Who Killed Christine Diefenbach? w/ Attorney Michelle Kaszuba

Who Killed...?

Bill Huffman

True Crime, Society & Culture, History

3.8 • 595 Ratings

🗓️ 7 August 2020

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Many thanks to this week's guest, Michelle Kaszuba, who works for the Financial Crimes and Money Laundering Bureau of the Suffolk District Attorney's Office and belongs to a specialized unit that investigates wrongful convictions and claims of innocence. She joined me to discuss the murder of Christine Diefenbach in 1988.The case remains unsolved and this is Michelle's "Passion Case"."According to reports the murder happened on a Sunday morning. Christine left her home on 125th Street around 7:30 a.m. She was walking to a corner store to buy the Sunday paper and a gallon of milk.""NYPD officials say the evidence into 14-year-old Christine Diefenbach's killing in Richmond Hill is being examined, but would not identify exactly what it is". 2/9/19https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/christine-diefenbach-murder-teenage-girl-queens-cold-case-new-evidence/1798050/https://www.linkedin.com/in/michelle-kaszuba-3400a1165/https://defrostingcoldcases.com/christine-ann-diefenbach-may-15-1973-feb-7-1988/https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/ny-metro-queens-murder-cold-case-20181220-story.htmlhttps://www.nytimes.com/1988/02/09/nyregion/richmond-hill-grieves-for-girl-beaten-to-death.htmlIf you enjoy this podcast you can help support the show by clicking HERE or on the DONATE button on the LEFT hand side of sloburnmedia.com, that is slo minus the w. You can also contribute to the show via the Venmo app with my username @bill-huffman-3. I will also provide a link in the show notes.Every contribution helps keep these SLO Burn podcasts running.You can also support the show by leaving a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to favorite shows.Those 5 stars help keep the important cases I cover in the spotlight.I will be dropping new episodes of my other series, Who Killed.…?If you have any information regarding any of the unsolved cases I’ve covered, please contact the FBI at 1-800-call-fbi. You can also submit a tip anonymously via crime-stoppers.If you’d like to stay up to date on the cases I have covered, as well as the new shows I have in the pipeline, please follow me on Twitter @billhuffman3.Thank you so much again for listening.Until next time… BE HEALTHY & SAFE! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Slow burn media and Bill Huffman present my passion case.
0:09.4	Hello and welcome to episode 79 of Who Killed?
0:14.2	I'm your host Bill Huffman and again this is a slow burn media production.
0:19.2	On this week's show, I will be taking both of my shows and combining
0:23.1	them to create a two-parter about the death of 14-year-old Christine Diefenbach out of Queens,
0:30.7	New York. What makes this case special is that I actually get to talk to a true professional
0:36.0	about this case,
0:38.0	and she works actually within the confines of the Queensboro.
0:43.4	So Michelle Kazuba, who has practiced law for a number of years,
0:48.6	is very, very knowledgeable upon this case.
0:52.1	She currently works in the Financial Crimes Division in New York City,
0:57.7	in Queens, I should say, and also been a part of the organization of the investigations for the missing.
1:06.1	She does write-ups for them as well, and again, she is really knowledgeable about this case. And I really hope that
1:14.2	you guys will take the time to listen to what she has to say because it's not very often that we get
1:20.1	to talk to lawyers about how these cases get put together and especially cold cases that have not been solved for over 30 years.
1:29.8	So join me this week as we explore Who Killed Christine Diefenbach with Michelle Kazuba.
1:38.6	This week's guest on my passion case is Michelle Kazuba.
1:43.4	Thank you so much for joining me, Michelle.
1:45.7	How are you tonight?
1:47.3	Not too bad. How are you doing?
1:49.7	I'm doing all right.
1:50.9	Give the listeners a little bit of a bio on what you are up to and what it is that makes you so much of a true crime, I guess, well, one, just writer and obviously your job.
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