S03E01: THE MURDERS OF KYLEN SCHULTE & CRYSTAL TURNER
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03/16/22 • 78 min
In our season 3 premiere, we invite Jia Wertz back to the show to discuss a case covered in her new podcast series, "Speaking Of Crime".
Kylen Schulte and Crystal Turner were a married couple who were murdered near Moab, Utah in August 2021. The women were last seen shortly after midnight on August 14 after a night out with friends. A few days later, a family friend went looking for them and found them dead at their campsite with multiple gunshot wounds. Sadly, the women mentioned to their friends that there was a "creepy guy" lingering near their campsite in the few days prior, so this logically seems like the first person of interest. But who is this "creepy guy?"
Kylen's father Sean-Paul sprung into action in the early days of the investigation and was able to create a list of 17 people who could be considered suspects, and he even found a set of keys near the crime scene. All these leads have been turned over to law enforcement, who have given the family nothing in return about where these leads have taken the investigation.
We speak with Jia in-depth about this unsolved case as well as its connection to the biggest true crime case in recent decades: the murder of Gabby Petito.
Preview music (pre-credits) by LiteSaturation from Pixabay.
FIND US ON SOCIAL MEDIA:
Instagram: @crimefamilypodcastTwitter: @crimefamilypod1Facebook: Crime Family PodcastEmail: [email protected]
Listen to "Speaking of Crime" wherever you get your podcasts and follow them @CrimeSpeaking on Twitter, and @speakingofcrime on Instagram to learn even more about this case!
EPISODE RESOURCES:
Suspects in the Case (People Magazine): https://people.com/crime/persons-of-interest-in-moab-double-murder-newlyweds-crystal-turned-kylen-schulte/
Local P.I. Joins Investigation:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cVgDqAobW4
"Tower Dump" could reveal new details in Utah double homicide:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYkQA7wAQhU
In our season 3 premiere, we invite Jia Wertz back to the show to discuss a case covered in her new podcast series, "Speaking Of Crime".
Kylen Schulte and Crystal Turner were a married couple who were murdered near Moab, Utah in August 2021. The women were last seen shortly after midnight on August 14 after a night out with friends. A few days later, a family friend went looking for them and found them dead at their campsite with multiple gunshot wounds. Sadly, the women mentioned to their friends that there was a "creepy guy" lingering near their campsite in the few days prior, so this logically seems like the first person of interest. But who is this "creepy guy?"
Kylen's father Sean-Paul sprung into action in the early days of the investigation and was able to create a list of 17 people who could be considered suspects, and he even found a set of keys near the crime scene. All these leads have been turned over to law enforcement, who have given the family nothing in return about where these leads have taken the investigation.
We speak with Jia in-depth about this unsolved case as well as its connection to the biggest true crime case in recent decades: the murder of Gabby Petito.
Preview music (pre-credits) by LiteSaturation from Pixabay.
FIND US ON SOCIAL MEDIA:
Instagram: @crimefamilypodcastTwitter: @crimefamilypod1Facebook: Crime Family PodcastEmail: [email protected]
Listen to "Speaking of Crime" wherever you get your podcasts and follow them @CrimeSpeaking on Twitter, and @speakingofcrime on Instagram to learn even more about this case!
EPISODE RESOURCES:
Suspects in the Case (People Magazine): https://people.com/crime/persons-of-interest-in-moab-double-murder-newlyweds-crystal-turned-kylen-schulte/
Local P.I. Joins Investigation:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cVgDqAobW4
"Tower Dump" could reveal new details in Utah double homicide:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYkQA7wAQhU
Previous Episode
S02E20: THE MADELEINE MCCANN CASE (PART II)
In part 2 of our season finale, our discussion about the high-profile Madeleine McCann case continues!
In this episode, we discuss the various strange occurrences that took place in the days immediately preceding and following Madeleine's abduction. This includes a suspicious non-profit orphanage scam that almost had devastating consequences for one mother and her daughter, a strange woman mysteriously looking for someone to deliver her new daughter to her, and multiple reports of strange men lurking around the apartment complex in the days leading up to the kidnapping. Plus, we discuss the shocking revelations related to a man named Christian Brueckner- a sexual predator with a sordid past and strong ties to Maddie's disappearance.
Our discussion and dissection of one of the world's most high-profile missing person's cases is one you don't want to miss!
FIND US ON SOCIAL MEDIA:
Instagram: @crimefamilypodcastTwitter: @crimefamilypod1Facebook: Crime Family PodcastEmail: [email protected]
EPISODE RESOURCES:
The Disappearance of Madeleine McCann (Netflix Docuseries)60 Minutes Australia (Maddie and the Monster):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pvqu9Wd388cNew York Times (Madeleine McCann Archive):
https://www.nytimes.com/topic/person/madeleine-mccann
Next Episode
S03E02: THE SOCIAL MEDIA MURDERS
The use of modern technology has both positive and negatives. This week, we discuss two cases that expose the dark side of social media- platforms that allowed monsters to enact their murderous desires.
First, Katie tells the story of Jenae Gagnier, better known to her millions of followers as Mercedes Morr- who rose to social media fame due to her provocative posts. In late August 2021, everything changed for her when one "fan" decided to take it much too far and go to her home with murder on his mind.
Then, AJ tells the story of the senseless murder of 74-year-old Robert Godwin, who was gunned down on the streets of Cleveland in April 2017 at the hands of Steve Stephens, also known as "The Facebook Killer". After a breakup with a long-term girlfriend, Steve snaps and decides to take the life of a random stranger on the street and post a video of the murder on Facebook for the world to see.
Music (pre-theme) by LiteSaturation on Pixabay.
EPISODE RESOURCES:
"Houston Instagram model Janae Gagnier's dad describes finding bodies of his daughter and her killer":
https://abc13.com/miss-mercedes-morr-death-instagram-model-died-jenae-gagnier-kevin-alexander-accorto/10991001/
Big Girls Panties Podcast: BGP-Episode 38 -The Jenae Gagnier aka Mercedes Morr Story:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gugY5OC0XN0&t=1246s
"Florida Man Killed Texas Instagram Influencer, Then Himself, Police Say":
https://dfw.cbslocal.com/2021/09/01/florida-man-killed-texas-instagram-influencer-jenae-gagnier-police/
"Social Media Is Fostering A Big Rise In Real-World Stalking":
https://www.forbes.com/sites/simonchandler/2019/10/11/social-media-proves-itself-to-be-the-perfect-tool-for-stalkers/?sh=3d412b583d79
Government of Canada: Cyberbullying can be against the law:
https://www.canada.ca/en/public-safety-canada/campaigns/cyberbullying/cyberbullying-against-law.html
Government of Canada: Info Sheet: Cyberbullying
https://www.publicsafety.gc.ca/cnt/rsrcs/pblctns/2015-r038/index-en.aspx
Statistics Canada: Women and men who experienced cyberstalking in Canada
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/75-006-x/2018001/article/54973-eng.htmSteve Stephens Facebook Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTuT50JY8B0'TODAY' News Clip ("Facebook Killer")
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLPW3w0WyBk&t"Hunt For Facebook Killer Ends With McDonald's Sighting" (New York Times):
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/18/us/facebook-killer-suicide-erie.html
Crime Family - S03E01: THE MURDERS OF KYLEN SCHULTE & CRYSTAL TURNER
Transcript
AJ: [00:00:00] Coming up on this episode of Crime Family, we will be covering another homicide investigation that took place in the shadows of Gabby Petito.
Jia: Sometime before they went missing a night or two before, we don't know when, they were sleeping in their hammock outside of their tent, and it's obviously pitch black and it's nighttime, and he came and like kind of rummaged through their camp area and he didn't realize that they were
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