Episode 61 - Sherri Dally
The Minds of Madness - True Crime Stories
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🗓️ 13 October 2019
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
After she dropped her two young boys off at school, Sherri drove to the local Target in Ventura California to pick out a gift for her mother for the fast-approaching Mother’s Day.
But Sherri never made it home from her errands that day. Instead, she vanished without a trace from the store’s parking lot, leaving behind a distraught family and a bewildered community.
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Sources:
“Ventura Crimes: The Parking Lot Abduction of Sherri Dally.” Medium, February 4, 2019.
https://medium.com/@ashleyhorsfall/ventura-crimes-the-murder-of-sherri-dally-38d12c7137de
“Sherri Dally’s Murder.” Forensic Files Now, October 24, 2018.
https://forensicfilesnow.com/index.php/2018/10/24/sherri-dallys-murder/
“Ventura Man Serving Life Sentence in Wife's 1996 Killing Seeks Clemency.” VC Star, August 31, 2018.
https://www.vcstar.com/story/news/local/communities/ventura/2018/08/31/ventura-man-1996-killing-seeks-clemency/1115644002/?source=post_page-----38d12c7137de----------------------
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“Husband Testifies He Had Nothing To Do With Wife's Kidnap-Murder.” San Diego Source, April 21,1998.
http://www.sddt.com/News/article.cfm?SourceCode=19980421cp#.XU8fiC3Mz6Y
“Haun Accuses Michael Dally of Betrayal.” Los Angeles Times, April 1, 1998.
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-apr-01-me-34881-story.html
“Judge Awards Dally Sons $6.4 Million.” Los Angeles Times, March 19, 1998.
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-mar-19-me-30460-story.html
“Clerk Sentenced to Life in Prison in Triangle Killing.” The Spokesman-Review, November 25, 1997.
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/1997/nov/25/clerk-sentenced-to-life-in-prison-in-triangle/
“Killing Sets Stage for Fight Over E-Mail to California Newspaper.” The New York Times, October 19, 1997.
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“Woman Guilty of Killing Lover's Wife in Possible Sacrifice.” Chicago Tribune, September 28, 1997.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1997-09-28-9709280200-story.html
“Prosecutors Helped Jury Get to Know Sherri Dally.” Los Angeles Times, September 27, 1997.
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-sep-27-me-36801-story.html
“Love Triangle and Elements of the Occult in California Murder Trial.” Associated Press, August 4, 1997.
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“City of Ventura.” City of Ventura Website, n.d.
https://www.cityofventura.ca.gov/594/About-Ventura
“Sherri Renee Guess Dally.” Find A Grave Memorial, n.d.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/78362473/sherri-renee-dally
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| 0:36.0 | Listener discretion is advised. Oh, May 6th, 1996, started out like any other morning for Sherry Dally. |
| 1:15.7 | After the 35-year-old mother of two dropped her young boys off at school, she headed to a local |
| 1:21.8 | store in Ventura, California to do some errands. |
| 1:26.0 | That's when she suddenly vanished without a trace. |
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