The Cheat Sheet: Mayors and Mayhem
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🗓️ 31 May 2024
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Summary
The Cheat Sheet is The Murder Sheet's segment breaking down weekly news and updates in some of the murder cases we cover.
In this episode of The Cheat Sheet, we will talk about several cases, including a few revenge-related incidents.
Read Alice and Brett's excellent opinion piece on true crime here: https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/dark-side-true-crime
A press release from the Michigan Department of Attorney General on the charges against Detective Sergeant Brian Keely: https://www.michigan.gov/ag/news/press-releases/2024/05/28/charges-filed-against-trooper-in-samuel-sterling-death
A statement from Michigan State Police Director Colonel James F. Grady II on the death of Samuel Sterling: https://www.michigan.gov/mspnewsroom/news-releases/2024/04/18/fatal-officer-involved
An article from the Detroit Free Press on the death of Sterling: https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2024/05/28/msp-trooper-faces-murder-charge-in-death-of-samuel-sterling/73882203007/
Coverage from Target 8 including expert analysis on Keely's chase of Sterling: https://www.woodtv.com/news/target-8/expert-chase-that-killed-samuel-sterling-a-criminal-matter/
Coverage from the Topeka Capital Journal on the recent assault of Yanez Sanford:
Coverage from the Topeka Capital Journal on the rape and murder of Camrah Trotter, her unborn baby, and her boyfriend Dominique Ray, as well as the acquittal of Yanez Sanford: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/yanez-sanford-acquitted-killing-pregnant-woman-boyfriend-topeka-apartment/
NBC's coverage of the murder charges against former Centerville, South Dakota mayor Jay Ostrem:
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/former-south-dakota-mayor-charged-triple-murder-rcna154360
We also accessed articles from the Rapid City Journal, the Casper Star-Tribune, the Billings Gazette, and the Associated Press on Ostrem's background from Newspapers.com.
KELO-TV's coverage of the suspicious death of Dana Adamson: https://www.keloland.com/cold-cases/who-pulled-the-trigger-a-shooting-in-a-small-town/
USA Today's coverage of the murders of Paul and Zach Frankus and Timothy Richmond: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/05/28/jay-ostrem-charged-centerville-south-dakota-three-men-shooting/73883635007/
WTTW's coverage of the exoneration of Darien Harris: https://news.wttw.com/2023/12/21/chicago-man-who-was-wrongfully-convicted-murder-based-testimony-blind-witness-freed-after
The Associated Press's coverage of the exoneration of Darien Harris: https://apnews.com/article/darien-harris-murder-blind-witness-lawsuit-baa469f1ca54727c57d451e227afcbc1
The FBI's page on missing person Richard Petrone: https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/kidnap/richard-petrone
The FBI's page on missing person Danielle Imbo: https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/kidnap/danielle-imbo
ABC 7 Chicago's coverage of the Petrone-Imbo disappearance: https://abc7chicago.com/danielle-imbo-richard-petrone-missing-person-cold-case/14446145/
The FBI's 2009 statement on the Petrone-Imbo case: https://archives.fbi.gov/archives/philadelphia/press-releases/2009/ph021809.htm#:~:text=They%20were%20riding%20in%20Petrone,vehicle%20have%20ever%20been%20located.
NBC Philadelphia's coverage of the Petrone-Imbo disappearance: https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/imbo-richard-petrone-marge-angela-missing-persons-anniversary/116309/
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| 0:00.0 | Content warning. This episode includes discussion of murder and violence, including the murder of a pregnant woman. |
| 0:08.0 | Today on the cheat sheet, we're going to be taking you all around the country to a number of different locales for some cases. |
| 0:15.2 | One of these cases is something we have covered in the past and the rest of them are brand |
| 0:19.1 | new. |
| 0:20.1 | And interestingly enough, like these kind of pair off into groups of two pretty easily. |
| 0:25.0 | So in Indiana we'll talk about a case that's definitely murder, but competency is in question. |
| 0:31.5 | In Michigan we'll talk about a case where something definitely bad, very bad happened, but is it even |
| 0:37.1 | murder? |
| 0:38.1 | We're going to talk about revenge attacks of different types in Kansas and South Dakota, and we're going to talk about a case |
| 0:45.0 | where someone may have not seen anything in Illinois and then a case where |
| 0:48.8 | unfortunately no one saw anything in Pennsylvania. My name is Anya Kane. I'm a journalist. And I'm Kevin |
| 0:56.6 | Greenlee. I'm an attorney. And this is the Murder Sheet. We're a true crime |
| 1:01.0 | podcast focused on original reported, interviews, and deep dives into murder cases. |
| 1:07.0 | We're the murder sheet. |
| 1:09.0 | And this is the cheat sheet. |
| 1:11.0 | Mayors and mayhem. So, Oh, Before we begin though, I think we want to take a little bit of time to shout out our friends Alice and |
| 2:04.8 | Brett from the prosecutor's podcast. They recently published a piece on Fox News |
| 2:11.4 | an opinion piece called the Dark Side of True Crime. We're going to link to |
| 2:16.2 | that in our show notes. I think it is a very necessary read for anyone who cares about True crime creators and listeners alike and who may be |
| 2:26.9 | concerned about the direction our beloved genre is sort of slouching in at this moment |
| 2:31.5 | in my view. What do you think Kevin? I think it was a great piece. I recommend it. |
| 2:36.1 | So check that out. It talks about basically how we have some creators and instigators who are using |
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