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Court Junkie

Ep 34: The Strange Saga of Kelly Cochran

Court Junkie

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True Crime, News, Talk Radio, Government

4.88.6K Ratings

🗓️ 6 September 2017

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

It all started with a missing persons report that was filed on October 27, 2014. Christopher Karl Regan hadn't been seen for two weeks and his friends and family were worried about him. The main suspect in his disappearance was Kelly Cochran, a married woman he had been secretly dating. But did Kelly really kill him, or did her husband have something to do with it? Please consider supporting Court Junkie with as little as $3 a month via Patreon.com/CourtJunkie. Help support Court Junkie with $6 a month and get access to bonus monthly episodes. Follow me on Twitter @CourtJunkiePod or Instagram at CourtJunkie. Music in this episode by: periculum by Kai Engel - http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/Caeli/Kai_Engel_-_caeli_-_09_periculum_1089 Astrisx by Blue Dot Sessions - http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Blue_Dot_Sessions/Bodytonic/Astrisx Break Through by Pictures of the Floating World - http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Pictures_of_the_Floating_World/Approach/05_Break_Through Determination by Borrtex - http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Borrtex/Ability/Borrtex_-_04_-_Determination no turn back by Ketsa - http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ketsa/Layers_1384/no_turn_back_stems_master Attraction by Alex Mason/The Minor Emotion - http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Alex_MasonThe_Minor_Emotion/Return_1655/07_1619 Tumult by Kai Engel - http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/The_Run/Kai_Engel_-_The_Run_-_07_Tumult

Transcript

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0:00.0

On January 24, 2006, 24-year-old Jennifer Kessie was reported missing when she failed

0:07.3

to show up for work.

0:08.8

The only lead in the case, a mysterious person of interest captured on video leaving her

0:13.7

car.

0:14.7

To this day, that person and Jennifer's whereabouts are still unknown.

0:20.2

Unconcluded is a real-time investigative podcast, taking another look.

0:24.7

You can subscribe or listen on Apple podcasts or your favorite app.

0:32.0

In February 2017, 34-year-old Kelly Cochran was up on the witness stand in the Iron County

0:38.6

Courthouse in Crystal Falls, Michigan.

0:42.0

She wore a striped, long-sleeved sweater over a cream-colored turtle neck.

0:46.8

Her hair was pulled back tightly in a bun.

0:50.4

Kelly spoke calmly into the microphone and told her attorney who was questioning her

0:55.7

about something awful that happened on October 14, 2014.

1:01.7

She said she watched her husband, Jason Cochran, leave home for the night, and then she called

1:07.2

a man she had been having an affair with, Chris Regan, and told him to come over.

1:13.1

She said when Chris arrived, they started having sex right by the back door, and that's

1:17.9

when she heard a gunshot go off.

1:20.6

And both she and Chris tumbled down the basement stairs.

1:24.4

All of a sudden, he was tumbling down the stairs and he went with him.

1:29.5

What happened to that?

1:30.5

I come to and my grandma was on the battle with us.

1:36.4

What do you see?

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