RE-RELEASE & 2026 UPDATE: The Closed Case of Heather Turner

Crime Salad

BLACKCAT | Realm

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4.4 • 3.4K Ratings

🗓️ 4 June 2026

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Go to https://OmahaSteaks.com and use promo code CRIMESALAD at checkout for $35 off. Minimum purchase may apply. This week, we are re-releasing an episode that has stuck with us deeply while we travel to cheer on our oldest son at his state championship track meet! Please make sure you stick around to the very end of this episode, as we have recorded a massive, brand-new segment covering explosive updates that just broke in early 2026. Coroner's findings as "fiction"?! In May 2017, 35-year-old Heather Turner was found unresponsive in her bathroom with a gunshot wound to the head. The shower was still running, and her boyfriend Andy was the one who made the 911 call. Heather had allegedly been planning to leave the relationship the very next day. For nearly nine years, her death was officially labeled "undetermined" that is until February 2026, when the Paulding County Sheriff's Office held a press conference, abruptly closed the cold case, and ruled her death a suicide. But for Heather's family, the official ruling only brought more questions. Thanks to Open Records Requests obtained by the family, a paper trail of unbelievable negligence has come to light. We break down the shocking 2026 updates, exploring an impossible 8-second 911 response timeline, blood-stained evidence left at a funeral home, digital evidence locking up in police custody, and internal police documents that literally label the on-scene Support Heather's Family: Please read the Open Records documents for yourself, say her name, and help this family get the absolute transparency they deserve by visiting the Justice for Heather Turner Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/JusticeForHeatherNicoleTurner Resources: If you or someone you know is experiencing domestic abuse, please know you're not alone. Help is available. Call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-SAFE (7233) or text "START" to 88788. Free. Confidential. 24/7 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey everyone. Welcome back to Crime Salad. Now before we dive into today's case, we have a very quick
0:24.2	scheduling update for this week's episode. We are running around crazy right now because our oldest son
0:30.7	is officially heading to the state championship for a track meet. He actually just broke the school
0:36.1	record. Actually, he shattered it. And we are so
0:39.3	incredibly proud of him. It's going to be a huge week for him. And because we're traveling and cheering him on,
0:45.1	we are putting a re-release on the feed today. This is an episode that we originally posted back in
0:50.8	August of 2025. And we had it titled titled The Undetermined Death of Heather Turner,
0:56.8	but that has changed.
0:59.2	You'll see why.
1:00.4	And it's a case that has stuck with us deeply.
1:03.6	But be sure you stick around all the way to the very end of this episode because a lot
1:08.3	has happened.
1:09.2	It's been almost a year.
1:12.7	And in Paulding County, since we originally dropped this episode, we actually sat down before we hit the road and recorded a
1:18.5	massive brand new segment covering all the explosive updates. There's leaked documents and
1:24.8	official rulings that have recently come out in 2006, so pretty recently, and you're not going to want to miss this new information.
1:32.3	We'll be back on our regular schedule with a brand new episode next week.
1:36.0	Thank you all so much for supporting us.
1:37.8	We really appreciate it.
1:38.9	And here is our original coverage of the Heather Turner case, followed by the complete 2026 update.
1:47.5	This episode contains discussions of domestic abuse, physical violence, emotional manipulation,
1:54.2	and other content that may be disturbing or triggering to some listeners.
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