Episode 553: Nightmare in Napa: The Murders of Leslie Mazzara and Adriane Insogna
Inhuman: A True Crime PodcastShow Notes
On October 31, 2004, 26-year-old roommates Adriane Insogna, Leslie Mazzara, and Lauren Meanza handed out candy to trick-or-treaters before going to sleep. At around 2:00 AM, an intruder broke into their Dorset Street home through a first-floor window and fatally stabbed Leslie and Adriane in their upstairs bedrooms. Lauren woke up to the horrific commotion, survived the attack by fleeing to the backyard, and called the police. For nearly a year, investigators followed hundreds of leads but the case remained unsolved. The primary pieces of evidence left behind, blood samples from the killer and several rare Turkish Gold Camel cigarette butts discarded outside the home, would be just the thing to blow Leslie and Adriane's case wide open...
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