Ep 152: The Alibi

Court Junkie

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True Crime, News, Talk Radio, Government

4.8 • 8.6K Ratings

🗓️ 5 April 2021

⏱️ 43 minutes

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After a 32-year-old mother of two disappeared from a small town in Michigan, her husband became the immediate suspect. But with an ironclad alibi, could he really have been the killer? Thank you to Rex Hall Jr. from the Kalamazoo Gazette for talking to us about this case. Sponsors in this episode: Straight Talk Wireless - With Straight Talk Wireless, you can get a Samsung Galaxy A51 for just $199. Plus, get the $45 unlimited talk, text, and data plan with NO contract on America’s best networks for up to 50% less. Madison Reed - Get 10% off plus free shipping on your first Color Kit when you go to Madison-Reed.com and use code COURT. Caldrea - Get 20% off with code FCOL20 when you buy online at Caldrea.com. Talkspace - Get $100 off your first month and show your support for the show by using the code COURT at talkspace.com. This episode was researched and written by Gabrielle Russon. Please consider supporting Court Junkie with as little as $3 a month via Patreon.com/CourtJunkie to receive ad-free episodes. Help support Court Junkie with $6 a month and get access to bonus monthly episodes. Follow me on Twitter @CourtJunkiePod or Instagram at CourtJunkie.

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0:00.0	Early one spring morning, 32-year-old Venus Stort was still dressed in her pajamas when
0:08.1	she vanished into thin air from her parents' home in rural Michigan.
0:13.9	She appeared to have just gone outside to get a package from the mailman.
0:19.8	Police conducted multiple searches and kept coming up empty.
0:24.1	The weeks and months dragged on.
0:27.4	The police members gathered their dogs and walking sticks and marched in tall prairie
0:32.0	grass through empty fields and thick woods to search for her.
0:37.4	Again, no sign of the missing mother of two young daughters.
0:42.5	Cadaver dogs couldn't pick up a scent.
0:45.9	More than two dozen psychics even tried to use the vibrations, dreams, and feelings to provide
0:52.4	supernatural help with the search.
0:55.5	Nothing.
0:57.0	Venus's family held regular prayer vigils.
1:01.5	The largest newspaper in the area, the Kalamazoo Gazette, covered the story, which was drawing
1:07.8	more and more attention as time went on.
1:12.3	At the time, Rex Hall Jr. was the cops reporter at the Kalamazoo Gazette, covering the story
1:18.8	when it broke in 2010.
1:21.6	When she disappeared, there were a lot of people from the community there in colon and colon
1:29.5	township that really rallied around her mom and dad and wanted to find her.
1:37.6	I guess even if it was going to be that they found her alive or that they found her not alive,
1:45.3	I think there was really definitely a sense that I can recall of the community wanting
1:50.0	to help out and wanting to find her because there was definitely a sense that amongst
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