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Jo Rogers and her two daughters Michelle and Christe went on vacation and never returned. Their bodies were later discovered floating in the Tampa Bay.   SOURCES   BOOKS American Monster by JT Hunter Tourist Trap by Fred Shrum Pulitzer Prize Winning Series by Tom French https://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/three-bodies-were-found-floating-in-tampa-bay-30-years-ago-what-happened-after-the-murders-20190603/ [https://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/three-bodies-were-found-floating-in-tampa-bay-30-years-ago-what-happened-after-the-murders-20190603/]   ARTICLES https://law.justia.com/cases/florida/supreme-court/1997/84812-0.html [https://law.justia.com/cases/florida/supreme-court/1997/84812-0.html] https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/fl-supreme-court/1254657.html [https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/fl-supreme-court/1254657.html] http://library.law.fsu.edu/Digital-Collections/flsupct/dockets/84812/84812ans.pdf [http://library.law.fsu.edu/Digital-Collections/flsupct/dockets/84812/84812ans.pdf] https://casetext.com/case/chandler-v-crosby-4/ [https://casetext.com/case/chandler-v-crosby-4/] https://supremecourt.flcourts.gov/content/download/344343/file/01-1468_ans.pdf [https://supremecourt.flcourts.gov/content/download/344343/file/01-1468_ans.pdf] https://www.casemine.com/judgement/us/5914b814add7b04934782e89 [https://www.casemine.com/judgement/us/5914b814add7b04934782e89] https://murderpedia.org/male.C/c1/chandler-oba.htm [https://murderpedia.org/male.C/c1/chandler-oba.htm] http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/death/US/chandler1275.htm [http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/death/US/chandler1275.htm] https://www.fox13news.com/news/kelly-ring-oba-chandler-interview [https://www.fox13news.com/news/kelly-ring-oba-chandler-interview] https://andelman.com/ARTICLES/obachandler.html [https://andelman.com/ARTICLES/obachandler.html] https://www.upi.com/Archives/1989/06/10/Three-slain-women-drowned-police-say/3703613454400/ [https://www.upi.com/Archives/1989/06/10/Three-slain-women-drowned-police-say/3703613454400/] https://www.theledger.com/story/news/2014/02/27/south-florida-cold-case-linked/8167563007/ [https://www.theledger.com/story/news/2014/02/27/south-florida-cold-case-linked/8167563007/] https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-09-30-mn-260-story.html [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-09-30-mn-260-story.html] https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1992/11/15/oba-the-troubled-years/ [https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1992/11/15/oba-the-troubled-years/] https://forensicfilesnow.com/index.php/2023/07/18/oba-chandler-cruising-killer/ [https://forensicfilesnow.com/index.php/2023/07/18/oba-chandler-cruising-killer/] https://www.geni.com/people/Oba-Chandler-Jr/6000000021635220507 [https://www.geni.com/people/Oba-Chandler-Jr/6000000021635220507] https://projects.tampabay.com/projects/classics/angels-and-demons/ [https://projects.tampabay.com/projects/classics/angels-and-demons/]   MUSIC Theme Song: Dark Swag by Tiny Music Background Music: Meditate The post The Tin Man [https://crimehappens.com/podcast/the-tin-man/] first appeared on Crime Happens [https://crimehappens.com].

Melanie McGuire was a former highly accomplished fertility nurse in the state of New Jersey.  She would do anything to be with the man she loved, even if it meant killing her husband.  SOURCES  https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/nj-superior-court-appellate-division/1559582.html [https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/nj-superior-court-appellate-division/1559582.html] https://casetext.com/case/mcguire-v-attorney-gen-1 [https://casetext.com/case/mcguire-v-attorney-gen-1] https://murderpedia.org/female.M/images/mcguire-melanie/indictment.pdf [https://murderpedia.org/female.M/images/mcguire-melanie/indictment.pdf] https://murderpedia.org/female.M/m/mcguire-melanie.htm [https://murderpedia.org/female.M/m/mcguire-melanie.htm] https://www.mycentraljersey.com/story/news/local/middlesex-county/2014/07/10/mcguire-attorney-seeks-time-hearing/12486425/ [https://www.mycentraljersey.com/story/news/local/middlesex-county/2014/07/10/mcguire-attorney-seeks-time-hearing/12486425/] https://www.facebook.com/ABC2020/videos/melanie-mcguire-insists-shes-innocent-in-husbands-2004-killing-2020/243764417059581/ [https://www.facebook.com/ABC2020/videos/melanie-mcguire-insists-shes-innocent-in-husbands-2004-killing-2020/243764417059581/] https://www.grunge.com/883110/where-is-the-suitcase-killers-ex-lover-bradley-miller-now/ [https://www.grunge.com/883110/where-is-the-suitcase-killers-ex-lover-bradley-miller-now/] https://abcnews.go.com/US/suitcase-killer-melanie-mcguire-defends-innocence-inside-prison/story?id=73099717 [https://abcnews.go.com/US/suitcase-killer-melanie-mcguire-defends-innocence-inside-prison/story?id=73099717] https://www.google.com/search?q=bill+mcguire+police+sketch&sxsrf=APwXEddqWbvYijbE49C_qiNON5PNQPWNNQ%3A1683986064092&source=hp&ei=kJZfZIyXA82pkdUP9KOboAY&iflsig=AOEireoAAAAAZF-koFwXWgbIhMc2wxd4Vays3RCHU1th&ved=0ahUKEwiMn575uPL-AhXNVKQEHfTRBmQQ4dUDCAk&uact=5&oq=bill+mcguire+police+sketch&gs_lcp=Cgdnd3Mtd2l6EAMyBQghEKABMgUIIRCgAToHCCMQigUQJzoFCAAQgAQ6DgguEIAEEMcBENEDENQCOgsILhCABBDHARDRAzoICC4QgAQQ1AI6CwguEIAEEMcBEK8BOgUILhCABDoGCAAQFhAeOgQIIRAVOgcIIRCgARAKOggIIRAWEB4QHVAAWPQ8YIxGaAFwAHgAgAHaAYgB9Q-SAQYyMy4zLjGYAQCgAQE&sclient=gws-wiz [https://www.google.com/search?q=bill+mcguire+police+sketch&sxsrf=APwXEddqWbvYijbE49C_qiNON5PNQPWNNQ%3A1683986064092&source=hp&ei=kJZfZIyXA82pkdUP9KOboAY&iflsig=AOEireoAAAAAZF-koFwXWgbIhMc2wxd4Vays3RCHU1th&ved=0ahUKEwiMn575uPL-AhXNVKQEHfTRBmQQ4dUDCAk&uact=5&oq=bill+mcguire+police+sketch&gs_lcp=Cgdnd3Mtd2l6EAMyBQghEKABMgUIIRCgAToHCCMQigUQJzoFCAAQgAQ6DgguEIAEEMcBENEDENQCOgsILhCABBDHARDRAzoICC4QgAQQ1AI6CwguEIAEEMcBEK8BOgUILhCABDoGCAAQFhAeOgQIIRAVOgcIIRCgARAKOggIIRAWEB4QHVAAWPQ8YIxGaAFwAHgAgAHaAYgB9Q-SAQYyMy4zLjGYAQCgAQE&sclient=gws-wiz] https://archive.centraljersey.com/2007/04/18/defense-defendant-did-not-conduct-internet-searches/ [https://archive.centraljersey.com/2007/04/18/defense-defendant-did-not-conduct-internet-searches/] https://nypost.com/2007/04/29/inside-cheating-wifes-gruesome-suitcase-murder/ [https://nypost.com/2007/04/29/inside-cheating-wifes-gruesome-suitcase-murder/]   BOOKS:  To Have and to Kill by John Glatt   MUSIC Theme Song: Dark Swag by Tiny Music The post A Perfect Couple [https://crimehappens.com/podcast/a-perfect-couple/] first appeared on Crime Happens [https://crimehappens.com].

Best friends or frenemies? A birthday celebration goes very wrong.  SOURCES https://goldcountrymedia.com/news/22841/accused-killer-stephanie-erends-takes-stand/ [https://goldcountrymedia.com/news/22841/accused-killer-stephanie-erends-takes-stand/] https://www.placer.ca.gov/3324/_1292009 [https://www.placer.ca.gov/3324/_1292009] https://www.rosevilletoday.com/news/25-to-life-for-stephanie-erends/ [https://www.rosevilletoday.com/news/25-to-life-for-stephanie-erends/] https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCOURTS-caed-2_12-cv-02603/pdf/USCOURTS-caed-2_12-cv-02603-3.pdf [https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCOURTS-caed-2_12-cv-02603/pdf/USCOURTS-caed-2_12-cv-02603-3.pdf] https://goldcountrymedia.com/news/130122/woman-arraigned-for-murder-in-case-of-body-found-in-roseville/ [https://goldcountrymedia.com/news/130122/woman-arraigned-for-murder-in-case-of-body-found-in-roseville/] https://goldcountrymedia.com/news/130328/family-of-slain-nurses-aide-speaks-out-on-murder/ [https://goldcountrymedia.com/news/130328/family-of-slain-nurses-aide-speaks-out-on-murder/] https://murderpedia.org/female.E/e/erends-stephanie.htm [https://murderpedia.org/female.E/e/erends-stephanie.htm] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roseville,_California [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roseville,_California] https://popcenter.asu.edu/sites/default/files/library/awards/goldstein/2010/10-08.pdf [https://popcenter.asu.edu/sites/default/files/library/awards/goldstein/2010/10-08.pdf] https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/sacbee/name/alicia-ernst-obituary?id=23957934 [https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/sacbee/name/alicia-ernst-obituary?id=23957934]   MUSIC Theme Song: Dark Swag by Tiny Music Background Music: Chase The Psych by York Trax The post Murder Among Friends [https://crimehappens.com/podcast/murder-among-friends/] first appeared on Crime Happens [https://crimehappens.com].

Anthony Sowell is a serial rapist and killer from Cleveland, Ohio.  He raped and assaulted numerous women and was convicted of murdering eleven women, and burying them in his home and on his property.  He is most commonly known as the Cleveland Strangler. SOURCES   ARTICLES https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Sowell [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Sowell] https://murderpedia.org/male.S/s/sowell-anthony.htm [https://murderpedia.org/male.S/s/sowell-anthony.htm] https://www.cleveland.com/metro/2016/12/ohio_supreme_court_upholds_con.html [https://www.cleveland.com/metro/2016/12/ohio_supreme_court_upholds_con.html] https://www.cleveland.com/anthony-sowell/2011/06/sowell_jury_tours_home_on_imperial_avenue_to_see_layout_and_significant_scenes.html [https://www.cleveland.com/anthony-sowell/2011/06/sowell_jury_tours_home_on_imperial_avenue_to_see_layout_and_significant_scenes.html] https://www.the-sun.com/news/2298626/who-anthony-sowells-ex-girlfriend/ [https://www.the-sun.com/news/2298626/who-anthony-sowells-ex-girlfriend/] https://www.cleveland.com/anthony-sowell/2011/06/pleasant_conversations_with_anthony_sowell_turned_violent_without_warning_three_women_testify.html [https://www.cleveland.com/anthony-sowell/2011/06/pleasant_conversations_with_anthony_sowell_turned_violent_without_warning_three_women_testify.html] https://fox8.com/news/anthony-sowell-dies-looking-back-on-imperial-avenue-murders/ [https://fox8.com/news/anthony-sowell-dies-looking-back-on-imperial-avenue-murders/] https://www.oxygen.com/snapped/crime-news/how-cleveland-strangler-anthony-sowell-was-caught [https://www.oxygen.com/snapped/crime-news/how-cleveland-strangler-anthony-sowell-was-caught] https://www.cleveland.com/business/2009/11/rays_sausage_tries_to_move_bey.html [https://www.cleveland.com/business/2009/11/rays_sausage_tries_to_move_bey.html] https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/a-new-house-of-horrors-that-shocked-america-1815760.html [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/a-new-house-of-horrors-that-shocked-america-1815760.html] https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mayors-niece-lived-with-alleged-cleveland-strangler-anthony-sowell-and-rotting-bodies/ [https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mayors-niece-lived-with-alleged-cleveland-strangler-anthony-sowell-and-rotting-bodies/] https://www.cleveland.com/metro/2011/03/the_women_of_imperial_avenue_t_2.html [https://www.cleveland.com/metro/2011/03/the_women_of_imperial_avenue_t_2.html] https://casetext.com/case/state-v-sowell-59 [https://casetext.com/case/state-v-sowell-59] https://www.the-sun.com/news/2297846/who-were-anthony-sowells-victims/ [https://www.the-sun.com/news/2297846/who-were-anthony-sowells-victims/] https://www.metrowestdailynews.com/story/news/2009/11/05/house-death-on-cleveland-block/41327179007/ [https://www.metrowestdailynews.com/story/news/2009/11/05/house-death-on-cleveland-block/41327179007/] https://abcnews.go.com/WN/investigators-insect-experts-search-clues-cleveland-house-horrors/story?id=9064966 [https://abcnews.go.com/WN/investigators-insect-experts-search-clues-cleveland-house-horrors/story?id=9064966] https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/local/cleveland/garden-of-11-angels-imperial-avenue-open/95-ee9da55c-b41d-4d1d-9102-4417f8ef4ae6 [https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/local/cleveland/garden-of-11-angels-imperial-avenue-open/95-ee9da55c-b41d-4d1d-9102-4417f8ef4ae6] https://www.clevelandurbannews.com/index.php/component/content/article/1-latest-news/3270-cleveland-activists-imperial-women-coalition-to-host-imperial-avenue-murders-anniversary-rally-on-sat-oct-29-2022-on-imperial-avenue-serial-killer-anthony-sowell-murdered-11-black-women-at-his-simce-demolished-home-on-imperial-avenue-in-cleveland.html [https://www.clevelandurbannews.com/index.php/component/content/article/1-latest-news/3270-cleveland-activists-imperial-women-coalition-to-host-imperial-avenue-murders-anniversary-rally-on-sat-oct-29-2022-on-imperial-avenue-serial-killer-anthony-sowell-murdered-11-black-women-at-his-simce-demolished-home-on-imperial-avenue-in-cleveland.html]   BOOKS House of Horrors: Robert Sberna Nobody’s Women: Steve Miller   MUSIC Theme Song: Dark Swag by Tiny Music Background Music: Tragedy by SilverHoof The post Simply A Monster: Anthony Sowell-Part 2 [https://crimehappens.com/podcast/simply-a-monster-anthony-sowell-part-2/] first appeared on Crime Happens [https://crimehappens.com].

Anthony Sowell is a serial rapist and killer from Cleveland, Ohio.  He raped and assaulted numerous women and was convicted of murdering eleven women, and burying them in his home and on his property.  He is most commonly known as the Cleveland Strangler.  SOURCES https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Sowell [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Sowell] https://murderpedia.org/male.S/s/sowell-anthony.htm [https://murderpedia.org/male.S/s/sowell-anthony.htm] https://www.cleveland.com/metro/2016/12/ohio_supreme_court_upholds_con.html [https://www.cleveland.com/metro/2016/12/ohio_supreme_court_upholds_con.html] https://casetext.com/case/state-v-sowell-59 [https://casetext.com/case/state-v-sowell-59] https://www.cleveland.com/anthony-sowell/2011/06/sowell_jury_tours_home_on_imperial_avenue_to_see_layout_and_significant_scenes.html [https://www.cleveland.com/anthony-sowell/2011/06/sowell_jury_tours_home_on_imperial_avenue_to_see_layout_and_significant_scenes.html] https://www.the-sun.com/news/2298626/who-anthony-sowells-ex-girlfriend/ [https://www.the-sun.com/news/2298626/who-anthony-sowells-ex-girlfriend/] https://www.cleveland.com/anthony-sowell/2011/06/pleasant_conversations_with_anthony_sowell_turned_violent_without_warning_three_women_testify.html [https://www.cleveland.com/anthony-sowell/2011/06/pleasant_conversations_with_anthony_sowell_turned_violent_without_warning_three_women_testify.html] https://fox8.com/news/anthony-sowell-dies-looking-back-on-imperial-avenue-murders/ [https://fox8.com/news/anthony-sowell-dies-looking-back-on-imperial-avenue-murders/] https://www.oxygen.com/snapped/crime-news/how-cleveland-strangler-anthony-sowell-was-caught [https://www.oxygen.com/snapped/crime-news/how-cleveland-strangler-anthony-sowell-was-caught] https://www.cleveland.com/business/2009/11/rays_sausage_tries_to_move_bey.html [https://www.cleveland.com/business/2009/11/rays_sausage_tries_to_move_bey.html] https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/a-new-house-of-horrors-that-shocked-america-1815760.html [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/a-new-house-of-horrors-that-shocked-america-1815760.html] https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mayors-niece-lived-with-alleged-cleveland-strangler-anthony-sowell-and-rotting-bodies/ [https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mayors-niece-lived-with-alleged-cleveland-strangler-anthony-sowell-and-rotting-bodies/] https://www.cleveland.com/metro/2011/03/the_women_of_imperial_avenue_t_2.html [https://www.cleveland.com/metro/2011/03/the_women_of_imperial_avenue_t_2.html] https://www.the-sun.com/news/2297846/who-were-anthony-sowells-victims/ [https://www.the-sun.com/news/2297846/who-were-anthony-sowells-victims/] https://www.metrowestdailynews.com/story/news/2009/11/05/house-death-on-cleveland-block/41327179007/ [https://www.metrowestdailynews.com/story/news/2009/11/05/house-death-on-cleveland-block/41327179007/] https://abcnews.go.com/WN/investigators-insect-experts-search-clues-cleveland-house-horrors/story?id=9064966 [https://abcnews.go.com/WN/investigators-insect-experts-search-clues-cleveland-house-horrors/story?id=9064966] https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/local/cleveland/garden-of-11-angels-imperial-avenue-open/95-ee9da55c-b41d-4d1d-9102-4417f8ef4ae6 [https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/local/cleveland/garden-of-11-angels-imperial-avenue-open/95-ee9da55c-b41d-4d1d-9102-4417f8ef4ae6] https://www.clevelandurbannews.com/index.php/component/content/article/1-latest-news/3270-cleveland-activists-imperial-women-coalition-to-host-imperial-avenue-murders-anniversary-rally-on-sat-oct-29-2022-on-imperial-avenue-serial-killer-anthony-sowell-murdered-11-black-women-at-his-simce-demolished-home-on-imperial-avenue-in-cleveland.html [https://www.clevelandurbannews.com/index.php/component/content/article/1-latest-news/3270-cleveland-activists-imperial-women-coalition-to-host-imperial-avenue-murders-anniversary-rally-on-sat-oct-29-2022-on-imperial-avenue-serial-killer-anthony-sowell-murdered-11-black-women-at-his-simce-demolished-home-on-imperial-avenue-in-cleveland.html]     BOOKS House of Horrors: Robert Sberna Nobody’s Women: Steve Miller   CREDITS Theme Song: Dark Swag by Tiny Music Background Music: Tragedy by SilverHoof The post Simply A Monster: Anthony Sowell-Part 1 [https://crimehappens.com/podcast/simply-a-monster-anthony-sowell-part-1/] first appeared on Crime Happens [https://crimehappens.com].