True Crimes Untold Podcast

April Millsap was 14 years old and from Armada, Michigan. She lived with her mom, stepdad and her dog Penny. April loved walking and hiking with Penny and on July 24th, 2014, she went out on a walk, and sadly it was her last one. A man violently murdered April in the woods off of the walking trail she was on. Listen to the full story now.

On the night of April 25th, 2009, 17-year-old Brittanee Drexel vanished while she was on spring break in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. In June of 2016, the FBI announced that they believed that Brittanee was murdered shortly after her disappearance, even though no one has ever been charged with her murder. Her family believes that Brittanee was the victim of human trafficking, and 13 years later, they are still not giving up on finding their daughters remains to put her to rest.

Ellen Greenberg was found dead in her apartment that she shared with her fiancé Sam, and even though Ellen had up near 20 stab wounds to the back of her neck, abdomen and chest, the police labeled her death as a suicide. Ellen's parents don't believe that their 27-year-old daughter that had everything going for her, would take her own life, and they still fight to this day to have Ellen's case reopened and to get justice for her death. Clink on the link below to sign the petition to have Ellen's case reopened.

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The Oklahoma Girl Scout murders is one of the most disturbing and horrific crimes against children that has ever been seen. And it's still unsolved to this day. On the morning of June 13, 1977, the bodies of Denise, 10, Michelle, 9 and Laurie, 8, were discovered by camp counselors at Camp Scott for Girl Scouts in Mayes County, Oklahoma. Police had one suspect, Gene Hart, and he was found not guilty of the crimes. What do you think really happened that fatal night?

This is the first missing persons case I have covered, and it's a strange one. Bryce Laspisa was a sophomore in college when his girlfriend and his roommate started to notice strange behavior from Bryce. They were so worried that they called Bryce's family about it. On August 30, 2013, Bryce was driving home to his parents' house in Laguna Niguel, California, when he crashed his vehicle and was never seen or heard from again. There is a $5,000 dollar reward for any information leading to Bryce's whereabouts.

The Hillside Strangler(s) were two cousins, Angelo Buono and Kenneth Bianchi, that terrorized Los Angelos, California from October 1977 until they were taken into custody in February 1978. They were charged with 10 counts of murder and numerous other crimes and sentenced to life in prison.

Rodney Alcala, also known as "The Dating Game Killer," was convicted of murdering 7 young girls and women in and around California in the 1970's and was sentenced to death.

Elizabeth Smart was kidnapped from her home in Salt Lake City, Utah on June 5, 2002, when she was just 14 years old. Brian Mitchell and Wanda Barzee chained her up as their prisoner for 9 months before Elizabeth was found and returned home with her family. Elizabeth has her own foundation now called, The Elizabeth Smart Foundation, and her mission is to bring hope, and end victim shaming and exploitation of sexual assault through prevention, recovery, and advocacy.

Daron Wint was convicted of premeditated first degree murder in the May 2015 killings of Savvas and Amy Savopoulos, their 10-year-old son, Philip, and the family's housekeeper Vera Figueroa.

On May 14, 2015, three members of the Savopoulos family and their housekeeper were killed at the Savopoulos home in Washington, DC. The victims were held hostage for almost 24 hours before their house was set on fire.