This week Stacey tells us about Craig Sorger, a 13-year-old boy from Ephrata, Washington, who was brutally beaten and stabbed to death in 2003 by his 12-year-old friends Evan Savoie and Jake Eakin after being lured to a park under the pretense of play.

Sources:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqED09XsmmU

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Craig_Sorger

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTHoajc7Daw

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This week Erin tells us about Chad MacDonald Jr., a 17-year-old from Yorba Linda who became a police informant after a meth arrest, but was murdered by drug dealers who suspected him of cooperating with police, leading to new laws restricting the use of juvenile informants.

Sources:

https://www.nevadaappeal.com/news/2001/dec/20/jury-convicts-two-men-and-a-woman-in-killing-of-17/

https://web.archive.org/web/20200803142523/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-apr-05-mn-36322-story.html

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-apr-05-mn-36403-story.html

https://web.archive.org/web/20240907140658/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-jan-08-me-52029-story.html

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This week, Stacey tells us about the mysterious death of George Smith IV, who vanished under suspicious circumstances aboard a cruise ship in 2005.

Sources:

https://www.ibolaw.com/images/Murder-at-Sea-CBS-News.pdf

https://internationalcruisevictims.org/stories/george-allen-smith-iv/

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This week, Erin shares the shocking story of Kyle Clifford, who committed a horrific crime by killing his ex-girlfriend Louise Hunt and her family members, Carol and Hannah Hunt, using a crossbow and knife, and was sentenced to life in prison.

Source:

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c5y0l633nygt

https://www.reddit.com/r/TrueCrimeDiscussion/comments/1j8sn91/crossbow_killer_kyle_clifford_given_wholelife/?rdt=51407

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/kyle-clifford-rape-trial-louise-hunt-latest-090513318.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAIACWTgZEL1UhxKCHusZkTPJXk9Xwh-9M_p27rJi9tLXiaVWEmO7uudfTLWFI_kWq7I_DL97Szw28SOV2OzuYQ5NxYri4QiJOM-PCCwOIuQGwkYTki6aH2uRvZ-IsurMygzfsYhsLm-OJi5E2XQKQuaT2tT1vJY2hUB43cfPZbDj

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cg70vjmv08ro

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murders_of_CarolHannahand_Louise_Hunt

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-43977756

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This week Stacey tells us about Bruce Saunders, whose girlfriend plotted with her other two boyfriends to murder him for his life insurance money.

Sources:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-28/qld-woodchipper-murder-trial-sharon-graham-gregory-roser/103024716

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This week Erin tells us about Lizzi Marriott, who was lured to her death in 2012 by a new friend, Kat McDonough, and Kat's boyfriend Seth Mazzaglia.

Sources:

https://apnews.com/general-news-ddc1488a33414c208d326c309778ceec

https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/lizzi-marriott-case-timeline/5/

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/prosecutors-done-with-girlfriend-in-lizzi-marriott-case/

https://www.wickedlocal.com/story/village-news/2014/05/30/witness-in-marriott-case-says/37223163007/

https://web.archive.org/web/20210616080224/https://www.bostonherald.com/2014/11/07/kathryn-kat-mcdonough-denied-parole-in-marriott-slay/

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/kathryn-mcdonough-parole-elizabeth-lizzi-marriott-case-n242521

https://www.wcvb.com/article/witness-describes-seeing-body-of-slain-unh-student/8202398

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This week Stacey tells us about the kidnapping of Colleen Stan, who was abducted by Cameron and Janice Hooker in 1977 while hitchhiking and held captive for seven years, subjected to extreme torture and abuse before finally escaping with Janice's help in 1984.

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kidnapping_of_Colleen_Stan

https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/ca-court-of-appeal/1771222.html

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This week Erin tells us about the tragic case of Shad Thyrion, a 24-year-old man who was brutally murdered and dismembered by his lover, Taylor Schabusiness, in Green Bay, Wisconsin, in February 2022.

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Shad_Thyrion

https://apnews.com/article/green-bay-killing-taylor-schabusiness-9f0e1ea990f9557d72a415fd781a1e96

https://www.nbc26.com/news/local-news/woman-convicted-in-gruesome-murder-now-accused-of-prison-crime

https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/crime/taylor-schabusiness-shad-thyrion-trial-b2464272.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZc8ZvXO2ik

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