Dana Laskowski // 333

Going West: True Crime

Dark West Productions

True Crime, Society & Culture, News

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🗓️ 22 August 2023

⏱️ 39 minutes

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In August of 2001, a 36-year-old mom of three was found murdered in her own home in Washington. No one could understand who would kill her and why, but as police dug deeper into potential suspects, a journey entry with the desire to “kill someone and get away with it” would ultimately crack the case. This is the story of Dana Laskowski. BONUS EPISODES Apple Subscriptions: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/going-west-true-crime/id1448151398 Patreon: patreon.com/goingwestpodcast CASE SOURCES 1. Inquisitr: https://www.inquisitr.com/3503818/dana-laskowski-emily-lauenborg-betrayed-puyallup-mom-found-dead-in-home-killed-by-strong-drug-crazed-teen-on-investigation-discovery 2. A Time To Kill: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14604820/ 3. Thought Catalog: https://thoughtcatalog.com/christine-stockton/2021/04/the-murderer-who-wrote-kill-someone-get-away-with-it-on-her-bucket-list/ 4. Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/51492906/dana-e-laskowski 5. Oxygen: https://www.oxygen.com/an-unexpected-killer/crime-news/emily-lauenborg-murders-dana-laskowski-in-bucket-list-killing 6. The News Tribune: https://www.newspapers.com/image/741753088/?terms=dana%20laskowski&match=1 7. The Seattle Times: https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=19940102&slug=1887572 8. The News Tribune: https://www.newspapers.com/image/741771184/?terms=dana%20laskowski&match=1 9. The Cinemaholic: https://thecinemaholic.com/dana-laskowski-murder-where-is-emily-lauenborg-now/ 10. Medium: https://medium.com/true-crime-fans/loving-mother-killed-by-teen-because-murder-was-on-their-bucket-list-ab7dcc153a0a 11. Medium: https://thewickedtruthblog.com/teen-killer-wears-victims-t-shirt-to-funeral-gets-caught-by-her-own-diary-762c6ddaa864 12. My Life of Crime: https://mylifeofcrime.wordpress.com/2012/12/02/dana-laskowski-murder-8312001-payallup-wa-emily-lauenborg-pled-guilty-sentenced-to-6-12-years-in-prison/ 13. Seattle Times: https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=20030317&slug=plea17m 14. Bill's Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/253984478/william-harvey-ross 15. Killer In Plain Sight: https://www.hulu.com/watch/b01ec152-1d33-422a-835d-445176ea9d1a Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	What is going on to crime fans? I'm your host Tee. And I'm your host Daphne. And you're listening to going west. I
0:20.8	didn't know if you were going to get your intro in time with that yawn. I had a really big yawn right
0:25.1	before I needed to start my intro. But I nailed it. You did it. You did it. All right. Hello,
0:29.3	everybody. Thank you so much for tuning in today. And thank you so much to Hussein for recommending
0:33.7	today's case. It is one out of Washington. There are so many suspects in this one, but it actually
0:39.7	takes a very unexpected turn. But this one is solved. So we do have resolution at the end of it,
0:46.1	at least for the most part. Yeah. And thankfully, we're actually able to record this today because
0:51.5	yesterday we had a pretty big storm here. But we got a ton of rain. I think I was up to like
0:57.4	4 in the morning just listening to the windows shake. Oh my god. Last night was insane. We were both
1:02.2	we both kept waking up like, what is happening? But it was it was lovely to have some rain for a change
1:07.8	in LA. But thankfully, we are here to give you guys a little dose of true crime today. So let's
1:14.4	talk about this episode. All right, guys. This is episode 333 of Going West. 333. So let's get into it.
1:45.2	In August of 2001, a 36 year old mom of three was found murdered in her own home in Washington.
2:05.1	No one could understand who would kill her and why. But as police dug deeper into potential suspects,
2:12.9	a journal entry with the desire to kill someone and get away with it would ultimately crack the case.
2:21.0	This is the story of Dana Leskowski.
2:26.5	Dana Ross was born on February 23rd 1965 to parents Judy and Bill Ross. Now above all, Judy
2:52.4	remembers her daughter's kindness and big heart, saying fondly, quote, she was my baby. She was
2:58.4	just so gentle. But sadly, Dana's kindness was often taken advantage of as you guys will see.
3:06.4	So Judy and Bill eventually divorced and Bill remarried a woman named Kathy, which brought Dana
3:12.0	two half siblings and four step siblings. As a child, Dana settled in Pialip, Washington,
3:18.8	which is about 20 minutes southeast of Tacoma and 45 minutes south of Seattle. Pialip, which is a
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