Tonya Teske (2 of Spades, Idaho)

The Deck

audiochuck

True Crime

4.6 • 9.6K Ratings

🗓️ 17 May 2023

⏱️ 34 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Tonya Teske was a free-spirited 18-year-old who chose to live her life on the open road by hitchhiking around the mountain west. On August 13, 1997, she was last seen in Montana at a truck stop before her body was discovered two days later on the side of a highway in Idaho.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Our card this week is Tanya Tesski, the two of spades from Idaho.
0:08.7	Free spirited Tanya was 18 and choosing to live her life on the open road by hitchhiking
0:13.9	all around the mountain west, when one summer day in 1997 she hitched a ride that would
0:19.4	be her last.
0:20.9	For the past 26 years, the investigation into Tanya's murder has spanned across several
0:25.2	states and detectives are very close to solving it.
0:29.1	So I need you to listen close because they've decided to provide us with the most information
0:34.3	they have ever released in her case in hopes of a resolution.
0:39.0	I'm Ashley Flowers and this is The Deck.
0:59.1	August 15, 1997 was a Friday afternoon and a trucker named John and his wife had just
1:21.3	picked up a load of produce in East Idaho.
1:24.4	John hopped into the passenger seat while his wife took the wheel and off they went.
1:28.6	But when they turned onto the on ramp of US Highway 20 near Yukon, Idaho, something
1:33.7	out the window caught John's eye.
1:37.0	It was a naked woman lying motionless on her back down the grassy embankment off the
1:41.3	highway ramp.
1:42.9	John told his wife to pull over onto the shoulder and when she did they got out and flagged
1:47.5	down two more cars behind them.
1:50.2	John his wife and one of the other drivers stayed put while the other motorists took off
1:53.7	to the nearest truck stop to call for help.
1:56.6	These from the Bondaville County Sheriff's Office arrived on scene at about 5.45pm.
2:01.5	When they walked down the grassy hill to the woman it was clear right away she was dead.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from audiochuck, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of audiochuck and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.