Episode 210: The Murder of Katrina Smith

True Crime Couple

True Crime Couple Podcast

True Crime, Documentary, Society & Culture

4.7 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 27 July 2025

⏱️ 99 minutes

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Summary

In late October of 2012 the sudden disappearance of Katrina Smith left an Illinois community reeling. As the days went on the search for her revealed troubling clues as to what had happened to her. Detectives in this case were confronted with many bizarre circumstances and possible suspects, but it would be the revelation of a shocking secret that would lead them straight to their killer.

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Sources:
https://abcnews.go.com/US/hidden-past-led-katrina-smiths-killer/story?id=104055372
https://www.yahoo.com/news/katrina-smith-her-husband-thought-033832831.html
https://www.illinoiscourts.gov/Resources/fd640f4a-f898-4ca4-9e9a-bb6ddcbf9afe/2170299_R23.pdf#:~:text=Trial%20court%20affirmed.,in%20the%20Department%20of%20Corrections.
Articles retrieved from the Chicago Tribune, The Times (Streator, Il), Northwest Herald, Southtown Star, and The Daily Republican-Register through Newspapers.com between the dates of 2012-2018
20/20 Aired October 23, 2023

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0:00.0	Hey guys, welcome to episode 210 of the True Crime Couple podcast.
0:04.5	I'm Kay.
0:05.0	And I'm John.
0:05.8	We hope all is well and wanted to say in all of the craziness of this four-month sleep
0:11.8	regression we're going through right now, we completely forgot our podcast anniversary.
0:17.7	We did.
0:18.9	I feel like we do do it pretty often where it'll pass and we'll go,
0:22.8	oh my God, our anniversary. It's like, oh, well, something else we forgot. We have been lucky enough
0:29.6	to go on year eight of bringing you this podcast. We can never thank you enough for allowing
0:37.0	us to be around for so long. We love you
0:40.3	all and the community that you've created. We are not lying when we say we truly have the best
0:46.2	listeners out there. We also want to thank you if you've newly joined our Patreon subscription.
0:53.3	If you've recently joined, please stay tuned to the end
0:56.3	of the episode to hear a personal shout out. If you want ad-free episodes and two full-length
1:04.5	bonus episodes a month, please join us at patreon.com slash true crime couple. Okay, now let's get down to business. John, are you ready
1:15.0	to hear something crazy? Of course. In October of 2001, a woman named Teresa just returned to her
1:23.5	parents' house where she was staying. As she walked from her vehicle to the front door,
1:30.0	she carried with her her keys, her purse, and a capri son. In order to get into the door,
1:37.2	she had to round the corner of the house. When she was, with the full force of a grown man,
1:50.6	punched in the face, the blow immediately knocked her off balance, and she was disoriented.
1:52.2	What had happened?
1:55.4	She looked around to try and understand.
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