On this special preview of Murder Minute, a preview of the story of DJ Freez.
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Welcome to this preview of the Murder Minute Podcast. In today’s preview, we’ll explore a story of how familial DNA testing helped catch a killer. The story of DJ Freez.
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But first, some true crime headlines.
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The body of a young girl found stuffed into a duffel bag along a California equestrian trail last week has been identified, and two suspects have been arrested for her murder. Though police have not released the names of the accused, family members of victim Trinity Love Jones have stated that the nine-year-old’s mother and her mother’s boyfriend have been charged with her murder. Trinity’s father, Antonio Jones, expressed his frustration in an emotional Facebook video questioning why his daughter had been allowed to live in the custody of her mother who was a registered sex offender.
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Family and friends are grieving the loss of a USC student who was shot and killed in a botched robbery attempt outside a liquor store off campus last weekend. The victim, 21-year-old Victor McElhaney was a musician studying jazz at the university. He is the son of Oakland City Councilwoman Lynette Gibson McElhaney, an outspoken advocate for gun control. The prestigious university sits in an area of Los Angeles known as University Park which ranks 35th out of 209 neighborhoods in the city for violent crime.
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A 14-year-old Arizona boy being held for the murder of his aunt was released from jail this week after his mother posted his $1 million cash bond. The teenager is being charged as an adult for stabbing his 42-year-old aunt to death last month in what investigators have called a premeditated attack. While on bail, the teenager will be required to wear an ankle monitor and remain on house arrest.
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Christy Mirack always knew she wanted to be a teacher. After graduating from high school, Christy left her small Pennsylvania hometown of Shamokin and moved to Lancaster. She rented a townhouse with a roommate in the quite community of Greenville Estates. This peaceful neighborhood was an ideal mix of city and country and a great place for a young woman to start her adult life.
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Christy was offered a job at nearby Rohrerstown Elementary School. She first worked as a reading specialist and a long-term substitute before finally getting her dream job: teaching her own classroom of sixth graders. Harry Goodman, the principal at the school where Christy taught, described the young teacher as energetic, enthusiastic, effervescent, caring, and kind; exactly what you’d want a young teacher to be.
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The next morning was a Monday. Christy Mirack’s classroom filled with students, but their teacher was nowhere to be found. Harry Goodman decided to drive over to Greenville Estates to check on Christy. As he approached, Principal Goodman saw that Christy’s front door was slightly opened, so he yelled for her a few times. After receiving no answer, he pushed the door open and found Christy’s body, beaten, bloodied, and partially nude, lying on her living room floor.
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