93: MURDER: Megan Trussell

Detective Perspective

Derrick Levasseur

True Crime, Documentary, Society & Culture, History

5 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 23 June 2025

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Please consider donating or sharing Megan's family's GoFundMe for private testing and legal costs here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-the-megan-memorial-fund

Also please consider following the fight for answers on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/523984600725253

On the night of February 9, 2025, 18-year-old Megan Trussell was last seen leaving her dorm at the University of Colorado Boulder. Six days later, her body was found miles away—down a steep embankment in Boulder Canyon. She had scrapes, bruises, and contusions across her body and head. Her teeth were broken, and her phone, purse, and one of her shoes were missing.

Weeks later, her phone turned up at an ecoATM—it had been sold by a stranger. Her purse was found miles away, torn at the clasp. Her other shoe has never been found. Despite all of this, authorities ruled that no foul play was involved.

Megan’s family doesn’t agree. They believe a thorough investigation was never conducted—and that there are still too many unanswered questions. Their fight continues to find out what really happened to Megan.

18-year-old Megan Trussell was last seen leaving her dorm at the University of Colorado Boulder on the night of February 9, 2025. Six days later, her body was found down a steep embankment in Boulder Canyon. She had scrapes, bruises, and a mass of undigested pills in her stomach. Her phone, purse, and one of her shoes were missing.

Her phone was later sold at an ecoATM by a man with ties to the canyon encampment, and her purse was found miles away—torn at the clasp. Her missing shoe hasn’t been found.

If you have any information in Megan’s case, please text or call 678-636-9771, or email [email protected]. There is a $1,000 reward.

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0:00.0	On the night of February 9, 2025, 18-year-old Megan Truzzle was last seen leaving her dorm at the University of Colorado, Boulder.
0:17.1	Six days later, her body was found miles away down a steep embankment in Boulder Canyon.
0:23.4	She had scrapes, bruises, and contusions across her body and head.
0:27.8	Her teeth were broken, and her phone, purse, and one of her shoes were missing.
0:33.3	Weeks later, her phone turned up at an eco ATM.
0:36.9	It had been sold by a stranger. Her purse was also found
0:40.4	miles away, torn at the clasp, and her other shoe has never been found. Despite all of this,
0:46.7	authorities ruled that no foul play was involved and that she had killed herself. Megan's family
0:52.1	doesn't agree. They believe a thorough investigation was
0:55.2	never conducted and that there was still too many unanswered questions. Their fight continues
1:00.3	to find out what really happened to Megan Trussle.
1:03.4	Music I'm Oh Oh Oh
1:11.6	Oh
1:13.6	Oh Hey everyone. Welcome back to Detective Perspective. My name is Derek Lavasser. I'm a licensed private investigator and former police detective.
1:41.2	Each week I'll be covering an unsolved case in story format. I'll then give you
1:44.9	my perspective on the investigation and provide contact information for the individuals or
1:50.4	organizations connected to the case so that if you have any tips, you can contact them directly
1:55.4	and maybe you can help solve a case. So if you're someone who's interested in true crime,
2:00.7	specifically unsolved cases,
2:02.7	and you would like to hear my opinion on those investigations, please consider subscribing
2:07.5	whether you're watching on YouTube or listening on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or whatever platform
2:13.2	you use. Okay, a couple house cleaning things before we get into this week's episode. I've been getting a lot of
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