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There is something so eerie about a case like the one I’m about to tell you about today. I think its because, sleeping in your bed in the comfort of your home is where you’re supposed to feel most safe. Ironically, its often the place small children feel most afraid and vulnerable.
In the early morning hours of the fourth of July in 2002, four year old Dannarriah was put to bed. Inside of her small Orange, Texas home was her mother, siblings, and cousins.
It should have been a routine night, but when her mother awoke, she was gone. Days later, her body would be found in the nearby community of Pleasure Island, and it was clear her last moments were horrific. Dannarriah’s case has DNA evidence, and all that is needed is just one small break.

TIPS: Texas Crime Stoppers: 1-800-252-TIPS (8477)

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Sources (more at newspapers.com username asimplertimetruecrimepod) All cannot be listed due to character limitations:
https://www.dps.texas.gov/apps/coldCase/Home/Details/297
https://kfdm.com/news/local/unsolved-southeast-texas-dannarriah-finleys-death-remains-a-mystery-22-years-later
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If you’ve found this episode, you may have been pulled in by the title. And if you’ve listened to my show for a while, you know I try to avoid dramatic headlines and writing. But the fact of the matter is, no matter how many titles I tossed around for this episode, I kept coming back to the urgency of telling this story and how dangerous it’s going to be in Spring of 2027 for anybody living in the community that this prime suspect gets released into.
In April of 1995, a seventeen-year-old girl was hanging out a the strip mall in the town of Carmel, NY.
She was supposed to visit with her boyfriend that night, who worked at the Burger King there. But she didn’t show up. And the last person who saw her was a man with a trail behind him of predatory and violent behavior, most of which he evaded any consequences for. His actions in the years after Robin’s disappearance would land him a 30-year jail sentence. Despite ominous evidence that he is tied to Robin's case and quite possibly that of a 12-year-old Carmel girl who was murdered around the same time, he has never been charged in those cases. His prison time is up in less than two years. It's time that Robin's case finally gets answers and if its found to be this main suspect, that he remain behind bars and not a danger to the public.

TIPS: Carmel Police Department 845-628-1300
*All people discussed in this episode are presumed innocent until found guilty in a court of law.

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https://charleyproject.org/case/robin-frances-murphy
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The Montana Teacher of the Year was known for his words of wisdom, volunteering his time, coaching, mentoring, helping students in need, and leaving lasting impact on everyone he taught. So when he was gunned down in the early morning hours of September 30th, 1996 the community was shook. Within days, focus shifted on two former students of his. But between an acquittal and lack of evidence, nobody has ever been found guilty in the case. Small town rumors say that everyone knows who did it and its an open secret, but everyone has been too scared to talk. Cold case investigators are taking another shot at the case, and they hope the passage of time might motivate those who know something to come forward.

TIPS: Missoula County Tip line at (406) 258-3302.

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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57687597/clifford_lee-nelson
https://www.khq.com/regional/montana-murder-mysteries-uncovering-the-cliff-nelson-cold-case/article_a064ca31-1bbf-5343-86eb-e7244ee7fa49.html
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-missoulian-cliff-nelson-shooting-10/171135200/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-missoulian-mentor-and-friend/171135401/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-inter-lake-teacher-killed/171138047/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-montana-standard-award-will-honor-cl/171138142/
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https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-inter-lake-suspcts/171174317/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-missoulian-suspects-issues-with-clif/171174432/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-missoulian-more-of-suspect-timeline/171175159/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-missoulian-arrest-made/171175321/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-independent-record-suspects-arrested/171176292/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-independent-record-suspects-arrested/171176292/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-missoulian-1-year-memorial/171179703/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-missoulian-hooser-not-guilty/171179865/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-missoulian-trial-details/171191997/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-missoulian-kids-recreate-class-theat/171192044/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-missoulian-beginning-of-trial/171192075/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-missoulian-seeley-lake-murder/171192330/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-missoulian-cellmate/171192428/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-missoulian-car-sounds-similar/171192550/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/great-falls-tribune-acquittal/171193052/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-missoulian-debrief-of-trial-and-impa/171193321/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-missoulian-gun-arrest/171194721/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-missoulian-musical-tribute/171194354/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-missoulian-tip-hooser-assault/171194290/

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