Infraction: A True Crime Podcast

Elisa Frank, Kimberley Frank and Samantha Sykes had been best friends since school and had stayed best friends despite the challenges life threw at them. In 2007, Kimberley and Elisa were taken from their home and placed into the care system and for the first time in their lives, the three friends were split up. In a care home in Wakefield, Yorkshire, Elisa met a man named Ahmad Otak. This meeting changed the course of all three girls’ lives forever.

This episode discusses domestic abuse and mentions sexual exploitation of children, listener discretion is advised. *

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She Is Not Your Rehab: https://www.sheisnotyourrehab.com/about

Ask For ANI: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/pharmacies-launch-codeword-scheme-to-offer-lifeline-to-domestic-abuse-victims

Elisa Frank's Book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Borderline-Diaries-Elisa-Frank/dp/1910027014#:~:text=The%20Borderline%20Diaries%20Paperback%20%E2%80%93%2014,2015&text=Elisa%20Frank's%20sister%20and%20best,own%20life%20sentence%20of%20grief.

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Our theme music is the work of the very talented Joseph McDade.

Sources used in this episode:

Britain’s Darkest Taboos: My Boyfriend Murdered My Sister and Best Friend and Made Me Watch - Season 4 Episode 4

Judge’s Sentencing Report: https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/JCO/Documents/Judgments/ahmad-otak-sentencing-remarks-091112.pdf

https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/local-news/mum-whose-courageous-kind-daughter-19343725

https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/crime/missed-chances-stop-wakefield-asylum-seeker-who-murdered-twice-1862208

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-20271840

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-22884672

https://www.samanthasykesfoundation.com/

https://www.samanthasykesfoundation.com/fears-over-cse-and-care-in-wakefield/

https://www.wakefield.gov.uk/Pages/PageNotFound.aspx?requestUrl=https://www.wakefield.gov.uk/Documents/schools-children/safeguarding/serious-case-review-chirstine.pdf

https://closeronline.co.uk/real-life/news/baby-healing-pain-seeing-sister-friend-murdered-ex/

To everyone around them, Charlie and Teri Brandt had the perfect marriage and the perfect life. That was until September 13th 2004, when they were both found dead in the home that belonged to their niece, Michelle. Michelle was also found dead and her body had been brutally mutilated. This episode explores a gruesome murder that uncovered a dark family secret and takes a deep dive into the psychology behind this murderer.

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Our music is the work of the very talented Joseph McDade.

Sources used for this episode:

https://murderpedia.org/male.B/b/brandt-carl.htm

https://allthatsinteresting.com/charlie-brandt

Angela Brandt Police Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=291&v=VpqxkRWIIbI&feature=emb_logo

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Brandt

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/deadly-obsession/

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9485606/teresa-marie-brandt

http://web.archive.org/web/20070331102326/http://jordan.fortwayne.com/jgweb/specials/thedarknessincharlie/chap2.htm

https://www.facebook.com/289904131118255/posts/the-medical-chart-of-the-female-anatomy-found-hanging-in-the-bedroom-of-the-bran/811029805672349/

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/63943483/ilsa-luise-brandt

https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/3s76v0/the_hidden_life_of_charlie_brandt/

https://wickedwe.com/carl-brandt/

Breck Bednar was just an ordinary 14 year old boy who spent time with his family, went to church on Sundays and excelled at school. Then, he met a boy online called Lewis who changed everything.

This episode follows Breck’s story and how Lorin and Barry Bednar’s lives were forever changed in February 2014. We also discuss the very real dangers of meeting people in real life, who you’ve only spoken to online.

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Thank you so much for listening to this episode of Infraction, we value your support more than you know! If you liked what you heard, please consider giving us a review on Apple Podcasts to help us reach more people and please tell your friends! We are on Instagram @infraction.thepod.

If you want to support our show and get bonus content, you can do so at www.patreon.com/infractionthepod thank you!

If you have a case you want us to cover, please submit your suggestions here: https://forms.gle/8RL9wSbu6DZeBa5D8

Our theme music is the work of the very talented Joseph McDade.

Sources used in this episode:

Breck’s Last Game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZIYSCE-ZjY&t=197s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76xyOl-t4CM

https://www.talkmurderwithme.com/blog/2020/6/3/breck-bednar

Full 999 call: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zh9zS21wi8

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-47283872

https://www.surrey.police.uk/police-forces/surrey-police/areas/campaigns/campaigns/2018/brecks-last-game-film/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3p18PdpnivQ

https://www.prweek.com/article/1674419/case-study-brecks-last-game-film-goes-viral

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-30776738

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-essex-45576031

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Breck_Bednar

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-30786021

https://www.prweek.com/article/1674419/case-study-brecks-last-game-film-goes-viral

On Wednesday 19th August 1992 in New South Wales, Australia, Ebony Simpson got off her school bus right by her house and was brutally murdered. Her killer inserted himself into the search for the missing 9-year-old, before he was eventually caught by the police. This episode explores this heinous crime and looks at the way Ebony’s family worked to overcome their grief, by helping other victims through their own awful situations.

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Thank you so much for listening to this episode of Infraction, we value your support more than you know! If you liked what you heard, please tell your friends! We are on Instagram @infraction.thepod.

If you have a case you want us to cover, please submit your suggestions here: https://forms.gle/8RL9wSbu6DZeBa5D8

Our theme music is the work of the very talented Joseph McDade.

Sources used for this episode:

‘Crimes That Shook Australia’: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVjj2wo1BUg

https://murderpedia.org/male.G/g/garforth-andrew.htm

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/127511836

Book: The History of Australian True Crime By Nigel Cawthorne

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/33283700/felicia-marie-wilson

https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/news-life/how-many-of-perths-missing-and-murdered-women-fell-prey-to-serial-killers/news-story/0c2ef54e364745c7c0582b4e60685a91#:~:text=Serial%20killers%20David%20and%20Catherine,Brown%2C%2021%20and%20Susannah%20Candy.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3159408/He-shown-no-mercy-just-like-daughter-Mother-s-agony-man-raped-little-Ebony-9-tossed-dam-given-cushy-privileges-bars.html

https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/ebony-simpsons-murder-remembered-25-years-on-20170817-gxygy6.html

https://www.abc.net.au/news/programs/the-link/2017-05-05/unlikely-friendship-formed-after-infamous-murder/8502388?nw=0

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/mar/20/anita-cobby-everyone-in-the-car-that-dreadful-night-had-a-passport-to-doom

https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/inner-west/book-delves-into-deep-pain-and-healing/news-story/bb00d6cb82628c81db225cdd90d047b7

Skylar Peterson Tosic was just 20 years old when he up and left his family home in Escondido in California on the 30th of August 2015. Apart from a few cryptic text messages he sent to his mother on the day he disappeared, nobody has seen or heard from him since. This episode explores how Skylar’s behaviour changed in the lead up to his disappearance and questions what might have happened to him. We also discuss the similarities and differences between Skylar’s case and the case of Bear Diaz.

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Thank you so much for listening to this episode of Infraction, we value your support more than you know! If you liked what you heard, please consider giving us a review on Apple Podcasts to help us reach more people and please tell your friends! We are on Instagram @infraction.thepod.

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Our theme music is the work of the very talented Joseph McDade.

Sources used in this episode:

Skylar’s Blog: http://selfrealizationblog.blogspot.com/p/2.html

https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/cold-case-spotlight/despite-zero-leads-skylar-peterson-tosic-s-mom-keeps-searching-n795226

https://www.ukelikethepros.com/blog/The-Passing-of-Ukulele-Ray

https://thecoastnews.com/grieving-mom-copes-with-anniversary-of-sons-disappearance/

https://www.websleuths.com/forums/threads/ca-elijah-bear-diaz-20-el-cajon-29-aug-2015.289862/page-7

https://www.denverpost.com/2009/07/23/rainbow-family-members-arrested-for-camping-atop-boulder-library/

https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/akuwdo/skylar_peterson_tosis_missing/

https://www.escondidograpevine.com/2019/02/11/missing-student-skylar-tosic-still-unfound/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow_Family

https://www.ukelikethepros.com/blog/The-Passing-of-Ukulele-Ray

https://thecoastnews.com/grieving-mom-copes-with-anniversary-of-sons-disappearance/