Hell and Gone Murder Line: Lori Murchison [From the Archives]
Hell and Gone
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🗓️ 9 April 2026
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
On Sept. 1, 1995, a police officer in Fort Smith, Arkansas pulled over a vehicle. A man named Jerry Cogan was driving and his girlfriend, 24-year-old Lori Murchison, was the passenger.
Lori worked at a local nursing home. She had a four year old daughter, Britney, and adored her little girl. But Lori had been battling an addiction to drugs, according to what her friends told police, mainly to methamphetamines and also alcohol.
Because of that, Lori had been living with her mother, Nancy, in between staying at different local motels, and Nancy had been taking care of Lori’s daughter on and off.
Lori and Jerry had been at a bar that night. When the officer pulled them over, he believed that both of them had been drinking. So, he placed Jerry under arrest for DUI, and Lori for suspicion of public intoxication.
Lori was taken to the Sebastian County jail. And she was released sometime after 5 AM on September 2nd. She told detectives that she planned to get money and come back to bail Jerry out.
But she never returned to jail. The last time she was seen alive was at the Continental Motel, when she was picking up a key to a room.
Her family had no way of knowing where she was - or that the hunt for this missing mother would eventually involve charges of corruption at the highest levels of government.
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| 0:00.0 | School of Humans. |
| 0:05.4 | Helen God Murder Line actively investigates cold case murders in an effort to raise public awareness, invite witnesses to come forward, and present evidence that could potentially be further investigated by law enforcement. |
| 0:18.0 | While we value insights from family and community members, their statements should not |
| 0:22.2 | be considered evidence and point to the challenges of verifying facts inherent in cold cases. |
| 0:28.5 | We remind listeners that everyone is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. |
| 0:34.2 | Nothing in the podcast is intended to state or imply that anyone who has not been convicted of a crime is guilty of any wrongdoing. |
| 0:42.5 | Thanks for listening. |
| 0:47.2 | On September 1st, 1995, a police officer in Fort Smith, Arkansas pulled over a vehicle. |
| 0:54.7 | A man named Jerry Cogan was driving, and his girlfriend, 24-year-old Lori Murchison, was the passenger. |
| 1:02.2 | Lori worked at a local nursing home. |
| 1:04.5 | She had a four-year-old daughter named Brittany, and she adored her little girl. |
| 1:09.2 | But Lori had been battling an addiction to drugs. |
| 1:12.6 | According to what her friends told police, |
| 1:14.7 | mainly to crank or methamphetamines, |
| 1:17.4 | and Lori also drank alcohol. |
| 1:20.1 | Because of that, Lori had been moving around a little. |
| 1:23.6 | She had been living on and off with her mother, Nancy Murchison, |
| 1:27.1 | and also sometimes staying at different local motels. |
| 1:31.0 | Her mother, Nancy, had been taken care of Lori's daughter. |
| 1:35.4 | Lori and Jerry were out at a bar that night. |
| 1:38.1 | When the officer pulled them over, he believed that both of them had been drinking. |
| 1:41.8 | So he placed Jerry under arrest for DUI and Lori for suspicion of public intoxication. |
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