Darlene Krashoc Part 1

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Society & Culture, True Crime

4.8 • 871 Ratings

🗓️ 25 January 2022

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Episode 26 Darlene Krashoc Part 1 of 2

On St. Patrick’s Day, 1987, the body of young Army mechanic Darlene Krashoc was found in a frozen parking lot behind the Korean Club restaurant in Colorado Springs. She had been brutalized and strangled, with a coat hanger bridle still around her throat. The Fort Carson-based soldier had last been seen in Shuffles nightclub the late the night before, dancing with an unidentified GI. The decades-long investigation focused on scores of persons of interest, from Darlene’s friends and relatives to serial killers who used coat hangers or bit their victims. But her killer was none of these. Forensic genealogy would eventually point investigators to a man who was never named in the casefile, a man who was stationed at Fort Carson and frequented Shuffles nightclub. A man who was still alive and well and living in Thornton, Colorado.

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0:00.0	You're listening to DNAID.
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0:05.5	Be sure to check out some of the other great true crime podcasts from this network,
0:09.9	including The Murder in My Family, Missing Persons, Beyond Bizarre True Crime, Zodiac Speaking,
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1:12.6	It was 1987. On Monday, March 16th, a snowstorm hit Colorado Springs, Colorado.
1:19.2	Of course, snow in the centennial state is nothing new even in mid-March, but on this day,
1:24.1	the storm was big enough that work for some people was disrupted, vehicles were
1:27.9	stuck, and routines were temporarily halted. U.S. Army specialist Darlene Krashock, a member of
1:34.2	the 73rd maintenance company stationed at Fort Carson, had reported to duty that morning,
1:39.0	despite her ride to work being stuck in the snow. But by midday, all non-essential personnel were sent home.
1:46.5	Darlene, just 20 years old but considered a very popular and fun young lady with a very
1:51.0	active social life, hung out with friends for the rest of the day, and then headed out for
1:55.8	an evening of partying and dancing. She was in the company of two buddies from her unit, Tom and Eric. The trio went to a
2:02.9	club called Shuffles that night, where a DJ was playing. Darlene was seen dancing with Tom,
2:08.3	Eric, and other men, including one, in particular whom, it is believed, she had never met before.
2:15.2	Tom and Eric left Shuffles after midnight. When they drove away, Darlene was inside the
2:19.9	bar. She did not have a car with her and reportedly told her friends that she would walk the 1.7 miles home
2:25.9	or get a ride. She wanted to stay and dance some more. She was seen by some witnesses still at the bar
2:32.0	after last call sometime around 1.30. But no one was
2:36.1	really sure whether she had left alone or with someone or what happened to her after she walked
2:40.9	out the door and into the freezing cold night. At 5.20 a.m. on Tuesday, March 17, 1987 St. Patrick's Day,
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