Episode 87: The Devil’s Pass Killers (Case of Elizabeth Peña & Jennifer Ertman)
Joe wasn’t your average Joe - he wanted to be someone spectacular. Someone to be feared.
He skipped class, stole cars, carried guns, and even managed to get a girlfriend named Esther. So when he saw the “E” ring he knew he had to have it - to give to his girlfriend.
He leaned over and pulled it off the girl’s lifeless hand. The girl that he and his friends had just murdered.
Source Notes: rottenmangopodcast.com
Source notes:
Book: “Pure Murder” - by Corey Mitchell
^Rest In Peace Corey Mitchell - his books are amazing and I would definitely recommend checking them out.
http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/death/US/obrien1030.htm
http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/death/US/cantu1224.htm
http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/death/US/medellin1116.htm
https://www.chron.com/news/article/Raul-Villarreal-1498247.php
https://abc13.com/parole-denied-for-gang-member-convicted-in-1993-murders/7955366/
https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2017/crime-in-the-u.s.-2017/topic-pages/clearances
https://time.com/5922082/2020-gun-violence-homicides-record-year/
https://www.statista.com/statistics/251877/murder-victims-in-the-us-by-race-ethnicity-and-gender/
https://www.statista.com/statistics/194213/crime-clearance-rate-by-type-in-the-us/
https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-odds-you-have-met-a-murderer
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