Sharon Hammack and Dusty Shuck Part 1 of 2

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Society & Culture, True Crime

4.8 • 871 Ratings

🗓️ 12 May 2025

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Episode 146 Sharon Hammack and Dusty Shuck Part 1 of 2

In mid 1990s Grand Rapids, Michigan, someone was killing sex workers. Sharon Hammack, a mother of two, was hogtied, stabbed, strangled, raped, and dumped on the side of a road. Despite many suspects, her case remained unsolved; all investigators had to go on was semen left behind by Sharon’s killer. A DNA profile from the semen was entered into CODIS, and while it did not identify Sharon’s killer…it connected her case to a murder 10 years later, in which Dusty Shuck was stabbed and dumped on the side of a road. It would take IGG to figure out who the common thread was in the two cases… and it did so just in time.

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0:00.0	Hey, true crime fans, I'm Mike Morford Coast of the podcast, Criminology. Have you heard what's
0:04.7	happening in New England right now? Over the past few months, several bodies have been found in
0:08.6	various areas of the region, all dead under mysterious circumstances. This has New England
0:13.0	residents across multiple states nervous. The police seem to think that there isn't a link between
0:17.2	the cases, but a lot of people are not convinced and are asking the question,
0:22.7	is there an active serial killer in New England?
0:27.3	Tune in now to episode 357 of our podcast as we explore the puzzling mystery.
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1:13.6	Thank you. The The The
1:30.3	The It was 1996. Richard Anderson and Russ Blake drove a delivery truck for an office supply company, and on Thursday, October 3rd, they
2:01.9	were out on a route. The two were driving on 76th Street between Patterson and Kraft
2:07.4	Avenues in Caledonia Township, Kent County, Michigan. They were heading to Battle Creek.
2:13.2	On the side of the road was something that stuck out like a sore thumb. It was a beige blanket, with a large stain of what looked like blood, lying on the side of the road was something that stuck out like a sore thumb. It was a beige blanket, with a large stain of what looked like blood,
2:21.3	lying on the side of the road, and the blanket was secured with rope,
2:24.5	which it turned out to be a cord, wrapped around something distinctly body-shaped.
2:29.9	Richard and Russ could see the shape of the head with a cord around the narrower area where the neck would be.
2:35.5	It being 1996, Russ and Richard didn't have cell phones. They walked over to where a utility worker was adjusting a junction box and asked him if he had a phone. He didn't, so they walked to a nearby convenience store and told the employees what was going on. Someone from the store called 911 at 1048 a.m.
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