Voices for Justice

This episode features 2022 updates in the following cases:Margarita SandovalHarmony MontgomeryLeah CroucherNaomi IrionKiely RodniLucian MunguiaJesse WilsonAbby Williams and Liberty German Thank you for listening, and Happy New Year.For more information about the podcast and the cases discussed, visit VoicesforJusticePodcast.comDon't forget to follow me on social media under Voices for Justice Podcast & SarahETurneyJoin the Patreon family to get instant access to a library of extra content, support the show, and support these cases https://www.patreon.com/VoicesforJustice The introduction music used in Voices for Justice is Thread of Clouds by Blue Dot Sessions. Outro music is Melancholic Ending by Soft and Furious. The track used for ad transitions is Pinky by Blue Dot Sessions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On December 15, 2022, Diana Cojocari reported her 11-year-old daughter Madalina Cojocari missing in Cornelius, North Carolina. She told investigators that she hadn’t seen her daughter since the night of November 23.But investigators would find that no one, aside from Diana and her husband, Christopher Palmiter, had seen Madalina since November 21st, two days prior to when Diana said she last saw her daughter and nearly 24 days before she was reported missing.Investigators have searched Madalina’s home and property multiple times, along with Lake Cornelius, but she has yet to be located.Anyone with information about her whereabouts is asked to contact the Cornelius Police Department at 704-892-7773.For more information about the podcast and the cases discussed, visit VoicesforJusticePodcast.comDon't forget to follow me on social media under Voices for Justice Podcast & SarahETurneyJoin the Patreon family to get instant access to a library of extra content, support the show, and support these cases https://www.patreon.com/VoicesforJustice The introduction music used in Voices for Justice is Thread of Clouds by Blue Dot Sessions. Outro music is Melancholic Ending by Soft and Furious. The track used for ad transitions is Pinky by Blue Dot Sessions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

At around 1:00 am on December 25, 1945, Jennie Sodder woke up to smoke pouring into her bedroom. She woke up her husband, George, and they started evacuating the house of their nine children.By the time the fire took over the Sodder residence, only Jennie, George, and four of their children made it outside safely.George and two of his sons frantically tried to get into the house to save the remaining children, but they couldn’t. When George went to fill up a bucket with water to start extinguishing the flames, the water was frozen, when he went to grab their ladder to get his children from the top story, the ladder was missing; when he went to drive his trucks to the second story window, neither would start despite having worked just the day before. And when they tried to call the fire department for help, no one responded for hours.The only thing the family could do was watch as their burned to the ground.Hours later, after the smoldering ashes were put out, a group of people began searching for the children’s remains, but nothing was found. Not a single bone was found in the ashes.The fire was quickly ruled an accident, and investigators told the family the children’s bodies had burned up completely in the fire, leaving nothing of them behind, not even their bones.But between the mishaps, while trying to put out the fire, threats made against the family before the fire, and the strange behavior of authorities throughout the investigation, Jennie and George Sodder refused to believe five of their children were killed in the home. They were convinced their children didn’t die in the fire, and they spent the rest of their lives trying to prove it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After working with US troops in Afghanistan for over five years, Lina Sardar Khil’s father, Riaz Sardar Khil, was granted a special visa for him and his family to move to the US in hopes of creating a better and mainly safer life for them. In 2019, when Lina was just a baby, they settled in San Antonio, Texas.They returned to Afghanistan in 2021 to visit family and barely escaped with their lives. During their visit, they found themselves just feet away from a suicide bombing, Lina immediately fainted, and the family rushed to the airport to get back home to the US. But, just months later, on December 20, 2021, Lina disappeared from their apartment complex playground.Lina Sardar Khil was last seen at The Villas del Cabo Apartment Complex, now known as the Vive Apartments, on Fredericksburg Road in San Antonio, Texas, on the evening of December 20, 2021. She was wearing a red dress, black jacket, black shoes, gold earrings, gold-toned and blue plastic bracelets, and a Taweez around her neck. When she went missing, she was three years old; she would now be four, almost five. She has brown hair and brown eyes.  Anyone with information is urged to call the San Antonio Police Department at 210-207-7660. For more information about the podcast and the cases discussed, visit VoicesforJusticePodcast.comDon't forget to follow me on social media under Voices for Justice Podcast & SarahETurneyJoin the Patreon family to get instant access to a library of extra content, support the show, and support these cases https://www.patreon.com/VoicesforJusticeThe introduction music used in Voices for Justice is Thread of Clouds by Blue Dot Sessions. Outro music is Melancholic Ending by Soft and Furious. The track used for ad transitions is Pinky by Blue Dot Sessions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Before Oakley Carlson turned one, she was taken out of the care of her biological parents Jordan Bowers and Andrew Carlson, and placed with foster parents, Jamie Jo and Erik Hiles. They instantly fell in love with her, and over the next two years or so, they are overjoyed to care for her and watch her grow. They see her first steps, hear her first words, and watch her develop into a happy, confident, well-adjusted toddler.The plan for Oakley from The Washington State Department of Children, Youth and Families, or DCYF, was adoption, presumably with Jamie Jo and Erik. But their dreams of legally becoming a family with Oakley were crushed when they were notified that the plan changed again, and Oakley would be returning to her biological parents at the end of 2019.After she was returned, there were several calls made to social services about Oakley, including a call from Andrew Carlson’s own mother. But Oakley remained in her biological parent’s care.Eventually, around the end of 2021, people noticed that Oakley wasn’t with the rest of her family. Due to some quick thinking by Oakley’s sister’s school principal, she ultimately led authorities to uncover that there had been no verified sightings of Oakley for almost a year.When authorities questioned Jordan Bowers and Andrew Carlson, they shut down and became uncooperative. When they search the family home that had recently been on fire for several hours, they find blood but no Oakley. She remains missing to this day.Anyone with information about Oakley is urged to contact the Grays Harbor Sheriff’s Office at 360-533-8765 or the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children at 1-800-THE-LOST.For more information about the podcast and the cases discussed, visit VoicesforJusticePodcast.comDon't forget to follow me on social media under Voices for Justice Podcast & SarahETurneyJoin the Patreon family to get instant access to a library of extra content, support the show, and support these cases https://www.patreon.com/VoicesforJusticeThe introduction music used in Voices for Justice is Thread of Clouds by Blue Dot Sessions. Outro music is Melancholic Ending by Soft and Furious. The track used for ad transitions is Pinky by Blue Dot Sessions.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Around 3:30 am on December 31, 1989, 11-year-old Collier Landry was woken up by the sound of his parents, Noreen and Jack Boyle, talking loudly in his mother’s bedroom. He heard a high-pitch scream from his three-year-old sister. A few minutes later, he heard a thud and, soon after, a louder thud.Collier immediately thought something was wrong with his mother. He got out of bed and looked in Noreen’s room, but it was pitch black. He was scared, so he went back to his room.A few minutes later, he heard Jack’s footsteps coming down the hallway. He closed his eyes and fell back asleep until around 8:30 am. The first thing he did was run to his mother’s room. But she wasn’t there.Collier went downstairs and saw his father talking to his grandmother. He asked where his mother was, and Jack responded, “Well, mommy took a little vacation, Collier.”Collier didn’t believe his father. He knew his mother would never leave him or his sister, and he dug for answers. Ultimately, at age 11, Collier would be a huge part of getting her justice.  Support Collier, follow him on social media, and listen to his podcasts at: https://www.collierlandry.com/For more information about the podcast and the cases discussed, visit VoicesforJusticePodcast.comDon't forget to follow me on social media under Voices for Justice Podcast & SarahETurneyJoin the Patreon family to get instant access to a library of extra content, support the show, and support these cases https://www.patreon.com/VoicesforJusticeThe introduction music used in Voices for Justice is Thread of Clouds by Blue Dot Sessions. Outro music is Melancholic Ending by Soft and Furious. The track used for ad transitions is Pinky by Blue Dot Sessions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Around 3:30 am on December 31, 1989, 11-year-old Collier Landry was woken up by the sound of his parents, Noreen and Jack Boyle, talking loudly in his mother’s bedroom. He heard a high-pitch scream from his three-year-old sister. A few minutes later, he heard a thud and, soon after, a louder thud.Collier immediately thought something was wrong with his mother. He got out of bed and looked in Noreen’s room, but it was pitch black. He was scared, so he went back to his room.A few minutes later, he heard Jack’s footsteps coming down the hallway. He closed his eyes and fell back asleep until around 8:30 am. The first thing he did was run to his mother’s room. But she wasn’t there.Collier went downstairs and saw his father talking to his grandmother. He asked where his mother was, and Jack responded, “Well, mommy took a little vacation, Collier.”Collier didn’t believe his father. He knew his mother would never leave him or his sister, and he dug for answers. Ultimately, at age 11, Collier would be a huge part of getting her justice.  Support Collier, follow him on social media, and listen to his podcasts at:https://www.collierlandry.comFor more information about the podcast and the cases discussed, visit VoicesforJusticePodcast.comDon't forget to follow me on social media under Voices for Justice Podcast & SarahETurneyJoin the Patreon family to get instant access to a library of extra content, support the show, and support these cases https://www.patreon.com/VoicesforJusticeThe introduction music used in Voices for Justice is Thread of Clouds by Blue Dot Sessions. Outro music is Melancholic Ending by Soft and Furious. The track used for ad transitions is Pinky by Blue Dot Sessions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

By the time Janteyl Johnson from Newark, Delaware, turned 15 years old in 2009, she knew what she wanted to do with her life. She was a driven young woman with the goals of becoming a hairstylist and salon owner.Soon after turning 15, Janteyl found out she was pregnant. This only made her even more determined to reach her goals. And she was well on her way to making them before she disappeared on February 3, 2010.Unfortunately, the mainstream media didn’t really cover her case, and The Johnson family has been desperate for answers and media coverage.Anyone with information is asked to contact Det. Roberto Herrera at 302-395-2784 or Crime Stoppers at (800) TIP-3333.A special thank you to Claudia Rivero for her coverage of Janteyl’s case. Visit https://www.claudiariverotv.com/ to learn more.For more information about the podcast and the cases discussed, visit VoicesforJusticePodcast.comDon't forget to follow me on social media under Voices for Justice Podcast & SarahETurneyJoin the Patreon family to get instant access to a library of extra content, support the show, and support these cases https://www.patreon.com/VoicesforJusticeThe introduction music used in Voices for Justice is Thread of Clouds by Blue Dot Sessions. Outro music is Melancholic Ending by Soft and Furious. The track used for ad transitions is Pinky by Blue Dot Sessions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Just after midnight on May 10, 1996, a motorist in Brown County, Texas called 911. They report that they’d been driving along Farm Road 2126 when they saw a burning car. It was parked just off the road, near the entrance to a gun range.Minutes later, a second motorist called 911 to report they had spotted a body lying near the burning car. When the fire department and Sheriff’s deputies show up, the car is engulfed in flames. While inspecting the scene, they find the body of 30-year-old Leon Laureles. He had been shot in the back of the head, execution style.Leon’s family believes they know what happened to Leon, but their suspicions have never been confirmed.Anyone with information regarding Leon’s death or events leading up to it can contact the Brown County Sheriff’s Office at 325-646-5510.Please consider donating to or sharing the GoFundMe:https://www.gofundme.com/f/leon-laureles-private-detective-and-memorialA special thank you to The Fall Line Podcast for their assistance with Leon's case. Visit https://www.thefalllinepodcast.com/ to learn more.For more information about the podcast and the cases discussed, visit VoicesforJusticePodcast.comDon't forget to follow me on social media under Voices for Justice Podcast & SarahETurneyJoin the Patreon family to get instant access to a library of extra content, support the show, and support these cases https://www.patreon.com/VoicesforJusticeThe introduction music used in Voices for Justice is Thread of Clouds by Blue Dot Sessions. Outro music is Melancholic Ending by Soft and Furious. The track used for ad transitions is Pinky by Blue Dot Sessions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On March 31, 1980, around 7 pm, Don Martinson arrived home from jury duty and called out to his wife Debbie, but he didn’t hear a reply. Don continued to walk through the house and made his way to their 15-month-old son’s room. He was alone, crying in his crib.Don picked up his son and walked into the adjoining primary bedroom. There, he discovered Debbie’s body near the foot of their bed. She had been strangled with a macrame cord that was still around her neck. Near Debbie’s body was a message written in pale rose lipstick on a floor-to-ceiling mirror that read, “Now we are even Don”.It was quickly dubbed the Lipstick Murder. It remains unsolved to this day.Anyone with information about Debbie’s case is urged to call Crime Stoppers at (877) 373-TIPS (8477)For more information about the podcast and the cases discussed, visit VoicesforJusticePodcast.comDon't forget to follow me on social media under Voices for Justice Podcast & SarahETurneyJoin the Patreon family to get instant access to a library of extra content, support the show, and support these cases https://www.patreon.com/VoicesforJusticeThe introduction music used in Voices for Justice is Thread of Clouds by Blue Dot Sessions. Outro music is Melancholic Ending by Soft and Furious. The track used for ad transitions is Pinky by Blue Dot Sessions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices