Wednesday, November 30, 2022. Dry Creek, Mississippi. Kirby Carpenter, 36, a gold, silver and coin dealer and a father of two, comes home from a grocery run. According to investigators, it was the last time anyone saw him alive.

Two days later he was found behind his garage, covered with a curtain, with a toolbox on top. His cameras were off, a satchel he used for money and documents was missing, and there were drag marks from where he was killed.

Three people were charged with his murder. One is in prison for life. The other two are not serving active prison time.

This is Episode 25, and in it I tell the story from the court record, local reporting in Pennsylvania and Mississippi, and my own interviews with Kirby’s family, including his sister, Kaysie Barnes. In my view, recent national coverage did not tell the full story. This episode covers:

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Friday, December 27, 1974. Two days after Christmas, in Youngstown, Ohio. Joanne Elaine Coughlin, 21, an aspiring actress and Youngstown State student, had plans that evening: a health spa in Boardman, then her boyfriend’s house, then a movie.

According to reporting, she was never seen again. Her car, a 1968 Ford Fairlane, has never been found. Her family had her declared legally dead in 1985. Nearly 52 years later, her case remains open, and no one has been charged.

In this episode, we look at:

• Who Joanne was, from her family and the people who covered her case
• Her last day and the sign-in sheet her family has questioned
• A reported scream near the quarries off Villa Marie Road, and why that account has never been tied to her
• A bank book that surfaced days after she vanished
• The theories, and why they are not evidence
• A mother who paid for a private search of the quarries
• What detectives are doing now, including NamUs, DNA and dental records
• Why a case like this can still be solved

Everything in this episode is drawn from documented sources. Anything alleged, reported or unconfirmed is identified as such. Nobody has been charged, and nothing in this episode suggests any particular person is responsible.

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• Youngstown Police Department Detective Bureau:

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I would like the next time I talk about her to include more of her life. If you knew her at Woodrow Wilson High School, the Youngstown Playhouse, Youngstown State or anywhere else, please reach out.

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On June 14, 2007, Rose Piechocki, 67, was found in a child’s swimming pool behind her home on South Ogden Street in Buffalo’s Lovejoy neighborhood. According to the Buffalo News, police announced four days later that her death was a homicide. More than 19 years later, I can’t find an arrest or a named suspect, and the public record doesn’t say how she died.

In this episode, I walk through who Rose was, the neighborhood once known as Iron Island, what was reported in the first days (including a 2007 reward and a comment about “persons of interest” that I could not fully confirm), what Buffalo was dealing with in 2007, and the long list of things we still don’t know. Nobody has been charged. Everything here is drawn from published sources, and anything unconfirmed is labeled as such.

Rose deserves answers.

If you have information, please contact:

• Buffalo Police TIPCALL Line: 716-847-2255 (call or text; anonymous online tips are also available through the City of Buffalo “Report a Tip” page)
• Buffalo Police Cold Case Squad: 716-851-4511
• Crime Stoppers of WNY: 716-867-6161 (anonymous), or crimestopperswny.org
• In an emergency, call 911.

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