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MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF: Bethany Deaton from Kansas City

This episode was originally released in June 2024, exclusively in the Crime Junkie Fan Club, and is one of sixteen episodes from the archives we'll be bringing you every Thursday, now through end of year... for good reason! ;) We highly recommend you listen to each episode between now and end of 2024, and follow us on Instagram @crimejunkiepodcast so you're the first to know what's coming next! <3 When a 27-year-old woman is found deceased in the third row of a minivan out at a park in Kansas City, Missouri, it’s not clear what transpired. But what investigators uncover is more convoluted than any of them could’ve imagined. As mentioned in the episode, if you feel like you are or have been in a restrictive religious organization, please visit the resources below: Replenished Life Center for Trauma Resolution and Recovery Reclamation Collective Religious Trauma Institute   And if you or someone you know are thinking about suicide, be aware that emotional support

MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF: Debanhi Escobar

When a young woman disappears after being left alone on a highway, the search for her whereabouts and the resulting aftermath causes a public outcry in her home country of Mexico. Click HERE to view the surveillance footage of Debanhi the night she disappeared.  If you know anything about the death of Debanhi Escobar in April of 2022 in Nuevo León, Mexico, please contact the Federal Prosecutor’s Office (Fiscalía General de la República) at +81 81 54 74 02. You can also email them at fevimtra@fgr.org.mx .   Source materials for this episode cannot be listed here due to character limitations. For a full list of sources, please visit: crimejunkiepodcast.com/mysterious-death-debanhi-escobar Don’t miss out on all things Crime Junkie! Instagram: @crimejunkiepodcast | @audiochuck Twitter: @CrimeJunkiePod | @audiochuck TikTok: @crimejunkiepodcast Facebook: /CrimeJunkiePodcast | /audiochuckllc Crime Junkie is hosted by Ashley Flowers and Brit Prawat. Instagram: @ashleyflowe

MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF: John Bender

When a 44-year-old millionaire ends up shot and killed in his bed in Costa Rica, authorities are quick to put the blame on his wife. But what unravels next is a much bigger web of lies, injustice, and gems… If you or anyone you know is thinking about suicide, emotional support can be reached by calling or texting the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988.   You can learn more about The Good segment and even submit a story of your own by visiting The Good page on our website!   Source materials for this episode cannot be listed here due to character limitations. For a full list of sources, please visit: crimejunkiepodcast.com/mysterious-death-john-bender Don’t miss out on all things Crime Junkie! Instagram: @crimejunkiepodcast | @audiochuck Twitter: @CrimeJunkiePod | @audiochuck TikTok: @crimejunkiepodcast Facebook: /CrimeJunkiePodcast | /audiochuckllc Crime Junkie is hosted by Ashley Flowers and Brit Prawat. Instagram: @ashleyflowers | @britprawat Twitter: @Ash_F

MURDERED: Mary Morris

Two women, both in the same county in Texas, are murdered within days of each other. But along with the timing and location, there’s one more big similarity that still puzzles both investigators and their families to this day… If you have any information about the murder of 48-year-old Mary Morris on October 12, 2000, in Baytown, TX, or the murder of 39-year-old Mary McGinnis Morris, found on October 16, 2000, in Houston, TX, please call Crimestoppers at 713-222-TIPS (8477).   Source materials for this episode cannot be listed here due to character limitations. For a full list of sources, please visit:  crimejunkiepodcast.com/murdered-mary-morris   Don’t miss out on all things Crime Junkie! Instagram:  @crimejunkiepodcast  |  @audiochuck Twitter:  @CrimeJunkiePod  |  @audiochuck TikTok:  @crimejunkiepodcast Facebook:  /CrimeJunkiePodcast  |  /audiochuckllc Crime Junkie is hosted by Ashley Flowers and Brit Prawat.  Instagram:  @ashleyflowers  |  @britprawat Twitter: 

MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF: JoAnn Matouk Romain from Detroit

This episode was originally released in February, 2022 and is one of sixteen episodes from the archives we'll be bringing you every Thursday now through end of year... for good reason! ;) We highly recommend you listen to each episode between now and end of 2024, and follow us on Instagram @crimejunkiepodcast so you're the first to know what's coming next! <3   In January 2010, JoAnn Matouk Romain runs a quick errand to get gas, followed by attending a 15-minute prayer service, then she walks into the freezing lake across the street to take her own life. Or at least that's what police say. But from the very moment they notify the family about her case, they know something isn't right... and the deeper they look, they learn that nothing is what it seems.    Click HERE to sign the Romain family's petition. Visit the Justice for JoAnn Matouk Romain Facebook page to stay up to date on JoAnn’s case.     Sources for this episode cannot be listed here due

MURDERED: Michella Welch & Jennifer Bastian

When a 13-year-old Tacoma girl disappears on a bike ride in her local park, the community rallies to find any trace of her. But investigators can’t ignore similarities to a murder of another girl in another park nearby. Is the same killer responsible? Instructions for GEDmatch   Source materials for this episode cannot be listed here due to character limitations. For a full list of sources, please visit:  crimejunkiepodcast.com/murdered-michella-welch-jennifer-bastian   Don’t miss out on all things Crime Junkie! Instagram:  @crimejunkiepodcast  |  @audiochuck Twitter:  @CrimeJunkiePod  |  @audiochuck TikTok:  @crimejunkiepodcast Facebook:  /CrimeJunkiePodcast  |  /audiochuckllc Crime Junkie is hosted by Ashley Flowers and Brit Prawat.  Instagram:  @ashleyflowers  |  @britprawat Twitter:  @Ash_Flowers  |  @britprawat TikTok:  @ashleyflowerscrimejunkie Facebook:  /AshleyFlowers.AF   Text Ashley at 317-733-7485 to talk all things true crime, get behind the scenes up

SERIAL KILLER: Herb Baumeister from Indianapolis

This episode was originally released on 03-04-2018, and is one of sixteen episodes from the archives we'll be bringing you every Thursday now through end of year... for good reason! ;) We highly recommend you listen to each episode between now and end of 2024, and follow us on Instagram @crimejunkiepodcast so you're the first to know what's coming next!  <3   In the late '90s, Indianapolis was rocked when it was found out that a local businessman was murdering gay men and burying them on his estate called Fox Hollow Farm.  Sources for this episode cannot be listed here due to character limitations. For a full list of sources, please visit https://crimejunkiepodcast.com/serial-killer-herb-baumeister/       Did you know you can listen to this episode ad-free? Join the Fan Club! Visit  crimejunkie.app/library/  to view the current membership options and policies.  Don’t miss out on all things Crime Junkie! Instagram: @crimejunkiepodcast | @audiochuck Twitter