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Murder, She Told

The Unsolved Murder of Shana Renee Price

Murder, She Told

Kristen Seavey

Society & Culture, Documentary, True Crime

4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 5 May 2026

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

1990 - Springfield, Massachusetts. On the morning after Christmas in 1990, a parks employee at Blunt Park in Springfield, MA, made a grim discovery: the body of 17-year-old Shana Renee Price. Initially, police suspected she had been shot, but an autopsy later revealed the brutal truth behind her death. Shana was a young mother to a baby boy, living a vibrant life surrounded by her friends and family. Her case received little public attention until 2022, when Springfield Police and the Hampden County DA released a phenotype composite sketch developed by Parabon Nanolabs. The sketch, created using DNA evidence found on Shana’s body, reignited hope that her tragic murder might finally be solved. However, police still need the public’s help to bring her killer to justice. If you have information on the murder of Shana Renee Price, please call or text her tip line at the Hampden County DA’s Office at (413) 432-9881. This episode was originally published in December 2024. If you are a current or former Hampden County resident, get a free DNA ancestry kit to help solve cold cases: ⁠https://hampdenda.com/news/forensic-genetic-genealogy/⁠ Episode sources and photos: https://www.murdershetold.com/episodes/shana-renee-price Support the show: ⁠https://www.murdershetold.com/support⁠ Learn more about Investigative Genetic Genealogy: https://murdershetold.com/episodes/investigative-genetic-genealogy⁠ Instagram: ⁠@murdershetoldpodcast⁠ TikTok: ⁠@murdershetold⁠ Facebook: ⁠/mstpodcast⁠ Website: ⁠murdershetold.com⁠ ----- Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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This week, I plan to bring you a case we've been digging into for months, one involving true boots on the ground original investigative reporting, a case that's never seen the light of day.

0:49.3

But at the last minute, something came in that needs more time, and this isn't one that I want to

0:53.5

rush.

0:54.9

So instead, I'm bringing you back't one that I want to rush. So instead,

1:00.0

I'm bringing you back a case that deserves a second listen, because this is one I believe is closer to being solved than ever before. On the morning after Christmas in 1990, a park's

1:06.3

employee at Blunt Park in Springfield, Massachusetts, made a grim discovery, the body of 17-year-old

1:12.1

Shauna Renee Price. Her case received little public attention until 2022 when the Hamden County

1:18.1

DA released a phenotype composite sketch created using DNA evidence found on Shauna's body.

1:24.6

But the police still need the public's help to bring her killer to justice if you're a hamden

1:30.2

county resident the DA's office is offering free DNA testing to help build their database one that could

1:36.2

finally identify the person responsible for Shauna's murder through investigative genetic genealogy

1:41.4

which if you have questions about IGG a link an episode in the show notes to listen to.

1:47.3

And if you're not local, there are still ways you can help. So listen closely, because the walls are closing in.

1:54.8

The person responsible has gone unidentified for long enough. But with one person, everything can change. Justice for Shawna isn't

2:04.0

a distant hope anymore. It's finally within reach. I'm Kristen Ceevy, and this is the story of

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