The Murder of Donna O'steen

Moms and Mysteries: A True Crime Podcast

Not Your Mom Media

True Crime, Society & Culture

4.6 • 8.4K Ratings

🗓️ 16 April 2024

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Donna O’Steen was found stabbed to death in her home after failing to pick up her daughter from piano lessons. Many believe the investigation into her murder was overshadowed by the assassination of Thomas Wales, an Assistant U.S. Attorney, leading many to believe that authorities prioritized solving his murder over Donna’s, leaving both cases unsolved. Thank you to this week’s sponsors! Looking to get into shape, but don’t have much time? Check-out Total Gym! For an ADDITIONAL 20% off your order, head to TotalGymDirect.com/MOMS. Get more from delivery, for less with DashPass: zero-dollar delivery fees and reduced service fees on eligible DoorDash orders. Sign up for DashPass today and get your first 30 days free if you’re a new member. Subject to change. Indulge in affordable luxury! Go to Quince.com/moms for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns. Stop wasting money on things you don’t use. Cancel your unwanted subscriptions by going to RocketMoney.com/ MOMS. To advertise on the show, contact [email protected] or visit https://www.advertisecast.com/MomsandMysteriesATrueCrimePodcast. New merch! Check out Moms and Mysteries Threadless! You can also get new episodes a day early and ad free, plus merch and more at Patreon.com/momsandmysteriespodcast Listen and subscribe to Melissa’s other podcast, Criminality!! It’s the podcast for those who love reality TV, true crime, and want to hear all the juicy stories where the two genres intersect. Subscribe and listen here: www.pod.link/criminality Check-out Moms and Mysteries to find links to our tiktok, youtube, twitter, instagram and more! Make sure you subscribe and rate our show to help others find us! Sources: https://www.westsideseattle.com/ballard-news-tribune/2011/11/19/ten-years-later-donna-osteens-family-continues-look-answers https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Next-move-in-O-Steen-case-A-reward-1099931.php https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=20041106&slug=sketches06m https://www.seattlepi.com/seattlenews/article/Mother-found-slain-at-home-1071204.php https://www.seattlepi.com/seattlenews/article/Friend-s-slaying-seems-impossible-1072507.php https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/A-year-after-woman-s-murder-Sunset-Hill-still-1104748.php https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Can-anyone-help-connect-the-dots-in-Ballard-1158593.php https://www.seattleweekly.com/news/murder-in-ballard/ https://www.seattleweekly.com/news/a-killing-in-the-neighborhood/ https://www.genealogybuff.com/wa/king/webbbs_config.pl/noframes/read/96 https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/seeking-info/thomas-crane-wales https://www.newspapers.com/image/1031184016/?terms=donna%20o%27steen&match=1 https://www.king5.com/article/news/crime/unsolved/murder-donna-osteen-inside-ballard-home-unsolved/281-f3cc2ca2-d86a-4dfe-a4ff-0c9d85eacdf8 https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/broken-hearts-and-an-empty-home-1086708.php https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=20011110&slug=ballard10m_ https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/20-years-after-unsolved-killing-of-federal-prosecutor-thomas-wales-in-seattle-details-emerge-about-the-fbis-theory/ https://www.milton.edu/milton-graduate-federal-prosecutor-victim-of-seattle-gun-man/ https://seattlemag.com/who-killed-tom-wales/ https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/seeking-info/thomas-crane-wales https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/20-years-after-unsolved-killing-of-federal-prosecutor-thomas-wales-in-seattle-details-emerge-about-the-fbis-theory/ https://projects.seattletimes.com/2016/wales-timeline/ https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/crime/seattle-federal-prosecutor-thomas-wales-was-possibly-killed-by-hired-gunman-fbi-official-says/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:28.9	goes wrong. You're going to. Hey guys and welcome to the Moms and Mysteries podcast a true crime
0:57.3	podcast featuring myself Mandy and my dear friend Melissa hi Melissa.
1:01.6	Hi Melissa. Hi Mandy, how are you? I am doing well. Good, I'm glad to hear it. And I'm glad that we're
1:08.3	acting like we just didn't spend 30 minutes talking for our little moms and miscellaneous thing over on
1:14.2	patrons. Yes, yes we had a lot to say this week. We did we talked about O.J.
1:19.4	Simpson not really but barely he died that spoiler
1:23.4	we talked about that yeah that was pretty much it
1:26.0	and then our schedules and stuff like that so if you're interested that's at
1:29.8	patreon dot com slash moms and mysteries podcast if you're new we are doing that every week just like at Oj Simpson dying, but I don't think I do.
1:43.8	I don't think I do.
1:44.9	No.
1:46.2	Yeah.
1:47.2	Anyway.
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