Patreon Unlocked: The Unsolved Murder of Austin Kanuch
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🗓️ 30 April 2026
⏱️ 40 minutes
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In this episode of the True Crime Society we discuss the 2023 murder of Texas father Austin Kanuch.
This episode was originally released in January 2026 as a Patreon exclusive and we have chosen to release it as a main episode following a request by a friend of Austin’s.
Austin was a father-of-three. On Thursday September 21, 2023, Austin and his wife Mary closed on the purchase of a new home.
During the early morning of September 22, an unidentified person was seen riding a bike to the Kanuch’s rental home. The person was at the property for around an hour before they carried out a brutal and fatal attack on Austin. Mary called 911 before the perpetrator had even left the home.
Over two years later, Austin’s murder remains unsolved. Police believe the attack was targeted and not random. No public suspects have been named.
Read our blog for Austin’s case - https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2026/01/01/who-killed-texas-father-austin-kanuch/
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| 1:44.6 | We first covered this case, which is about the murder of Austin Connue early in January |
| 1:48.9 | 2006. |
| 1:50.6 | As some quick background into the case, Austin was a 39-year-old man who lived in Harris |
| 1:54.7 | County in Texas, and he was stabbed to death in his home on September 22nd of 2003. Investigators say that an unknown |
| 2:03.4 | intruder broke into the house while he was asleep and carried out the attack. There is some |
| 2:08.3 | surveillance footage which captured a thin-built suspect riding a mountain bike near the home around |
| 2:12.8 | the time of the attack. This person arrived shortly before 3.30am and was seen leaving the scene |
| 2:18.1 | afterwards. Despite this, no suspect has ever been publicly identified and authorities |
| 2:23.5 | have not publicly confirmed a motive in the case. An acquaintance of Austens heard our |
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