The Unlovely Truth
Exploring the intersection of faith and true crime.
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Tuesday Nov 03, 2020
Tuesday Nov 03, 2020
Reginald Royce Coleman was 17 years old in 2019 when he became the 4th homicide victim of that year in Beaumont Texas. It was only early April when police found his body around 10:30 PM near the Sterling Pruitt pool building in the 2800 block of Gulf Avenue. Police found both money and drugs on Reginald, which made robbery seem unlikely. Police knew who Reginald was because they had considered him a person of interest in a string of local aggravated robberies. They said that as they attempted to interview witnesses, those people laughed and refused to cooperate. But someone out there knows something.
https://www.12newsnow.com/article/news/local/beaumont-police-say-witnesses-laughed-refused-to-cooperate-after-17-year-old-gunned-down/502-5b0a9ffc-27c2-4e8d-a895-22a8ef880313
https://www.12newsnow.com/article/news/crime/beaumont-police-release-surveillance-footage-ask-for-help-identifying-two-in-area-of-monday-night-homicide/502-4447518a-d04c-4868-a488-6dad5e016a3d
https://beaumonttexas.gov/beaumont-police-are-investigating-a-late-night-homicide-2800-block-of-gulf-street/
https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/BPD-investigating-north-end-homicide-13752710.php
https://kfdm.com/news/local/beaumont-homicide-investigation
https://kfdm.com/news/local/grieving-parents-plead-with-public-for-answers-to-sons-homicide
https://www.cbs19.tv/article/news/crime/beaumont-police-release-surveillance-footage-ask-for-help-identifying-two-in-area-of-monday-night-homicide/502-4447518a-d04c-4868-a488-6dad5e016a3d
If you have any information about this homicide, please contact Southeast Texas Crime Stoppers at 409-833-TIPS or download the P3 TIPS app and use your smartphone to submit your tip. ALL tips are anonymous and you could be eligible for a cash reward.
You can also call the call the Beaumont Police Department at (409)980-8311.
Tuesday Oct 27, 2020
Tuesday Oct 27, 2020
It’s been said that mothers hold their child’s hands for a short while, but their hearts forever. I think that’s especially true when you’re a mom fighting for justice for a child you believe was murdered, but your local authorities insist on calling their death a suicide or an accident. Today we are going to talk about two cases like that, and two moms who never gave up their fight. I’ve learned in my work that there are far too many moms like them out there. I’ve also learned that they desperately need our help.
http://justicefordanielrayunderwood.com/
Tuesday Oct 20, 2020
Tuesday Oct 20, 2020
We all have exes, but most of us never had an ex with a secret criminal record that included violent offenses - people that are dangerous to stay with. It can be even more dangerous to try to get away from them.
For more information on stalking, please check out the following resources.
http://www.unresolvedhomicides.org/about-us/ and info@fohvamp.org
https://victimconnect.org/learn/types-of-crime/stalking/
Tuesday Oct 13, 2020
Tuesday Oct 13, 2020
Her name was Jean Ellroy, and she was brutally killed at the age of 43. She left behind a ten-year-old son, and a trail of mysteries. Best selling author of Black Dahlia, James Ellroy, is that son. The book “My Dark Places” is, he says, his attempt to burn down the distance between him and a mother he didn’t really know. I believe it’s really an attempt to understand himself.
Tuesday Oct 06, 2020
Tuesday Oct 06, 2020
If parents aren’t supposed to bury their children, then they definitely aren’t supposed to have to push law enforcement to see their child’s homicide investigation through until it’s solved. Bill and Leslie McAllister are two very determined parents who are doing just that. Their daughter Taylor’s death was classified as a homicide, and suspects were identified. So why has no one been charged with causing her death?
https://www.tampabay.com/news/pinellas/crime/family-disgusted-by-short-sentences-for-men-who-dumped-their-dead-daughter-in-an-alley-20181221/
https://www.baynews9.com/fl/tampa/news/2020/02/05/family-continues-to-fight-for-justice-3-years-after-taylor-mcallister-s-death
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5180675/Heir-52-arrested-death-22-year-old-mom-two.html
https://www.facebook.com/taylormcallister94
https://www.facebook.com/leslie.mcallister.986
If you know anything at all about the murder of Taylor McAllister, please reach out to the Pinellas County Florida Sheriff’s Office at 727-582-6200, or CrimeStoppers at 1-800-873-TIPS(8477).
Tuesday Sep 29, 2020
Tuesday Sep 29, 2020
When author Dennis Griffin contacted me, there was no way I wasn’t going to dedicate another episode to such a special book. Dennis’s experience with investigations, and cold cases in particular, gives him tremendous insight into the difficulties of solving them. He is also well aware of the challenges families often face when they take on their own search for the truth. Dennis has developed some incredible resources that anyone with a heart for these families will want to learn about.
To learn more, check out these sites:
www.dennisngriffin.biz
The Transparency Project closed FB page https://www.facebook.com/groups/199487740806089/
https://www.thetransparencyprojects.com/ (find links to several podcasts here)
Tuesday Sep 22, 2020
Tuesday Sep 22, 2020
Losing a loved one to a violent crime is traumatic for a family. Needing to fight to get answers about what happened is like being victimized all over again. In this week’s book, “Survivors: Shocking True Stories About America’s Pursuit of Police Transparency and Justice”, you’ll hear stories told by family members abut their struggles to get proper investigations when a death is wrongly determined to be accidental or a suicide. Today’s guest Sheila Wysocki will share her own struggles as an investigator helping families like these who want nothing more than to be told the truth.
Tuesday Sep 15, 2020
Tuesday Sep 15, 2020
A true crime book podcast with no books by Ann Rule? Unthinkable! Join me to discuss “Mortal Danger, Volume 13 of Ann Rule’s Crime Files”. Many men seem charming, or at least harmless, until you get to know them. By then it can be too late to get them out of your life. We often believe that if something is familiar, then it must be safe. But as Ann says, “strangers aren’t the only people who might do us harm.”
Tuesday Sep 08, 2020
Tuesday Sep 08, 2020
A pair of young sisters went missing in 1975 from a shopping mall in Montgomery County Maryland, a wealthy suburb of Washington D.C. Police had worked the case hard, and it had featured prominently in the local media. Despite the attention and resources given to the investigation, the case went cold. Thirty eight years later, a mislaid witness statement caught a detective’s eye, and that witness, who at the time had been dismissed as a flaky young loser, was suddenly a suspect. Don’t miss “The Last Stone” with special guest Brandon Perron.
Learn more about Brandon’s work at www.CDITCTraining.com & www.investigation.us.com
Tuesday Sep 01, 2020
Tuesday Sep 01, 2020
Cases go cold when all leads have been chased as far as possible, and there are no more avenues left where investigators can make progress. But no case is ever completely hopeless. In most cases, someone knows something that can move the case closer to resolution – if they will just come forward. Larry Phebus was murdered fifty-eight years ago. I’m hoping that someone who hears this podcast holds the key, and contacts police. Help me make that happen.
For more information on this case, check out these resources:
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/13837070/larry-phebus-murder/
https://attorneygeneral.nd.gov/public-safety/cold-cases
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/13837289/larry-phebus/
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/13837206/murder-of-larry-phebus/
If you have any information about this case please contact the McKenzie County Sheriff’s Department at 701-444-3654