The search for a killer has expanded beyond the 1979 disappearance of Christina White and to murders that started in 1963 in Chicago and include mysterious drownings in North Carolina and California and three murders and one additional disappearance in the Lewiston, Idaho and Clarkston, Washington area. Allison Dickson and I are joined by Cathy Belben and Samantha Sawyer, researchers of The Snake River Killer podcast in this episode. We explore the clues left behind and why, if it seems so clear who is responsible, why the lone suspect has not been arrested.

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Bonus - The Disappearance of Christina White and the Lewis-Clark Valley Serial Killer, Part 3

Kristina Byington joins us, whose cousin, a young college student named Anita Byington, was murdered in 1991 in Austin, Texas. We're going to discuss what it's like to be a victim's family member, what it's like to find the sense of peace only to have it taken away, and what it's like decades later to still fight for a family member and a friend who's long gone.

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101. Justice for Love Lost with Kristina Byington

Christina White was missing for four years before the first big clues emerged into her disappearance that would raise questions about whether there was a serial killer operating in the Lewis-Clark Valley and beyond. In this episode, with Allison Dickson of Vintage Villains, we explore Christina's disappearance, a 1963 murder of an 8-year-old in Chicago, a mysterious attempted break-in at a mortuary holding the body of a 17-year-old girl in California, the murder of a 22-year-old University of Idaho student in Clarkston, Washington, the disappearances three people from the Lewiston Civic Theatre, the death ruled a 27-year-old suicide, the drowning of a 16-year-old girl in North Carolina and the man closely connected to them all.

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True Crime Bonus - The Disappearance of Christina White and the Lewis-Clark Valley Serial Killer, Part 2

"To lose thee is to lose myself," John Milton wrote in Paradise Lost. But what happens when you lose both? Alma Thomas lost her teenage son to a sudden heart attack at the age of 18 and then a few years later lost herself to a stroke.

Alma, an author, was given a 1 percent chance of survival by doctors. She survived and says she has thrived. Alma says in this interview that part of what drove her to write again and help people was to send the message that "cemeteries are filled with unfulfilled potential" and that she did not want to die with her "purpose inside" her.

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100. Faith: Surviving the Loss of Her Son and Herself with Alma Thomas

How does a 12-year-old girl disappear from her best friend's house on the day of the local fair? Who could be responsible her going missing? Why was her homework found miles away on the farm where that same best friend kept her horse? And how did the case of Christina White's disappearance become the lynchpin to discovering that a serial killer was lurking in the Lewis-Clark Valley of Idaho and Washington State? We seek to answer these questions with Allison Dickson of the Vintage Villains podcast in this True Crime Bonus Episode.

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Listen to The Vintage Villians Podcast at:

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Listen to The Snake River Podcast with Brandon Schrand at:

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True Crime Bonus - The Disappearance of Christina White and the Lewis-Clark Valley Serial Killer, Part 1

Actor Alec Baldwin was on trial for involuntary manslaughter in July. Then, he wasn't. We are joined by Erlinda Ocampo Johnson, the special prosecutor who resigned from the case out of concerns about the prosecution withholding vital information from the defense. We discuss the case, Erlinda's decision, the special obligation prosecutors have to justice and how her family's immigration from Nicaragua during its civil war shaped her view that a justice system is only as good as the number of people who are willing to stand up for its ideals.

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99. Blind Justice: Ethics and the Alec Baldwin Trial with Erlinda Ocampo Johnson

Raul Montero, also known as CatchLisk, joins us again for our second episode on the Long Island Serial Killer and invisible victims. and efforts to help give a voice to marginalized victims and their loved ones. We explore how the investigation fell apart, the cost to the community and attention was re-focused on the case, leading to the July 2023 arrest of Rex Heuermann

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Raul’s map of missing persons cases across the United States can be found here:

https://bit.ly/3APKBxn

Raul’s collection of information on the LISK case can be found here:

https://linktr.ee/catchlisk

Episode art by Hannah Hill., the talented artist who produces art for every episode of The Prosecutors podcast. To check out and support Hannah's art, check out her Instagram at @serious_moonlite or her website at https://linktr.ee/HannahHillArt.

98. The Long Island Serial Killer and His Invisible Victims with Raul Montero, Part 2

On November 11, 2024, Richard Allen was convicted on all counts in the murders of 14-year-old Libby German and 13-year-old Abby Williams, two best friends who decided to take a walk in the woods in Delphi, Indiana. Kevin Greenlee and Áine Cain, the host of The Murder Sheet podcast, join me to discuss the resolution of the trial and our role as journalists to bear witness.

To donate to a cause cherished by the families of Abby and Libby:

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Bonus - The Delphi Murders Verdict: Bearing Witness with Kevin Greenlee and Áine Cain

The 2023 arrest of Rex Heuermann for the Long Island Serial Killer murders brought many answers. But would the murders have been solved faster if the victims were not marginalized? Raul Montero, a victims' advocate who has expanded his efforts beyond this case to attempt to help solve missing and unidentified persons cases across the United States, joins to discuss the case and marginalized victims.

Episode art by Hannah Hill., the talented artist who produces art for every episode of The Prosecutors podcast. To check out and support Hannah's art, check out her Instagram at @serious_moonlite or her website at https://linktr.ee/HannahHillArt.

Raul’s map of missing persons cases across the United States can be found here:

https://bit.ly/3APKBxn

Raul’s collection of information on the LISK case can be found here:

https://linktr.ee/catchlisk

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97. The Long Island Serial Killer and His Invisible Victims with Raul Montero, Part 1

The trial of Richard Allen in Delphi, Ind., for the murders of 13-year-old Abby Williams and 14-year-old Libby German is headed to the jury. In this bonus episode, we are joined by Kevin Greenlee and Áine Cain of The Murder Sheet podcast join us for this bonus to explore the trial itself, the town of Delphi, the grace that has been shown by family members of the victims and what true crime consumers can do to make a positive difference in the way cases are handled.

Check out The Murder Sheet Podcast at:

murdersheetpodcast.com [https://murdersheetpodcast.com/]

Pre-order Kevin and Áine's book Shadow of the Bridge, which is on the Delphi murders:

https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Shadow-of-the-Bridge/Aine-Cain/9781639369232

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Bonus - Reporting, Resilience and Grace in Delphi with Áine Cain and Kevin Greenlee

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