EP272: Lured, Loved, and Left for Dead

Crimes and Consequences

True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.6 • 859 Ratings

🗓️ 22 July 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

She was vibrant, creative, and full of life—a young woman with a contagious smile and a heart that drew people in. But in the summer of 2017, Shannon Graves vanished from Youngstown, Ohio, without a trace. What began as a missing person case quickly spiraled into something far darker, revealing a chilling story of betrayal, manipulation, and murder. In this episode, we peel back the layers of a case that shocked a community and exposed a deeply disturbing secret hidden in plain sight. This is the story of Shannon Graves.

SOURCES:
1) Crime and Justice With Ashleigh Banfield
2) Tragedy of Youngstown murder haunts family as police continue to work the case
3) The Misery Machine Podcast
4) ‘It Was Like A Nightmare’: Ohio Couple Found Woman’s Dismembered Body In Friend’s Deep Freezer
5) Beautiful 28-yo Shannon Graves’ body parts sealed in plastic bags, stored in freezer while look-a-like allegedly steals identity
6) A Body in the Basement
7) Man convicted of murdering Youngstown woman found in freezer
8) Ohio v. Autoro Novoa
9) Final Conspirator Sentenced to Prison in Youngstown Dismemberment Case
10) Mahoning County Man Pleads Guilty to Murder and Abuse of Corpse
11) Woman sentenced to 18 years in coverup and dismemberment case
12) Killer to get new sentence
13) Buried in the House: Don’t Open the Freezer, Oxygen.

Transcript

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0:00.0	The weather. Tomorrow, expect a... Biting cold front. Mmm, how naughty. I wonder what I'll be wearing or taking off. The night will be wild and untamed. Expect heavy, lashing rain that'll soak you to the skin. By Monday, temperatures will rise, slowly but surely, reaching their peak in the afternoon.
0:23.0	Not in the mood for miserable weather?
0:25.8	Fly cheaply to Turkey with Sun Express.
0:50.6	Sun Express, non, and animals.
0:53.1	Listener discretion is advised.
1:05.8	Hi, this is Tanya.
1:07.4	Hi, this is Shannon.
1:11.8	And we are Crimes and Consequences, a hardcore true crime podcast.
1:14.8	Hey, Shannon.
1:16.1	Hey, Tanya.
1:16.8	How are you?
1:17.9	I'm doing pretty good.
1:18.7	How are you?
1:21.1	I'm doing freaking fabulous.
1:22.7	What is today Thursday?
1:24.4	Today is Thursday.
1:26.1	I have an announcement.
1:27.2	You do. Yeah. I may an announcement. You do.
1:28.0	Yeah.
1:31.2	I may or may not continue with the podcast.
1:37.4	And if I'm going with the route that this is looking to be, I was playing the lotto online.
1:38.8	Last night.
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