Crime and Crime Again Podcast

24/08/2024

FINALLY.

The charges in Big Horn County came nearly five years to the day after the death of 18-year-old Kaysera Stops Pretty Places.

26/07/2024

Madison Scott, known as “Maddy” to family and friends, was 20 years old when she attended a party at Hogsback Lake, about fifteen miles south of her hometown of Vanderhoof, British Columbia. Her original plan was to camp overnight at the lake after the party with a high school friend she had recently reconnected with. But late into the night, when the party got too rowdy, Maddy’s friend decided instead to leave the party with her boyfriend, rather than camping with Maddy. In fact, no one else who attended the party camped out overnight, leaving Maddy alone in the woods after the party died down.

The next morning, when Maddy’s friend returned to the campsite to help Maddy pack up her camping gear…. Maddy was nowhere to be found. Her truck was left at the campsite, locked, with all of her belongings left inside, and her tent lay flattened on the ground next to it. The only things missing from the scene were Maddy’s cellphone, truck keys…. and Maddy herself.

Two days came and went, and Maddy never showed up back at home. Her family tried calling and texting her, but they never got a response and her phone eventually started going straight to voicemail. So on May 29th, 2011, the Scott family notified the RCMP and reported Maddy missing.

The Scott family was left in limbo for twelve years, grappling with unfathomable levels of uncertainty. That was until everything took a breathtaking turn, twelve years to the day that Madison Scott was reported missing.

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25/07/2024

In December 2012, Julia Niswender was a 23 year old junior at Eastern Michigan University, studying to become a broadcast journalist.

On December 11th, 2012, Julia was scheduled to work a shift at her job. She was also set to attend the company Christmas party that evening. Not only that, but she had arranged to pick up two of her coworkers so that they could carpool to the party.

But Julia never showed up to work and she did not call in sick. She also didn’t show up to pick up her coworkers that evening, nor was she seen at the Christmas party. This was all extremely out of character for her.

A coworker of Julia’s was actually friends with Julia’s mother, Kim. That coworker called Kim to let her know that Julia didn’t show up for work, and that she had unexpectedly missed the Christmas party that evening. Kim knew that something was not right.

Kim called a friend who lived in Ypsilanti, about 45 minutes away from Monroe where the rest of Julia’s family lived. Kim asked the friend to go to Julia’s apartment to check on her. Meanwhile, Kim and Julia’s twin sister, Jennifer, started making the drive up to Ypsilanti.

The friend arrived at Julia’s apartment, and with the help of Julia’s roommate, started banging on Julia’s locked bedroom door, trying to get a response. But after a while, the police were called to make entry into the bedroom and conduct a welfare check on Julia.

When police entered Julia’s bedroom, they made their way into her private bathroom, where they found Julia’s n**e body, face down, submerged in water in her bathtub. Her hands were pulled behind her back, and her feet were pulled together. There were clear ligature marks on her wrists and ankles, but no ligature was found at the scene, meaning that any ligatures were removed after Julia had passed. Julia’s shirt and yoga pants had been cut off of her body and discarded on the floor beside the bathtub.

On the floor outside of the bathroom, investigators found a pair of white latex gloves, covered in reddish brown stains. Those stains were later confirmed to be Julia’s blood. DNA was recovered from the inside of the gloves and the results showed DNA from two different men. One sample was not enough to build a full profile, but the other sample indicted that it came from a man who had undergone a vasectomy.

Julia’s cause of death was determined to be asphyxiation associated with drowning. An autopsy revealed that she had been sexually assaulted.

There have never been any arrests made in Julia’s murder. Her case remains unsolved.

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22/07/2024

In December 1978, Lindsey and Joy Champion adopted a baby boy, who they named Ryan. Despite being adopted, little Ryan looked remarkably like Lindsey, even sharing his bright red hair. The Champions made the decision to adopt after trying for several years to have children of their own.

But incredibly, on April 29th, 1983, Joy Champion gave birth to a little girl, who they named Emily. Ryan was about five years old at the time that Emily was born.

Ryan and Emily Champion were like night and day. Where Emily was quieter and more reserved, Ryan was rambunctious and always willing to make his opinion known. Where Emily was disciplined, Ryan was more reckless. Where Emily knew from a young age what she wanted to do with her life, Ryan ended up on more chaotic trajectory with little direction. As the two grew older, it became clear to those around them that a certain tension and resentment was brewing within Ryan.

The real reason may forever remain a mystery, but what is known for certain is that Ryan Champion’s discontent toward his family boiled over until he concocted a shaky plan to release all of his pent up rage.

On October 26th, 2014, Ryan Champion shot his father, mother, and sister multiple times, even leaving his sister duct taped to a chair as he took her life.

Ryan also shot his hired “hitman,” Vito Riservato, to whom he had promised a large cut of an insurance payout once his family was dead.

The day after the murders, Ryan appeared in a local news interview, recounting the events and the emotions of the day before, and telling the story of his harrowing escape from the family home after his family was murdered by Vito Riservato.

But it wasn’t long before investigators caught on to Ryan’s lies.

In December 2016, Ryan pleaded guilty to all charges to avoid the death penalty. And in January 2017, Ryan Champion was sentenced to four life terms without the possibility of parole.

19/07/2024

In late October 2014, gunshots rang out amid the backdrop of a farm owned by a prominent local family. The gunshots would lead to the horrifying discovery of three members of the Champion family, murdered in their own home. A fourth body was discovered in the home as well, identified as a “family friend.”

But when investigators start looking deeper into the surviving member of the Champion family, they begin to wonder whether there was far more to the story.

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24/05/2024

On the evening of December 11th, 2012, friends of 23 year old Julia Niswender were frantic, attempting to gain entry into her bedroom after learning that no one had heard from her in two days. When they received no response and could not access Julia’s bedroom, Ypsilanti, Michigan police were called to conduct a welfare check. When police entered Julia’s bathroom, they discovered her n**e body partially submerged in water. Julia Niswender had been murdered nearly two full days before she was found.

The investigation into the murder of the aspiring broadcast journalist took a few astonishing turns, and has been the topic of much debate over the last decade. But today, Julia Niswender’s case remains unsolved.

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17/05/2024

On May 30th, 2017, Dorian Bluford flew from his longtime home of Houston, Texas, all the way to Knoxville, Tennessee to start a new chapter of his life. He had been planning the big move for a few months, and intended to move in with a close — but mysterious — friend. This friend was so mysterious, that Dorian’s closest family members had never met him…. They didn’t even know the mystery man’s full name.

That mystery man picked Dorian up from the airport in Knoxville, Tennessee when he arrived. And less than six hours after arriving in a new city to start a new chapter, Dorian Bluford was murdered. His case remains unsolved.
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26/04/2024

On the morning of June 3rd, 1990, 21 year old Beth Buege was found strangled to death, slumped over in the passenger seat of her own car. Her car was driven to a random neighborhood in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and abandoned with her body left inside.

Beth’s boyfriend at the time was quickly arrested and charged with her murder, but a family friend paid his bond and he was released. Because there was no physical evidence tying him to the murder, law enforcement had nothing to prove their case.

Now, 34 years later, Beth Buege’s murder remains unsolved.
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22/04/2024

On March 9th, 2019, sometime between 3 and 3:30am, 25 year old Aubrey Dameron reportedly left her home in Grove, Oklahoma wearing a black jacket, black skirt, black pantyhose, and black boots. According to Aubrey’s mother, she said that she was going to meet someone and would be back home later. But Aubrey has not been seen or heard from since.

Aubrey is epileptic, and on the night she disappeared, she left behind her purse and her seizure medication, which she relies on.

It is important to note that Aubrey is Indigenous, and she is also an openly transgender woman. Her case has been fraught with bigotry from local law enforcement from the beginning.
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11/04/2024

Dr. Amie Harwick was 38 years old when she was murdered in the early hours of February 15th, 2020. Amie was a successful marriage and family therapist in Los Angeles, California. She made it her mission to create a safe and welcoming space for people to discuss and overcome struggles with mental health, relationships, and sexuality.

But what no one knew about Amie is that behind the scenes, she had been fighting for years against a stalker. An abuser. A man who could not even fathom taking no for an answer.

In this episode, I discuss Amie’s murder and the subsequent trial. But I also tell you all about Amie’s incredible life.

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05/04/2024

New episodes starting April 11th. 🎙⏳⚖️