Crime of the Truest Kind Podcast

03/04/2025

Make no mistake.

03/04/2025

Rest in peace, Christina Harrington, mom of Holly Piirainen. Holly disappeared on August 5, 1993, while visiting her grandparents in Sturbridge. Holly was found several weeks later in a wooded area in Brimfield.

Christina, 63, a longtime Grafton resident, lived in Utah in recent years.
Along with other family members, she made public pleas for help after 10-year-old Holly went missing while visiting her grandmother’s cottage in Sturbridge. She was last seen in
the neighborhood visiting puppies.

https://www.telegram.com/story/news/2025/03/04/mother-of-holly-piirainen-who-sought-closure-for-decades-has-died/81341781007/

Christina Harrington moved to Utah years after daughter was found dead in Brimfield.

03/04/2025

Has anyone with information tried calling this number, and if so, could you give your information? PM me if you were successful.

03/04/2025

🕵️ Join us on March 13 for a chilling exploration of local murders, unsolved mysteries, and missing person cases at a live recording of Crime of the Truest Kind Podcast with host Anngelle Wood!

This special event will delve into the stories that have haunted our North Shore communities, including that of Claire Gravel, the 20-year-old Salem State student found murdered in 1986, and the recent developments in her case.

Tickets: https://offcabot.org/shows/true-crime-north-shore/

03/01/2025

Today, with the Mass State Police Unresolved Cases Unit & Boston Police Dept Cold Case Unit in East Boston:

Thank you. We will keep showing up.

03/01/2025

News broke out of Holland, Mass that an investigation is underway after the discovery of a body in connection with an ongoing missing persons case.
No identity has been confirmed or what condition the recovered remains may be in.

Authorities are actively investigating after a body was recovered in Holland, in connection with an ongoing missing persons case.

02/27/2025

The three Revere women were identified as Kaoutar Naqqad, Wafae El-Arar and Imane Mallah, and were called “daughters, friends and contributions to our city” by Revere, Massachusetts, Mayor Patrick Keefe Jr., according to NBC News.

Housekeeping at the hotel alerted management when the women did not respond to door knocks for two consecutive days. They were found dead on Feb. 22. Surveillance video shows the women entering the room at Royal Kahal Beach Resort in San Pedro, Belize, on Feb. 21 but not coming out again. No one else was seen entering the suite, Channel 5 Belize reported.

Surveillance video shows the women entering the room at Royal Kahal Beach Resort in San Pedro, Belize, on Feb. 21 but not coming out again.

02/26/2025

Unsolved still, the story of "The Connecticut River Valley Killer" - seven women, one survivor, Jane Boroski. She was 22, expecting her first baby, when she was attacked. It was August 6, 1988. She was on her way home from the Cheshire County Fair and stopped to grab a soda at a gas station in Swanzey, New Hampshire. She fought for her life, and the life of her daughter. The search for this killer continues. This is Jane's story.

Jane Boroski was on her way home from the Cheshire County Fair on Aug. 6, 1988, when she stopped to grab a soda at a gas station in Swanzey. She soon found herself fighting for her life.

02/26/2025

If a family member or friend of a missing (or murdered) person would like to share information or questions with me, I will be speaking to the detectives on Saturday and requesting a separate meeting time to discuss unsolved cases.

02/25/2025

What happened in Belize?

02/25/2025

Massachusetts State Supreme Judicial Court upheld verdicts and denied a new trial for the teen killer who was convicted of killing Colleen Ritzer, 24, a beloved math teacher at Danvers High School.

"After carefully reviewing the record, we conclude that none of the asserted errors, standing alone or cumulatively, requires a new trial, and that there is no other basis on which to disturb the jury's verdict," the SJC concluded in a 94-page decision released Tuesday morning.

Now serving a 40-year sentence in state prison, the inmate was convicted of the vicious first-degree murder, r**e and robbery of Ritzer, of Andover, on Oct 22, 2013, when he was age 14.

Colleen was in her second year of teaching at Danvers High. She was beloved by family, friends, co-workers and students.




https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/boston/news/philip-chism-appeal-murder-trial-sentence-colleen-ritzer

02/25/2025

On Nov. 19, 1978, Theresa Marcoux and Mark Harnish were found dead on the side of a road in West Springfield, Massachusetts. Decades later, we get some answers.

Timothy Joley was arrested for the 1978 murders of Mark Harnish and Theresa Marcoux.

02/24/2025

Former officer shares new details in case of missing Aroostook woman, Attiin Shaw. She vanished in Sept 2021. No sign of her since. I did an update on her case recently. Episode 75.

Former Washburn police officer Hunter Bellanceau is speaking out about inconsistencies that prompted her to ask state police to step in.

02/23/2025

I added “podcast” to the title. Not sure if it matters, but I do want it to be obvious what this page is. I have been working on some logo tweaks.
I haven’t been totally comfortable with the imagery for a while. I don’t think it’s a good representation of the show or appropriate for victim advocacy. Let me know what you think.

02/22/2025

🚨Missing in Rhode Island: Jennifer Warren was last seen in January 2025 by neighbors in Bristol, Rhode Island. Jennifer mentioned that she was moving to New York soon, but this has not been confirmed. She has a history of mental health concerns, and her phone is off.

Missing People In America
MISSING Jennifer Warren
📍 Location: Bristol, Rhode Island
📅 Last Seen: January 2025
👤 Age: 48

📞 If you have any information, please contact the Bristol Police Department at 401-253-6900

🌐 Jennifer Warren Database Entry: https://www.missingpeopleinamerica.org/missing/Jennifer-Warren

Only people with official Missing Person Reports with police departments are posted, you can view their database entry to view the source of the information, as well as find useful tools to help find the missing. Every missing person in our database is checked daily for updates.



Established in 2018, all missing people are sourced, you can view the official source link for Jennifer Warren in their database entry above.

02/22/2025

All links for this week's new episode: Missing in Massachusetts: Reina Carolina Morales Rojas

Reina Carolina Morales Rojas was last seen on Saturday, November 26, 2022 when she left her apartment in her East Boston neighborhood. She was seen getting into a vehicle that was headed to Somerville - reportedly to a friend's house. She is belie...

02/21/2025

[New] EP 79 Reina Carolina Morales Rojas was last seen on Nov 26, 2022, when she left her neighborhood in East Boston. She was seen getting into a vehicle that was heading to a friend’s in Somerville. She is believed to have arrived and go inside. That is the extent of what we know. But we didn’t know it until she was missing for 45 days. The Boston Police Dept would eventually acknowledge their obvious negligence in notifying the public of a missing woman. There was no urgency. Critical hours and days were lost.

With insights from Marcela Garcia, the first journalist to report on Reina’s case, we navigate the emotional toll on Reina’s family and the systemic shortcomings in media coverage and police responses that hinder the search for justice.

The initial lack of response to her case, both from the police and the media, is a factor in why it took time for her disappearance to gain wider notice. Reina Carolina had only been in the Boston area for a short time and did not speak English, which may have presented additional challenges in her disappearance. Another missing persons case in the region had taken up the air in the room.

Marcela García, Associate Editor and columnist for The Boston Globe, she covers a wide range of topics, from public education and immigration policy to social inequities and the Latinx community in Boston and beyond.

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