Going West: True Crime

In March of 2009, a 36-year-old single mother vanished from her Washington home along a highway without a trace. Multiple men are believed to have been in contact with her on the weekend she disappeared, some even for dates - one of whom confessed to killing her. But were they responsible? Or was it possibly the local butcher who was convicted of murder the following year? This is the disappearance of Nancy Moyer.

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In April of 1988, a 17-year-old left after a graduation party in rural Kansas, and was believed to have driven away in his mom’s car. But neither he nor his car were ever seen again, leading to numerous disturbing theories regarding what happened to him: From never leaving the street he was last seen on, to being sacrificed by a local cult – which is why his disappearance remains one of Kansas’s most baffling mysteries. This is the disappearance of Randy Leach.

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In March of 2022, a 39-year-old father of three was found dead in his Utah home from what originally appeared to be an aneurysm. But later, this determination would be amended to reveal that he had been murdered. After a shocking arrest that took over a year to secure, it was up to the court to decide if this business owner and devoted husband and dad had been living a secret life steeped in drug addiction or if he was merely the unsuspecting victim. This is the murder of Eric Richins, and the explosive trial that just concluded in March of this year for his wife, Kouri Richins. 

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In March of 1997, a 44-year-old Pennsylvania woman disappeared after tensions escalated with her next-door neighbor. When investigators searched the neighboring home, they uncovered a secret tunnel connecting the two properties, and a gruesome scene in the basement that would traumatize them for life. This is the murder of Ann Hoover.

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In January of 1990, a 21-year-old man went missing under suspicious circumstances while working at a Portland, Oregon music venue. When his car was found at the airport after he was reported missing, someone close to him tried to paint a sinister image of what happened to him. But police would soon realize that they had it all wrong… This is the murder of Tim Moreau, and the Starry Night Killer.

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