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Cold Case Episodes

Sept. 17, 2024

Searching for Answers in the Murder of Justin "Jay" Smith

On March 5, 2024, around 7 p.m. on Dreamy Hill Avenue, near Commerce Street and Tropical Parkway in North Las Vegas Justin Smith (his loved ones called him “Jay”) was shot multiple times and crashed his car. He was taken …

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Sept. 10, 2024

Never Forgotten - The Murder of Jamie Sheldon

We’ve covered quite a few missing and unsolved cases this first season on Sins & Survivors, and so many times we end up mentioning the same thing, that the news media often has very little to say beyond the basic …

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Sept. 3, 2024

Flashback - The Disappearance of Camille Dardanes Dotson - 30th Anniv…

Camille Dardanes Dotson vanished from Las Vegas in September of 1994. Her friends and loved ones chased down lead after lead, hoping to find any clue of what had happened to her. 30 years later, they are still searching. “Som...

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Aug. 27, 2024

Outrage - Who killed Reba the Bulldog?

July of 2024 was the hottest July on record. The sun was setting on July 25 when 2 people cut through the parking lot behind a grocery store in the middle of Las Vegas. When they walked past the dumpster, …

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Aug. 20, 2024

California Dreaming - Who Killed Jane Arroyo Grande Doe

It was after 9 pm on Sunday, October 5, 1980, when homicide detective John Trouble Williams was called out to the desert on the far outskirts of Henderson. Two brothers had discovered the remains of a teenage girl along the …

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Aug. 13, 2024

California Dreaming - Who Killed Sahara Sue Doe

The murder rate in Las Vegas from the early 1970s to the late 1980s was 3 to 5 times as high as it is now. Given the technology of the day and the fact that Las Vegas has always been …

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Aug. 6, 2024

From Backlog to Breakthrough - The Murder of Nadia Iverson

It's easy to think that DNA is the panacea that will solve every cold case. The technology has come mind-blowingly far and has been used to solve many many cases including the murder of Stephanie Isaacson that we covered just …

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July 9, 2024

The Disappearance of Steven Koecher

Around noon on Sunday, December 13, 2009, 30-year-old Steven Koecher parked his Chevy Cavalier on the cul du sac of Savannah Springs Avenue in the Sun City Anthem retirement community of Henderson, Nevada. Grainy black and white camera footage showed...

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April 23, 2024

Trace Evidence - Solving Stephanie's Murder

Stephanie Isaacson was finishing up her freshman year at El Dorado High School in Las Vegas back on June 1st, 1989. She walked to school, just like she did every day, walking up Stewart Avenue, then taking a left on …

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March 26, 2024

The King & The Queen - The Unsolved Murders of Dana McKay and Mary Hu…

Is there anything more Las Vegas than an Elvis impersonator? I don’t think so. You see them everywhere…on the strip, in at least 4 separate shows we’re aware of, and you can even be married by Elvis in pretty much …

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Dec. 5, 2023

Where is Camille Dardanes Dotson? - Part 2

In part 2 of our coverage of the disappearance of Camille Dardanes Dotson, we continue the narrative with Camille's decision to leave Gary and start anew in Las Vegas with her young daughter, Ashley. This move marked a signif...

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Nov. 28, 2023

Where is Camille Dardanes Dotson? Part 1

In this episode, we delve into the story of Camille Dardanes Dotson, a woman whose life took an unexpected and tragic turn. Known for her charisma and intelligence, Camille's disappearance in Las Vegas in 1994 has remained a ...

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