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S3 Ep339: The Case of Megan Trussell | Live at CrimeCon Denver

Crime Weekly

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True Crime, Society & Culture, News

4.89.5K Ratings

🗓️ 17 September 2025

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Megan Trussell, an 18-year-old University of Colorado Boulder student, was reported missing on February 12, 2025 after last being seen leaving her dorm on February 9. Her body was found just a few days later in remote area near Boulder Canyon, and after an investigation, the Boulder County Coroner’s Office and the Sheriff’s Office ruled her death a suicide. Though Megan's toxicology reports show medications had been in her system at the time of death, the rest of her autopsy tells a chilling story, and her family is fighting to get her case reopened. 

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0:00.0

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Because I felt the best I've felt in a long time through therapy.

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Learn more about online therapy at betterhelp.com. All right, first off, I feel pretty naked because I'm not behind a computer screen,

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and I don't have a table in front of me, and this is awkward.

0:50.8

How is everybody doing today?

0:53.9

Good, God.

0:55.0

Well, we are Crime Weekly. I'm Stephanie Arlo.

0:59.0

I'm Derek Lavasser.

1:01.0

Today we're basically filming a Crime Weekly news, which is our shorter segment,

1:06.0

because if you watch Crime Weekly, you know that if we were to do an entire Crime Weekly episode,

1:10.0

we'd all be sitting here for two and a half hours. Yeah. And part of the reason we're covering the case that we're going to cover today is for a few different reasons. Obviously, you're all here. You see how great CrimeCon really is. I think a lot of people still are uncertain of what Kram Khan consists of and I think us spreading

1:28.0

this message and showing all the positive things that can come out of it is really important.

1:32.7

So when I look around Creator Row and I see all the families here who are unfortunately

1:37.0

been affected by tragedy, being able to come to this one event and be able to talk face-to-face

1:42.3

with so many content creators in one space is something

1:45.4

that is absolutely necessary. As a former law enforcement officer, I'm the first person to admit,

1:50.9

we don't always get it right. And we're seeing more and more with the advancements in science

1:55.4

and technology and also content creators and the platforms that they have. And people like you guys were able to solve cases without law enforcement.

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