Murder Mountain, Part One: The Danielle Bertolini Story

Murder, She Told

Kristen Seavey

True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.9 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 2 March 2021

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

2014 - Fortuna, California. In 2014, a childhood friend of mine from Maine went missing in Fortuna, California. Her name is Danielle Bertolini, and she’s one of the Humboldt County Missing Five. One year later, her skull was found at the mouth of a river. Her killer hasn't yet been brought to justice. For years I felt her family’s pain through updates online, and when I asked Billie Jo if she would want to talk to me about Danielle, she agreed. We sat down at my dining room table and had a surprisingly intimate and heartbreaking conversation. This is the story of Danielle Bertolini, and her mother, Billie Jo’s fight for justice. SIGN THE PETITION – We are asking the Humboldt County DA to prioritize this case. You can help us make this happen. Please listen to her story and share this petition. change.org/danielleandsheila Detailed sources can be found on murdershetold.com Connect on Instagram @murdershetoldpodcast Support the show here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is Murder She Told, true crime stories from Maine, New England, and small town USA.
0:18.4	I'm your host, Kristen Ceevy.
0:20.6	You can connect with me and suggest your hometown crime at MurderSheTold.com and follow me on Instagram
0:26.6	at MurderSheTold.com.
0:33.5	The story I have for you this week is the story of my childhood friend, Danielle Bertolini.
0:39.5	She and I grew up together in my small hometown of Newport, Maine.
0:43.6	We were friends in elementary school and junior high.
0:47.2	I remember her as unapologetic and spunky.
0:51.7	At 23 years old in 2014, she went missing in Humboldt County, California.
0:58.4	For years I followed her case on Facebook through the family's updates, seeing and sharing
1:03.8	their pain.
1:05.2	This is a story that's been in my heart for a long time I just didn't know how to tell
1:10.3	it right.
1:11.5	But when I reached out to Danielle's mother to talk to me on the record, she agreed.
1:16.8	She sat down at my dining room table and had a surprisingly intimate and tough conversation
1:22.4	about Danielle's life and her death.
1:25.7	This is Danielle's mother, Billy Joe Dick, and there are a lot of things she wants you
1:30.5	to understand about her daughter.
1:32.8	She started by telling me a little about herself.
1:35.6	Well, I was born in Bangor and 1971 moved to LA when I was two.
1:45.1	We've moved out in Southern California for about seven or eight years and then we moved
1:49.5	to Northern California, Oregon, border, and I grew up there and went to school at a little
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