Update April '26

Murder In The Rain

True Crime

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🗓️ 20 April 2026

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Welcome back to Murder in the Rain, where today we’ve got a gaggle of updates for you. One of which I’m extra excited about. Today I’ll be talking about new information in Kristin Tomlin’s case, how an artist in Seattle is honoring the victims of Gary Ridgway, a new documentary about Mulugeta Saraw, and how day parole was revoked for one of the murderers of Reena Virk. So let’s not waste any time and get to it! Reddit - Kristin Can You Hear Me? - How a Tacoma artist is honoring Gary Ridgway’s victims | The Seattle Times - LauraLeMoon- What The Earth Knows - Notorious B.C. killer Kelly Ellard gets pregnant while serving life sentence for murder - Where Is Reena Virk's Killer Kelly Ellard Now? Inside Her Life 28 Years After Murdering Her Classmate - Kyle Brewster, convicted in notorious 1988 hate crime killing, seen at pro-Trump rallies in Salem, Portland - oregonlive.com - Revoked day parole upheld for woman convicted in 1997 killing of Saanich teen | Victoria News Our Sponsors: * Check out Kensington Publishing: https://www.kensingtonbooks.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

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0:00.0	The
0:07.0	The Welcome back to Murder in the Rain, where today we've got a gaggle of updates for you, one of which I'm extra excited about.
0:33.9	Today I'll be talking about new information in Kristen Tomlin's case, how an artist in
0:38.7	Seattle is honoring the victims of Gary Ridgeway, a new documentary about Mulligate to Saraw,
0:44.4	and how day parole was revoked for one of the murderers of Rina Verk. So let's not waste any time and get to it.
0:54.4	Alert, alert, breaking news alert.
0:57.6	Literally, while we were coming out here to record this,
0:59.8	I finally got something of an update regarding Cameron Hooker.
1:04.0	You'll recall he's the horrible, horrible, horrible man
1:08.8	who put Colleen Stan in a box for seven years. So we finally have
1:12.9	something resembling an update in his so-called case. He has a trial that has been moved to San Mateo
1:18.5	County because of publicity. And it seems like today, April 17th, 2026, motions are being heard.
1:27.1	And jury selection will happen May 18th.
1:29.8	And that's all coming from action news now.com.
1:33.0	So it looks like by our June update, maybe we'll know what's going on with Cameron
1:37.5	Hooker and hopefully never have to discuss him ever again.
1:41.7	And that's it for the breaking news alert.
1:47.7	In March 2018, the true crime podcast, The Trail Went Cold, covered the story of Kristen
1:53.8	Tomlin, as we did in our episodes The Kid, Parts 1 and 2. The Trail went cold posted about
1:59.6	Kristen's case on Reddit. When we covered it a few
2:02.5	months ago, I found that Reddit and shared our episode as it included updates and the interview
2:07.3	with Kristen's friends, Teresa and Rhonda. For a teeny recap, as the story is so epic, it took two episodes
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