The Disappearance of Elisa Roberson Part 3: Fallibilities

Fort Worth, Texas in the 1970s was a stomping ground for killers. In February of that year, 25-year-old June Ward was brutally murdered and thrown on the side of West Fuller. While June’s case hardly got the press and investigative effort she deserved, a slaying that occurred in the summer got much less. On June 4th, 1977, workers cleaning up at Sycamore Park south of downtown found the body of 31-year-old Ora Lee Prescott. After quickly identifying who they thought her killer was and then failing to produce sufficient evidence to charge him, the Fort Worth Police simply gave up, leaving her casefile to collect dust, by all indications, for 45 years now. Tragically, Ora Lee’s daughter, too, was slain by a serial rapist and two-time convicted murderer almost 20 years after her mother.If you have any information about the unsolved murder of Ora Lee Prescott, please contact the Fort Worth Police Cold Case Unit at (817)392-4307 or email coldcase@fortworthpd.comCheck out our pal Theron Georges’ beautiful Aluminum, Space-Age Christmas Tree books at evergleambook.com You also need Theron’s YouTube videos in your holiday life, trust me, and you can find those and subscribe at youtube.com/@spaceagechristmastreesAlso, check out season 5 of our friend T.Z.’s podcast Tapes from the Darkside anywhere you listen to podcasts, or right here: tapesfromthedarkside.comYou can support gone cold – texas true crime at patreon.com/gonecoldpodcastFind us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram by using @gonecoldpodcastThe Fort Worth Star-Telegram, The Mansfield News-Mirror, The Washington Post, The LA Times, and passive aggressively redacted police reports were used as sources for this episode.#JusticeForOraLeePrescott #JusticeForJuneWard #FortWorth #FortWorthTX #Texas #TX #TexasTrueCrime #TrueCrime #TrueCrimePodcast #ColdCase #Unsolved #Murder #UnsolvedMurder #FebruarySlayings #BathtubKillerBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/gone-cold-texas-true-crime--3203003/support.

12 Des 202248min

Detectives had few leads in the April 11th, 1976, slaying of 38-year-old Joyce Packey Stein. But they did have a weirdo, the victim’s boyfriend Dr. Gary Ferris. Perhaps prematurely satisfied with the alibis of other persons of interest, particularly Joyce’s abusive ex-husband Stanley, the Terrell Hills Police and Bexar County Sheriff’s Office put on their blinders and pursued Dr. Gary with fervor. But was the man’s odd behavior simply come from his inability to cope with his girlfriend’s brutal murder by gunshot? Part 3 of 3.If you have any information about the 1976 murder of Lillian Joyce Packey Stein, please contact the Terrell Hills Police Department at (210) 824-1009Special thanks to the Terrell Hills Police Department and Sgt. GutierrezIf you are being abused, please get help and contact the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 800-799-7233 or visit thehotline.org You can also get help by texting START to 88788 from your cellphoneThe San Antonio Express, The San Antonio News, and police records were used as sources for this episode.#JusticeForJoyceStein #TerrellHillsTX #SanAntonio #BexarCountyTX #Texas #TX #TexasTrueCrime #GoneCold #GoneColdPodcast #TrueCrime #TrueCrimePodcast #ColdCase #Murder #UnsolvedMurder #UnsolvedBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/gone-cold-texas-true-crime--3203003/support.

5 Des 202246min

38-year-old Joyce Packey Stein was found lying in a pool of blood on April 12th, 1976. As Terrell Hills and San Antonio PDs began investigating the murder scene and collecting interviews alongside the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office, Joyce’s ex-husband Stanley and boyfriend Dr. Ferris become suspicious to police for their odd actions and behaviors. When a so-called “little black book” is found, it creates problems for Detectives as they pursue many leads and eventually leads to a free for all feast of the imagination for local tabloid-style newspapers – the only kind that seems to have existed in San Antonio at the time. Part 2 of 3.If you have any information about the 1976 murder of Lillian Joyce Packey Stein, please contact the Terrell Hills Police Department at (210) 824-1009Special thanks to the Terrell Hills Police Department and Sgt. GutierrezIf you are being abused, please get help and contact the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 800-799-7233 or visit thehotline.org You can also get help by texting START to 88788 from your cellphoneThe San Antonio Light, The San Antonio Express, The San Antonio News, and police records were used as sources for this episode.#JusticeForJoyceStein #TerrellHillsTX #SanAntonio #BexarCountyTX #Texas #TX #TexasTrueCrime #GoneCold #GoneColdPodcast #TrueCrime #TrueCrimePodcast #ColdCase #Murder #UnsolvedMurder #UnsolvedBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/gone-cold-texas-true-crime--3203003/support.

28 Nov 202240min

In the moonlight hours of April 11th, 1976, gunshots rang out in the small, suburban town of Terrell Hills, Texas. Many heard or were awakened by the terrifying commotion, and while some might have believed there was some trouble at the nearby bar, the shots actually occurred in a home there. The home of 38-year-old Joyce Packey Stein, who was found the following day lying in a pool of blood. Divorced the previous year after a long and abusive marriage, Joyce was no stranger to tragedy. She’d seen plenty in her short life. But who would want her dead? According to newspaper articles written by hack reporters foaming at the mouth to get creative off someone else’s tragedy, there were plenty of people. Part 1 of 3.If you have any information about the 1976 murder of Lillian Joyce Packey Stein, please contact the Terrell Hills Police Department at (210) 824-1009Special thanks to the Terrell Hills Police Department and Sgt. GutierrezIf you are being abused, please get help and contact the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 800-799-7233 or visit thehotline.org #JusticeForJoyceStein #TerrellHillsTX #SanAntonio #BexarCountyTX #Texas #TX #TexasTrueCrime #GoneCold #GoneColdPodcast #TrueCrime #TrueCrimePodcast #ColdCase #Murder #UnsolvedMurder #UnsolvedBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/gone-cold-texas-true-crime--3203003/support.

22 Nov 202240min

On Part 2 of 2 of our Fall Texas Case Update episodes, we discuss the recent arrest in the horrific 2019 murder of Polunsky Unit prison guard Rhonda Richardson in Shepard, the arrest of Chad Earl Carl (FINALLY) for the savage 2007 slaying of Brittany McGlone in Wood County, the arrest of the man responsible for the disturbing murders of Frank Santoni Thornhill, Connie Villa, and 3-year-old Dante Santoni Villa in El Paso in 1994, and the unfathomable killing of 8-year-old Jennifer Sue Delgado.If you have any information about Jennifer Sue Delgado’s murder, please contact the Texas Attorney General’s cold case unit at texasattorneygeneral.gov/divisions/criminal-justice/cold-case-and-missing-persons-unit/cold-case-contact or call Crime Stoppers of San Antonio at (210)224-7867, where you can remain anonymousIf you have any information about Brittany McGlone’s murder or suspect Chad Earl Carr, please contact the Wood County Sheriff’s Office at (903)763-2201If you have any information about the murders of Frank Santoni Thornhill, Connie Villa, and Dante Santoni Villa, please call the El Paso police at (915) 832-4400If you have any additional information that might help ensure justice for Rhonda Richardson, please contact the San Jacinto County Sheriff’s Office at (936) 653-4367Sources for this episode include the Wood County Monitor, the San Antonio Express-News, the El Paso Times, the Fort Worth Press, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, the San Jacinto News-Times, and official documents.Thanks for listening, y’allBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/gone-cold-texas-true-crime--3203003/support.

14 Nov 202232min

There have been many suspect arrests, convictions, and renewed investigations in Texas cold cases already in the Fall of 2022. This episode, we’ll go over a few things in the 1996 murder case of Leon Laureles in Brown County, talk about the arrest of Feng Lu - the alleged murderer of the Sun Family in Cypress, discuss the identification of Brazoria County Jane Doe as Alisha Marie Cooks after 36 years, and talk about the conviction of Daniel Andrew MacGinnis for the sexual assault and murder of Patricia Ann Jacobs in southeast Texas.If you have any information about the murder of Juan Leon Laureles, contact the Texas Rangers by calling 800-346-3243 or by visiting their website at dps.texas.govYou can also call anonymously to crime stoppers at 800-222-TIPS, or 800-222-8477If you’d prefer to donate to the #JusticeForLeon go fund me, you can here: gofundme.com/f/leon-laureles-private-detective-and-memorialIf you have any information about the Sun Family murders or the suspect Feng Lu, call the Harris County Sheriff’s Office at (713) 221-6000Anyone with information about the 1985 murder of Alisha Marie Cooks is encouraged to call the Brazoria County Sheriff’s Office at (281)756-2392 or Brazoria County Crime Stoppers at (800)460-2222If you have any information of the death of Nelda Faye Widener, please contact the Jasper County Sheriff’s Office at (409) 384-5417. Should you have information about any other crimes Daniel Andrew MacGinnis might have committed, please phone the Texas Rangers at 800-346-3243 or Crime Stoppers at 800-222-TIPS, or 800-222-8477The Houston Chronicle, The Silsbee Bee, The Beaumont Enterprise, KJAS.com, DPS.Texas.gov, and Court Documents were used as sources for this episodeBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/gone-cold-texas-true-crime--3203003/support.

7 Nov 202234min

The year 1969 is one of the most historically eventful years in the history of the United States. Pop culture, counterculture, culture wars, the fight for equal rights, and a war that seemed to neither have an end nor purpose. But in the Summer of 69, folks in Fort Worth, Texas and the surrounding areas took respite from the stresses of this vital but anxiety inducing year by hunting down a thing. Reports of a creature who lived in the deep, dense thicket on Lake Worth’s Greer Island who came out only at night, seemingly to terrorize lovers in their parked cars. By the time the summer ended, nearly 100 folks had claimed they’d caught a glimpse of this half-goat, half-man who quickly became known as The Lake Worth Monster. To this day, no one knows what really happened; was the thing a hoax or was it an unknown species – a monster? We hope you enjoy listening to this special Halloween episode, this palate cleanser of sorts, as much as we enjoyed putting it together.To help get #JusticeForLeonLaureles please visit https://www.gofundme.com/f/leon-laureles-private-detective-and-memorialYou can also help by buying a Lake Worth Monster t-shirt at https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/35720992-lake-worth-monster?store_id=421404 100% of the proceeds from the sales will be donated to Leon’s go fund me.Again, if you haven’t already, do yourself a huge favor and check out the podcast Vanishing Postcards. It is truly among the best and the second season is ready to binge right now. https://www.vanishingpostcards.com/The Fort Worth Press, The Fort Worth Star-Telegram, The Dallas Morning News, and the book “The Lake Worth Monster of Greer Island, Fort Worth, Texas” by Sallie Ann Clarke were used as sources for this episode.#LakeWorthMonster #Goatman #LakeWorthTX #FortWorth #FortWorthTX #Texas #TX #1969 #Cryptid #Cryptozoology #BigFoot #Sasquatch #Yeti #Monster #UnsolvedMysteries #HalloweenBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/gone-cold-texas-true-crime--3203003/support.

30 Okt 202240min

In 2014, Barry Hinkle moved up to the position of Chief of Police in Blue Mound, Texas. While his responsibilities certainly grew, Hinkle still actively sought to solve the 1976 slayings of Kevin, Brian, Fae, and Wayne Joplin, and family friend Terry Trice. He’d uncovered, or simply investigated, something no investigator in the case ever had – a jailhouse letter written by an inmate to his wife. It implicated a man named Johnny Cotton. As Hinkle investigated Cotton and pieced together a timeline that for the most part was not public knowledge, the jailhouse letter seemed to match. And it looked like the sole surviving Joplin might have hired a man to kill his entire family and set up his former friend as a patsy.If you have any information about the 1976 Joplin Family murders, please contact the Blue Mound Police at (817)232-0665Find gone cold – texas true crime on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram by using @gonecoldpodcast and on YouTube at: youtube.com/c/gonecoldpodcastGrand Jury testimony, an anonymous individual once involved in the investigation, Tom Stephenson’s 2018 article in D Magazine titled “Reopening the Blue Mound Massacre,” and The Dallas Morning-News were used as sources for this episode#JusticeForTheJoplinFamily #JusticeForTerryTrice #BlueMound #BlueMoundTX #FortWorth #Texas #TX #TexasTrueCrime #GoneCold #GoneColdPodcast #TrueCrime #TrueCrimePodcast #ColdCase #Murder #UnsolvedMurder #Unsolved #FamilyAnnihilatorBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/gone-cold-texas-true-crime--3203003/support.

24 Okt 202235min