When 14-year-old Shawn Edwards is stabbed and beaten to death outside of a high school in Middletown, NY, the whole community is shocked. Why would anyone want to hurt – let alone murder – this friendly, popular kid? As the investigation unfolds, police try to separate fact from fiction, only to come up emptyhanded. It seems like everyone’s a suspect…but no one has a motive.Anyone with information about the homicide should call Middletown Police at 845-343-3151.Google Earth: Shawn Edwards 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-shawn-edwards-part-1/
In 1986, a 14-year-old girl named Genelle Conway-Allen was found murdered outside of a high school in Fairfield, California. Decades later, a suspect is apprehended through advances in DNA technology.
Police expand their search for a weapon after discovering a larger crime scene than initially thought at Middletown High School. The search for a potential suspect begins after a custodian alerts them to an unconscious person on the school grounds.
Following Sean Kealiher's death, conflicting reports arose about his whereabouts before the incident occurred. The police investigation surrounding Sean's death continues to raise questions about its accuracy and transparency.
A cold case involving the murders of Cheryl Hanvey and Larry Gierer in Middletown, Ohio, is still unsolved over 20 years later. Detectives discuss the lack of a "phone dump" and the early theory of drug involvement in the case.
A tipster reports seeing a 1975 gray Chevrolet Camaro near Sean Flynn's house at the time they believe he disappeared. Meanwhile, police find out that the person behind the threat is the girl who received it, and the polygraph suggests that Melvin may not be telling the truth.
Conflicting dates and stories surround the involvement of the Mr. FIG car in Sean's murder, as police tell a local radio station that the car does not factor in but are still searching for similar cars.
Cynthia spends the day putting reward posters up around town on the first anniversary of Sean's murder; however, as time passes, fewer leads come in and things quiet down until an unrelated home invasion puts a suspect back in the hot seat.