Episode 76: Shelton John Sanders

03/28/21 • 66 min

On June 19, 2001, a 25-year-old man named Shelton Sanders was weeks away from his college graduation at the University of South Carolina. He also worked at the university’s medical school.
On the night of June 19th, Shelton was planning on booking a hotel room for a friend’s bachelor party. But Shelton didn’t want to go alone. He wanted a friend to go with him.
Another friend named Mark Richardson agreed to ride with Shelton. The two set out that evening to find a hotel room for their friend’s bachelor party.
The plan was to pick out several rooms and then let the friends decide which room they wanted. However, no one seems to know what happened to Shelton on that evening. The next morning, Shelton’s mother Peggy received a call from his employer. He failed to show up for work and never made it home on June 20, 2001 as expected.
His family immediately knew something was wrong. Mark always let his family know about his whereabouts. He would also never miss work. He had also borrowed his brother’s car, which was also missing. The family filed a missing persons report after the required 48 hour wait.
The family contacted Mark Richardson who seemed aloof. He said Shelton brought him home and then left. Shelton’s family didn’t believe Richardson. They suspected he was somehow involved in Shelton’s disappearance.
If you know anything about Shelton’t death, please contact the tip line at 803-427-4209, or send an email to [email protected] or call the Richland Sheriff’s department at (803) 576-3000. You can also visit the Finding Shelton Sanders FB page for more information about this case. I will also include this information in the podcast story notes.
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Episode 75: Michael Gregory Walters

Michael Gregory Walters was 15-years-old. His friends and family called him Mikey. He would be murdered in his Indianapolis home. He was fatally shot in the head on June 25, 2019 and would die the next day.
Michael had his friends, loved music and had aspirations to one day become a successful musician. For unknown reasons, Michael didn’t expect to live a long life. He had told his mother he had concerns that his life might be in danger. But when pressed for answers, he didn’t give his mother any answers.
On June 25, 2019, Michael and a friend who used to live in the neighborhood were playing a video game in Michael’s room. An unknown person would shoot into Michael’s room. Michael was shot in the head. He was rushed to the hospital, but didn’t survive. He died the next day on June 26, 2019. Witnesses saw 4 people near Michael’s house when he was killed. The family and law enforcement know several people know what happened to Michael, but no one is talking.
For this episode, I spoke to Jessica Monday, who is Michael’s mother and I also spoke to Mary McCambridge (Mary Mac), a Grief and Bereavement Specialist, who also lost a child to homicide.
Mary is a Grief and Bereavement Specialist, Executive Coach, Speaker and Award-Winning Author of several works in her field including her signature book Understanding Your Grieving Heart After a Loved One’s Death.
She is the host of a podcast called The Mary Mac Show | Grieving After a Loved One's Death which can be found wherever you get your favorite podcasts. For more information about her, please visit www.MaryMac.info
And if you would like additional information about Michael, please visit his FB page at Justice for Michael Gregory Walters II MikeysWorld Forever15
Do you have any information about this homicide? His family is pleading for your help. There are people out there who know who killed Michael. What if he were your son or brother? Wouldn’t you want answers? If you know anything about Michael’s death, please contact the Crimestoppers tipline at 317-262-TIPS (8477).

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Episode 77: The Moody Massacre

On May 29, 2005, a young man named Scott Moody was preparing to graduate from Riverside high school. Scott lived in Bellfontaine, Ohio with his mother Sheri and sister Stacy.
However, on the day of graduation, authorities received a 911 call and arrived at Scott Moody’s home. What authorities would discover was horrific. They found the bodies of Scott Moody, his mother Sheri, and 14-year-old Paige Harshbarger and 19-year-old Megan Karus who were Scott’s friends. Authorities would also find the bodies of Scott’s maternal grandparents Gary and Sheryl Shafer. The Shafers lived in a separate residence near their grandchildren and daughter.
Someone had also shot Scott’s sister Stacy. She would be the only survivor. In 2 hours, the Logan County Sheriff’s department ruled the case a murder suicide and that Scott had killed his family before killing himself with a .22 caliber rifle.
But there was a problem. When Stacy recovered enough to speak, she was asked who shot her. She said that she was shot by a gray haired man wearing a blue shirt. The police would dismiss her statement and tell her Scott was the shooter. Although Stacy and several witnesses saw a middle aged gray haired man, the Logan Sheriff’s department has always dismissed this person as the shooter.
For this episode, I spoke to attorney and author Rob St. Clair who wrote the book titled Saving Stacy. Rob represented Scott’s father and also got to know the family well. He has spent many hours researching this case, studying court documentation and the sheriff’s documentation about the case. In his book, Saving Stacy, Rob provides many details unknown to the public about this case.
To order a copy of Saving Stacy, visit Amazon.com. And if you would like to know more about this case, please visit the Rob St. Clair author FB page at https://www.facebook.com/MoodyMassacre.
Please also visit my website for more information about my true crime and paranormal newspaper columns at www.themarcabe.com. You can also help support my podcast by making a Paypal donation to [email protected] at https://bit.ly/39iw6iz. If you would like to contact me about this podcast, please email me at [email protected].