Carla Walker’s Killer Appeals Conviction

Between 1980 and 1983, the slayings of five young women baffled Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office Investigators. Similarities between a few would have police theorizing a connection. The most striking and grisly commonality shared among three of the victims was the fact that when they were found, the victims were ablaze. Another unfortunate and investigation-stifling commonality between four of the five victims was a serial-confessor sometimes called “The One-Eyed Drifter.” The newscast audio heard this episode is from the NBC5/KXAS Television News Archive at the University of North Texas Special Collections. The video can be accessed here: https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc914078/m1/?q=henry%20lee%20lucas#track/1 You can support gone cold podcast – texas true crime by visiting https//:www.patreon.com/gonecoldpodcast. You can also find us on Facebook and Twitter by using @gonecoldpodcast #KillingFields #MontgomeryCounty #Texas #Conroe #Magnolia #NewCaney #Houston #ColdCase #TrueCrime #HenryLeeLucas #Unsolved #JaneDoeKillingFields MontgomeryCounty Texas Conroe Magnolia NewCaney Houston ColdCase TrueCrime HenryLeeLucas Unsolved JaneDoeBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/gone-cold-texas-true-crime--3203003/support.

18 Mar 201933min

In the summer of 1969, Caroline Louise Harte joined her friend May’s family at their summer home near the beaches of Port Aransas. Caroline and May enjoyed themselves the five days they spent together doing all the things that 14-year-olds do on a beach vacation. In the early morning hours of July 25th, however, the day Caroline was to return home to her family, an unthinkable and gruesome thing occurred: Caroline was murdered while she slept, just feet from where her friend, May, was sleeping.You can support gone cold podcast – texas true crime by visiting https//:www.patreon.com/gonecoldpodcast. You can also find us on Facebook and Twitter by using @gonecoldpodcast #JusticeForCarolineHarte #PortAransas #Texas #ColdCase #TrueCrimeBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/gone-cold-texas-true-crime--3203003/support.

11 Mar 201924min

For family members of the victims of unsolved homicide cases, day to day reality is different. They spend considerable amount of time trying to make sense of exactly what happened and why. It sometimes consumes them, continually lurking in the mind of these victims’ loved ones.The lack of justice is nagging; pondering whether the perpetrator is alive or dead and the possibly free life they lived after taking a life, or lives, as they struggle their entire lives to pick up the pieces and move on is a trying existence. For those of us who haven’t experienced this, there is no way to fathom the emotional repercussions that these individuals struggle with as a result of their loved ones’ unresolved deaths…We can empathize, sure, but the only way we can attempt to understand what these family members face, usually daily, is to hear their stories……to listen to their voices.You can support gone cold podcast – texas true crime by visiting https//:www.patreon.com/gonecoldpodcast. You can also find us on Facebook and Twitter by using @gonecoldpodcast #JusticeForGaryAndStephanieGillette #CorpusChristi #CorpusChristiColdCase #Texas #ColdCase #TrueCrimeBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/gone-cold-texas-true-crime--3203003/support.

18 Feb 201931min

No one except Stephanie and Gary Gillette’s murderer, or murderers, knows what transpired at the Gillette home in the early morning hours of Saturday, December 14th, 1985. What is clear, however, is that the last known individual to see the couple alive, a Nueces County Deputy Constable, was also the individual who alerted Corpus Christi Police to the couple’s home the following Sunday.Guest on this episode is Danny Smith – author and Retired-Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Office Investigator. Danny Smith’s latest novel, as of the drop day of this episode, can be found at https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07L2BDVL9 You can support gone cold podcast – texas true crime by visiting https//:www.patreon.com/gonecoldpodcast.You can also find us on Facebook and Twitter by using @gonecoldpodcast #JusticeForGaryAndStephanieGillette #CorpusChristi #CorpusChristiColdCase #Texas #ColdCase #TrueCrimeBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/gone-cold-texas-true-crime--3203003/support.

11 Feb 201936min

The Corpus Christi Police spent ample time and manpower investigating the scene of Stephanie and Gary Gillette’s murders. The finding of two items in particular was huge. Some details of the crime scene seemed specific and peculiar enough to narrow down theories as to what took place in the early morning hours of Saturday, December 14th, 1985. Investigators tried to connect the dots.Guests on this episode include Doctor Grace Dukes - Forensic Pathologist and Medical Examiner, Darren Dake – Founder of the Death Investigation Training Academy, and Danny Smith – author and Retired-Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Office Investigator. Darren Dake’s podcast can be found at https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/coroner-talk-death-investigation-training-police-law Danny Smith’s latest novel, as of the drop day of this episode, can be found at https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07L2BDVL9 You can support gone cold podcast – texas true crime by visiting https//:www.patreon.com/gonecoldpodcast. You can also find us on Facebook and Twitter by using @gonecoldpodcast #JusticeForGaryAndStephanieGillette #CorpusChristi #CorpusChristiColdCase #Texas #ColdCase #TrueCrimeBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/gone-cold-texas-true-crime--3203003/support.

4 Feb 201932min

Gary’s children were supposed to arrive at the home of their Father and Step-Mother, Stephanie, the evening before the couple were brutally slain in the early morning hours of Saturday, December 14th, 1985. The three sisters, ages 8, 11, & 14, wouldn’t discover their Dad and Step-Mom’s fate until that Sunday, but they all knew something wasn’t right. The home phone gave nothing but a busy signal and Gary’s answering service hadn’t heard from him; Gary, though, is said to have never gone more than an hour without checking for calls.This is the story of the events that took place that weekend.You can support gone cold podcast – texas true crime by visiting https//:www.patreon.com/gonecoldpodcast. You can also find us on Facebook and Twitter by using @gonecoldpodcast #JusticeForGaryAndStephanieGillette #GaryandStephanieGillette #CorpusChristi #CorpusChristiColdCase #Texas #ColdCase #TrueCrimeBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/gone-cold-texas-true-crime--3203003/support.

28 Jan 201931min

On November 1st, 1980, the unclothed body of a young woman was found on the side of Interstate 45 near Huntsville in Walker County, Texas.She remains unidentified to this day, almost 39 years later, and her identity, and who brutally slayed and sexually assaulted her, have been the focus of speculation since the day she was found.Did the brother of an inmate at the prison the young woman told witnesses was her destination perpetrate the assault against her? Is Robert Ben Rhoades a possibility?Who Is Walker County Jane Doe? You can support gone cold podcast – texas true crime by visiting https//:www.patreon.com/gonecoldpodcast. You can also find us on Facebook and Twitter by using @gonecoldpodcast #I45 #WalkerCountyJaneDoe #JaneDoe #TheBrothersAutry #TheTruckStopKiller #TrueCrimeBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/gone-cold-texas-true-crime--3203003/support.

22 Jan 201932min

“It was just a convenient place to dump the bodies. There is just a hell of a lot of sin that goes up and down that highway” - Williamson County Sheriff Jim Boutwell, referring to Interstate 35 in 1981.From Oklahoma City to San Marcos, Texas, there is a 400 mile stretch of I-35 where multiple homicides occurred, or bodies were discarded, from the years 1976 to 1981. Twenty-one homicide victims. Few arrests. And several victims remain unidentified to this day. It’s unlikely to law enforcement that all these depraved acts were committed by a single individual, especially considering the distance involved; that makes it likely, then, that there were several individuals taking advantage of opportunity and who left an unbelievable count of slain victims in such a short period.To some law enforcements officials, the route became referred to as “the Bloody Route.”You can support gone cold podcast – texas true crime by visiting https//:www.patreon.com/gonecoldpodcastYou can also find us on Facebook and Twitter by using @gonecoldpodcast#I35 #orangesocks #JaneDoe #debrajackson #abilene #1977Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/gone-cold-texas-true-crime--3203003/support.

14 Jan 201930min