2017-04

January 14, 1983. 62-year old Terri McClure travels from her hometown of Reno, Nevada to attend the wedding of her son, Tim, in Lake Tahoe. After leaving the reception that night, Terri does not return home. Three days later, she is found shot to death inside her vehicle in the parking lot of a Carson City casino. Due to some suspicious behaviour and strange inconsistencies in his story, the investigation soon zeroes in on Tim McClure as the prime suspect. Tim is charged with his mother’s murder in 1992, but the surprising end result only opens up more unanswered questions. Was Terri McClure murdered by her own son or was someone else responsible? This week’s episode of “The Trail Went Cold” analyzes one of the most controversial and heavily discussed cases ever featured on “Unsolved Mysteries”.
Additional Reading:
https://unsolved.com/gallery/terri-mcclure/
https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Terri_McClure
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-09-04-me-6296-story.html
http://articles.latimes.com/1992-11-10/local/me-55_1_court-hears-mother-killing-case
Listeners attending CrimeCon 2017 from June 9th-11th at the JW Marriott in Indianapolis can receive a 20% discount on their ticket purchase by using the code “TTWC20”
The Trail Went Cold is produced and edited by Magill Foote.
All music is composed by Vince Nitro.

April 25, 1988. Copperas Cove, Texas. After an argument with her boyfriend, 20-year old college student Elizabeth Campbell storms out of his house and receives a ride to a convenience store. After phoning her boyfriend and making an unsuccessful attempt to convince him to pick her up, Elizabeth vanishes without a trace. Over the next few weeks, there would be multiple sightings of a woman resembling Elizabeth in the company of a possessive man, leading to speculation that she was being controlled by a pimp. Was Elizabeth abducted and murdered, or was she actually kept alive and forced into prostitution? We explore both possibilities on this week’s minisode of “The Trail Went Cold”.
Additional Reading:
http://unsolved.com/archives/elizabeth-campbell
http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/c/campbell_elizabeth.html
https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Elizabeth_Campbell
Listeners attending CrimeCon 2017 from June 9th-11th at the JW Marriott in Indianapolis can receive a 20% discount on their ticket purchase by using the code “TTWC20”
The Trail Went Cold is produced and edited by Magill Foote.
All music is composed by Vince Nitro.

August 17, 1992. Waukegan, Illinois. While babysitting two children, 11-year old Holly Staker is sexually assaulted and brutally murdered inside their apartment. Two months later, a suspect named Juan Rivera is brought in for questioning and confesses to the murder after four straight days of interrogation. He is subsequently convicted and receives a life sentence, but no physical evidence links Rivera to the crime and the veracity of his confession is called into question. After Rivera serves 19 years in prison, DNA evidence eventually links Holly’s death to another murder… but could another innocent person also be serving time in prison for that particular crime? This week, we present one of our most shocking episodes of “The Trail Went Cold”, which examines a truly egregious wrongful conviction and two brutal murders committed by an unknown perpetrator who has yet to be identified.
Additional Reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Rivera_(wrongful_conviction)
https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=3850
https://courts.illinois.gov/opinions/AppellateCourt/2011/2ndDistrict/December/2091060.pdf
http://www.law.northwestern.edu/legalclinic/wrongfulconvictions/exonerations/documents/rivera_brief.pdf
http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2014-06-10/news/chi-dna-links-murder-and-rape-of-holly-staker-11-to-second-murder-8-years-later-20140610_1_holly-staker-dna-evidence-dna-match
The Trail Went Cold is produced and edited by Magill Foote.
All music is composed by Vince Nitro.

January 6, 1994. Ylenia Carrisi, the 23-year old daughter of the famous Italian singing duo, Al Bano and Romina Power, and a minor celebrity in her native country, has embarked on a solo trip around the world. Shortly after arriving in New Orleans, Ylenia vanishes without explanation. Her disappearance would generate a few leads, including a suspicious street musician who attempted to use Ylenia’s passport and traveler’s checks, and a witness who may have seen her jump into the Mississippi River. Did Ylenia Carrisi drown, disappear to start a new life, or was she was a victim of foul play? We explore each possibility in this week’s minisode of “The Trail Went Cold”.
Additional Reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ylenia_Carrisi
http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/c/carrisi_ylenia.html
http://people.com/archive/seeking-ylenia-vol-41-no-12/
http://www.nytimes.com/1994/02/28/us/woman-s-vanishing-engrosses-a-city-redolent-of-mystery.html
The Trail Went Cold is produced and edited by Magill Foote.
All music is composed by Vince Nitro.