EP 62: High School Sweethearts PT 1

In this week's episode, the first part of a two-parter, Paul and Kate head to 1970s rural Oregon where a young couple has gone missing after a trip to the river. After a harrowing search, bodies are found, but far more questions than answers emerge.

Sources:

“Horror in the Dark” (Cold Case Files: DNA Speaks/ Hulu)

https://www.hulu.com/series/cold-case-files-dna-speaks-a16f8bae-e858-41d5-9298-30dddbca8358

“Special Report: Killing of Eugene teens solved 44 years later” by Matt Templeton (KEZI) 2021.

https://www.kezi.com/news/crime/special-report-killing-of-eugene-teens-solved-44-years-later/article_c7f726d1-6dec-527e-bc6d-2f7f3972c1bd.html

“Tragedy at Broken Bowl” (Eugene Register Guard) 1987.

https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=4pF9x-cDGsoC&dat=19870614&printsec=frontpage&hl=en

“Man accused of killing two teens in Lane County identified after 43 years” by Jack Forrest (The Oregonian) 2021. https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-bottle-of-prescription-pills-and-bottles-of-breast-milk-119598437.html?imageid=27029B60-AD92-4FBF-AEE9-5289B9501F47&p=63916&pn=1&searchId=bf3d51a01d78cc4368bddc1ee8acb0af&searchtype=0

https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2021/09/man-accused-of-killing-two-teens-in-lane-county-identified-after-43-years.html

“Teen killings: What Motive?” (Associated Press) 1977.

https://www.newspapers.com/image/384129586/?terms=%22Eric%20Goldstrand%22&match=1

Police: DNA Helps Solve 1977 Slaying of Oregon Teens (Associated Press) 2021.

https://apnews.com/article/crime-oregon-eugene-fdcc69f2131c18bae11a32f0a5e183a8#:~:text=EUGENE%2C%20Ore.,in%20Arizona%20earlier%20this%20year.

“Team looks at cold cases; Crime” by Rebecca Nolan. (The Register-Guard) 2006.

https://advance.lexis.com/api/permalink/a84f458f-238c-4e48-a216-2ba4c92515ec/?context=1519360

“The Snapshot DNA Phenotyping Service” (Parabon NanoLabs)

https://snapshot.parabon-nanolabs.com/#phenotyping

“Cold case of North Eugene High School students' double homicide cracked, 43 years later” by Tatiana Parafiniuk-Talesnick (The Register-Guard) 2021.

https://www.registerguard.com/story/news/crime/2021/09/25/cold-case-death-north-eugene-high-school-teens-solved-43-years-later/5852734001/

“Ronald Shroy (Geneology Explained)

https://www.genealogyexplained.com/igg-cases/ronald-shroy/

“Sheriff: North Eugene Murder Case from 1977 solved; Suspect Killed Himself” (KTMR/NBC16)

https://nbc16.com/news/local/sheriff-north-eugene-murder-case-from-1977-solved-suspect-committed-suicide

“Parents Offer Reward in Slayings” (Corvallis Gazette-Times) 1977.

https://www.newspapers.com/image/384491908/?terms=%22Lliana%20Adank%22&match=1

“About Parabon NanoLabs” (Parabon NanoLabs)

https://parabon-nanolabs.com/about.html

“Murdered Teenagers” (The News Tribune) 1977.

https://www.newspapers.com/image/735680080/?terms=Lliana%20Adank&match=1

“2 Teen-Agers Reported Slain” (UPI) 1977.

https://www.newspapers.com/image/578352442/?terms=Lliana%20Adank&match=1

“Sheriff: North Eugene Murder Case from 1977 Solved; Suspect Killed Himself” (KPIC/

https://kpic.com/sheriff-north-eugene-murder-case-from-1977-solved-suspect-committed-suicide

“Eugene” by Steve McQuiddy (Oregon Encyclopedia)

https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/eugene/