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May 29, 2011. Florence, Kentucky. After missing their morning church service, 74-year old Bill Stephenson and his 74-year old wife, Peggy Stephenson, are found murdered inside their condo. Their causes of death are listed as blunt force trauma and sharp force trauma and while few details about the crime scene are released to the public, it’s reported that the victims’ bodies and a number of items in the condo were moved around and staged in a specific fashion in order to send some sort of message. It’s believed that the killer remained at the scene for hours after committing the murders and even though an unidentified DNA profile is found there, it is never matched to anyone and the crime remains unsolved. July 30, 2011. Norwalk, Iowa. A fire breaks out at the rural home of 79-year old Bill Wood and his 72-year old wife, Kay Wood, and burns their residence to the ground. After the fire is put out, Bill’s charred body is found at the scene and it turned out he was shot to death, but there is no sign of Kay anywhere and the couple’s pick-up truck is missing. The abandoned truck is soon found 170 miles away in the parking lot of an apartment complex in Kansas City, Missouri. While witnesses report having seen a white middle-aged man near the truck, he cannot be identified and Kay is never found. if you have any information about the murders of Bill and Peggy Stephenson, please contact the Boone County Sheriff’s Office at (859) 334-8496. if you have any about the Bill and Kay Wood case, please contact the Warren County Sheriff’s Office at (515) 961-1122 or the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation at (641) 342-6263. Additional Reading: https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Bill_and_Peggy_Stephenson https://cdn.unsolved.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/46-Condo-Killings-.pdf?x36184 https://www.fox19.com/story/14747764/sheriffs-investigate-elderly-couples-death/ https://www.wlwt.com/article/police-have-killer-s-dna-determined-time-of-death-in-couple-s-slaying/3524741 https://www.fox19.com/story/25638081/bill-peggy-stephenson-couples-murder-remains-unsolved/ https://www.wcpo.com/news/insider/cold-cases-dna-but-no-suspect-in-stephenson-double-murder-in-florence https://www.wlwt.com/article/daughter-still-pleading-for-answers-in-nky-couples-brutal-slaying/20878864 https://www.cincinnati.com/story/accused/2020/08/26/backstory-stephenson-slayings-too-bizarre-believe-detective-says/3436127001/ https://www.fox19.com/2021/05/27/investigators-revealing-new-information-year-anniversary-couples-murder-approaches/ https://www.boonecountyky.org/government_administration/county_government/sheriff/stephenson_murder_case.php https://spectrumnews1.com/oh/columbus/news/2020/09/25/no-justice-decade-later-in-stephenson-murders https://www.the-sun.com/news/9303347/stephenson-murders-linked-delphi-snapchat-richard-allen/ https://charleyproject.org/case/kaidena-lozelle-wood https://www.newspapers.com/image/131607884/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/108751813/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/108766031/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/132317102/ https://www.kcci.com/article/mystery-behind-couple-s-death-disappearance-continues/6895215 https://who13.com/news/four-year-anniversary-of-unsolved-warren-county-murder-mystery/ https://www.kcci.com/article/5-years-later-investigators-narrow-search-in-deadly-mystery-1/6922131 https://kdsm17.com/news/local/seven-years-later-mysterious-homicide-and-missing-person-case-remains-unsolved “The Trail Went Cold” is on Patreon. Visit www.patreon.com/thetrailwentcold to become a patron and gain access to our exclusive bonus content. The Trail Went Cold is produced and edited by Magill Foote. All music is composed by Vince Nitro.
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October 31, 2009. Washington D.C.. After spending Halloween night frequenting some nightclubs, 38-year old Nori Amaya takes a taxi back to her apartment complex during the early morning hours. After not hearing from her for nearly two days, Nori’s siblings visit her apartment and discover that she has been strangled to death on her bed and the perpetrator has cut off her fingernails in an apparent effort to dispose of DNA evidence. While a male DNA profile is recovered from Nori’s body and used to exclude a number of men from her personal life, it cannot be matched with anyone and the crime remains unsolved. On this week’s episode of “The Trail Went Cold”, we explore the bizarre death of restauranteur and salsa dancer Nori Amaya, which has become known as “The Salsa Queen Murder”. If you have any information about this case, please contact the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Branch at (202) 645-9600. Join us on Saturday, October 24 at 8:00pm ET for an online streaming marathon where we will be watching classic segments from “Unsolved Mysteries”. You can enter our screening room by clicking on this link. Additional Reading: https://unsolved.com/podcasts/the-salsa-queen-murder/ https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Nori_Amaya https://cdn.unsolved.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/103-The-Salsa-Queen-Murder-Website-Final-Script.pdf?x37874 https://washingtoncitypaper.com/article/367345/nori-amayas-friends-and-fans-express-their-grief-on-her-facebook-page/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/national/2010/05/09/a-dc-killing-that-remains-in-the-darkness/83ad964b-38d3-4593-a196-a62b5c422ba5/ https://www.fox5dc.com/news/rewind-to-the-crime-what-happened-to-nori-amaya https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/murder-remains-a-mystery-9-years-after-restaurateurs-strangulation/166871/ https://www.nbcnews.com/dateline/brother-refuses-give-finding-sister-nori-amaya-s-killer-10-n1075471 “The Trail Went Cold” is on Patreon. Visit www.patreon.com/thetrailwentcold to become a patron and gain access to our exclusive bonus content. The Trail Went Cold is produced and edited by Magill Foote. All music is composed by Vince Nitro.
December 16, 1979. West Paterson, New Jersey. The bodies of 51-year old Howard Green and his 33-year old girlfriend, Carol Marron, are discovered next to a road and they have been bound, mutilated and bludgeoned to death. The couple lived in a basement apartment in Brooklyn and were believed to have been murdered less than 24 hours before they were found and it’s alleged that someone used a veterinary syringe to drain most of the blood from their bodies. Investigators express their belief that the murders are connected to Satanism and the occult and at one point, the crime is unexpectedly linked to the infamous “Son of Sam” killer, David Berkowitz. While one of the couple’s former neighbours is looked at as a potential suspect, there is no evidence to implicate anyone and the crime remains unsolved. This week, “The Trail Went Cold” presents our first Halloween-themed episode of the year, as we explore the bizarre murders of Howard Green and Carol Marron. Additional Reading: https://www.newspapers.com/image/493717083/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/530637537/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/532511016/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/532515990/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/newsday-carol-marronnews-article-on-m/149447310/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/1084054234/ https://nypost.com/2002/03/03/hellish-79-slay-case-goes-cold-after-cops-drop-ball/ https://nypost.com/2002/03/17/weird-but-true-5/ https://nypost.com/2002/04/08/cold-case-cops-lose-79-slay-file/ https://nypost.com/2002/04/15/1979-slay-case-needed-fbi-prof/ https://jonathandm.substack.com/p/who-killed-howard-green-and-carol "The Ultimate Evil: The Search for the Son of Sam" by Maury Terry "The Encyclopedia of Unsolved Crimes" by Michael Newton “The Trail Went Cold” is on Patreon. Visit www.patreon.com/thetrailwentcold to become a patron and gain access to our exclusive bonus content. The Trail Went Cold is produced and edited by Magill Foote. All music is composed by Vince Nitro.
November 12, 1988. Chandler, Oklahoma. While transporting a shipment to Oklahoma City, 27-year old truck driver Dwayne McCorkendale pulls over at a rest area to phone his wife, but he is fatally shot in the back before he is robbed. During this time period, numerous truck drivers report being harassed by the occupants of a brown Ford Pinto, who allegedly made remarks over their CB radio about having killed a trucker. Three decades later, investigators explore the possibility that a deceased woman known only as the “El Dorado Jane Doe” was involved in Dwayne’s murder, but even though she is eventually identified, this crime is never solved. September 22, 2000. Primm, Nevada. While transporting a shipment from Los Angeles to Alberta, 28-year old Canadian truck driver Trevor Angell stops at Whiskey Pete’s Hotel and Casino, but he vanishes without a trace and his abandoned truck is discovered in the parking lot. Prior to his disappearance, Trevor’s ATM card was used to make nine withdrawals from his bank account and he was last seen looking sick and disoriented and asking people for help. Investigators later express their belief that Trevor may have disappeared voluntarily and was still alive somewhere, but no trace of him is ever found. On this week’s episode of “The Trail Went Cold”, we explore two unsolved cold cases involving long-haul truck drivers. if you have any information about the murder of Dwayne McCorkendale, please contact the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation’s confidential tip line at 1-800-522-8017. If you have any information about the disappearance of Trevor Angell, please contact the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department at (702) 828-2907. Additional Reading: https://unsolved.com/gallery/dwayne-mccorkendale/ https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Dwayne_McCorkendale https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/1988/11/14/shooting-victims-body-identified/62633136007/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/680934348/ https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/1988/11/17/reward-being-offered-in-slaying-of-trucker/62632829007/ https://tulsaworld.com/archives/unsolved-mysteries-comes-to-oklahoma/article_f8739cbd-fbdb-5c5b-b633-3fbbb264ba40.html https://www.newspapers.com/image/207621708/ https://tulsaworld.com/archive/tv-show-prompts-leads-in-truck-driver-slaying/article_930d2264-4b52-5a7b-81b9-b9a73fb41a91.html https://www.huffpost.com/entry/eldorado-jane-doe_n_56e6d679e4b0b25c918276a3 https://charleyproject.org/case/trevor-george-angell https://www.newspapers.com/image/493391219/ “The Trail Went Cold” is on Patreon. Visit www.patreon.com/thetrailwentcold to become a patron and gain access to our exclusive bonus content. The Trail Went Cold is produced and edited by Magill Foote. All music is composed by Vince Nitro.
October 7, 2015. La Grange, California. After he fails to return to his home in San Jose from a motorcycle trip to Oroville, 53-year old Robert Kope is found dead by the side of a remote country road. Robert has been strangled to death with a zip tie, but there are no apparent signs of struggle and his motorcycle is located down the road a quarter-mile away from his body. Seven years earlier, Robert had been engaged to be married to a woman who died after being strangled with a zip tie, but her death was ruled to be a suicide and investigators are unable to uncover a connection between the two deaths or a logical motive for Robert’s murder. On this week’s episode of “The Trail Went Cold”, we explore a perplexing crime known as “The Zip Tie Murder” which has gone unsolved for over a decade. Special thanks to listener Phoebe Holmes for narrating the opening of this episode. If you have any information about this case, please contact the Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Department at (209) 525-7080. Additional Reading: https://unsolved.com/podcasts/the-zip-tie-murder/ https://cdn.unsolved.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/71-The-Zip-Tie-Murder.pdf?x49380 https://www.modbee.com/news/local/crime/article264615151.html https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/bay-area-zip-tie-murder-17771869.php https://www.newspapers.com/image/667895551/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/706304353/ “The Trail Went Cold” is on Patreon. Visit www.patreon.com/thetrailwentcold to become a patron and gain access to our exclusive bonus content. The Trail Went Cold is produced and edited by Magill Foote. All music is composed by Vince Nitro.
April 9, 2008. Gastonia, North Carolina. After having spent the previous day suffering from a stomach virus, 22-year old Jamie Fraley speaks to a friend on the phone from her apartment during the early morning hours. She says that someone has shown up to give her a ride to the hospital, but after the call ends, Jamie is never heard from again. Suspicion turns towards her fiancée’s father, Ricky Simonds Sr., who lived at Jamie’s apartment complex and had allegedly displayed inappropriate behavior towards her. Two months later, Ricky Sr. is found dead after trapping himself inside the trunk of his estranged ex-girlfriend’s car and succumbing to heat stroke, but even though he is investigated for potential involvement in Jamie’s disappearance, there is not enough evidence to implicate him and Jamie is never found. On this week’s episode of “The Trail Went Cold”, we explore the unsolved disappearance of Jamie Fraley. If you have any information about this case, please contact the Gaston County Police Department at (704) 866-3320. Additional Reading: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Jamie_Fraley https://charleyproject.org/case/jamie-michelle-fraley https://www.wbtv.com/story/8483895/son-of-man-found-dead-in-trunk-speaks-out/ https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/local/missing-womans-angels-wont-give-up-search/275-374098694 https://www.wbtv.com/story/28767264/missing-gaston-county-womans-family-still-desperate-for-answers-seven-years-later/ https://www.gastongazette.com/story/news/2016/04/07/mother-observes-somber-anniversary/32006351007/ https://www.gastongazette.com/story/news/2018/04/19/10-years-later-no-answers-in-gaston-cold-case/12660238007/ https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/somebody-has-to-know-something-11-years-later-jamie-fraley-still-missing/275-55ba517d-9205-42fc-95c6-a181afd1ea93 https://www.nbcnews.com/dateline/heartbroken-mother-refuses-give-search-answers-2008-disappearance-daughter-jamie-n1232334 https://www.gastongazette.com/story/news/2015/09/05/killer-confesses-to-more-crimes/33582124007/ https://www.gastongazette.com/story/news/2015/09/05/killer-says-he-s-dying/33582162007/ https://law.justia.com/cases/north-carolina/supreme-court/1991/313a86-0.html “The Trail Went Cold” is on Patreon. Visit www.patreon.com/thetrailwentcold to become a patron and gain access to our exclusive bonus content. The Trail Went Cold is produced and edited by Magill Foote. All music is composed by Vince Nitro.