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Who Killed...?

Helene Pruszynski

Who Killed...?

Bill Huffman

True Crime, Society & Culture, History

3.8595 Ratings

🗓️ 26 November 2024

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Helene Pruszynski was from Hamilton, Massachusetts. She had been working as an intern at KHOW-AM for two weeks when she was killed on Jan. 16, 1980. She was found stabbed to death in a field the following day in a field in Englewood, CO. Investigators believe she was abducted while walking from a bus stop after work to her aunt’s home in Englewood, where she and a friend were living. It would take close to 4 decades to track down her killer... SOURCES: https://youtu.be/8x0k6bdx6B0 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/84045020/ https://www.newspapers.com/clip/84045172/ https://www.newspapers.com/clip/84045319/ https://www.newspapers.com/clip/84045385/ https://www.newspapers.com/clip/84045590/ Helene Pruszynski, a college student from Mass., was killed in ...https://www.boston.com › news › crime › 2019/12/17 James Curtis Clanton arrested in murder of Denver radio ...https://www.washingtonpost.com › crime-law › 2019/12/18 https://www.denverpost.com/2020/07/01/helene-pruszynski-murder-james-clanton-colorado/ https://www.newspapers.com/clip/84114092/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Slow Burn Media, Evergreen Podcasts, and Killer Podcasts, Presents Who Killed? A podcast that provides a voice for the voiceless.

0:14.2

Live from Denver 7, 10 minutes of nonstop news starts now.

0:20.8

Friends of a young woman who was killed 26 years ago are looking for new clues in hopes of solving this cold case.

0:28.3

Take a look.

0:28.8

These four loyal friends from high school back in Boston gathered at a bus stop in Englewood last night,

0:34.9

and that's where Helene Prasinski was last seen alive. One day later,

0:39.9

her body was discovered near Daniels Park Road. She had been sexually assaulted and stabbed

0:44.4

to death. We want everyone to be talking about this because someone knows something. And if you're

0:51.3

listening, if you're watching, and you know something, you can do something to really help this case.

0:59.8

Please do so.

1:01.7

Those classmates are meeting with the Colorado Bureau of Investigations later today to try to learn if DNA from the suspect somehow could help with this case.

1:10.3

We'll keep you posted.

1:11.7

Hello and welcome to this week's episode of Who Killed?

1:14.9

I'm your host, Bill Huffman, and this is a Slow Burn Media, Evergreen Podcasts, and Killer Podcasts production.

1:21.6

I've spent the past few weeks researching genealogical DNA and how it has impacted the world of cold cases and cold case investigations.

1:31.5

I started with a case from 65 years ago, which is either the oldest cold case solved or one of them.

1:39.8

Then I was lucky enough to have Nick from the True Crime Garage podcast back on the show to discuss a number of murders solved using DNA.

1:49.1

And since DNA is literally part of all our lives, it only makes sense to continue to bring you stories about breakthroughs since they basically seem to happen every week.

2:00.7

So, on this week's show, we are going to continue the momentum by looking at a very sad case of a young woman

2:07.8

who landed her dream internship a thousand miles from home

2:12.8

and was looking forward to becoming the next great journalist,

2:16.9

maybe even the next great Barbara Walters.

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