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Morning Cup of Murder

Uncovering Jane Doe - May 30 2024

Morning Cup of Murder

Morning Cup of Murder

Society & Culture, History, Documentary, True Crime

4.7723 Ratings

🗓️ 30 May 2024

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

May 30th: Michelle Busha's Body Found (1980) Jane and John Doe cases are always frustrating ones. Especially when the identity remains a mystery. This case, however, has the small silver lining of not just finding out who the victim was, but putting her killer behind bars for her murder. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Michelle_Busha, https://unidentified-awareness.fandom.com/wiki/Michelle_Busha, https://www.fox9.com/news/explainer-how-jane-doe-was-identified-as-michelle-busha-35-years-later, https://truecrimereport.news.blog/2020/10/28/the-murder-of-michelle-busha/, https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/07/16/missing-texas-girl-mystery-solved/30254607/, https://www.faribaultcountyregister.com/opinions/editorials/2023/02/26/not-one-but-two-tv-shows-about-a-43-year-old-murder/, https://www.faribaultcountyregister.com/opinions/2017/03/05/one-final-chapter-in-jane-doe-story/, https://www.inquisitr.com/4096763/michelle-busha-blue-earth-state-trooper-hitchhiker-murder-on-ids-jane-doe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

There were two more murders, 15 miles away.

0:02.6

When police arrived, they found the telephones and electricity lines.

0:06.0

We have a weird homicide.

0:08.8

A scene described by one investigator as reminiscent of a weird...

0:13.0

A cup of murder.

0:15.0

Jane and John Doe cases are always frustrating ones, especially when the identity remains a mystery. This case,

0:23.0

however, has the small silver lining of not just finding out who the victim was, but putting

0:29.6

her killer behind bars for her murder. So if you like your coffee hot, but your bones chilled,

0:35.9

sit back and start your day with a morning

0:38.1

cup of murder. Michelle Yvette Buscha, born November 2nd, 1961, was raised by a mother and a stepfather

0:46.2

who, both Jehovah's Witnesses, decided to homeschool her and her sister. Resulting in the girls

0:53.4

feeling highly isolated,

0:56.1

Michelle ran away from home when she was just 17 years old

0:59.7

and was found over 1,000 miles away in Burlington, Colorado, by the police.

1:05.7

Contacting her father, Michelle was later taken to his residence in Bay City, Texas,

1:13.0

and started living there instead.

1:18.7

Described as having a, quote, rebellious personality, things remained tense in the home,

1:26.1

and Michelle, after an argument with her father, decided to leave once again and began traveling to Louisiana.

1:32.3

Don Busha would later admit that he slapped his daughter, and that's what triggered her move.

1:37.7

All throughout her trials, Michelle kept in contact with her family, making calls from Mississippi and Indiana between January and May of 1980.

1:41.6

When the phone suddenly went silent, her family worried for her safety, and on May 9th,

1:48.0

1980, reported her missing to the police.

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