Episode 60 - Brandi Mathews - Part 2
The Minds of Madness - True Crime Stories
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🗓️ 29 September 2019
⏱️ 53 minutes
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The Minds Of Madness Theme Music – Duncan Foster
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Research & Writing:
Christine Penhale
https://thetruecrimefiles.com/
Featured Podcasts:
Texla True Crime - https://podtail.com/en/podcast/texla-true-crime/
True Crime Fix - https://truecrimefix.podbean.com/
Domestic Violence Resources:
http://www.thehotline.org/
https://www.helpguide.org/articles/abuse/domestic-violence-and-abuse.htm
https://www.mosaicmethod.com/
http://vanetwork.org/
Sources:
“Feature: 5K to memorialize Brandi Matthews, victim of domestic violence.” Lake Expo, September 9, 2014.
https://www.lakeexpo.com/news/lake_news/feature-k-to-memorialize-brandi-matthews-victim-of-domestic-violence/article_e8799612-3831-11e4-b671-0019bb2963f4.html
“Mother forgives daughter’s killer at sentencing.” Lake Expo, January 9, 2012.
https://www.lakeexpo.com/news/crime/mother-forgives-daughter-s-killer-at-sentencing/article_f8285f00-3a99-11e1-be1f-0019bb2963f4.html
“The murder trial of Kelly Simino, the man convicted of killing Brandi Mathews.” Lake Expo, November 2, 2011.
https://www.lakeexpo.com/news/crime/the-murder-trial-of-kelly-simino-the-man-convicted-of/article_6be867f6-0588-11e1-a155-001cc4c03286.html
“Brandi Mathews’ killer convicted of murder.” Lake Expo, November 1, 2011.
https://www.lakeexpo.com/news/crime/brandi-mathews-killer-convicted-of-murder/article_37c22144-04b9-11e1-b42a-001cc4c03286.html
“Mother of murdered woman expresses gratitude to the Osage Beach Police.” Lake Expo, March 15, 2011.
https://www.lakeexpo.com/news/lake_news/mother-of-murdered-woman-expresses-gratitude-to-the-osage-beach/article_9d41187c-3c23-5584-92f0-d0a9d4e65053.html
“Brandi Mathews: A story of domestic violence, drugs, murder.” Lake Expo, January 9, 2011.
https://www.lakeexpo.com/news/lake_news/brandi-mathews-a-story-of-domestic-violence-drugs-murder/article_96424048-3eeb-5cba-8015-403896019f0b.html
“Missing Woman: Mother says Brandi Mathews helped law enforcement in attempt to escape abusive boyfriend.” Lake Expo, June 12, 2008.
https://www.lakeexpo.com/news/top_stories/missing-woman-mother-says-brandi-mathews-helped-law-enforcement-in/article_36780dfa-ef71-50f9-9fbe-70e3bb06afcb.html
“Brandi June Matthews.” Find A Grave, n.d.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/33197810
“Eldon remains spotlight unsolved cases”
https://krcgtv.com/news/local/eldon-remains-spotlight-unsolved-cases
“Boyfriend of Woman Missing for 3 Years Charged With Murder; Simino Convicted”
http://crimesceneinvestigations.blogspot.com/2011/01/boyfriend-of-woman-missing-for-three.html
“The National Coalition Against Domestic Violence”
https://ncadv.org/
“Interview With Deanna Roberts.” The Minds of Madness, 2019.
“Interview With Osage Beach Detective.” The Minds of Madness, 2019.
“Interview with Kate Hanger.” The Minds of Madness 2019.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | The opinions expressed in the following episode do not necessarily reflect those of the Minds of Madness podcast. |
| 0:07.0 | Listen or discretion is advised. Oh, Previously in Part 1 of Brandy Matthew's Story, you heard how Brandy had met and moved in with a man |
| 0:49.7 | by the name of Kelly Siminow, an abusive partner who terrorized Brandy's entire family in order |
| 0:57.6 | to maintain complete control over her. |
| 1:01.2 | You also learned how Brandy attempted to put a stop to Kelly's abuse and illegal |
| 1:06.7 | activity by working with local law enforcement when she suddenly vanished. |
| 1:15.0 | Join me now as we dig deeper into Brandy's disappearance. |
| 1:21.0 | You'll hear how the extensive man hours worked on her case, along with the cooperation |
| 1:27.6 | between several law enforcement agencies, eventually helped bring Brandy's mother the answers she had been desperately searching for. It was January 2009 and an unusually warm day when a couple and their dog made a startling discovery. |
| 1:56.6 | While walking beside a creek, their dog suddenly disappeared down under the bridge and began barking. |
| 2:04.8 | Refusing to come back up the bank, the owners followed after their pet, and what they found |
| 2:11.7 | appeared to be a human skull. |
| 2:15.4 | It was under a narrow bridge on Sparks and Miller Road in Eldon, |
| 2:20.6 | where Charles Farley first saw the skull. |
| 2:24.0 | It was laying back there about 10 feet, Charles Farley said, |
| 2:29.0 | pointing underneath the bridge to KRCG News. |
| 2:33.7 | Charles told reporters that when he found the skull, it was partially buried, as if it had been |
| 2:39.8 | there for a while. |
| 2:42.1 | Part of it was underneath the gravel, he said. The skull had teeth and next |
| 2:47.7 | to it was dark hair. Sadly, Brandy wasn't the only possible identity of the remains. |
| 2:57.0 | There had been several other women who had gone missing over the years in that area, including a 15-year-old named Tammy Sue Rothganger, who went missing 25 |
| 3:07.7 | years prior. |
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