True Crime Cases

5-year-old Summer Wells disappeared from her family's home in rural east Tennesee almost one month ago on June 15th. Was she abducted by a total stranger or was it someone much closer to home? I'll be sharing everything I know about the case and going over a few of the theories floating around in this episode. 

If you or someone you know has seen Summer Wells or has any information about her disappearance, please contact the TBI at 1-800-TBI-FIND or email them at [email protected]

Sources for this episode: 

https://www.wrcbtv.com/story/44287538/hawkins-county-sheriff-no-persons-of-interest-in-summer-wells-disappearance

https://www.crimeonline.com/2021/07/13/theres-a-good-chance-shes-already-dead-hear-new-interview-with-missing-summer-wells-father-don-wells/?fbclid=IwAR3pdYb7WmXNZ2RQBBR-kCElTgU_bXbC3ENrIkBXoHCUz9iW6ad0tTvX8ME

https://www.crimeonline.com/2021/06/16/amber-alert-questions-surround-disappearance-of-5-year-old-girl-last-seen-walking-away-from-her-home/

https://www.wate.com/news/top-stories/tn-amber-alert-search-continues-for-5-year-old-summer-wells/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hspftymVltU&t=430s

https://www.foxnews.com/us/missing-tennessee-girl-summer-wells-parents-both-have-criminal-records

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqeo4w3iUwM

https://www.crimeonline.com/?s=Summer+Wells

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkpbsNnou8I

https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/summer-wells-tn/summer-wells-not-first-to-go-missing-in-her-family-wisconsin-authorities-offer-sympathies/

https://www.timesnews.net/news/crime/tips-and-reward-fund-grow-for-missing-summer-wells/article_3e2fa148-dab3-11eb-bf0d-4f12066224ef.html

5-year-old Samuel Olson was reported missing earlier this year on May 27th. Within days law enforcement would find his body, but Samuel had been dead for weeks. What really happened to this little boy? Included are a few small updates on cases that I have previously covered at the very end of this episode including Suzanne Morphew, Summer Wells, and Orrin and Orson West’s cases. 

Sources for this episode:  https://www.khou.com/article/news/crime/samuel-olson-update-theresa-balboa-capital-murder-case/285-57fd7cbf-712a-4b0f-83a5-fe3c235f553b https://abc13.com/samuel-olson-theresa-balboa-capital-murder-charge-dalton-sarah/10874177/ https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2021/06/02/mug-shot-theresa-balboa-woman-jailed-in-samuel-olson-case-seen-for-the-first-time/ https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2021/06/02/timeline-6-year-old-samuel-olsons-case/ https://www.fox26houston.com/news/affidavit-reveals-6-year-old-samuel-olsons-decomposed-body-was-carried-around-for-weeks https://www.khou.com/article/news/crime/samuel-olson-case-update-theresa-balboa-charged-with-capital-murder/285-26434a15-1a18-48f6-91d1-62d9e5945661 https://www.khou.com/article/news/crime/timeline-samuel-olson/285-bc90e1b5-b225-4ca3-957d-455225378713

One of the UK's most infamous serial killing couples. Fred and Rosemary West were one of the most sadistic and twisted cases we have covered; torturing and killing 12 known women, including their own children, between the years of 1967 and 1987.

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255 https://ncadv.org/get-help

National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233 or 1-800-787-3224 https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/

Sources for this episode:

https://murderpedia.org/male.W/w/west-frederick-victims.htm

https://www.the-sun.com/news/2864871/fred-rose-west-victims-murder-cellar/

https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12068918.victims-blame-for-the-deaths-mother-tells-of-her-hunt-for-missing-daughter/

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-57266871

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_West#cite_note-news.google.com-179

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

http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/november/22/newsid_2549000/2549073.stm

https://www.express.co.uk/expressyourself/255044/The-making-of-a-monster

https://web.archive.org/web/20071207122725/http://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/famous_criminal/3/biography/1/Rosemary_West.htm

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

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/more-sordid-revelations-about-west-s-family-to-be-detailed-in-biography-1.18254

https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/1999/nov/21/featuresreview.review4

https://inews.co.uk/culture/fred-rose-west-children-daughters-what-happened-252820

Sounes, Howard (1995). Fred and Rose: The Full Story of Fred and Rose West and the Gloucester House of Horrors. Warner Books (London).

Wilson, Colin (1998). The Corpse Garden. True Crime Library (London)

"Fred & Rosemary West". Murder in Mind. No. 1. 1996.