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The Clarksville Killings: The Unsolved Murders of Azuria Johnson and Felicia Carson

Just after the start of the New Year in 1996, two women are found brutally stabbed to death in their own homes in city of Clarksville, TN just days apart. This came only a month after another woman had been found stabbed to death in her Clarksville home. That case would eventually get solved, while the other two are still waiting for answers. Outside of the local area, these cases have not received a ton of coverage. And because so little is known, its never been clear if the cases are connected. Today I’ll walk you through what is known and the theories that are out there, in the hopes that it jogs someone's memory and provides information that could help solve one or both of these cases. TIPS: Clarksville Crimestoppers contact  931-645-TIPS, or go to www.p3tips.com [http://www.p3tips.com/] Both cases have a 10k reward for information leading to an arrest. Case suggestions: simplertimecrimepod@gmail.com IG: @simplertimecrimepod Youtube: https://youtube.com/@simplertimecrimepod?si=OlCWQ2Ky8qFaof02 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@simplertimecrimep?_t=8s31x9iCrNv&_r=1 Music By Universfield: https://pixabay.com/music/mystery-dramatic-atmosphere-with-piano-and-violin-143149/ Thumbmail art: Lauren Kelty, host of True Crime BFF Podcast Source Material: https://projectcoldcase.org/2022/09/19/felicia-carson/ https://law.justia.com/cases/tennessee/court-of-criminal-appeals/2011/m2011-00226-cca-r3-cd.html [https://law.justia.com/cases/tennessee/court-of-criminal-appeals/2011/m2011-00226-cca-r3-cd.html] https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/1277663/carolyn-tina-vega_velazquez [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/1277663/carolyn-tina-vega_velazquez] https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-leaf-chronicle-azuria-johnson/199043072/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-leaf-chronicle-connections-studied-1/199044879/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-leaf-chronicle-carolyn-vega-velasque/199046769/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-leaf-chronicle-cvv-remembered-as-lea/199048388/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-leaf-chronicle-connections-22/199049507/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-leaf-chronicle-azuria-johnson/199100667/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-leaf-chronicle-police-believe-no-con/199101737/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-leaf-chronicle-cpd-rejects-link/199103041/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tennessean-college-studnet-found-sta/199103136/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tennessean-obit-felicia/199103402/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-leaf-chronicle-murders-have-communit/199103509/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-leaf-chronicle-community-on-alert-bu/199103729/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-commercial-appeal-campus-fear/199103961/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/elizabethton-star-three-recent-slayings/199104239/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-leaf-chronicle-felicia-carson-seek-l/199104331/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-leaf-chronicle-special-task-force-1/199104488/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-leaf-chronicle-special-task-force-2/199104845/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-leaf-chronicle-brother-bill-denmark/199105843/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-leaf-chronicle-another-case-4/199106661/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-leaf-chronicle-carson-reward-12/199106776/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-leaf-chronicle-carson-reward-22/199106933/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-leaf-chronicle-six-unsolved-murders/199107430/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-leaf-chronicle-brother-to-paper/199107890/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-leaf-chronicle-serial-killer-reid/199109009/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-leaf-chronicle-police-seek-murders-c/199109417/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-leaf-chronicle-red-carpet-lounge/199109774/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-leaf-chronicle-two-arrested-in-slayi/199111137/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-leaf-chronicle-vega-velasquez/199111185 Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/a-simpler-time-true-crime--6665681/support [https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/a-simpler-time-true-crime--6665681/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss].

The Trap: The Unsolved Murder of Morris Davis Jr.

In April of 1985, a Montana man is working multiple jobs to save money and pursue his dreams. After getting off one job, he went straight to his second job to deliver pizzas. As he approached a regular looking house for delivery, he would have no idea that he was walking into a trap. His own brother would be the first responder who showed up to the house, a scene that has never left him. The investigation produced many suspects, some wrong turns, and closed in closely on a violent repeat offender. But nobody has ever been arrested for this calculated crime and investigators believe its highly likely that more than one person was involved or knows information. More than 40 years later, it could take just one small clue or person coming forward to solve this case. TIPS: call Det. Patrick Levitt at the Great Falls Police Department, his phone number is (406) 455-8509 Case suggestions: simplertimecrimepod@gmail.com IG: @simplertimecrimepod Youtube: https://youtube.com/@simplertimecrimepod?si=OlCWQ2Ky8qFaof02 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@simplertimecrimep?_t=8s31x9iCrNv&_r=1 Music By Universfield: https://pixabay.com/music/mystery-dramatic-atmosphere-with-piano-and-violin-143149/ Thumbmail art: Lauren Kelty, host of True Crime BFF Podcast Source Material: https://www.newspapers.com/article/great-falls-tribune-20-year-anniversary/198672060/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/great-falls-tribune-20-year-anniversary/198647836/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/great-falls-tribune-delnita-22-survivor/198647506/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/great-falls-tribune-delnita-12/198647467/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/great-falls-tribune-murder-forever-chang/198647358/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/great-falls-tribune-loss-of-rights/198647226/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-inter-lake-incorrect-about-the/198647183/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/great-falls-tribune-unsolved-mysteries-2/198646849/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/great-falls-tribune-unsolved-mysteries-2/198646849/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/great-falls-tribune-gun-recovered-22/198646399/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/great-falls-tribune-dubray-sentenced-to/198645586/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/great-falls-tribune-dubray-guilty/198645366/ https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/mt-supreme-court/1262460.html [https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/mt-supreme-court/1262460.html] https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Morris_Davis [https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Morris_Davis] More newspaper clippings listed at newspapers.com user simplertimecrimepod public clippings Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/a-simpler-time-true-crime--6665681/support [https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/a-simpler-time-true-crime--6665681/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss].

Vanished at Kent State: The Unsolved Disappearance of Judy Martins

Just before Memorial Day weekend in 1978, a college student visited a residence hall on the campus of Kent State University. Photos from that night show her smiling and laughing with friends, wearing a playful wig as part of a costume she put on to prank her friends. But sometime after midnight, she left the dorm room to make what should have been a short walk back to her own dorm, a distance reported to be only a few hundred yards. She never made it. In the days and years that followed, the investigation into her disappearance would take countless turns. There were rumors, reported sightings, psychics, and even speculation surrounding a convicted killer believed to have been living in the area at the time. Now, decades later, the case is receiving renewed attention and those taking a fresh look at Judy’s disappearance wonder whether the answers may be with the people she was last with on campus. TIPS: U.S. Marshals at 1-866-4WANTED Case suggestions: simplertimecrimepod@gmail.com IG: @simplertimecrimepod Youtube: https://youtube.com/@simplertimecrimepod?si=OlCWQ2Ky8qFaof02 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@simplertimecrimep?_t=8s31x9iCrNv&_r=1 Music By Universfield: https://pixabay.com/music/mystery-dramatic-atmosphere-with-piano-and-violin-143149/ Thumbmail art: Lauren Kelty, host of True Crime BFF Podcast Source Material: https://www.record-courier.com/story/news/crime/2018/05/24/i-think-about-her/12078184007/ https://www.pbs.org/video/vital-pages-what-happened-to-judy-martins-8ajtk9/ https://www.pbswesternreserve.org/blogs/luminus-stories-about-us/we-never-stopped-looking-the-search-for-judy-martins-continues/ https://www.ohioattorneygeneral.gov/Files/Law-Enforcement/Investigator/Ohio-Missing-Persons/Missing-Adults-1/Martins [https://www.ohioattorneygeneral.gov/Files/Law-Enforcement/Investigator/Ohio-Missing-Persons/Missing-Adults-1/Martins] https://charleyproject.org/case/judy-martins [https://charleyproject.org/case/judy-martins] https://websleuths.com/threads/oh-judy-martins-22-kent-24-may-1978.51675/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-galion-inquirer-kent-state-coed-is-m/198060107/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-cleveland-press-statewide-alert-issu/198100884/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-akron-beacon-journal-information-sou/198100911/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-cleveland-press-cleveland-area-co-ed/198101056/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-akron-beacon-journal-missing-coed-in/198101711/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-plain-dealer-police-plan-to-use-a-he/198106023/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tribune-more-on-mexico/198107030/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-akron-beacon-journal-garage-sale-dea/198108726/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-akron-beacon-journal-no-new-leads/198109904/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/dayton-daily-news-1980-nearly-two-years/198110818/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-akron-beacon-journal-10k-offered/198111688/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-akron-beacon-journal-posey-isnt-lin/198111752/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-akron-beacon-journal-ksu-reward-ends/198111832/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-akron-beacon-journal-posey-caught/198111879/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-plain-dealer-where-is-judy-martins/198112109/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-plain-dealer-where-is-judy-martins-p/198114566/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-plain-dealer-where-is-judy-page-3/198114660/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-plain-dealer-god-let-it-be/198115878/ https://darkdowneast.com/irisbrown/ Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/a-simpler-time-true-crime--6665681/support [https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/a-simpler-time-true-crime--6665681/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss].

Catching The Monster of Davidson Avenue: The Solved 1996 Murder of Jasmine Porter

In February of 1996, a pregnant woman is attacked in her Bronx apartment with her young son as a witness to the brutal crime. The case seems like it is going to be solved early on when a witness comes forward and names who they say did this. But as quickly as this comes together, it falls apart and the case goes cold for over two decades. That was until a series of events lands the case in the hands of Bronx Homicide Detective Robert Klein who starts reworking the case from the beginning. The investigation into Jasmine’s murder perfectly illustrates how nothing is as seen on TV. Detective Klein’s thoughts on who did it weaved in and out of different people in Jasmine’s social circle as he reinterviewed key people. That was until a DNA hit revealed a name that was nowhere in the police file and uncovered a monster who had terrorized the women of Davidson Avenue for years.   Episode Guest: Robert Klein  Case suggestions: simplertimecrimepod@gmail.com IG: @simplertimecrimepod Youtube: https://youtube.com/@simplertimecrimepod?si=OlCWQ2Ky8qFaof02 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@simplertimecrimep?_t=8s31x9iCrNv&_r=1 Music By Universfield: https://pixabay.com/music/mystery-dramatic-atmosphere-with-piano-and-violin-143149/ Thumbmail art: Lauren Kelty, host of True Crime BFF Podcast Source Material: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/19/insider/a-break-in-a-bronx-cold-case-sends-a-reporter-back-to-the-beginning.html [https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/19/insider/a-break-in-a-bronx-cold-case-sends-a-reporter-back-to-the-beginning.html] https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/03/nyregion/jasmine-porter-murder-bronx.html [https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/03/nyregion/jasmine-porter-murder-bronx.html] https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/nyregion/bronx-cold-case-strangling-plea.html https://www.norwoodnews.org/bronx-man-gets-12-years-for-killing-2nd-pregnant-woman-in-1996-had-also-killed-woman-in-1987/ https://www.bronxda.nyc.gov/downloads/pdf/pr/2026/10-2026-Gregory-Fleetwood-sentenced-1996-strangling-pregnant-woman.pdf https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-reporter-dispatch-thelma-martin/197752043/ Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/a-simpler-time-true-crime--6665681/support [https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/a-simpler-time-true-crime--6665681/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss].

The Camera on Bumblebee Road: The Unsolved Double Homicide of Brandon Rumbaugh and Lisa Gurrieri

In 2003, a young couple heads into the remote desert of Yavapai County to celebrate their anniversary. They only had time for a quick overnight trip, so they decided to spend the evening together beneath the stars, camping in the back of a pickup truck. But when the two failed to show up to obligations the next morning, friends began to worry.  Because the couple had shared their camping plans with people close to them, the friends and family searching for them had a starting point on where to look for them and locate the truck. And when they approached it, they walked into the worst-case scenario. Nearby, a damaged disposable camera was recovered that appeared to have been intentionally destroyed. Despite that attempt, police were still able to process the film inside. Out of all the photos recovered, three images in particular immediately stood out to investigators. More than twenty years later, people are still asking the same question: were those three photographs an important clue to what happened that night, or a red herring that sent investigators down the wrong path? TIPS: Yavapai Silent Witness is offering up to a $10,000 cash reward for information that leads to an arrest in this case. You can call 1-800-932-3232 or submit a tip at yavapaisw.com [http://yavapaisw.com/]. All tips are anonymous. CrimeStoppers at (337) 239-2233 where you can remain anonymous Case suggestions: simplertimecrimepod@gmail.com IG: @simplertimecrimepod Youtube: https://youtube.com/@simplertimecrimepod?si=OlCWQ2Ky8qFaof02 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@simplertimecrimep?_t=8s31x9iCrNv&_r=1 Music By Universfield: https://pixabay.com/music/mystery-dramatic-atmosphere-with-piano-and-violin-143149/ Thumbmail art: Lauren Kelty, host of True Crime BFF Podcast Source Material: https://www.eastvalleytribune.com/news/argument-may-have-preceded-couples-death/article_7872e9dc-6a7c-54fb-a593-2cf3c14a77d7.html https://www.aetv.com/articles/a-facebook-message-led-to-a-conviction-in-couple-s-beach-murder-after-13-years https://www.yavapaisw.com/cold-cases https://www.ladbible.com/news/us-news/lisa-gurrieri-brandon-rumbaugh-shooting-arizona-241323-20250524 https://www.abc15.com/news/state/mother-hopes-for-answers-nearly-two-decades-after-murder-of-lisa-gurrieri-brandon-rumbaugh?_amp=true https://www.abc15.com/news/crime/nearly-20-years-since-the-murders-of-lisa-gurrieri-and-brandon-rumbaugh-in-yavapai-county https://www.reddit.com/r/creeptimethepodcast/comments/1nev9k6/ep_152_mysterious_found_footage_the_bumblebee/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/arizona-republic-couple-found-in-pick-up/196992021/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/arizona-republic-foul-play-suspected-12/196992115/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/arizona-republic-foul-play-suspected-22/196992599/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/tucson-citizen-gunshots-cause-of-death/196992899/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/arizona-republic-pair-found-guns/196992941/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/arizona-republic-son-is-joyful-goofy/196993450/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/arizona-republic-brandon-obit/196993603/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/arizona-republic-man-questioned/196993664/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/arizona-republic-lisa-obit/196993746/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/arizona-republic-lisa-dad-obit/196993835/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/arizona-republic-man-seen-at-apt-before/197209128/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/arizona-republic-srp-support/197209410/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/arizona-republic-rusty-rankin/197209956/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/arizona-republic-slain-counselors-seen-a/197210597/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/arizona-republic-10k-reward-offered/197211248/ Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/a-simpler-time-true-crime--6665681/support [https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/a-simpler-time-true-crime--6665681/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss].