ANIMAL Pt. 1

Murder In The Rain

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🗓️ 10 June 2025

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Portland Police solve 40-year-old murder - oregonlive.com - Oregon Journal July 25 1979- Woman, 20, strangled in bed here - 1979 - Oregon Crime Rates 1960 to 2019 - The big difference between Portland’s violence now and record-setting 1987? Guns and indiscriminate shootings - oregonlive.com - How the “Stranger Danger” Panic of the 1980s Helped Give Rise to Mass Incarceration - The Oregonian Aug. 4 1978- Frances L. Bloch - Keeping it weird at the W Burnside McDonald’s : r/Portland - Alberni Valley TImes Aug 1 1979- Obituaries - Newspapers.com Joseph Hlavka - The Oregonian July 26 1979 - Woman strangled in NW Portland Apartment - Oregon Journal Aug 3 1979 - Clues scares in woman's murder - Denton Record Chronicle June 28 1972- Two Dentonites Indicted - Abilene Reporter News- Feb. 1 1973- Haskell Rape Charges Filed - Times Record News April 18 1973- Haskell Man Given Sentence - Corpus Christi Times May 8 1986- Rites set for slain girl; hopes fade for 2 missing - Longview News Journal May 10 1986- Crime Spree/Search - Tyler Morning Telegraph May 8 1986- No Top suspect Yet In Slaying of Wood Youth - the Tyler Courier Times May 11 1986- - Hawkins Youths Found Slain - The tyler Courier Times May 12 1986 Autopsy Shows Hawkins Youths Died of Gunshots - Tyler Morning Telegraph May 13 1986- Bryan Drew Boone - Tyler Morning Telegraph May 14 1986 Services - Austin American Statesman May 23 1986- Man charged with strangling near Hawkins - Longview News Journal June 7 1986 -McFadden indicted in robbery case - Austin American Statesman- July 11 1986- Hostage safe as hunt intensifies for jail escapee - Kerrville Times July 11 1986- Hostage gets away from escaped rapist - The Oregonian Feb 28 1958- Injured Worker wins $36,378 - The Bulletin- Driving while under the influence- Joseph Louis Hlavka, Portland, lodged in jail in lieu of $305 fine - Anna working on a wood project - Alberni Valley Times Aug 1 1979- Hlavka (Koivisto) Funeral - The Bulletin Crook County Circut Cout Dec 2 1971 - The Sunday Oregonian June 7 1987- Wounded man still critical - The Oregonian July 7 1988- Senteced to 90 days in jail - The Oregonian Aug 4 1988 Joseph Car Crash - The Oregonian Dec 8 1988 90 days in Jail - Female Murder Victims and Victim-Offender Relationship, 2021 | Bureau of Justice Statistics. - the Tyler Courier-Times May 7 1986- Ore City Man Held In Hawkins - Tyler Morning Telegraph May 6 1986- Hawkins Teen Slain; Two Friends Missing - El Paso Herald Post July 10 1986- Rapist Accused of Murder Escapes - Longview News Journal Aug 27 1986- McFadden due sentence today - Austin American Statesman Aug 28 1986 'Animal' handed life prison term for lake holdup - Austin American Statesman March 17 1987 Trial would ruin budget, officials say - Fort Worth Star telegram June 23 1987 - Thief was 'Animal', murder trial witness says - Longview News Journal June 30 1987- Autopsies detailed at McFadden trial - Seguin Gazette Enterprise July 1 1987 Murderer testifies about McFadden - Longview news Journal July 15 1987- McFadden given death - Longview News Journal Oct 15 1999- McFadden executed for 1986 murder - Our Sponsors: * Check out Kensington Publishing: https://www.kensingtonbooks.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

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0:00.0	The
0:07.0	The On July 26, 1979, the front page of the long-defunct Oregon Journal newspaper had the cover lines,
0:41.0	Playboy's perfect playmate, taxpayers missing the boat, and Democrats back Carter Gas Plan.
0:47.2	Just beneath those, the main headline read, Woman 20, strangled in bed here, paired with a photo of a young woman's face adorned with a now
0:55.6	heartbreaking smile. Her name was Anna Marie Lavka, and it would take 40 years for her killer
1:01.3	to be named, though he would never have to face the consequences for what he did to Anna.
1:07.9	I had a vague recollection of this case when the news broke about it being solved in 2019,
1:13.2	but I don't think I had really realized just how groundbreaking it was.
1:17.6	Then a few weeks ago, I was contacted by a production company that requested I work with them on their program to help tell Anna's story.
1:25.6	To recount her case as accurately as possible, I conducted
1:28.7	my own research, and over the next two episodes, I will be telling the story of Anna Marie's
1:33.6	case and how her killer was connected. Now and then, a case arises that changes how crimes
1:42.1	are handled and solved. H. H. H. Holmes with his serial
1:45.4	killings, the Zodiac committing stranger-to-stranger murders, Ted Bundy with his charm and luring of women.
1:52.1	Then in 2018, we all learned of the newest tool in forensic crime-solving, forensic genetic genealogy.
1:59.5	Utilizing DNA taken from crime scenes attributed to a serial
2:02.9	burglar, rapist, and murderer, Parabon Labs was able to follow a path of ancestry that eventually
2:08.9	led to the arrest of Joseph DiAngelo, a former cop who had tormented Southern California and
2:15.2	the Bay Area from 1974 to 1986.
2:19.3	The capture of the Golden State Killer was a game changer for cold case detectives.
2:23.8	The theory of genetic genealogy had been proven to be successful, making Parabon the most
2:29.6	popular lab in the country, and every cold case detective was hoping to get a chance to try to solve
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