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Lana Clarkson gained fame in the 80s as a model and actress who appeared in movies such as Fast Times at Ridgemont High and Scarface. She also appeared in ads for Nike, Budweiser, and Mercedes. She is most well known for being the lead in low budget Sci-fi movies directed by Roger Corman. Corman's target audience was teenage boys. Lana was a small sex symbol in the 1980s. But her fame fell as time went on, eventually working part time as a hostess. On February 3, 2003, she met famed record producer Phil Spector. Spector, who was well respected in the music industry for producing work for John Lennon, Bob Dylan and Tina Turner, has a history of anger issues and was abusive. Within hours, Lana Clarkson would be dead. Her body was found in Spector's California mansion, slumped over in a chair with a gunshot wound to the mouth. Although Spector said that Lana had accidentally committed suicide, Spector's driver told investigators that Spector said "I think I killed somebody". Yet, forensic investigators didn't find Spector's finger prints on the gun. Spector was charged with Lana's murder, During the trial, it was uncovered that Spector had pulled a gun on four different women in the past, all because they rejected him. After a mistrial, he was eventually found guilty and sentenced to 19 years to life in prison, Spector died in 2021 from COVID-19 complications.

Meredith Kercher was a young exchange student from London, who was studying abroad in Italy. She had a lot to look forward to in life. All that changed on the night of November 1, 2007. Meredith's bedroom door was locked and her roommates tried to knock with no avail. Eventually, the door was kicked down after one roommate found both of Meredith's phones in a nearby garden, something that wasn't normal. They discovered Meredith's nude body, wrapped in a blanket on her bedroom floor. She had been stabbed and it was later discovered that she had been sexually assaulted. Before the discovery of her body, Meredith's roommates unintentionally moved things around in the apartment and contaminated the crime scene. Almost immediately, investigators pointed the finger at Meredith's American roommate. Her name was Amanda Knox. Amanda, her boyfriend, and a man named Rudy Guede were arrested and charged with Meredith’s murder. Rudy Guede, who had a history of break ins and was infatuated with knives, stated that Amanda wasn’t there at the crime scene. He then changed his story and said Amanda was there and she stabbed Meredith. All three were convicted in 2011. In the appeal case, it was concluded that evidence from the crime scene was mishandled and had no trace of DNA from Amanda or her boyfriend. Rudy’s DNA was the only one found. This was ignored during the original trials. In 2015, Amanda Knox and her former boyfriend were acquitted of murder. In 2021, Rudy Guede was released from an Italian prison. It is believed that he acted alone. 

Today, we take a little break from true crime....kinda, as I talk with my friend Keith about random things. There's even a little appearance from Momma Mary (My mom). I'll be back next episode with a new case! enjoy!!!!

Israel Keyes was raised in a large family. He was the second of 10 children born to Heidi and John Keyes. The children were raised very religious and attended a church called the Arch, that taught white supremacist Christian ideologies. In his youth, Israel became obsessed with Ted Bundy, even idolizing the notorious serial killer. The Keyes children were raised in a one room cabin in Washington were their parents forced them to live in tents and hunt for their own food. As a hobby, Israel would hunt anything with a heartbeat, even skinning a deer alive on one occasion. Children at the church would isolate him because of this behavior.  Eventually, he realized that he was different from his peers and developed antisocial behavior and withdrew himself socially in his teen years. It's believed that between 1997 and 2012, Israel murdered at least 11 people. He picked his victims at random and prepare for a long while before committing the murder. His last confirmed murder was and 18 year old coffee booth worker named Samantha Koenig in Anchorage, Alaska. Keyes took her phone and debit card, sexually assaulted her, then strangled her. He left her body in a shed for two week while he went on vacation with his family. He returned, applied makeup to her face, sewed her eyes OPEN with fishing wire and took a picture with a four day old newspaper, posing as if she was still alive. After, he demanded $30,000 in ransom and then dismembered Samantha's body and dumped it in a lake. He was caught a month later in Texas. Israel Keyes committed suicide on December 2, 2012 in his jail cell. His trial was set to begin in March 2013. 

David Russell Williams was a trained Canadian Forces pilot with 23 year career. He was the perfect military man. He spent time all over Canada, but settled in Ottawa with his wife Mary. On January 28, 2010, 27 year old Jessica Lloyd vanished from her home in Tweed, Ontario. Investigators notice a footprint and tire tread marks in the snow next to Lloyd's home. Over the next week, police set up a check point on the highway to check the tire tread of every motorist who drove through. Williams was stopped and a one of the officers noticed the similarities between the treat on Williams' Nissan Pathfinder and the tread marks at the crime scene. On February 7, Ontario Provincial Police called Williams at his home in Ottawa and asked him to come down for questioning. In the ten hour interrogation, Williams confessed to murdering Lloyd, as well as 37 year old Marie France-Comeau, a military flight attendant. Williams also admitted to several sexual assaults and over 80 break ins. Investigators found 48 pairs of ladies underwear and bras taken during his break ins, as well as photographs of Williams wearing them. He also stated he had pedophiliac tendencies, stealing underwear from victims as young as 9 years old. Russell Williams was subsequently sentenced to two consecutive life sentences for his crimes.