Episode
MURDERED: Rosie Tapia
48:41
Published: Mon May 10 2021
Description
A little girl vanishes from her bedroom in the middle of the night only to be found brutally murdered, forcing her community to recognize that the worst really IS possible.If you have any information about the murder of Rosie Tapia, please call the Salt Lake City police department at 801-799-3455. For current Fan Club membership options and policies, please visit https://crimejunkieapp.com/library/. Source materials for this episode cannot be listed here due to character limitations. For a full list of sources, please visit https://crimejunkiepodcast.com/murdered-rosie-tapia/
Chapters
Luene Tapia and her husband went out dancing, leaving their 18-year-old daughter Amelia to babysit their little ones.
00:00 - 02:19 (02:19)
Summary
Luene Tapia and her husband went out dancing, leaving their 18-year-old daughter Amelia to babysit their little ones. When one of the children disappeared and was found murdered, it shocked the community.
EpisodeMURDERED: Rosie Tapia
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Amelia describes the man who abducted her little sister, Rosie Tapia, from their apartment complex playground in August 1995 to the police, as somebody who had a shady persona and was wearing big, dark sunglasses and a full disguise.
02:19 - 13:20 (11:00)
Summary
Amelia describes the man who abducted her little sister, Rosie Tapia, from their apartment complex playground in August 1995 to the police, as somebody who had a shady persona and was wearing big, dark sunglasses and a full disguise.
EpisodeMURDERED: Rosie Tapia
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After finding Rosie's body, police start to lean towards the idea that she accidentally drowned in the river nearby, as her clothes were not missing or pulled off.
13:21 - 18:22 (05:01)
Summary
After finding Rosie's body, police start to lean towards the idea that she accidentally drowned in the river nearby, as her clothes were not missing or pulled off. Police investigate the area and come across someone who had went to the playground with his son.
EpisodeMURDERED: Rosie Tapia
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The murder of six-year-old Rosie Tapia in Salt Lake City in 1995 remains unsolved despite the police investigation that followed, which uncovered a few leads but provided few answers.
18:22 - 26:22 (07:59)
Summary
The murder of six-year-old Rosie Tapia in Salt Lake City in 1995 remains unsolved despite the police investigation that followed, which uncovered a few leads but provided few answers. Her mother claims that the property manager of the apartment complex where they lived at the time told her to keep the matter quiet when she reported it.
EpisodeMURDERED: Rosie Tapia
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Police announce they finally have a person of interest in the murder of Rosie Larsen, almost nine years after she was found dead.
26:22 - 33:22 (07:00)
Summary
Police announce they finally have a person of interest in the murder of Rosie Larsen, almost nine years after she was found dead. Rumors swirled that her half-sister, Amelia, might have been involved, but police find no evidence to support this theory.
EpisodeMURDERED: Rosie Tapia
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The family of a kidnapped child is preserving potential evidence in hopes of solving the case that has remained unsolved for years.
33:23 - 38:07 (04:44)
Summary
The family of a kidnapped child is preserving potential evidence in hopes of solving the case that has remained unsolved for years. The witness who last saw the child was not listened to by the police and the family believes that better investigation could have led to the recovery of the child.
EpisodeMURDERED: Rosie Tapia
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The cultural climate in the mid to late 90s was a key factor in the investigation of the unsolved murder case of 6-year-old Rosie Tapia.
38:07 - 43:34 (05:26)
Summary
The cultural climate in the mid to late 90s was a key factor in the investigation of the unsolved murder case of 6-year-old Rosie Tapia. The police never questioned the anonymous witness and a potential suspect because they were younger than the supposed age of perpetrators at that time.
EpisodeMURDERED: Rosie Tapia
PodcastCrime Junkie
Rosie Tapia, a six-year-old girl, was abducted and murdered in Salt Lake City in 1995.
43:34 - 48:39 (05:05)
Summary
Rosie Tapia, a six-year-old girl, was abducted and murdered in Salt Lake City in 1995. Decades later, the case remains unsolved, but new leads are being investigated in hopes of finally bringing Rosie's killer to justice.