MURDERED: Kelsey Hildal (Part 2 of 2) | Union Township, OH 2025
Obscura: A True Crime Podcast
Justin Drown
4.6 • 2.9K Ratings
🗓️ 30 September 2025
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
Violence erupts in Union Township, leaving unanswered questions in its wake.
Kelsey Hildal, once a promising MMA fighter, was entangled in battles beyond the ring. Her struggles with mental health hid a powerful strength and quiet determination.
On April 1st, 2025, her life was violently cut short in a shocking event that sent shockwaves through Union Township, Ohio. Speculation and suspicion flooded the community.
As the investigation unfolded, forensic evidence and witness interviews pieced together the fractured moments leading to Kelsey's tragic end.
Legal proceedings sought justice amidst lingering questions of what led to such a fateful confrontation, with courtroom revelations stirring potent emotions.
Episode features witness interviews and courtroom recordings. Listener discretion advised.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome, listener. |
| 0:13.0 | I'm glad you're here. |
| 0:15.0 | Take a seat, next to the fire. |
| 0:19.0 | Welcome to Obscira, where we shine a light on the dark. On April 1st, 2025, multiple phone calls were made to emergency dispatch centers. At 2,200 hours, a female caller |
| 0:59.1 | explained she was traveling on interstate 275, nearing the five-mile road exit. She observed a vehicle |
| 1:06.3 | traveling the wrong direction on the interstate. The dispatcher asked the caller to clarify |
| 1:11.5 | if she was on Interstate 275 |
| 1:13.8 | in her direction of travel. |
| 1:16.6 | The caller explained she was not from the area |
| 1:18.8 | and was traveling towards Beechmont Avenue. |
| 1:22.0 | The dispatcher asked the caller |
| 1:23.4 | if she wanted to provide her contact information. |
| 1:26.8 | The caller identified herself. The caller reported |
| 1:30.1 | the wrong way vehicle to be a gray or dark red SUV. Shortly after another call came in, |
| 1:37.5 | a male caller explained he was traveling on the highway and recently passed five-mile road |
| 1:42.5 | where he observed a vehicle traveling the wrong way on the interstate. |
| 1:46.9 | When asked which direction he was traveling, the caller stated he was traveling towards Beechmont Avenue. |
| 1:53.0 | The dispatcher asked the caller to describe the vehicle, which was traveling the wrong direction. |
| 1:58.7 | The caller said, I'm not really sure. It looked like an SUV. It |
| 2:03.4 | didn't look like a city worker truck and looked like somebody driving the wrong way through the left lane. |
| 2:09.4 | The caller confirmed the vehicle was traveling westbound and the eastbound lanes. These were two of |
| 2:15.1 | many calls that night. Just after 11 p.m., an officer engaged in pursuit and pulled alongside the suspected vehicle, |
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