The Daughter Who Never Gave Up - December 7 2023

Morning Cup of Murder

Society & Culture, History, Documentary, True Crime

4.7 • 723 Ratings

🗓️ 7 December 2023

⏱️ 12 minutes

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December 7th: Marlene Oakes Born (1954) Sometimes all a cold case takes is one person’s dogged pursuit for answers to finally be solved. On December 7th 1954 a woman was born who would suddenly disappear in 1980. A woman whose case went cold until her daughter, with the help of others, fought and pushed for information that finally brought one man to justice. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Marlene_Oakes, https://unidentified-awareness.fandom.com/wiki/Marlene_Oakes, https://medium.com/@Charlie_OBrien/the-murder-of-marlene-oakes-3bbeb2dfdb86, https://forensicfilesnow.com/index.php/2021/05/31/marlene-major-a-life-in-minor-key/, https://www.maryhallbergmedia.com/post/the-murder-of-marlene-major-solved Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.1	There were two more murders.
0:31.8	15 miles away.
0:32.7	When police arrives, they found the telephones and electricity lines.
0:36.1	We have a weird homicide.
0:38.6	A scene described by one investigator as reminiscent of a weird...
0:42.3	A cop of murder...
0:44.3	Sometimes all a cold case needs is one person's dogged pursuit for answers to finally be solved.
0:52.0	On December 7, 1954, a woman was born who would suddenly disappear in 1980.
0:58.9	A woman whose case went cold until her daughter, with the help of others, fought and pushed
1:04.2	for information that finally brought one man to justice.
1:08.4	So if you like your coffee hot but your bones chilled, sit back and start your day with a
1:13.3	morning cup of murder.
1:16.4	Helen Marlene Major, born Helen Oaks on December 7, 1954, was married to a man named Bill
1:23.2	Major and was living in a trailer in the tiny Kentucky town of Verona.
1:27.5	Bill, born on January 6, 1944, was a... major and was living in a trailer in the tiny Kentucky town of Verona.
1:34.5	Bill, born on January 6th, 1944, was a good bit older than his wife, worked in auto repair,
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