Kara Kopetsky and Jessica Runions
Crimelines® True Crime
Crimelines True Crime
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🗓️ 3 May 2021
⏱️ 72 minutes
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In 2007, 17 year old Kara Kopetsky walked out of her high school and disappeared without a trace. Nine years later, in 2016, 21 year old Jessica Runions left a party and was never seen again. The two young women were both trying to break off romantic relationships at the time--and both with the same man. But would there be enough to convict him.
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| 1:10.1 | In 2007, 17-year-old Kara Kepetski walked out of her high school and disappeared without |
| 1:16.2 | a trace. Nine years later, in 2016, 21-year-old Jessica Renians left a party and she was never |
| 1:23.5 | seen again. The two young women were trying to break off romantic relationships at the |
| 1:28.8 | time, and both with the same man. But would there be enough to convict them? I am Charlie |
| 1:35.4 | and welcome to Crime Lines. |
| 1:37.4 | Welcome to Crime Lines and an episode that has been years in the making. This has been on my |
| 1:50.1 | list since I was making my old podcast. One of the reasons I've waited years to cover |
| 1:56.8 | this case is because I have a very strong opinion on the guilt of the accused, very strong. |
| 2:03.3 | And he was waiting on trial. If I cannot remain neutral on guilt or innocence while charges |
| 2:09.1 | are still pending, I really shouldn't be reporting on it. But now that the trial is over, |
| 2:15.7 | here we are. Both of these cases took place in the Kansas City Metro area. And one thing |
| 2:22.2 | you need to know about Kansas City is that it is the biggest small town ever. The Metro |
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