368: The Murder of Lanell Barsock
This Feels Criminal: A True Crime Podcast (Formerly Killer Queens)
This Feels Criminal | Formerly Killer Queens
4.4 • 3.1K Ratings
🗓️ 8 April 2025
⏱️ 67 minutes
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Summary
In June of 2010, La'Rene Austin rushed into the Palmdale Sheriff's Office saying that she found her best friend Lanell Barsock dead in her garage. She was covered in blood and frantic. She spoke with detectives and was able to tell them that she saw the man who did it, LaNell's boyfriend Louis. The couple's tumultuous relationship coupled with La'Rene's identifying him led to Louis' swift arrest, but as more evidence came to light, detectives began to question if they had the right person in custody.
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| 0:00.0 | All right, you guys, welcome back to another episode of Killer Queens. I am Torella, and my microphone is too high. |
| 0:07.9 | Okay, I'm Torella, and now I know what I'm doing. I'm doing this for almost eight years, |
| 0:24.3 | and, you know, every day's a, it's like a new day, isn't it? Okay. So, let's get started. We are talking |
| 0:32.0 | about the murder of Linnell Barstock today. Very, very sad case. Please let me give you a couple of the things that I said as I |
| 0:40.8 | researched and read and watched about this case. Are you kidding me? Did you not check anything? |
| 0:51.1 | Did you not think they were going to look into that? You know Google keeps receipts, |
| 0:57.1 | right? Um, my dogs are laying down now. You guys know you're supposed to check DNA results, fingerprints, all those kind of things, right? |
| 1:14.2 | You guys know you have to ask questions, right? |
| 1:19.7 | I mean, just buckle up. |
| 1:21.5 | Okay, buckle up. |
| 1:22.3 | Hold on to your butts because it's an interesting one. |
| 1:26.0 | We are going to give a hey girl, thanks to Mark for writing this one up. |
| 1:29.4 | Thank you so much. And thanks to Lisa S. for requesting it. I have never heard of this case. |
| 1:34.2 | It is freaking wild. Get ready. All right. Let me give you just like a brief overview. Okay. |
| 1:42.1 | In June of 2010, Lorraine Austin rushes into the police department. And she's |
| 1:48.4 | like, well, Palmdale Sheriff's Office, you know. And she's like, oh my gosh, I found my friend, |
| 1:54.4 | my best friend, her name is Lanelle Barstock, dead in her garage. Lorraine was covered in |
| 2:00.1 | blood. She was frantic. |
| 2:01.3 | She was obviously very upset. |
| 2:04.5 | So she tells detectives, I was there at the house and I found her body and I saw the person |
| 2:10.6 | that killed her. |
| 2:11.2 | It's her boyfriend, Lewis. |
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