In this episode we look back at cases featured during season 6. This season had us at the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, the Upland Police Department, the Los Angeles County Fire Department, the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office, and the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. Each segment includes the introduction to each case followed by the episode number for easy reference to hear the complete case/episode on the iHeartRadio app.
Feb 11, 2024•1 hr 11 min
Case #1: On July 24th, 2022, Malik McGee had just finished performing at a hookah lounge in Upland, CA. As he drove away someone opened fire hitting Malik twice through the side of his car. Just an hour before that, surveillance video shows a guy scoping out the best positions to shoot from, including methodically practicing how he was going to aim and shoot. Malik had graduated with a degree in biology and was headed to medical school. He performed music, taught dance at his high school alma ma...
Feb 04, 2024•1 hr 7 min
Case #1 – August 30th, 1992, a woman was found hidden under some brush along highway 95 just north of Blythe, CA. Her body was mummified and severely decomposed. In 1994, a long-haul trucker admitted to killing the woman and a number of other women. He was nicknamed the ‘Happy Face Killer’. We speak with an investigator from the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office who is asking for help to identify the murdered woman from 1992; Case #2 – The partially clothed body of Sherri Herrera was f...
Jan 28, 2024•1 hr 9 min
In 1979 a 19-year-old woman was found brutally beaten and stabbed to death near what was then the old “El Rancho Hotel” near the Las Vegas Strip. For decades she remained a ‘Jane Doe’ or as detectives nicknamed her, ‘Sahara Sue Doe’. In December of 2023 new DNA technology allowed a cold case detective with the Las Vegas Metro Police Department to contact a probable relative in California. The call paid off and Sahara Sue Doe became Gwenn Marie Story, a teenager from Cincinnati, Ohio who had init...
Jan 21, 2024•1 hr 2 min
On January 15th, 1947, the mutilated body of Elizabeth Short was found in Leimert Park, a public space located in South Los Angeles. Someone had performed an hemicorporectomy, the act of cutting a body in half at a specific point of the body. The woman who first spotted the body out in the open thought it was a mannequin, mostly because the skin color was so pale, a result of Short’s fluids and blood being completely drained from her body. In this Anniversary edition we speak with case expert St...
Jan 14, 2024•1 hr 8 min
On October 28th, 2006, in an unincorporated area of Los Angeles County, a man was shot and killed at a birthday party over an older, long-standing personal grudge. Investigators with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau quickly identified a suspect. A few days later, November 2nd, more than two dozen deputies, along with detectives, were serving a search warrant at a house in the Willowbrook area. A number of men were inside the home and as deputies detained them on the porch to wait...
Jan 07, 2024•1 hr 6 min
Case #1: Anthony Velasquez and his father, Manuel, are arrested by the LA County Sheriff's Department’s Cold Case Unit in connection with the deaths of 3 people over a 4-year period in the East LA area. Manuel is accused of driving his son to some of the murder scenes. Case #2: A tragic case from the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Cold Case unit – the discovery of a newborn at a trash sorting facility. Detectives are trying to find the identity of Baby Jane Doe #45 and the mother who dumped her...
Dec 31, 2023•1 hr 2 min
In this special edition of Unsolved with Steve Gregory we look back at homicides that happened between the traditional holidays of Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s – cases from Southern California and around the country. Many experts say the holiday season is a major stressor for people and some of the motivations behind holiday homicides include money, loneliness, and domestic issues. We look at murders as far back as 1881 and as recent as 2022. The cases come from all walks of life, inc...
Dec 24, 2023•1 hr 5 min
Dogs are being trained to detect chemicals used on the memories and hard drives of all digital devices. These dogs can sniff out thumb drives, smartphones, external drives, and other devices used to store illicit content, including child pornography and financial crime data. We go to the inner sanctum of the Los Angeles County Sheriff Department’s Fraud & Cybercrimes Bureau located at a secret location in south Los Angeles County – a first for a journalist. Sergeant Pete Hish handles ‘K-9 Sa...
Dec 17, 2023•1 hr 5 min
In this special edition of Unsolved with Steve Gregory we look back at homicides that happened between the traditional holidays of Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s – cases from Southern California and around the country. Many experts say the holiday season is a major stressor for people and some of the motivations behind holiday homicides include money, loneliness, and domestic issues. We look at murders as far back as 1881 and as recent as 2022. The cases come from all walks of life, inc...
Dec 10, 2023•1 hr 5 min
Case #1: December 30th, 2018, 46-year-old Demetrius Brackens and a relative had just walked out of the front door of a home in Compton. As they went down the sidewalk a man came up on them and without warning or provocation opened fire fatally hitting Brackens and injuring the relative. Neither of the men were tied to a gang and a doorbell video caught a glimpse of an SUV driving from the scene. UPDATE: The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors and Compton City Council are offering a combined ...
Dec 03, 2023•1 hr 8 min
In this special edition of Unsolved with Steve Gregory we look back at homicides that happened between the traditional holidays of Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s – cases from Southern California and around the country. Many experts say the holiday season is a major stressor for people and some of the motivations behind holiday homicides include money, loneliness, and domestic issues. We look at murders as far back as 1881 and as recent as 2022. The cases come from all walks of life, inc...
Nov 26, 2023•1 hr 5 min
We meet Los Angeles County Firefighter/Paramedics Nick Bartel and Eddie Ruiz who have the additional gruesome task of handling Human Remains Detection K-9’s (aka Cadaver Dogs). The dogs are used both in murder investigations and recovery efforts. Bartel and Ruiz were sent to the island of Maui to help find human remains from that deadly wildfire in August of 2023. The firefighters walk us through how the dogs are trained to focus in on decomposed flesh and even bone marrow. Bartel and Ruiz also ...
Nov 19, 2023•1 hr 6 min
In December of 1983 17-year-old Kristina Rosenberger was found stabbed to death under her bed inside her family’s home in Artesia, California. Kristina’s mother inadvertently discovered the body of her daughter while on the phone with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. Kristina’s mother thought she might have been hurt in an accident or was missing. Investigators zeroed in on a couple suspects, including the mother’s live-in boyfriend. Eventually, the case went cold and anyone who migh...
Nov 12, 2023•1 hr 4 min
In this episode we review the cases from Season 5. We also welcomed two new agencies to the program, the Redondo Beach Police Department, and the Los Angeles County Fire Department. The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department returns as well as the FBI. We feature an accelerant-sniffing dog in our Crime Fighter Series, and cases about a con-man who preyed on single mothers, a security guard ambushed in a grocery store, a military man gunned down in front of a relative’s home, a missing mother...
Aug 06, 2023•1 hr 6 min
On April 8th, 2016, fire crews were sent to a home on Mesarica Road in Covina, California. Smoke was seen coming from the roof and it seemed isolated to one area. When firefighters entered, they found the body of 89-year-old Helen Lambert. Her heavily charred body was on a bed and her wrists tied up. Investigators determined that Lambert didn’t die from the fire but most likely died from a very unusual circumstance. The woman lived with her teenage grandson who was at school when the fire happen...
Jul 30, 2023•1 hr 6 min
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department recently added an accelerant-sniffing K-9 to its arson unit. The specially trained dog can detect gasoline, diesel, lighter fluid, and many other accelerants. This segment is part of our ongoing Crime Fighter Series that features a behind the scenes look at the work to help solve cases. Also in this episode, 13-year-old Miguel Perez and 19-year-old Jose Merlos were janitors at a laundromat in Lynwood. On March 8th, 1992, after closing the business for ...
Jul 23, 2023•1 hr 9 min
In this season opener we speak with Mike Fratantoni of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Information Bureau. Fratantoni is also the curator of the department’s museum housed in the ground floor of the historic Hall of Justice. Fratantoni tells us about the beginning of the department in 1850 and walks us through the history of the department including the creation of the Homicide Detail in 1921, which became the Bureau of Investigation in 1934, and eventually evolved into the Homicid...
Jul 16, 2023•1 hr 8 min
Case #1 begins in the city of Redondo Beach where a bag of dry bones was discovered in 2001 by plumbers working at a residential construction site. Workers initially thought the bones were not human, but someone decided to call 911, which sparked a multi-year journey that led investigators from a Jane Doe to recently identifying Catherine Parker-Johnson. Now, if investigators could only find who killed Catherine and why. Case #2 involves a 20-year-old man who was killed for no apparent reason. H...
Jul 09, 2023•1 hr 7 min
On February 9th Maria Del Carmen Lopez was taken from the front yard of her home in Pueblo Nuevo, Colima, Mexico. Lopez is a US Citizen and retired to Pueblo Nuevo ten years ago. Lopez’ daughter, Zonia ‘Zoe’ Lopez, tells us about the day her family got a ransom call, and the subsequent calls for money, only to be ignored and ghosted. She also speaks about her family's frustration with the FBI and Mexican authorities. We also speak with the FBI about the case and how the agency handles the abduct...
Jul 02, 2023•1 hr 6 min
Case #1: Two guys were sitting in a car in Compton, CA watching a street takeover. Officials say they were not participants and had no apparent connection to the takeover, but on November 14th, 2021, someone pulled up, got out of a vehicle and opened fire on the two young men killing them on the spot. Dozens of casings were recovered from the scene but ‘no one saw anything’. Officials have offered a $40,000 reward for the arrest and conviction of the shooter. Case #2: An 8-year Army veteran retu...
Jun 25, 2023•1 hr 4 min
Retired San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Deputy Peter Headley worked as an investigator with the department’s Crimes Against Children Unit. He was closely involved in the ongoing case of ‘Lisa’, the girl who was abducted, abused, and victimized by Terry Rasmussen. In the previous episode, #503, Headley gives an overview of Rasmussen’s killing spree across the country, including Southern California. In this bonus episode, Headley talks about forensic science, genealogy, and groundbreaking advancem...
Jun 18, 2023•9 min
Terry Rasmussen’s killing spree has been widely covered by news media outlets and true crime shows but they leave out an unsolved piece to a sick and twisted puzzle. Pete Headley recently retired from the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department where he was an investigator with the Crimes Against Children Unit. Headley breaks down Rasmussen’s path but also gives insight on a case of a missing mother and children from the Anaheim, CA area. When you hear Headley’s theory about Rasmussen you can...
Jun 18, 2023•1 hr 8 min
On May 4th, 2006, at around 10:00 PM 60-year-old Security Guard Frutoso Anguiano was on duty at the Northgate Gonzalez Market on 831 Hacienda Boulevard in La Puente, CA. As the store was about to close Anguiano went to the rear of the store and up to a second floor break room where he was met by four Hispanic men. Anguiano was handcuffed and stabbed fifty-two times. Surveillance video shows the four men mingling around the store prior to closing and then disappearing into the back. The video did...
Jun 11, 2023•1 hr 6 min
In this season opener we speak with Mike Fratantoni of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Information Bureau. Fratantoni is also the curator of the department’s museum housed in the ground floor of the historic Hall of Justice. Fratantoni tells us about the beginning of the department in 1850 and walks us through the history of the department including the creation of the Homicide Detail in 1921, which became the Bureau of Investigation in 1934, and eventually evolved into the Homicid...
Jun 04, 2023•1 hr 8 min
In this episode we revisit all the cases from the fourth season including that of a 14-year-old girl who was murdered inside her home in East Los Angeles, the young woman found inside a trunk in Pomona, and a case out of Lynwood dating back to 1969. We also welcomed some new detectives to the program from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department and the Pomona Police Department. If you have a case for us to consider, email the team at: [email protected]. All of the episodes of Unsolved...
Mar 26, 2023•1 hr 8 min
Sergeant Pete Hish joins the show to discuss efforts to prevent and stop cybercrime. Hish works in the LA County Sheriff’s Department’s Fraud and Cybercrimes Bureau. Hish not only outlines some interesting cases he also offers some advice on how to prevent yourself from becoming a victim of cybercrime. Hish also talks about the tools he uses to track hackers and those who target the vulnerable. He also talks about Satoshi, the black Labrador trained to sniff out electronics. Toshi, as he’s known...
Mar 19, 2023•1 hr 5 min
As part of our Crime Fighter Series, we talk with United States Forest Service Captain and Arson Investigator Russel Tuttle. Tuttle is a 16-year veteran of the United States Forest Service, who has received numerous awards for his work and outstanding performance. Captain Tuttle walks us through the 2014 “Colby Fire” that burned 2,000+ acres in the Angeles National Forest. Tuttle talks about how they were able to determine the cause and origin of the fire, and eventually how they found the peopl...
Mar 12, 2023•1 hr 10 min
Nemesio Osegura-Cervantes, also known as, “El Mencho” is the leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), considered the largest drug cartel in the world. Officials say the CJNG is responsible for more than one third of all the illegal drugs entering the United States and has a huge footprint on illicit drugs coming into Southern California. DEA Agent Kyle Mori has been tracking El Mencho for years and gives us an update on the progress his team has made. He also tells us about the connec...
Mar 05, 2023•1 hr 10 min
Case #1: On November 4th, 1969 at 7:40 AM, 14-year-old Janasul ‘Jan’ Roseana Marsh was found face down near a home in Lynwood. Detectives say she was strangled with a polo shirt. Jan had a reputation of hanging with the wrong crowd, including older men. At one point there were more than 20 persons of interest, including a few women. What made this case even more complicated is the Lynwood Police Department disbanded in 1977 and the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department picked up the case, forc...
Feb 26, 2023•1 hr 6 min
