: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/unsolved-couple/id1765628508

Sources:

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6353559/#:~:text=That%20is%2C%20the%20rate%20of,)%20%3D%204.32%2C%20p%20%3D%20.

https://gould.usc.edu/news/law-school-study-finds-abused-children-often-recant-claims/

https://charleyproject.org/case/deanna-michelle-merryfield

https://www.kcentv.com/video/news/crime/500-33d492bb-4029-4bf0-b4c2-cdf403901137

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