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The Swediana Project - Welcome to Lawton

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Season 2 - We cover the numerous unsolved deaths of sex workers and missing persons cases in and around the city of Lawton, Oklahoma.

Instagram - @swediana_project

If you have any tips or would like to be interviewed about the cases, you can email us here - Swedianaproject@gmail.com
You can remain anonymous if choose.

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Episodes

S2 E9 - Annastasia Runningwolf / Barbara Berry

- 25 year old Annastasia Runningwolf was last heard from in October of 2005. Her body was found in Oklahoma City on November 8th, 2005. At the time of her death, Annastasia was struggling with addiction and working the streets. Her body was found nude, except for a blanket which had been knotted around her entire body, and a black sweater that was inside out and covering her entire head. She had been bound by wire to bend her into a fetal position and she had been killed by blunt force trauma. -...

Apr 12, 202217 min

S2 E8 - The Profile

In 2004, a criminal profiler named Dean Wideman produced a generalized profile of the possible killer. In this episode I talk to Jen Bucholtz and George Jared about this profile. Jen teaches Forensics and Criminal Justice at American Military University. She also hosts a podcast called 'Break the Case.' George is a a true crime author and investigative reporter. He also hosts a podcast called 'Diamond State Murder Board.' This is an informative conversation that provides alot of insight on who m...

Feb 17, 202242 min

S2 E7 - Other Agencies Find Similar Cases

In 2004, Seventeen different law enforcement agencies, from at least six different states, came together to compare similar cases. They shared crime scene photos and autopsy reports to determine if another five victims, along with the Lawton victims, could have been the work of the same person.

Feb 04, 202233 min

S2 E6 - Pamela Woodring / Tanja Hook

On June 5, 2003, Pamela Woodring was found by farm workers in a creek bed, close to a bridge in rural Kiowa County, Oklahoma. Woodring's body was nude and there were no personal belongings at the scene when she was found. Woodring, like the other victims, was a known sex worker from the Cache Road area of Lawton, Oklahoma. On June 30, 2003, Tanja Hook's mother reported her missing to the Lawton, Oklahoma P.D. On August 29, 2003, her remains were found in a bar ditch in McClain County, Oklahoma. ...

Jan 19, 202217 min

S2 E5 - Janice Marie Buono

Janice Buono was reported missing on January 1, 2002. She was a known sex-worker from the Cache Road area of Lawton, Oklahoma. On February 23, 2002 her body was found in water, close to a bridge in rural Comanche County, Oklahoma. Buono's body was nude when she was found, with no signs of trauma or evidence as how she got there or what happened to her.

Dec 17, 202112 min

S2 E4 - Mandy Ann Raite

21-year-old Mandy Ann Raite's body was found in a rural creek bed east of Lawton on June 17th, 2000. Police estimate her body was there for about four days. Like the other women, she was nude and there was no evidence at the scene. Mandy died of an accidental overdose of cocaine, but that doesn't explain what happened before she died or how her body got there.

Dec 11, 202123 min

S2 E2 - Cassandra Lee Ramsey

Cassandra Lee Ramsey, 25, disappeared from Lawton on Oct. 10, 1999. Her nude body turned up five months later beneath a bridge along a rural road in Jefferson County. Her cause of death was ruled undetermined.

Nov 19, 202120 min

S2 E1 - Jane Marie Chafton

On August 13th, 1999, a nude corpse was found in Sandy Bear Creek, rural Stephens County, Oklahoma. Forensics identified the body as that of Jane Marie Chafton, 28, from Lawton, Oklahoma. She was last seen on Aug. 9. Jane would be the first of five women from Lawton that had the same line of work, on the same road, the same habits, knew the same people, and whose bodies were all discarded the same way.

Nov 12, 202125 min

Introduction to Season 2 - Welcome to Lawton

This is the introduction to Season 2 of The Swediana Project. From 1999 - 2003 there were five victims. Each victim was stripped nude and their bodies were dumped in or around bodies of water in rural areas. Investigators eventually drew a link between the victims and concluded that the same person or persons had killed them. Then they started looking into other cases, then cases in other areas. Now, we have a lot more potential victims that fit the same description and manners of death. Let's n...

Nov 12, 202116 min

S1 E11 - Jennings 8 - Interview with Jenn

In this episode I interview a person from the Jefferson Davis Parish area. We talk about the cases and the long standing reputation of local law enforcement.

Jan 13, 202137 min

S1 E10 - Jennings 8 - Necole Guillory

On August 19, 2009, less than two weeks before her 27th birthday, Necole Jean Guillory’s body was found along busy Interstate 10 in Acadia Parish. She had become the 8th victim in a series of unsolved murders that began in May, 2005. Newly released records show a half-dozen women told authorities they were raped and trafficked to male inmates inside a rural Louisiana jail. The last Jeff Davis 8 victim, Necole Jean Guillory, had been a witness in the 2002 jail case.

Jan 07, 202130 min

S1 E9 - Jennings 8 - Brittney Gary

Brittney Ann Gary is the youngest woman in the Jeff Davis 8. She was last seen on a Family Dollar store's surveillance camera at 6:22 PM on November 2, 2008. Her mother reported her missing 24 hours later. On November 15th, searchers found Brittney's body. Her cause of death was asphyxiation.

Sep 09, 202023 min

S1 E8 - Jennings 8 - Crystal Benoit Zeno

On September 11, 2008, around 3 pm, hunters discovered her body on a levee in a wooded area just south of Jennings, LA. The area is located on LaCour Road just off LA 1126 a couple of miles southeast of Jennings. She had become the 6th of what would eventually be seven mysterious female deaths over a period of three and a half years in Jeff Davis Parish.

Aug 25, 202016 min

S1 E7 - Jennings 8 - Laconia Brown

23 year old LaConia “Muggy” Brown was last seen on May 27, 2008. Around 2 am on the morning of May 29th, a Jennings police officer discovered her body lying on Racca Road which leads to the police firing range. Although in a rural area, Brown’s body was the first found within the city limits of Jennings. She would become the 5th victim in a series of unsolved female deaths in Jeff Davis Parish Louisiana.

Aug 07, 202013 min

S1 E6 - Jennings 8 -Kristen Gary Lopez

On March 18, 2007, a third victim with a similar profile to the others, 21-year-old Kristen Gary Lopez, was found in yet another canal. Again, two suspects were arrested – Jennings pimp Frankie Richard and his niece Hannah Conner – but were released due to lack of conclusive evidence. Then, a connection pops up between law enforcement and possible crucial evidence.

Apr 23, 202030 min

S1 E5 - Jennings 8 - Ernestine Patterson

Thirty year old Ernestine Patterson was last seen on June 16, 2005. On June 18th her body was discovered in a canal off LA Highway 102 just south of Jennings. She was partially clothed and her throat had been slit. The death was ruled a homicide and two people were arrested and charged with 2nd degree murder but were later released due to "lack of evidence."

Mar 27, 202013 min

S1 E4 - Jennings 8 - Interview with Chris Lehman

Our guest speaker today is Mr. Christopher Lehman, originally from Jennings, Louisiana; from 2013-2015 he served as a Commissioned Reserve Law Enforcement Officer for the Jennings Police Department (JDP). •He was a Louisiana Army National Guardsman. •He served in the Navy as an engineer on several Nuclear Submarines, rising to the rank of Chief Petty Officer (E-7) and retired after 21 years of service. •He served as a Federal Government Civil Servant, Naval Sea Systems Command, Director of Logis...

Mar 03, 202042 min

S1 E2 - Jennings 8 - Leonard Crochet

There’s a theory that the 'Jennings 8' cases start back at Leonard Crochet, a drug dealer who was unarmed when he was shot and killed by an officer during a raid. Some of these women were at this raid. Was his death the reason some of these women ended up murdered?

Jan 23, 202030 min

S1 E1 - Jennings 8 - Whitnei Dubois

An investigative podcast from Sweden to Indiana. Season One is covering the very complex case known as 'The Jennings 8' aka 'The Jefferson Davis 8' If you have any tips or would like to be interviewed involving a case please leave a voicemail at this number 1-309-322-2312. You can also choose to remain anonymous.

Jan 04, 202021 min

Season 1 - Jennings 8 - Introduction to the Podcast

An investigative podcast from Sweden to Indiana. Season One is covering the very complex case known as 'The Jennings 8' aka 'The Jefferson Davis 8' If you have any tips or would like to be interviewed involving a case please leave a voicemail at this number 1-309-322-2312. You can also choose to remain anonymous.

Dec 16, 201945 sec
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