EPISODE 35: Family Ties
In this episode, Kate and Paul head to 1984 Iowa where a mobile home is engulfed in flames, but the owner's body is found four days later unburnt. As more people turn up murdered, can investigators find enough of a thread between the cases?
Sources:
“With motive a mystery, Wapello residents feel area’s triple killer ‘could be anywhere’” by William Ryberg (The Des Moines Register) April 22, 1984
https://www.newspapers.com/image/131763019/?terms=%22justin%20hook%22%20drakesville&match=1
“Drakesville man found slain” (The Des Moines Register) April 15, 1984
https://www.newspapers.com/image/131758782/?terms=%22justin%20hook%22%20drakesville&match=1
“Mother of victim of homicide now reported missing” by Tom Alex (The Des Moines Register) April 16, 1984
https://www.newspapers.com/image/131759750/?terms=%22justin%20hook%22%20drakesville&match=1
“Mom slashed, girl abducted in Ottuma” by Lisa Collins (The Des Moines Register) April 12, 1987
https://www.newspapers.com/image/129019105/?terms=%22kathy%20allen%22%20%22andrew%20six%22
“Convicted murderer tied to 1984 triple homicide” by Hayley Bruce (The Gazette) 2014.
https://www.newspapers.com/image/541627254/?terms=%22andrew%20wessel%20six%22&match=1
“Officials await autopsy results in girl’s death” (Associated Press) April 13, 1987
https://www.newspapers.com/image/355791635/?terms=%22kathy%20allen%22%20%22andrew%20six%22&match=1
(Murderpedia)
https://murderpedia.org/male.S/s1/six-andrew.htm
“DNA Ties Executed Man, ’84 Triple Homicide in Iowa” by Ryan J. Foley (Associated Press)
“Allen v. Anderson”
https://law.justia.com/cases/iowa/court-of-appeals/1992/91-1514-0.html
“Body Found In Missouri, Two Arrested In Texas” (AP News) 1987.
https://apnews.com/article/b475e5dfe94afff39a4f373b772af423
“Witness to an Execution Finds Retribution but Little Relief” by Scott Charton
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-oct-26-mn-46723-story.html
“DCI Investigators Continue to Work on Cold Cases” (Times-Republican) 2015.