Grief, Suspicion and Murder - June 19 2025

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1 Marras 20223min

For more than three and a half decades, the disappearance of 12-year-old Jonelle Matthews was a mystery – a riddle neither authorities nor her family members could solve. The residents of her cloistered Colorado hometown had scoured every inch of prairie. Jonelle’s face had been on milk cartons nationwide. Even the President of the United States had appealed to the public for help. Still, every lead had fizzled. Every person of interest had turned out to be a dead end. Then, in 2019, Jonelle’s remains were unearthed near the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. With the discovery came a troubling new question: Had the truth been hiding in plain sight the entire time? Was the man who couldn’t stop obsessing over Jonelle’s disappearance also the person who took her? From Campside Media and Wondery comes season two of SUSPECT. Former CNN reporter Ashley Fantz and executive producers Matthew Shaer and Eric Benson (Suspect, Over My Dead Body) dig into one of the most mind-bending cold cases in modern history, in an attempt to separate fact and fiction, compulsion from guilt, and true-crime fandom from a motive for murder. Hey Prime Members, listen to the Amazon Music exclusive podcast, SUSPECT: Vanished in the Snow, in the Amazon Music App. Download the app today. http://www.amazon.com/SUS_us_pfd_AA_11012 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

1 Marras 20228min

November 1st: Matthew Hoffman Born (1980) In some cases, we may never know the “why”. The reason for the killing or for the behavior that was a precursor. On November 1st 1980 a man was born who would commit a heinous crime for reasons still unclear to this day. A man who had a lot of strange habits that have never really been explained.  https://murderpedia.org/male.H/h/hoffman-matthew.htm, https://abcnews.go.com/US/killer-matthew-hoffman-stockpiled-leaves-ohio-home-made/story?id=12877942, https://criminalminds.fandom.com/wiki/Matthew_Hoffman, https://www.dispatch.com/article/20110209/NEWS/302099677, https://scarestreet.com/matthew-hoffman/, https://www.10tv.com/article/news/knox-county-killer-i-did-not-know-single-one-them/530-bce26d0a-7feb-48d0-82c5-40901a730740 Show less Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

1 Marras 20229min

October 31st: Lisa French Kills (1973) Some crimes can rock an entire community while others can affect an entire nation. On October 31st 1973 the French family experienced every parent’s Halloween nightmare when their daughter didn’t return from trick or treating. Her case, and the back and forth trials of the man responsible for her murder, effected the entire nation and is the reason many in Wisconsin, and in the world, wont allow their children to go out searching for candy to celebrate the Halloween holiday.  https://www.wbay.com/content/news/Lisa-French-killer-Gerald-Turner-gets-court-hearing-2-days-before-murder-anniversary-570525931.html, https://patch.com/massachusetts/beverly/story-lisa-french, https://medium.com/true-crime-addiction/the-halloween-killer-true-crime-3581e18220c9, https://narsol.org/2019/10/the-halloween-tragedy-of-lisa-french/, https://www.fdlreporter.com/story/news/2017/12/06/lisa-ann-frenchs-family-fights-release-wisconsins-infamous-halloween-killer/821216001/, https://www.casemine.com/judgement/us/591494d9add7b049345c40a7 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

31 Loka 202212min

October 30th: Mack Ray Edwards Dies (1971) Sometimes immense guilt can lead to a crime being solved. Or, sometimes, it can lead to a confession that reveals a serial killer had been active for decades completely undetected. On October 30th 1971 a man died behind prison walls who, overcome by guilt, confessed to a criminal career that police had no idea was even occurring.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mack_Ray_Edwards, https://murderpedia.org/male.E/e/edwards-mack-ray.htm, ,https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/6jzmr9/mack_ray_edwards_the_missing_children_of/ https://www.criminallyintrigued.com/blog/2018/10/7/mack-ray-edwards, https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=95431459, https://www.serialkillers.io/blog/mack-ray-edwards-california-child-murderer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

30 Loka 202212min

October 29th: Velma Barfield Born (1932) When everyone involved with a certain someone seems to die shortly after meeting them, it seems like such events should raise some pretty serious red-flags. On October 29th 1932 a woman was born who would take the lives of person after person without detection or somehow raising any real red-flags.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velma_Barfield, https://www.crimemuseum.org/crime-library/serial-killers/velma-barfield/, http://murderpedia.org/female.B/b/barfield-velma.htm, https://medium.com/murder-mystery-and-mayhem-in-the-old-north-state/velma-barfield-the-death-row-granny-fe8a913d9437, https://exhibits.lib.unc.edu/exhibits/show/capital-punishment/biographies/barfield Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

29 Loka 20228min

October 28th: Robert Elmer Kleason's Victims Disappeared (1974) Sometimes mistakes are made that can alter the course of an entire case. On October 28th 1974 two young men disappeared and, though their killer’s identity seemed obvious, a small mistake was made and the man was able to walk free.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Elmer_Kleason, https://artsandculture.google.com/entity/robert-elmer-kleason/m0g56fk?hl=en, https://amp.en.google-info.in/6434079/1/robert-elmer-kleason.html, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7383784/robert-elmer-kleasen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

28 Loka 20229min

MERCH! https://www.bonfire.com/store/morningcupofmurder/  Our New Website: https://morningcupofmurder.com/ October 27th: Nathaniel Abraham Kills (1997) When a young child commits a crime, you can’t help but hope beyond all hope that the brush with the law will change and alter the course of the rest of their life for the better. That they can turn everything around. On October 27th 1997 a very young boy committed a felony and was, on multiple occasions, cut slack and given chances. A boy who grew up to be a man who couldn’t quite seem to stay out of trouble.  Join the Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/morningcupofmurder Listen to The Cryptid Catalog: (Scary stories for kids) https://open.spotify.com/show/7vwn8JNkTPOmxwRoHsVDc1 Follow Morning Cup of Murder on Twitter: @cupofmurder Follow MCOM on Instagram: @morningcupofmurder Have a Murder or strange local true crime story you want to share, or you just want to say hi? Email the show here: morningcupofmurder@gmail.com Morning Cup of Murder is researched, written and performed by Korina Biemesderfer. Follow Korina on Instagram: @kbiemesderfer Morning Cup of Murder is Edited and Produced by Dillon Biemesderfer Follow Dillon on instagram: @dungeonsanddillons Information for this episode collected from:  http://www.murderpedia.org/male.A/a/abraham-nathaniel.htm, https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/oakland-county/2019/06/25/nathaniel-abraham-sent-back-prison-dealing-drugs/1561338001/, https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/oakland-county/2018/09/03/murderer-11-nathaniel-abraham-facing-charges-again/1145496002/, https://www.nytimes.com/1999/11/17/us/michigan-boy-who-killed-at-11-is-convicted-of-murder-as-adult.html, https://www.theoaklandpress.com/news/nathaniel-abraham-convicted-of-murder-at-13-now-locked-up-for-drugs/article_ba6c0cf2-980b-11e9-b67d-d35c3ad5b738.html, https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/oakland/2018/08/01/nathaniel-abraham-murder-child-released/878118002/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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