The Murder of Karmen Smith

The Murder of Karmen Smith

On October 23, 1995, Karmen Smith was brutally attacked and killed in the house she shared with her 5 year old son Nick, her friend Lottie Spencer Blatz, and Lottie's daughter. Nick was also attacked and left for dead. In 2009, her murder was linked to DNA that ultimately brought her killer to justice... Let's be friends on Patreon [https://patreon.com/EndofCrimePod?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink]! Sources: Georgia Appellate Court Record: Daker v. State 2000 [https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/ga-court-of-appeals/1060316.html#:~:text=Spencer] ABC News: Star Witness Admits Lying [https://abcnews.com/US/star-witness-admits-lying-georgia-murder-trial/story?id=18886122] Homicide: Hours to Kill - Season 2 Episode 17 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuEZmGOe3fU]

The Disappearance of Kristen Modaferri - Part 2

On June 23, 1997, eighteen-year-old Kristen Deborah Modafferi clocked out of her shift at Spinelli's Coffee in the Crocker Galleria in San Francisco's Financial District and was seen forty-five minutes later, on the second level of the arcade, walking with an unidentified blonde woman. She has not been seen since.  Let's be friends on Patreon [https://patreon.com/EndofCrimePod?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink]! Sources ABC7 News (KGO-TV San Francisco), "The Kristen Modafferi Mystery: 20 years later, private investigators shed light on cold case" (2017) — https://abc7news.com/kristen-modafferi-disappearance-san-francisco-coffee-shop/2134466/ ABC7 News (KGO-TV San Francisco), "Persons of interest in 20-year-old San Francisco cold case" (2017) — https://abc7news.com/news/kristen-modafferi-mystery-private-investigators-shed-light-on-cold-case/2138162/ WSOC-TV Charlotte, "The search for Kristen Modafferi: 20 years later" by Paul Boyd (2017) — https://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/family-speaks-out-20-years-after-charlotte-teen-disappears-in-california/530724359/ WRAL Raleigh, "Police Track Down New Lead in Case of Missing NCSU Student" (May 24, 1999) — https://www.wral.com/story/136150/ WRAL Raleigh, "Family and Friends of Missing NCSU Student Hope to Generate New Leads" (1999) — https://www.wral.com/story/168446/ SFGate, "Disappearance of Woman, 18, Linked to Ad" — https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Disappearance-Of-Woman-18-Linked-to-Ad-3007247.php SFGate, "Potential lead in Kristen Modafferi cold case goes uninvestigated" by Mike Moffitt (2018) NBC Bay Area (2015) — coverage of the Buster cadaver-dog basement alert at the Jayne Avenue residence HuffPost, "Cold Case: The Mysterious Disappearance Of Kristen Modafferi" (2015) — https://www.huffpost.com/entry/kristen-modafferi-cold-case_n_7673236 FBI Kidnappings/Missing Persons listing, Kristen Modafferi — https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/kidnap/kristen-modafferi NamUs Missing Persons Case #4015 — https://www.namus.gov/MissingPersons/Case#/4015/details Doe Network Case File 1864DFCA — https://www.doenetwork.org/cases/1864dfca.html Charley Project, Kristen Deborah Modafferi — https://charleyproject.org/case/kristen-deborah-modafferi Find a Grave memorial, Kristen Deborah Modafferi — https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9179518/kristen-deborah-modafferi The Kristen Foundation — http://www.kristenfoundation.org "Help Find Kristen Modafferi" public Facebook group Dennis Mahon, FindKristen.com — https://findkristen.com Wikipedia, "Disappearance of Kristen Modafferi" — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Kristen_Modafferi Wikipedia, "Crocker Galleria" — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crocker_Galleria Wikipedia, "Craigslist" — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craigslist NC State Park Scholarships program history — https://park.ncsu.edu Pacific Coast Architecture Database (PCAD), Crocker Galleria entry Acappology (NC State a cappella group) members archive — https://www.acappology.com

The Disappearance of Kristen Modaferri - Part 1

On June 23, 1997, eighteen-year-old Kristen Deborah Modafferi clocked out of her shift at Spinelli's Coffee in the Crocker Galleria in San Francisco's Financial District and was seen forty-five minutes later, on the second level of the arcade, walking with an unidentified blonde woman. She has not been seen since. Part 1 of "Kristen's Law" walks through who Kristen was — the Charlotte-raised inaugural Park Scholar at NC State, in San Francisco for a summer photography course at UC Berkeley and working two jobs — and reconstructs the day she vanished, the seven-day delay before the Oakland Police Department opened an investigation, the bloodhound trail that ended near Sutro Heights Park, and the early moves the Modafferi family made when they flew west on Friday, June 27, and were told to come back Monday.  Let's be friends on Patreon [https://patreon.com/EndofCrimePod?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink]! Sources: Investigative Reporting ABC7 News (KGO-TV San Francisco), "The Kristen Modafferi Mystery: 20 years later, private investigators shed light on cold case" (2017) — https://abc7news.com/kristen-modafferi-disappearance-san-francisco-coffee-shop/2134466/ ABC7 News (KGO-TV San Francisco), "Persons of interest in 20-year-old San Francisco cold case" (2017) — https://abc7news.com/news/kristen-modafferi-mystery-private-investigators-shed-light-on-cold-case/2138162/ WSOC-TV Charlotte, "The search for Kristen Modafferi: 20 years later" by Paul Boyd (2017) — https://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/family-speaks-out-20-years-after-charlotte-teen-disappears-in-california/530724359/ WRAL Raleigh, "Police Track Down New Lead in Case of Missing NCSU Student" (May 24, 1999) — https://www.wral.com/story/136150/ WRAL Raleigh, "Family and Friends of Missing NCSU Student Hope to Generate New Leads" (1999) — https://www.wral.com/story/168446/ SFGate, "Disappearance of Woman, 18, Linked to Ad" — https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Disappearance-Of-Woman-18-Linked-to-Ad-3007247.php SFGate, "Potential lead in Kristen Modafferi cold case goes uninvestigated" by Mike Moffitt (2018) NBC Bay Area (2015) — coverage of the Buster cadaver-dog basement alert at the Jayne Avenue residence HuffPost, "Cold Case: The Mysterious Disappearance Of Kristen Modafferi" (2015) — https://www.huffpost.com/entry/kristen-modafferi-cold-case_n_7673236 Federal and Official Case Records FBI Kidnappings/Missing Persons listing, Kristen Modafferi — https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/kidnap/kristen-modafferi NamUs Missing Persons Case #4015 — https://www.namus.gov/MissingPersons/Case#/4015/details Doe Network Case File 1864DFCA — https://www.doenetwork.org/cases/1864dfca.html Charley Project, Kristen Deborah Modafferi — https://charleyproject.org/case/kristen-deborah-modafferi Find a Grave memorial, Kristen Deborah Modafferi — https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9179518/kristen-deborah-modafferi Family and Foundation The Kristen Foundation — http://www.kristenfoundation.org "Help Find Kristen Modafferi" public Facebook group Independent Investigator Dennis Mahon, FindKristen.com — https://findkristen.com Reference and Background Context Wikipedia, "Disappearance of Kristen Modafferi" — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Kristen_Modafferi Wikipedia, "Crocker Galleria" — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crocker_Galleria Wikipedia, "Craigslist" — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craigslist NC State Park Scholarships program history — https://park.ncsu.edu Pacific Coast Architecture Database (PCAD), Crocker Galleria entry Acappology (NC State a cappella group) members archive — https://www.acappology.com

The Murder of Buddy Musso

Louis Charles Musso, or Buddy as he was known, had grown up with intellectual disabilities. In 1980, his wife lost her battle with cancer, and Buddy, who had always loved being a husband, was left devastated. In 1997, he thought he had met a woman who would turn things around for him, so he packed up and moved to Texas to be with her... Patreon [https://patreon.com/EndofCrimePod?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink] Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzanne_Basso [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzanne_Basso] https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10700041/louis_charles-musso [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10700041/louis_charles-musso]  Court Documents: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit filings related to the appeals of Suzanne Basso and her co-defendants. Newspaper Archives: The Record (Bergen County) and the Houston Chronicle. Advocacy Groups: Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty (TCADP) and The Marshall Project. https://morbidology.com/the-horrific-death-of-buddy-musso/#:~:text=All%20six%20were%20charged%20with,to%20become%20Buddy's%20legal%20guardian [https://morbidology.com/the-horrific-death-of-buddy-musso/#:~:text=All%20six%20were%20charged%20with,to%20become%20Buddy].  https://globalnews.ca/news/1131646/texas-executes-woman-for-killing-of-mentally-impaired-man-she-lured-with-promise-of-marriage/ [https://globalnews.ca/news/1131646/texas-executes-woman-for-killing-of-mentally-impaired-man-she-lured-with-promise-of-marriage/]

Serial Killer: Robert Garrow Jr.

In 1973, Robert Garrow went on the run from law enforcement and a 12 day manhunt ensued. The crimes he had to answer for were gruesome and growing. His attorneys made choices that questioned their ethics, and legality.  Patreon [https://patreon.com/EndofCrimePod?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink] Sources:  https://www.adirondack.net/history/garrow-manhunt/ [https://www.adirondack.net/history/garrow-manhunt/]  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Garrow [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Garrow]  https://www.nytimes.com/1973/08/08/archives/murder-suspect-visits-his-sister-man-sought-in-the-stabbing-of.html [https://www.nytimes.com/1973/08/08/archives/murder-suspect-visits-his-sister-man-sought-in-the-stabbing-of.html]