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On July 9, 2014, a man in a FedEx uniform knocked on the door of a house in Sprint, Texas. Minutes later, six members of the Stay family were dead but one was not. The intruder however, didn't know this. 15-year-old Cassidy played d**d, waited for the man to leave, and then called 911.

This single act of courage prevented ever further family deaths.

None of this though would have happened if this man wasn't free to do what he wanted. Years of domestic abuse orders, years of falling through the cracks, all led up to this moment.

00:00 The True Story of the Stay Family Massacre

00:10 Intro

02:38 Spring, TX

03:43 The Stay Family

04:24 Ron and Melannie

05:58 Melannie Relocates

06:22 Ron Assaults his Mom

07:13 Divorce is Final

08:34 Ron Starts Planning

09:03 Ron Arrives at the Stay Family Home

19:18 The Trial Begins

24:17 The Judge

28:58 The Aftermath

30:12 Wrap Up

32:12 New Trial Readings

Sources for this episode include court filings, ABC13 Houston, CBS News, Inside Edition, Hoodline, and public records.

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On April 7, 2008, Kathleen and Carl Schroll were found shot to death in their Kansas City, Kansas home. Within hours, a man named Pete Coones was arrested—and within months, he was sentenced to life in prison. What followed was more than a wrongful conviction. It was a case that exposed the deep cracks in a justice system where evidence was buried, witnesses were manipulated, and police were protected by silence.

📝 Sources & Legal Documents:

📄 The Coones' Family Lawsuit

https://mediaassets.kshb.com/NWT/Sam/CoonesLawsuit.pdf

📚 Justia – Amended Complaint Filing

https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/kansas/ksdce/2:2022cv02447/144253/168/

📚 Justia – Ruling on Motion

https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/kansas/ksdce/2:2022cv02447/144253/121/

📖 FindLaw – Kansas Supreme Court Ruling

https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/ks-supreme-court/1686656.html

📄 Midwest Innocence Project: Pete Coones

https://themip.org/clients/olin-pete-coones/

📰 Kansas City Star: Pete Coones Settlement Coverage

https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article271727812.html

📰 KSHB News Report on Settlement

https://www.kshb.com/news/local-news/settlement-approved-with-wrongfully-convicted-kansas-man

📊 National Registry of Exonerations

https://exonerations.dev.matrix.msu.edu/Pages/casedetail.aspx%3Fcaseid%3D5866.html

00:00:00 Introduction

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00:03:39 The Caretaker Enters

00:08:06 Pete Visits his Dad

00:08:44 Elder Abuse Discovered

00:11:26 Pete's Father Passes

00:12:17 Major Financial Issues

00:13:51 The Plan

00:16:17 The Telephone Call

00:19:10 Pete's Arrest

00:25:22 Pete is Charged

00:30:12 Pete Convicted

00:34:24 Pete Granted New Trial

00:39:27 Pete's Second Trial

00:42:43 Convicted Again

00:43:57 Reinvestigation Request

00:51:02 Conviction Overturned

00:53:32 Pete Released

00:55:05 Estate Files Lawsuit

In July 1981, 13-year-old Mary Louise Day vanished from her family’s home in Seaside, California.

No one filed a police report. No missing posters. Not even a phone call to the local station. Her name wasn't even allowed to be mentioned in the household.

For more than two decades, she was missing. And then, in 2003, a woman claiming to be Mary appeared in Arizona.

Was she really the missing girl, or part of an elaborate cover-up?

In this episode of Beach House 34, we untangle one of the strangest true crime cases in American history—a case filled with a missing child, a stepfather, a mother who couldn't or wouldn't keep track of her own children, mysteries things buried in the yard and more.

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