True Crime Cat Lawyer

Elyse Lopez

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Lawyer by day, crazy cat lady by night. A true crime podcast hosted by a lawyer and her mustache bow-tie kitty focused on cases from the Pacific Northwest.

#67 in the Top 100 Indie true crime All time chart

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Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best True Crime Cat Lawyer episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to True Crime Cat Lawyer for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite True Crime Cat Lawyer episode by adding your comments to the episode page.

Tube Sock Killings

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02/24/22 • 13 min

For this episode we head to Mineral, Washington to discuss a series of unsolved murders in 1985.

The location of these murders is in the region of Lewis, Pierce, and Grant counties. Crime in the area is low likely because the region is isolated - primarily filled with campsites and other forested areas. But that doesn’t mean crime never happens there...

**If you have any information regarding the Tube Sock murders, please contact CrimeStoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS.

SOURCES:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mineral,_Washington_murders

https://truecrimearticles.wordpress.com/2018/01/23/the-unsolved-case-of-the-1985-tube-sock-killings/

https://sites.psu.edu/gillianpassionblog/2020/10/09/washington-tube-sock-killings/

https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Stephen_Harkins_and_Ruth_Cooper

https://unsolved.com/gallery/diana-robertson/

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/skull-discovery-revives-washington-murder-mystery/

https://www.amazon.co.jp/-/en/Pete-Dove-ebook/dp/B08P83GDV7

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Jodi Arias (Part 1)

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03/10/22 • 90 min

**We apologize for the feedback during this episode. We tried really hard to edit it out but I’m not an expert at editing so please forgive me.**

We partnered with Jessi and Amanda from the Cee U Next Tuesday podcast to bring you the case of Jodi Arias. Although not *technically* from the PNW (Jodi does have ties to Medford, Oregon), we couldn't pass up the opportunity to cover this case!

Part 1 covers the background of Travis Alexander (victim) and Jodi Arias (accused murderer) - huge shoutout to Jessi and Amanda for their heavy lifting with researching and presenting this part of the case!

I wrap up part 1 with opening statements from the prosecutor and Jodi's defense attorney.

Promos: Cee U Next Tuesday & Sinister Story Hour

Sources:

“Conviction” by Juan Martinez

“Picture Perfect: The Jodi Arias Story” by Shanna Hogan

https://www.findlaw.com/legalblogs/courtside/jodi-arias-secret-testimony-transcripts-released/

https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/mesa/2015/01/13/jodi-arias-testimony-transcripts-released/21695559/

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/01/13/secret-jodi-arias-transcripts-released/21698747/

https://www.scribd.com/document/252543734/Jodi-Arias-Testimony-Transcripts

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-crime-arias/convicted-killer-jodi-arias-struggled-to-admit-murder-transcript-says-idUSKBN0KM2DD20150113

https://www.azfamily.com/day-22-of-jodi-arias-trial-judge-wont-release-transcripts-of-arias-testimony/article_5bca1ec9-ff1b-5652-913f-73ed572d162f.html

https://casetext.com/case/state-v-arias-2008

https://www.courttv.com/trials/arizona-v-jodi-arias-2013/

https://monicalindstrommediations.com/jury-instructions-in-state-v-jodi-arias/

https://abcnews.go.com/amp/US/wireStory/prosecutor-convicted-jodi-arias-agrees-disbarment-71851070

https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/jodi-arias-ex-defense-lawyer-kirk-nurmi-disbarred-over-trial-tell-all-book-8847195

https://amp.usatoday.com/amp/5077136002

https://www.jdsupra.com/post/contentViewerEmbed.aspx?fid=b00b5939-b345-4501-bbbb-bca1e8788ba9

https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/juan-martinez-ex-prosecutor-known-for-role-in-jodi-arias-trial-has-been-disbarred.amp

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Clifford Olson

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02/10/22 • 42 min

**TW: RAPE/SEXUAL ASSAULT & CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN**

This episode takes us back to Canada to cover notorious serial killer Clifford Olson - better known as the "Beast of British Columbia."

SOURCES:

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

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/the-life-and-death-of-clifford-olson/article4197011/

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/serial-killer-clifford-olson-dies-1.1110039

https://globalnews.ca/news/157594/timeline-the-life-and-crimes-of-clifford-olson/

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/predator-chapter-one_b_1913002

https://torontosun.com/2012/10/03/part-3-of-3-what-drove-clifford-olson-to-kill

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

https://www.ccja-acjp.ca/pub/en/positions/faint-hope-clause/

https://www.csc-scc.gc.ca/victims/003006-1001-en.shtml

https://publications.gc.ca/collections/Collection/J2-291-2001E.pdf

https://www.canada.ca/en/services/benefits/publicpensions/cpp/old-age-security/while-receiving.html

https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.888490

https://www.ctvnews.ca/bill-would-cut-off-pensions-for-federal-prison-inmates-1.517963

https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/canada/parole-board/migration/001/093/001-3003-en.pdf

https://www.publicsafety.gc.ca/cnt/rsrcs/pblctns/ffctv-mngmnt/index-en.aspx?wbdisable=true

“The Beast” by Ryan Green

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Bonus: Conrad Roy & Michelle Carter

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04/08/22 • 118 min

TW: SUICIDE

This is a special bonus episode Winston and I recorded with Paige from Reverie True Crime! We discuss the tragic case of Conrad Roy and Michelle Carter. This case is heavy and involves discussion of suicide. Please listen with care.

Promos: Octoberpod; Snarky & Sage shop; Spooky Babes sticker shop

Links for Octoberpod:

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Sources (TCCL):

https://www.aetv.com/real-crime/michelle-carter-conrad-roy

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/01/23/us/michelle-carter-text-suicide-release/index.html

https://www.cnn.com/2017/06/08/opinions/massachusetts-manslaughter-opinion-cevallos/index.html

https://www.boston25news.com/news/all-the-text-messages-between-michelle-carter-and-conrad-roy-they-day-he-died/532942907/?outputType=amp

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/amphtml/tasneemnashrulla/michelle-carter-prison-release-texting-suicide

https://law.northeastern.edu/northeastern-law-team-takes-the-lead-in-crafting-and-advocating-for-conrads-law/

https://people.com/crime/conrad-roys-mom-on-michelle-carters-early-release-in-suicide-text-case-i-dont-think-about-her/?amp=true

https://abcnews.go.com/amp/US/conrads-law-named-teen-died-texting-suicide-case/story?id=64532207

https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/takeaway/segments/words-weapons-legal-questions-arise-texting-suicide-case

http://jaapl.org/content/46/4/521

https://www.lexisnexis.com/community/amp-casebrief/casebrief-commonwealth-v-carter

https://www.repository.law.indiana.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1125&context=ijlse

https://harvardlawreview.org/2018/01/commonwealth-v-carter/

https://law.stanford.edu/press/death-text-michelle-carter-case-will-impact-free-speech/

https://scholarship.l...

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Wendy Maldonado

True Crime Cat Lawyer

11/04/22 • 17 min

TW: DOMESTIC VIOLENCE & CHILD ABUSE

Last month was Domestic Violence Awareness month. For today's episode, we head to Oregon to discuss a nuanced issue in domestic violence cases: when a victim kills her abuser.

How should the law/criminal justice system treat these "offenders?" Do they deserve the same level of criminal culpability as someone who doesn't have a history of physical/emotional/mental/financial abuse?

Let us know your thoughts over in our Facebooks discussion group or on social media.

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William Scott Smith + Oregon Museum Tavern Shooting

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07/14/22 • 27 min

TW: SEXUAL ASSAULT/RAPE/MENTION OF SUICIDE

For this episode, Winston and I head to Salem, Oregon for an episode involving a little bit of everything: including a serial killer, cold cases, and Oregon's first mass shooting.

Check out The Catnip Calico!

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Kamloops Triangle

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12/30/21 • 23 min

Kamloops has become known as British Columbia’s version of the Bermuda Triangle. It has become known for the unusually high number of missing persons cases within the area and surrounding vicinities.

In this episode, we cover the disappearances of Shannon White, Luke Neville, Ryan Shtuka, and Ben Tyner.

If you have any information of the disappearances discussed in this episode, please contact the following agencies:

1. Shannon White: Kamloops RCMP (250) 828-3000

2. Luke Neville: SE District Major Crime Unit 1-877-987-8477

3. Ryan Shtuka: Kamloops RCMP (250) 828-3000 or CrimeStoppers at 1-800-222-8477

4. Ben Tyner: RCMP at 1-877-987-8477 or CrimeStoppers at 1-800-222-8477

SOURCES:

https://www.strangeoutdoors.com/true-crime-in-the-outdoors/the-kamloops-triangle

https://mysteriesofcanada.com/bc/the-british-columbia-triangle-part-1-6-canadas-bermuda-triangle/amp/

https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.5702425

https://infotel.ca/newsitem/police-release-new-clue-in-kamloops-missing-persons-case/it86885

https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6247668

https://globalnews.ca/news/8370504/kamloops-missing-shannon-white/amp/

https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2021/11/15/search-for-clues-in-shannon-whites-disappearance-expands-to-north-of-kamloops.html

https://www.pqbnews.com/news/rcmp-seek-help-finding-woman-missing-from-kamloops/

https://mysteriesofcanada.com/bc/the-british-columbia-triangle-5-6-missing-men-of-the-thompson-plateau/

https://www.kamloopsthisweek.com/amp/local-news/according-to-macleans-data-kamloops-is-28th-most-dangerous-city-in-canada-4374394

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

https://mysteriesofcanada.com/bc/the-british-columbia-triangle-5-6-missing-men-of-the-thompson-plateau/

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/missing-men-mystery-family-wonders-if-disappearances-of-4-men-somehow-linked-1.5232132

https://www.hopestandard.com/news/police-appeal-to-public-one-year-after-missing-mans-burned-out-car-found-near-spences-bridge/#

https://storage.googleapis.com/pmd-stage-northamerica-northeast1-dcs-static-files/9.1.3/websites/images/apple-touch-icons/ipad-retina/icon-vs.png

https://sunpeaksnews.com/three-year-anniversary-brings-healing-new-hope-to-family-of-ryan-shtuka/

https://cfjctoday.com/2021/06/01/family-of-ryan-shtuka-building-on-detailed-approach-following-rcmp-search-in-sun-peaks/

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/weight-of-silence-ryan-shtuka-missing-sun-peaks-1.4897550

https://globalnews.ca/news/7914210/ryan-shtuka-missing-latest-news/

https://ryanshtuka.com/

https://www.kamloopsthisweek.com/local-news/two-years-l...

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Leah Freeman

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12/16/21 • 18 min

A young girl goes missing from her small town in June 2000. A few months later, her body is discovered. After the case goes cold for several years, a new chief of police reopens the case and sets his sights on Leah Freeman's boyfriend at the time - Nick McGuffin. Listen now to hear about this unsolved murder and wrongful conviction case out of Coquille, Oregon.

Sources:

https://abcnews.go.com/US/man-convicted-high-school-girlfriends-killing-freed-decades/story?id=69053797

https://katu.com/news/local/man-whose-conviction-was-overturned-in-girlfriends-killing-files-civil-rights-lawsuit

https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2020/07/man-whose-conviction-in-leah-freeman-killing-was-overturned-files-federal-civil-rights-lawsuit.html

https://thecinemaholic.com/leah-freeman-murder-how-did-she-who-killed-her/

https://www.opb.org/news/article/nicholas-mcguffin-wrongly-convicted-federal-civil-rights-lawsuit/

https://people.com/crime/nicholas-mcguffin-oregon-man-prison-murder-conviction-later-overturned/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/12/02/nicholas-mcguffin-manslaughter-charge-leah-freeman-potentially-set-free/

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Bonus: Madame Restell

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04/22/22 • 63 min

Winston and I were joined by Lindsay and Madi from the Ye Olde Crime podcast to cover our 1st historical crime: the most hated woman in America at the time, Madame Restell.

Promo: Perhaps It's You

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Sources:

http://www.elizabethkmahon.com/2008/04/wickedest-woman-in-new-york-madame.html

https://digital.library.cornell.edu/catalog/sat2601

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1941/11/15/the-notorious-madam-restell

https://embryo.asu.edu/pages/ann-trow-madame-restell-1812-1878

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/632682/madame-restell-wickedest-woman-new-york

https://www.boweryboyshistory.com/2016/08/notorious-madame-restell-abortionist-fifth-avenue.html

https://muvs.org/media/pdf/advertising-abortion-during-the-1830s-and-1840s-madame-restell-builds-a-business.pdf

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Madame-Restell

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

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/madame-restell-the-abortionist-of-fifth-avenue-145109198/

https://www.elle.com/life-love/a14570/abortion-in-the-19th-century/

https://www.mtsu.edu/first-amendment/article/1038/comstock-act-of-1873#:~:text=%2C%20public%20domain

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comstock_laws

https://embryo.asu.edu/pages/trial-madame-restell-ann-lohman-abortion-1841

https://embryo.asu.edu/pages/comstock-law-1873

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The Fong Murder Trials

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05/05/22 • 74 min

For this episode, Winston and I are joined by Kim and Christine of the Unexplained Oregon podcast! We cover the case of the Fong Murder Trials/Murder of DIane Hank. There were numerous trials in this case; however, no one has ever truly been brought to justice for the murder of Diane.

Promos: A Nefarious Nightmare; The Jury Room

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Sources:

https://www.oregonlive.com/history/2017/04/1954_portland_murder_of_teenag.html

https://law.justia.com/cases/oregon/supreme-court/1957/211-or-1-3.html

https://digitalcollections.ohs.org/sherry-fong-during-sentencing-for-her-conviction-in-the-murder-trial-for-diane-hank

https://cite.case.law/or/99/249/