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61-year-old Kris Richardson was the owner and operator of Richardson Trucking in Casper Wyoming in October 2014.  After the loss of her husband she continued to run the multi-million-dollar company.  She suddenly vanished on October 6th, 2014.  What happened to Kris and is the man behind the love letters involved?

Listen to her story told by Holly now!

Help Find Kris Richardson FB Page:
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Tulsa Murders Case Update:
https://www.koamnewsnow.com/news/crime/2-bodies-found-oklahoma-missing-persons-case-now-triple-homicide/article_e35874de-3c80-11ee-a106-4fd45f5f462e.html

Episode Sources:
https://charleyproject.org/case/kristi-lynn-richardson
https://disappearedblog.com/kristi-richardson/#:~:text=Investigating%20Agency,s)%20responsible%20for%20her%20disappearance.
https://oilcity.news/community/2021/09/30/photos-wyoming-launches-new-missing-persons-database-listing-71-cases-dating-back-to-1974/
https://k2radio.com/richardson-family-renews-appeal-to-find-their-missing-mother-kristi/
https://k2radio.com/exclusive-lawsuit-suggests-connections-between-kristi-richardson-disappearance-mick-mcmurry-suicide-dci-is-reviewing-both-cases/
https://www.facebook.com/helpfindkris
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExfC9AAfOcQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJYXrmFqsI8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8g3fPnErVg

On August 18th, 1993, 12 year old Sara Anne Wood was riding her bike home alone from vacation bible school. The small town of Sauquoit, New York is where he her father was a preacher at there local church, not located far from their home. This fateful day would start out as child abduction and five months later, uncover a child serial killer. 

Episode Sources:
https://murderpedia.org/male.L/l/lent-lewis.htm https://www.timesunion.com/books/article/wayne-lo-lewis-lent-jr-inspire-true-crime-book-17751507.php 
https://www.deseret.com/1994/1/16/19087209/girl-uses-her-wits-to-escape-from-abductor 
https://www.aware.org/women-guns-article/hes-got-a-gun-by-lyn-bates/ https://www.the-sun.com/news/8866583/what-happened-to-sara-anne-wood/ https://www.the-sun.com/news/8866583/what-happened-to-sara-anne-wood/ 
https://www.wktv.com/news/local/unfinished-journey-the-30-year-search-for-sara-airing-thursday/article_5f305cec-3c7d-11ee-b867-ef4d0c9d0ea2.html
https://www.reddit.com/r/UnsolvedMysteries/comments/p91gn1/lewis_lent_confessed_to_murder_of_sara_anne_wood/
https://uncovered.com/cases/sara-wood-litchfield-ny

From birth the cards were stacked against Tina but she fought hard to overcome all the hurdles and obstacles that she faced.  But after the loss of her father at just 12-years-old her life started on a downward spiral.  Tina was failed her entire life by the system in Canada and many interventions could've been done to save her.

In August 2014, 15-year-old Tina's body would be pulled from the Red River.  Someone would be arrested of her murder, but then found not guilty.

Listen to her tragic story now told by Holly.

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Episode Sources:
Residential Schools:
https://indigenousfoundations.arts.ubc.ca/the_residential_school_system/



MMIW Source:
https://research.lib.buffalo.edu/missing-indigenous-women/missing-indigenous-can#:~:text=Indigenous%20women%20represent%2016%25%20of,are%20women%20are%20being%20targeted.


https://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/rp-pr/jr/jf-pf/2017/july04.html



https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/tina-fontaine-thelma-favel-advocate-report-1.5051804


https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/tina-fontaine-17-kids-at-risk-1.5055481


https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/report-finds-services-failed-to-support-tina-fontaine-in-final-months-of-her-life-1.4330606


https://www.vernonmorningstar.com/news/indigenous-leaders-call-for-change-after-system-fails-tina-fontaine/


https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/tina-fontaine-reforms-child-welfare-justice-system-1.4550165


https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/tina-fontaine-s-family-mourns-loss-as-9-year-anniversary-of-her-body-s-discovery-looms/ar-AA1f7BuC


https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/tina-fontaine-s-family-mourns-loss-as-9-year-anniversary-of-her-body-s-discovery-looms/ar-AA1f7BuC



https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/it-can-t-continue-to-happen-tina-fontaine-remembered-on-anniversary-of-her-death-1.6514564#:~:text=It%27s%20believed%20Fontaine%20died%20on,River%20at%20the%20Alexander%20Docks.


https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-not-in-vain-how-tina-fontaines-tragic-story-showed-a-way-forward/


https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/let-s-not-forget-she-was-a-child-murder-charge-laid-in-death-of-tina-fontaine-1.2696774?cache=%3FclipId%3D89530



https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/tina-fontaine#:~:text=In%20early%202014%2C%20Tina%20Fontaine,trade%20and%20struggling%20with%20alcoholism.


https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/pair-sentenced-to-9-years-in-beating-death-of-tina-fontaine-s-dad-1.2866123


https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/tina-fontaine-report-parents-1.5054126



https://www.vice.com/en/topic/tina-fontaine


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbW6WJBI-7Q


https://www.cbc.ca/missingandmurdered/mmiw/profiles/tina-michelle-fontaine


https://winnipeg.citynews.ca/2021/03/26/man-previously-acquitted-in-tina-fontaine-murder-arrested-in-ottawa/


https://canadiancrimeopedia.com/murder_case_women/fontaine-tina/


https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-47544095


https://medium.com/age-of-awareness/a-little-girl-lost-how-the-canadian-child-welfare-and-justice-systems-failed-tina-fontaine-7b74104e4584


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mEj03uEpUg


https://globalnews.ca/news/5046831/manitoba-childrens-advocate-to-release-report-into-slain-indigenous-teen/

On February 22nd, 1996, two young girls Melissa Chilton and Tiffany Campbell were employees at an establishment in Nashville, Tennessee. The business was called Exotic Tan for Men and the business offered exotic dancing and private sessions for the clients. What was supposed to be a normal day at work turns into double homicide. https://fox17.com/fox-17-investigates/unsolved-27-years-later-can-justice-be-found-in-double-homicide-of-two-nashville-teens https://www.wkrn.com/unsolved-tennessee/tanning-bed-murders-remains-one-of-nashvilles-most-notorious-unsolved-cases/ https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/crime/2018/06/29/1996-nashville-tanning-bed-killings-charges-dropped-against-suspect-patrick-streater/745475002/ https://www.middletennesseemysteries.com/article/443/davidson-county-tiffany-campbell-and-melissa-dawn-chilton-aka-the-tanning-bed-murders https://www.newschannel5.com/news/state-drops-charges-against-suspect-in-tanning-bed-homicides 

On April 16th, 1987, four year old Marlena goes missing while playing in her front yard. Her mother Pam first states that she is not involved in her daughters disappearance. Just seven weeks after she goes missing and confesses to her murder. However, she recants her confession and the charges were dropped, but Marlena is stilling missing. In 2002, Pam is charged with attempted murder for stabbing her 12 year old son. Is Pam responsible for her daughter's disappearance. https://www.doenetwork.org/cases/170dftn.html https://www.tn.gov/content/dam/tn/tbi/documents/missing-children/USTN_Marlena_Childress.pdf https://www.nwtntoday.com/2012/04/12/cold-case-investigation-to-focus-on-disappearance/ https://www.wbbjtv.com/2012/02/18/girl-missing-for-almost-25-years-police-still-searching/ https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/9h48i9/the_1987_disappearance_of_4year_old_marlena/ https://www.wkms.org/society/2012-04-16/west-tennessee-child-missing-24-years https://www.wkrn.com/news/tennessee-news/unsolved-missing-child-cases-in-tennessee-date-back-up-to-40-years-have-you-seen-any-of-them/   

In 1995 Linda Sobek was a well known model in Los Angeles California.  Not only that but she was a Raiderette for the Raiders football team.  Things were going well within her career and she was due to have a HUGE audition for a role in the television show Married with Children.  When she missed her audition that was a major red flag for her loved ones.  This launched the search for the 27-year-old model.

Listen to her story now told by Holly.

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Episode Sources:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B07FM9VNNT/ref=atv_hm_vid_c_vJb2Rv_1_1
https://murderpedia.org/male.R/r/rathbun.htm#:~:text=During%20the%20courtroom%20trial%20in,sex%20while%20drunk%20on%20tequila.
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-12-17-mn-9958-story.html
https://www.bustle.com/p/is-charles-rathbun-still-in-prison-linda-sobeks-convicted-murderer-received-a-long-sentence-9840875
https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=linda+sobek&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8