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The Murder In My Family

Rhonda and Donald Wicht

The Murder In My Family

AbJack Entertainment

True Crime

4.61.1K Ratings

🗓️ 6 November 2021

⏱️ 93 minutes

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Summary

Episode 97 Rhonda and Donald Wicht

In November, 1978, Simi Valley, in Ventura County, CA was shocked to learn of the cold-blooded double murder of 24 year-old Rhonda Wicht, and her 4 Year old son Donald in their 2 bedroom apartment. Rhonda was found dead in her bed, and had been beaten, strangled, and possibly sexually assaulted. Donald, or Donnie was he was affectionately called, was found suffocated in his bed, possibly murdered so that he could not identify his mother's killer. It didn't take police long to zero in on a suspect; Craig Coley, Rhonda's ex-boyfriend. Rhonda had recently broken things off with him, and he was reportedly not taking the breakup well. He was arrested, tried and convicted for the double murder. Decades later, confusing DNA evidence that seemed to point away from Coley being the killer, led to him being released from prison a free man. 43 years later, whoever killed Rhonda and Donnie, is not in prison, leaving Rhonda's family frustrated and desperate for answers. Rhonda's sister, Shelly discusses this tragic and confusing case in this episode.

If you have information about the murders of Rhonda and Donald Wicht, please contact Detective Christoper Lam with the Simi Valley Police Department at 805-583-6957.

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Thank you for joining me for this episode of The Murder in My Family.

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I'm your host, Mike Morford. In this episode, we'll be discussing the cold-blooded and heart-breaking

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double murder of a single mom and her four-year-old son. On arresting conviction for the

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shocking crime came early on, but years later, the man convicted of the crime was released from prison

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after it was determined that a DNA profile from the crime scene didn't match his.

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We'll dive into this case after some quick housekeeping.

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