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In December of 1993, Sharon Frances Merasty was found deceased nearby a water body without proper winter clothing and no indication of an intention to be outside for very long. Yet, local police ruled out foul play; her family think otherwise. Although the circumstances of her death remain inconclusive, her case reminds me a lot of a practice in the province of Saskatchewan called the Starlight Tours.

In 1945, a day before Christmas, George and Jennie Sodder lost five of their ten children to a destructive house fire in Fayetteville, West Virginia. The circumstances around the fire and the resultant total lack of physical evidence of the children stumped the family and national media outlets for decades. Given the circumstantial oddities of the case, you can come to your own conclusions entirely dependent on which sources you read. Due to character limitations, all source material is available at www.crimeopediapod.ca

Intimate partner violence is an epidemic, but the intersection of Indigenous identities puts women, girls, and 2S individuals increases the risk substantially. If it weren't for our knowledge about how Canadian systems seek to oppress and refuse to support Indigenous Peoples, I'm sure we'd all still be wondering how this could be. Due to character limitations, all source material will be available at www.crimeopediapod.ca

In the 1970s and '80s, serial killer Robert Hansen found himself in a routine of abducting women from Anchorage and Seward Alaska before releasing them into the Alaskan wilderness to be hunted like the game he was prized for. Due to character limitations, all source material will be available on the website crimeopediapod.ca

Thank you to all who have been patient with me while I had to take an unexpected absence from the show for the last few months. Your grace and continued listenership means the world to me! Let's jump right back in with a case that I'm very much looking forward to telling. All source material is available on the website www.crimeopediapod.ca

This episode in the MMIWG series addresses the Canadian child welfare system, and how en masse apprehension of children created ripples of trauma resulting in the increased vulnerability of women and girls. Due to character limitations, all source material is available at www.crimeopediapod.ca

To commence the start of a new series about the missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls of Canada, today we are discussing the cases of Tamara Chipman and Roxanne Fleming from the province of British Columbia. Due to character limitations, all source material is available at www.crimeopediapod.ca

After a short but tumultuous relationship full of domestic violence and resentment, Sarah Boones takes Jorge Torres' life into her own hands by locking him in a suitcase and leaving him there to die by positional asphyxia. Due to character limitations, all source material is available at www.crimeopediapod.ca

On the 50th anniversary of Adele Komorowski's death, I wanted to make an episode to discuss her story and where the investigation is today. After being murdered on the campus of McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, only a few meters from the front entrance of the residence she was staying in, detectives have fought for decades to bring this case to a resolution. Although the case is still formally unsolved, detectives and Adele's surviving family have come to terms with the logical conclusion from Hamilton Police. Due to character limitations, all source material is available at www.crimeopediapod.ca

Extra content warning: the victim in this case is a four-year-old boy. In 2021, Cash Gernon was kidnapped from his bed by an 18-year-old who would later go on to murder him. Despite the entire ordeal being caught on surveillance cameras, there has yet to be a resolution, and there is a whole 'lot of blame being tossed around. Due to character limitations, all source material will be available on the website www.crimeopediapod.ca