Voices for Justice
Voices for Justice is a true crime podcast hosted by Sarah Turney, sister of missing teen Alissa Turney. Every episode ends with a call to action. Don't just listen to their stories; be a voice for them.
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- StandardSummaries onlyMelodee Buzzard Part 2
Published Nov 7, 2025
9-year-old Melodee Buzzard was last seen in Colorado, near the Utah border, on October 9th, 2025. She has brown curly hair, brown eyes, is approximately 4’6” tall, and weighs between 60 and 100lbs. Her mother, Ashlee Buzzard, was driving a rented 2024 white Chevy Malibu. The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office has confirmed that she drove with at least two different license plates, a California plate issued by the rental car company, 9MNG101, as well as a New York license plate HCG9677. They b
- StandardSummaries onlyApril Dawn Lacy
Published Oct 31, 2025
This week, we delve into the tragic and complex story of 14-year-old April Dawn Lacy, a victim whose identity remained a mystery for over two years. Found discarded on a pile of brush and scrap lumber in a Wise County cow pasture in 1996, she was initially known only as "Brush Girl". Anyone with information is asked to call the Wise County Sheriff’s Office at 940-627-5971. For more information about the podcast and the cases discussed, visit VoicesforJusticePodcast.com Don't forget to follow me
- StandardSummaries onlyMelodee Buzzard
Published Oct 24, 2025
Authorities estimate that 9-year-old Melodee Buzzard has been missing from Vandenberg Village, California, since October 7, 2025. She was last seen with her mother, Ashlee Buzzard, when she was driving a rented white Chevy Malibu, license plate number 9MNG101, from California to Nebraska between October 7th, 2025, and October 14th, 2025. She is no longer in possession of that vehicle, but investigators have asked the public to report any information they may have about Ashlee, Melodee, or the ve
- StandardSummaries onlyIntroducing: CONSPIRACY THEORIES, CULTS, AND CRIMES
Published Oct 20, 2025
From Jonestown to Heaven’s Gate, to the Octopus Murders and the Waco Siege, the world is full of deception, manipulation, and destruction. Listen to Conspiracy Theories, Cults, and Crimes every Wednesday as we explore the real people at the center of the world’s most shocking secrets and nefarious organizations. Conspiracy Theories, Cults, and Crimes is a Crime House original powered by PAVE Studios. Follow the show now so you don’t miss a single story. Listen Now: https://link.podtrac.com/ayotq
- StandardSummaries onlyRelisha Rudd Re-release
Published Oct 16, 2025
Relisha was only 8 years old when she went missing from Washington, DC in 2014. Unfortunately, by the time she was reported missing, her family hadn’t seen her in 18 days. Relisha has never been found. This episode originally aired on June 17th, 2021. For more information about the podcast and the cases discussed, visit VoicesforJusticePodcast.com Don't forget to follow me on social media under Voices for Justice Podcast & SarahETurney Join the Patreon family to get instant access to a library o
- StandardSummaries onlyEvelyn Hartley
Published Oct 9, 2025
How much of what we watch in true crime entertainment is actually true? And what happens when a story is rewritten for the screen, replacing a family's painful, decades-long mystery with a neat, tidy, and conclusive fictional story? The new season of Netflix's Monster is a global phenomenon. But in its telling of the Ed Gein story, it presents a young woman named Evelyn Hartley as one of his confirmed victims. It's a gripping narrative. There's just one problem. According to the official investi
- StandardSummaries onlySolved: The Yogurt Shop Murders
Published Oct 2, 2025
In Austin, Texas, in 1991, the city was on the verge of becoming the place we know today, a tech hub, a cultural destination. But back then, it was still a big town that felt small, a place that believed itself safe from the kind of darkness that haunted bigger cities. At the Hillside strip mall on West Anderson Lane, there was a little shop called "I Can't Believe It's Yogurt!" It was a symbol of that every day American life… a place for after-school treats, first dates, and a first job. A plac
- StandardSummaries onlyFrom Revisionist History: The Alabama Murders
Published Oct 2, 2025
From Revisionist HistoryWe're sharing a preview of a new podcast we think you'll enjoy. It's from the new season of Malcolm Gladwell's Revisionist History podcast, The Alabama Murders. Florence, Alabama. 1988. A preacher has an affair. A woman is murdered. One death cascades into more, stretching across decades and leaving no one untouched — victims, bystanders, perpetrators, and those just trying to help. Eventually, the consequences lead to the center of a hot national debate on who should be allowed to live, who sho
- StandardSummaries onlyUpdate: Yogurt Shop Murders
Published Sep 27, 2025
There’s been an update in the case of 13-year-old Amy Ayers, 17-year-old Eliza Thomas, and sisters 15-year-old Sarah Harbison and 17-year-old Jennifer Harbison. Whose collective murders are most often referred to as the Yogurt Shop Murders after they were all killed at the I Can’t Believe It’s Yogurt Shop in Austin, Texas, on December 6, 1991. On September 26th, 2025, the news broke that officials had identified the or possibly one of the perpetrators as Robert Eugene Brashers. For more informat
- StandardSummaries onlyAmber Hoopes
Published Sep 26, 2025
On September 14, 2001, 20-year-old Amber Shawnell Hoopes vanished from her grandparents' Idaho Falls home. Amber was last seen reading a magazine and watching TV around 10:35 p.m., but by 1:00 a.m., she was gone. Her family quickly suspected foul play. Suspicion immediately focused on Keith "Mark" Hescock, a disgruntled former employee of Amber's grandfather. Amber is white, about 5’5”, with brown hair and brown eyes, and weighed approximately 140 pounds when she disappeared. She also has vitili
- StandardSummaries onlyThe Dardeen Family
Published Sep 19, 2025
In November 1987, Keith Dardeen grew uneasy after a string of 15 homicides near his home in Ina, Illinois, and began planning to move his family to safety. Just days later, tragedy struck; Keith, his wife Elaine, and two children were brutally murdered. Years later, suspected serial killer Tommy Sells claimed responsibility, yet nearly four decades on, the case remains officially unsolved. Anyone with information is asked to call the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office at 618-244-8004. For more in
- StandardSummaries onlyIntroducing: CRIME HOUSE DAILY
Published Sep 15, 2025
Crime doesn’t take a day off. And neither does Crime House Daily. Hosted by self-defense instructor and advocate for victims, Katie Ring, Crime House Daily is coming to you twice every weekday, covering the biggest crime stories as they unfold. Morning episodes give you the need-to-know. The latest headlines, breaking developments, and where things are going next. Evening episodes go deeper. Into the people, the evidence, and the moments that matter most. The pursuit of justice never stops. And
- StandardSummaries onlyUpdate: Blake Chappell
Published Sep 12, 2025
17-year-old Blake Chappell went missing in October 2011 after attending his homecoming dance. His body was found in a nearby creek two months later. The autopsy confirmed Blake died from a gunshot wound to the head and his death was ruled a homicide. Officials believe he was only in the water for about a week, leaving his whereabouts unknown for weeks. On September 12, 2025, Scotty Elliot Smith was arrested for Blake's murder. If you have any information about the disappearance or death of Blake
- StandardSummaries onlySusan Poupart
Published Sep 12, 2025
In the early morning hours of May 20th, 1990, 29-year-old mother of two, Susan Poupart, went to a party, was seen getting into a car with some men in Lac du Flambeau, and was never seen alive again. This case has defied resolution for 35 years. It has also cast a profound, enduring shadow over a family and entire community in Northern Wisconsin. Anyone with information is asked to call the Vilas County Sheriff’s Office at 715-479-4441. You can also submit a tip anonymously via the Vilas County S
- StandardSummaries onlyShirley and Russell Dermond
Published Sep 5, 2025
In a quiet, gated community in Georgia, Russell and Shirley Dermond seemed to embody the perfect picture of retirement—an 88-year-old World War II veteran and his 87-year-old wife, spending their golden years on the serene shores of Lake Oconee. But in May of 2014, that tranquility was shattered. Russell was found brutally murdered in his garage, decapitated. His head was missing from the scene, and Shirley? She had vanished without a trace. Anyone with information is asked to call the FBI's Atl
- StandardSummaries onlyDeOrr Kunz Jr. Part 2
Published Aug 28, 2025
In July of 2015, two-year-old DeOrr Kunz Jr. vanished without a trace during a family camping trip in Idaho. For years, this case has been shrouded in mystery, swirling with unanswered questions, shifting theories, and heartbreaking dead ends, but now, over a decade later, new information has come to light. DeOrr Kunz Jr. was last seen on July 10th, 2015, near Leadore, Idaho, in Lemhi County. He has hazel eyes and, at that time, blonde hair. He was approximately 3 feet tall and weighed about 30l
- StandardSummaries onlyDeOrr Kunz Jr. Part 1
Published Aug 22, 2025
In July of 2015, two-year-old DeOrr Kunz Jr. vanished without a trace during a family camping trip in Idaho. For years, this case has been shrouded in mystery, swirling with unanswered questions, shifting theories, and heartbreaking dead ends, but now, over a decade later, new information has come to light. DeOrr Kunz Jr. was last seen on July 10th, 2015, near Leadore, Idaho, in Lemhi County. He has hazel eyes and, at that time, blonde hair. He was approximately 3 feet tall and weighed about 30l
- StandardSummaries onlyRachel Mellon-Skemp
Published Aug 15, 2025
In 1996, 13-year-old Rachel Marie Mellon-Skemp stayed home sick from school. By the end of the day, she, along with a blanket and two pillows from her bed, had vanished into the freezing Illinois winter. There were no witnesses and no trail leading to where Rachel may have gone, and the only story we have comes from the last person to see her alive. Rachel Marie Mellon-Skemp was last seen on January 31st, 1996, in Bolingbrook, Illinois. She is Asian and White with black hair and hazel eyes. At t
- StandardSummaries onlyYogurt Shop Murders Part 1- Re-release
Published Aug 11, 2025
This episode originally aired in 2021. Today I am covering a case from 1991 that absolutely shook Austin, Texas, to its core when Sergeant John Jones got the call that the I Can't Believe it’s Yogurt shop was on fire and soon discovered the bodies of 4 teenage girls inside. Their cases were collectively coined the yogurt shop murders, and it’s one of the most notorious and puzzling cases from Austin to this day. Follow us on social media: Twitter: @VFJPod Instagram: @VoicesforJust
- StandardSummaries onlyYogurt Shop Murders Part 2- Re-release
Published Aug 11, 2025
This episode originally aired in 2021. Today I am covering a case from 1991 that absolutely shook Austin, Texas, to its core when Sergeant John Jones got the call that the I Can't Believe it’s Yogurt shop was on fire and soon discovered the bodies of 4 teenage girls inside. Their cases were collectively coined the yogurt shop murders, and it’s one of the most notorious and puzzling cases from Austin to this day. Follow us on social media: Twitter: @VFJPod Instagram: @VoicesforJ
- StandardSummaries onlyYogurt Shop Murders Part 3- Re-release
Published Aug 11, 2025
This episode originally aired in 2021. Today I am covering a case from 1991 that absolutely shook Austin, Texas, to its core when Sergeant John Jones got the call that the I Can't Believe it’s Yogurt shop was on fire and soon discovered the bodies of 4 teenage girls inside. Their cases were collectively coined the yogurt shop murders, and it’s one of the most notorious and puzzling cases from Austin to this day. Follow us on social media: Twitter: @VFJPod Instagram: @VoicesforJ
- StandardSummaries onlyRosemary Brown and Melissa Trussell
Published Aug 7, 2025
On Saturday, May 13, 2000, in Adelaide, South Australia, a mother and her teenage daughter were last seen leaving their home at 2:30 a.m. We don’t know why or what happened to them after that. What we do know is that one of them was murdered, and the other remains missing to this day. But thanks to a recent discovery just a few weeks before recording this episode, rewards totaling over a million dollars and new technology, investigators are more hopeful than ever that this case can and will be s
- StandardSummaries onlySky Metalwala
Published Aug 1, 2025
On a cold morning in 2011, Julia Biryukova pulled her car to the side of the road, claiming it ran out of gas. She says she left her 2-year-old son, Sky, asleep in the vehicle while she took her 4-year-old daughter to get help. When she returned, Sky was gone. What followed was a case that has continued to stun the local community and, really, the nation for nearly 15 years. 2-year-old Sky Metalwala was reported missing from Bellevue, Washington, on November 6, 2011. At that time, he was 2’10” t
- StandardSummaries onlyJohn Cornelius McGhee
Published Jul 24, 2025
This episode originally aired in December 2024. John Cornelius, or J.C. McGhee, was shot and killed in his home in Bridgeport, Ohio, on July 11, 2002. His daughter, Madison, has been searching for answers by any means possible, collecting records, conducting interviews, and creating her own podcast, Ice Cold Case, to raise awareness and get justice for her father. Anyone with information about the murder of J.C. McGhee is urged to contact the Belmont County Sheriff’s Office at 740-695-5124. For
- StandardSummaries onlyHeidi Planck
Published Jul 18, 2025
On October 17, 2021, 39-year-old Heidi Planck left her son’s football game at halftime and was never seen by her family again. What followed was a trail of bizarre clues, security video from outside a swanky high-rise apartment building in downtown LA, a missing dog found wandering alone, and a company tied to a massive financial scandal. But at the heart of it all is a woman, a mother, who still needs to be found. Anyone with information on the whereabouts of Heidi Planck is urged to contact th