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Trace Evidence

Major Case Updates

Trace Evidence

Steven Pacheco

True Crime, Documentary, Society & Culture, History

4.74.2K Ratings

🗓️ 25 July 2025

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

In this week's Case Updates, we look back on five cases previously covered which have had significant updates.  We will also cover three smaller updates in which reward money for information has been increased in hopes of stirring up new tips and leads.

Case Updates:
233 - The Murder of Paul & Melody Jones
017 - The Disappearance of Brandon Lawson
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091 - The Disappearance of Dail Dinwiddie
110 - The Vanishing of Paige Renkoski
137 - The Murder of Anita Knutson
011 - The Vanishing of Asha Degree
066 - The Mysterious Death of Mitrice Richardson
155 - The Disappearance of Traci Kegley
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0:00.0

On today's special update episode, we'll look back on five previously covered cases which have had major or important updates in the past year, as well as a handful of other cases with minor updates

0:23.1

that still warrant coverage. We'll discuss a case-changing discovery made in what is now

0:28.8

confirmed to be a double homicide, a long-awaited discovery in one of true crime's most

0:34.8

famous cases of the last 15 years.

0:38.2

A new theory and potential suspect in an unsolved disappearance,

0:42.8

a possible person of interest in a very strange disappearance out of Michigan,

0:48.1

and the results of a hotly debated murder trial,

0:50.8

and just where exactly law enforcement has left to go in the aftermath.

0:56.6

This is Trace Evidence, major case updates.

1:08.2

Welcome to Trace Evidence. I'm your host, Stephen Pacheco. Today we're diving into some major case updates, some going back as far as the first year of the podcast. Before jumping in, though, just a quick reminder to those of you attending CrimeCon in Colorado that if you haven't purchased your

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pass yet, you can use code trace at crimecon.com to save 10%. We've also added some new shirt

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designs into our shops, which you can visit at shoptepod.com. Finally, if you aren't following trace evidence on social media,

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you can visit follow teepod.com for a link to all official social counts.

1:53.3

As always, these links are below in the show notes.

1:57.4

Without further ado, let's get to these updates.

2:08.5

Thank you. Without further ado, let's get to these updates. Episode 233, the murder of Paul Jones and the disappearance of Melody Jones.

2:16.5

On Thursday, May 5th, 1983,

2:20.1

Potawatomi County, Oklahoma law enforcement

2:23.0

began an investigation into the disappearance of 19-year-old Melody and Jones

2:28.7

after she failed to show up for her shift at the local Dairy Queen.

2:33.2

A family member went to Melody's home, where she lived with her husband Paul Jones,

2:38.6

and found a grisly scene.

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