The Cold-Blooded & Forgotten Slaying of Leslye Diane Koon
On January 24th, 1969, one of Gregg County, Texas’s most cold-blooded and savage murders occurred: that of 17-year-old Longview High School senior Leslye Diane Koon. The slaying prompted one of the city’s most extensive and intensive investigations in its history. What you might call a taskforce was created that included the Gregg County Sheriff’s Office, the District Attorney’s Office, and Longview Police Detectives, who were on loan out of their jurisdiction. Upon the discovery of a life insurance policy in Leslye’s name, the District Attorney identified three suspects who were charged, indicted, and tried for the murder. But the case remains unsolved to this day – and hasn’t been mentioned since.If you have any information about the 1969 murder of Leslye Diane Koon, please contact Gregg County Crime Stoppers at 903-236-STOP.Submit your DNA data from a consumer testing company to Othram’s database, dnasolves.com. It’s only used for law enforcement investigations: https://dnasolves.com/user/register You can support gone cold – texas true crime at https://www.patreon.com/gonecoldpodcast Find us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram by using @gonecoldpodcastThe Texas State Historical Society, AmericanRoads.us, the Longview News-Journal, The Shreveport Journal, Tyler Morning Telegraph, and The Kilgore News Herald were used as sources for this episode.#JusticeForLeslyeKoon #JudsonTX #LongviewTX #Longview #GreggCountyTX #Texas #TX #TrueCrime #TrueCrimePodcast #Podcast #ColdCase #Unsolved #UnsolvedMurder #Murder #UnsolvedMysteries #GoneCold #GoneColdPodcast #TexasTrueCrimeBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/gone-cold-texas-true-crime--3203003/support.
21 Juni 202142min
Cynthia Bah-Traore: Endangered Missing
In February of 2021, 39-year-old mother of two and Crowley, Texas resident Cynthia Bah-Traore disappeared. She was caught on surveillance cameras at a Shell gas station in Grandview, about 26 miles south of her home. Many days later, it was discovered that her vehicle had been abandoned off Interstate 35 in Waco, Texas, about 55 miles from where she was last seen. What happened to Cynthia, however, remains a mystery to friends and family.If you have any information about the disappearance of Cynthia Bah-Traore, please call the Crowley Police at 817-297-2276.You can help Cynthia’s family by donating at: https://www.gofundme.com/f/cynthia-is-missingSubmit your DNA data from a consumer testing company to Othram’s database, dnasolves.com. It’s only used for law enforcement investigations: https://dnasolves.com/user/register You can support gone cold – texas true crime at https://www.patreon.com/gonecoldpodcast Find us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram by using @gonecoldpodcastNAMUS.gov, CBS News, OurBlackGirls.com, MSN.com, and Cynthia’s Go Fund Me page were used as additional sources for this episode.#WhereIsCynthiaBahTraore #CynthiaBah #CrowleyTX #GrandviewTX #WacoTX #FortWorthTX #Texas #TX #TrueCrime #TrueCrimePodcast #Podcast #ColdCase #Unsolved #Missing #MissingPerson #Disappeared #Disappearance #Vanished #UnsolvedMysteries #GoneCold #GoneColdPodcast #TexasTrueCrimeBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/gone-cold-texas-true-crime--3203003/support.
18 Juni 202129min
The Uncanny Disappearance of Michael Chambers Part 2
Many extensive searches failed to locate 70-year-old retired Dallas Fire Fighter Michael Glen Chambers after he disappeared from his home, presumably, in Hunt County, Texas. With no clues, the Chambers family was riddled with uncertainty, and the actions of one family member raised the suspicions of some. Meanwhile, the Hunt County Sheriff’s Office was coming to their own theories, which differed from the family’s theory and that of the private investigator they hired. When all the pieces of the puzzle were put together, however, massive holes can be found in each; No scenario, when the facts are gathered in their entirety, makes sense. If you have any information about the disappearance of Michael Glen Chambers, please contact the Hunt County Sheriff’s Office at 903-453-6838.Submit your DNA data from a consumer testing company to Othram’s database, dnasolves.com. It’s only used for law enforcement investigations: https://dnasolves.com/user/register You can support gone cold – texas true crime at https://www.patreon.com/gonecoldpodcast Find us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram by using @gonecoldpodcastThe television program Disappeared from ID Discovery, eparisextra.com, egreenvilleextra.com,The Southeast Texas Record, The Hunt County Herald-Banner, Smithsonian Magazine, Texas Monthly, Reuters.com, CoronerTalk.com, nbcdfw.com, Firehouse.com, CharleyProject.org, and the Dallas Morning News were used as sources for this episode.#WhereIsMikeChambers #Quinlan #QuinlanTX #HuntCountyTX #Texas #TX #TexasTrueCrime #TrueCrime #TrueCrimePodcast #Podcast #ColdCase #Unsolved #Missing #MissingPerson #Disappeared #Disappearance #Vanished #UnsolvedMysteries #GoneCold #GoneColdPodcastBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/gone-cold-texas-true-crime--3203003/support.
14 Juni 202145min
The Uncanny Disappearance of Michael Chambers Part 1
In March of 2017, 70-year-old retired Dallas Fire Fighter Michael Glen Chambers was added to a dark list in Hunt County, Texas: a list of unusual and mysterious disappearances. Michael was well-loved and highly respected in the community of Quinlan, not only for his past as a fireman and paramedic but also for his activity in the church and his talent for restoring classic muscle cars. The man had no enemies and the day he was last seen started out as a normal one. The way it ended, however, was anything but normal, and the blood found in Michael’s workshop alluded to possible foul play...or perhaps something else entirely. If you have any information about the disappearance of Michael Glen Chambers, please contact the Hunt County Sheriff’s Office at 903-453-6838.Submit your DNA data from a consumer testing company to Othram’s database, dnasolves.com. It’s only used for law enforcement investigations: https://dnasolves.com/user/register You can support gone cold – texas true crime at https://www.patreon.com/gonecoldpodcast Find us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram by using @gonecoldpodcastThe Hunt County Herald-Banner, nbcdfw.com, firehouse.com, charleyproject.org, and the Dallas Morning News were used as sources for this episode.#WhereIsMikeChambers #Quinlan #QuinlanTX #HuntCountyTX #Texas #TX #TexasTrueCrime #TrueCrime #TrueCrimePodcast #Podcast #ColdCase #Unsolved #Missing #MissingPerson #Disappeared #Disappearance #Vanished #UnsolvedMysteries #GoneCold #GoneColdPodcastBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/gone-cold-texas-true-crime--3203003/support.
31 Maj 202136min
Solving the Murder of Mary Catherine Edwards
Othram Incorporated CEO David Mittelman joins us to tell the story of the January 1995 rape and slaying of 31-year-old elementary school teacher Mary Catherine Edwards. The case went unsolved for 26 years, most of which it remained cold but certainly not forgotten. In April of 2021, thanks to a collaborative effort by the Beaumont Police, the Texas Rangers, authorities in Ohio, and Othram Incorporated, Catherine’s killer was identified, arrested, and charged for her murder. Her killer, Clayton Bernard Foreman, had a prior rape on his record that shared similarities. It seems the likelihood is strong that Foreman, a violent and seemingly unapologetic offender, is responsible for more similar crimes.If you have any information about Mary Catherine Edwards’s case or about her killer, Clayton Bernard Foreman please call the Beaumont Police at 409-832-1234.Submit your DNA data from a consumer testing company to Othram’s database, dnasolves.com. It’s only used for law enforcement investigations: https://dnasolves.com/user/register You can support gone cold – texas true crime at https://www.patreon.com/gonecoldpodcast Find us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram by using @gonecoldpodcastFBI.gov, The Texas Department of Public Safety, The Beaumont Enterprise, and the Houston Chronicle were used as sources for this episode.#JusticeForMaryCatherineEdwards #Beaumont #BeaumontTX #JeffersonCountyTX #Texas #TX #ReynoldsburgOH #Columbus #ColumbusOH #Ohio #TexasTrueCrime #TrueCrime #TrueCrimePodcast #Podcast #GoneCold #GoneColdPodcast #ColdCase #Murder #Solved #DNA #DNAsolves #OthramBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/gone-cold-texas-true-crime--3203003/support.
24 Maj 202142min
Briuna La’Fey Harps: An Innocent Victim of Gang Violence
Gang violence has been a problem in Fort Worth for decades. On May 17th, 2019 gunfire erupted in the parking lot of the Autumn Chase Apartments in Southeast Fort Worth. The drive-by shooting is thought to be gang related and a retaliatory act concerning an almost decade old feud. Two innocent individuals were struck by bullets that day as men fired into the complex – 19-year-old Briuna Harps and her friend. While her friend sustained non-life-threatening injuries, Briuna died at John Peter Smith Hospital about 30 minutes later. Whoever fire the shot that killed Briuna evades justice to this day.If you have any information about the death of Briuna Lafey Harps, please call Trace Investigations at 817-200-4236.The Briuna Lafey Harps Foundation can be found at: https://briunalafeyharpsfoundation.comThe Build a Better Hood Foundation is at: https://www.buildabetterhood.com Submit your DNA data from a consumer testing company to Othram’s database, dnasolves.com. It’s only used for law enforcement investigations: https://dnasolves.com/user/register You can support gone cold – texas true crime at https://www.patreon.com/gonecoldpodcast Find us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram by using @gonecoldpodcastThe Fort Worth Star-Telegram and the Dallas Morning news were used as sources for this episode.#JusticeForBriunaHarps #FortWorth #FortWorthTX #Texas #TX #TexasTrueCrime #TrueCrime #TrueCrimePodcast #Podcast #ColdCase #Unsolved #StopTheViolenceBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/gone-cold-texas-true-crime--3203003/support.
10 Maj 202135min
The Slayings of Janine Johnson & Stephen Taylor in Ferris, Texas
29-year-old Janine Johnson and 39-year-old Stephen Taylor had a good thing going. Their romance had blossomed into a full-blown commitment and Stephen had developed an extremely close friendship and bond with Janine’s 11-year-old son. They lived a quiet and relatively unassuming life in the city of Ferris, Texas – a place that was also quiet, unassuming, and safe. But in March of 2009, Stephen and Janine were slain in one of the most brutal and methodical crimes Ferris had ever seen. The murder scene, in fact, suggested that whoever killed the couple had done it before. The police were stumped and left to wonder if Janine and Stephen were murdered as the result of a case of mistaken identity.Submit your DNA data from a consumer testing company to Othram’s database, dnasolves.com. It’s only used for law enforcement investigations: https://dnasolves.com/user/registerYou can support gone cold – texas true crime at https://www.patreon.com/gonecoldpodcastFind us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram by using @gonecoldpodcastFerrisTexas.gov, The Story of Ferris Texas by Judge Grace C. McKnight, The Waxahachie Daily Light, and the Dallas Morning news were used as sources for this episode.#JusticeForStephenAndJanine #Ferris #FerrisTX #Dallas #Texas #TX #TexasTrueCrime #TrueCrime #TrueCrimePodcast #Podcast #ColdCase #Unsolved #Murder #UnsolvedMurder #DoubleMurder #UnsolvedMystery #UnsolvedMysteriesBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/gone-cold-texas-true-crime--3203003/support.
3 Maj 202133min
When the Devil Came to Gilmer: The Disappearance of Kelly Dae Wilson Part 3
On the night of Sunday, January 5th, 1992 in the small town of Gilmer, Texas 17-year-old Kelly Dae Wilson vanished without a trace. Though a special prosecutor who came to Gilmer with a gleam of glory in his eye tried to tie several individuals to Kelly’s abduction, imprisonment, rape, and slaying – including the man who’d been working nonstop to find answers, Gilmer Police Sergeant James York Brown – his attempts at creating a Satanic scandal ultimately failed. But Lyford’s witch hunt did succeed at one thing: hindering the real investigation into what happened to Kelly. There were three decent suspects who, had it not been for Satanic Panic, each might have proven to be responsible for at least had knowledge. Part 3 of 3.Submit your DNA data from a consumer testing company to Othram’s database, dnasolves.com. It’s only used for law enforcement investigations: https://dnasolves.com/user/registerYou can support gone cold – texas true crime at https://www.patreon.com/gonecoldpodcastFind us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram by using @gonecoldpodcastLawInsider.com, Brent Lee Ward Appeal Documents, The Gilmer Mirror, The Dallas Morning News, KETK.com, The Chicago Tribune, The Tyler Courier-Times, The Longview News Journal, and Medium.com were used as sources for this episode.#KellyDaeWilson #WhereIsKellyDaeWilson #JusticeForKellyDaeWilson #Gilmer #GilmerTX #UpshurCountyTX #Texas #TX #TexasTrueCrime #TrueCrime #TrueCrimePodcast #Podcast #ColdCase #Unsolved #Murder #UnsolvedMurder #UnsolvedMystery #UnsolvedMysteries #MissingPerson #Missing #Disappearance #SatanicPanicBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/gone-cold-texas-true-crime--3203003/support.
29 Apr 202133min
