Attic of Secrets - Renia Lewis

True Crimecast

Stove Leg Media

True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary, Personal Journals

4.8 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 10 October 2025

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

When Vallejo, California resident Renia Lewis, 28, went missing, the search led police to a home where her remains were hidden in a secretly accessed attic. The episode details the investigation, the multiple visits to the home, and the swift arrest of Douglas Irwin Shaw, 41, who later confessed to the murder. The case focuses on the shocking method of concealment and the ongoing mystery surrounding the motive.

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0:00.0	Stoveleg Media, Igniting Conversation.
0:12.9	Welcome to True Crime to Go. What can I get for you?
0:16.4	I don't know. Feeling like a missing person case would be fun, but maybe don't search the entire house, just part of it.
0:23.5	But then go back, search the full house.
0:25.1	Pull up to the second window and we'll see you next crime.
0:31.4	Welcome to True Crime to Go.
0:33.2	I am John here with Jamie.
0:35.1	What's going on, brother?
0:35.9	She's on thin ice.
0:36.8	That's two times in a row. She's
0:38.3	interrupted us and I have about had it. Well, I mean, like I said, it's hard to find good help these
0:43.8	days. I got a place she could probably go work. What does that mean? Well, I have a negative
0:49.9	interaction every single time I go to a particular restaurant in my hometown. Okay.
0:54.9	I continue to go.
0:56.0	So shame on me.
0:56.6	You do.
0:57.0	I don't know why you do that.
0:58.6	But yeah, today's a crime story in 10 minutes or less, better get us rolling.
1:03.9	All right, man.
1:04.5	We're going to go back to very recently on Friday evening, September the 28th, 2025, Renaya Lewis of Vallejo, California,
1:16.2	was last seen alive.
1:17.7	And though the exact time and circumstances remain unclear, here's what we know.
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