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Who Killed...?

Missing in Ohio: Kids of the early 80s

Who Killed...?

Bill Huffman

True Crime, Society & Culture, History

3.8595 Ratings

🗓️ 2 July 2021

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Thank you to this week's sponsor, Betterhelp.com. Save 10% w/ my promo code WHO. In the early 1980s in the northern part of Ohio young girls we're constantly going missing. In this week's episode we take a look at some of those 1982 cold cases and see where those cases stand today. If you'd like to support this podcast click on this link; https://paypal.me/williamhuffman3 SOURCES: Thank you to the Akron Beacon Journal's Mary Grace Poidimini for her great work in 1982. https://www.unioncountyohio.gov/media/Sheriff/Investigations%20Division/Hebert%20Homicide%20Unsolved%20Case.pdf - https://www.newspapers.com/image/153248242/?terms=Joanne%20hebert&match=1 - https://www.upi.com/Archives/1982/10/13/Another-attempted-abduction-of-a-young-girl/2456403329600/ - https://www.cleveland19.com/story/9857062/denied-dna-check-on-evidence-keeps-convicted-killer-in-jail/ https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/me5ynw/nearly_41_years_missing_who_took_tiffany_papesh/ - https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2020/06/26/investigators-solve-1982-murder-columbus-girl-after-nearly-40-years/3267089001/ - https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetailpre1989.aspx?caseid=282 - https://www.newspapers.com/image/329381553/?terms=Joanne%20Hebert&match=1 - https://www.newspapers.com/image/153248242/?terms=Joanne%20hebert&match=1 - http://bjretirees.blogspot.com/2004/12/catching-up-with-mary-grace-poidomani.html - https://www.newspapers.com/image/153248242/?terms=Joanne%20Hebert&match=1 - https://www.newspapers.com/image/153248539 - https://www.ohioattorneygeneral.gov/Law-Enforcement/Bureau-of-Criminal-Investigation/Investigation-Division/Cold-Case-Unit/Unsolved-Cases - https://www.ohioattorneygeneral.gov/Law-Enforcement/Bureau-of-Criminal-Investigation/Investigation-Division/Cold-Case-Unit Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:34.4

A podcast that provides a voice for the voiceless.

0:38.3

All right, it's a story that captured the attention of Central Ohio.

0:43.3

Eight-year-old Kelly Ann Prosser was kidnapped, raped, and killed,

0:47.3

and for nearly 40 years, no arrest in the case.

0:50.3

Thanks to a DNA match. Now the police say the case is solved. Our Sean Lanier joins us live

0:56.0

with a look at how this all came together finally. That's right, Brad. It's really incredible when you

1:03.8

think about all of the evidence that detectives had to collect nearly 40 years ago. They had to collect

1:09.1

evidence from right here at the school where Kelly and

1:12.6

Proster was last seen. They also had to go down to Madison County and collect evidence there as well.

1:17.6

And we spoke with the lady who said she submitted a crucial piece of evidence that led to detect us finding that eight-year-old's body.

1:24.6

He was only linked to this by the new DNA test.

1:28.5

That's the power of these tests.

1:30.4

And with these databases, do we know which database was used in this investigation?

1:33.6

We don't know this one specifically, but the other high profile cases that we mentioned

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