Kiera Bergman // 343

Going West: True Crime

Dark West Productions

True Crime, Society & Culture, News

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🗓️ 27 September 2023

⏱️ 42 minutes

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In August of 2018, a 19-year-old woman went missing from her home in Arizona. As police began digging deeper into her case, it became more and more clear that she had been met with foul play. When her body was found on a remote stretch of desert weeks later, their suspicions were confirmed. But was her boyfriend behind it? Or is it possible there was another mystery man involved? This is the story of Kiera Bergman. BONUS EPISODES Apple Subscriptions: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/going-west-true-crime/id1448151398 Patreon: patreon.com/goingwestpodcast CASE SOURCES 1. AZ Family: https://www.azfamily.com/2022/09/22/verdict-reached-trial-man-accused-murdering-ex-girlfriend-kiera-bergman/ 2. Our Black Girls: https://ourblackgirls.com/2018/08/21/missing-19yo-kiera-bergman-hasnt-been-heard-from-for-3-weeks-after-fight-with-bf-findkiera/ 3. AZ Central: https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/glendale/2019/05/03/case-against-jon-christopher-clark-charged-2018-murder-girlfriend-kiera-bergman-could-dismissed/1090906001/ 4. ABC 15: https://www.abc15.com/news/region-phoenix-metro/central-phoenix/kiera-bergman-friends-family-mourn-death-of-teen 5. Still a Mystery: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12610736/ 6. YourTango: https://www.yourtango.com/2018316857/how-did-kiera-bergman-die-details-body-found-missing-arizona-teen 7. AZ Central: https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix-breaking/2018/09/12/bergmans-boyfriend-suspicious-data-revealed/1280129002/ 8. Impact: https://www.palomar.edu/impactmagazine/2019/06/06/from-anguish-to-advocate/ 9. Refinery 29: https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2020/04/9644416/kiera-bergman-ex-boyfriend-murder-charge-dropped 10. AZ Central: https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix-breaking/2018/08/24/ex-boyfriend-missing-19-year-old-released-jail/1086896002/ 11. ABC 15: https://www.abc15.com/news/crime/not-guilty-verdict-for-ex-boyfriend-in-the-murder-of-19-year-old-kiera-bergman#:~:text=In%20September%202018%2C%20Clark%20was,or%20at%20the%20crime%20scene. 12. CBS: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/kiera-bergman-missing-phoenix-arizona-boyfriend-jon-christopher-clark-charged-identity-theft-forgery-2018-08-18/ 13. Justice for Kiera Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bringKIERAhomee 14. ABC 10: https://www.10news.com/news/friends-and-family-celebrate-the-life-of-kiera-bergman 15. AZ Family: https://www.10news.com/news/friends-and-family-celebrate-the-life-of-kiera-bergman 16. ABC Family: https://www.abc15.com/news/crime/not-guilty-verdict-for-ex-boyfriend-in-the-murder-of-19-year-old-kiera-bergman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	What is going on true crime fans? I'm your host Heath. And I'm your host, Daphne.
0:18.6	And you're listening to Going West. Hello everybody. Thank you for tuning in today.
0:24.7	Heath and I are officially married. Yes, and it's been a long couple of weeks with
0:30.0	family and friends, but we had an amazing night. It was just perfect. Yeah, our wedding
0:35.2	was so so fun. We had it here in LA. We're gonna post pictures on our Instagram if you guys
0:39.4	want to see, but it was such a blast. I can't believe it just like flew by so fast. It
0:44.8	was the fastest night in my life, but it was probably the best night, right? It was, yeah.
0:48.8	We had so much fun. But anyway, back to true crime. So I just want to give a quick thank
0:53.6	you to RE for recommending today's case. It's a more recent one. So thank you guys so much
0:58.3	for tuning in. Let's just dive right in. Alright guys, this is episode 343 of Going West.
1:06.3	So let's get into it.
1:37.3	In August of 2018, a 19 year old woman went missing from her home in Arizona. As police
1:45.3	began digging deeper into her case, it became more and more clear that she had been met
1:51.5	with foul play. When her body was found on a remote stretch of desert weeks later,
1:58.6	their suspicions were confirmed. But was her boyfriend behind it? Or is it possible
2:04.6	there was another mystery man involved? This is the story of Kiera Bergman.
2:11.6	This is the story of Kiera Bergman.
2:27.6	Kiera Lene Bergman was born on July 18, 1999 to her mom, Kiersten in Santi, California,
2:40.7	which is about half an hour outside of San Diego. Kiersten was fresh at a high school
2:45.4	when she got pregnant with Kiera, but she had the help of very supportive parents. And
2:49.9	she remembers her daughter Kiera as a happy, smiley, giggly baby. A few years later, Kiersten
2:56.2	met and began dating Chris Bragg and the two married and later welcomed another daughter,
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