On October 20th, 2023, a young indigenous man would go missing in a heavily wooded area in western Washington. Friends, family and community members would spend the next few weeks organizing searches for him where his cell phone last pinged before going silent. This is the ongoing missing persons case of Brandon Adams.

If you have any information on the disappearance of Brandon, please contact the Mason County Sheriff's Office at 360-426-4441 or call 911 to report any potential sightings of him.

You can join the “Let’s Find Brandon” facebook group where most of this information is sourced from at https://www.facebook.com/groups/1036400821042278.

If you are in the area and you want to contribute to the search, please follow the fb page and only offer your help if you have skills in search and rescue or are very familiar with the terrain and surrounding area. References: https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/mason-county-man-rescued-woods-surround-mildred-lakes-trail/281-1378fa9f-1663-4de9-9327-ab447f2efc17 https://www.nps.gov/olym/learn/news/two-missing-hikers-found.htm https://masoncountywa.gov/sheriff/images/missing-persons/Gavin-Lee.pdf https://masoncountywa.gov/sheriff/missing-persons.php https://www.namus.gov/MissingPersons/Case#/75556 http://npshistory.com/morningreport/incidents/olym.htm https://www.facebook.com/groups/1036400821042278

On July 8th, 2023 a mental health counselor was allegedly murdered in her Kennewick, WA home by her partner who was also a counselor. This is the breaking story of Jenna Olafson.

TRIGGER WARNINGS: intimate partner violence, death

If you or someone you know is experiencing domestic or intimate partner violence, please reach out for help from the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 800-799-7233 or by texting START to 88788.

For each victim I work to place flowers at their grave site, if their burial information is available. I do this by either driving there myself if I’m in the local area, or sending flowers via a delivery service. If you’d like to help offset the costs and in turn show your support for the victims, you can donate any amount through this link.

If you'd like to get a hold of us, please visit us at www.crossingtapepodcast.com or email us at crossingtapepod@gmail.com. If you'd like to suggest a case, please do so here ⁠https://forms.gle/Gqv2h9Se4qm8yH9s5⁠

Resources:

https://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/local/crime/article277224658.html

https://www.tri-cityherald.com/article277167063.html

https://www.michaelsmithcounseling.com/#about

https://www.tri-cityherald.com/article277337073.html

https://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/local/crime/article277441353.html

https://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/local/crime/article277406973.html

https://www.nbcrightnow.com/news/counselor-charged-in-death-of-girlfriend-in-kennewick/article_e61cc5ce-20e9-11ee-bcc1-4fe87e7d95c1.html

https://www.pugetlawgroup.com/practice-area/murder/

https://www.nctsn.org/sites/default/files/resources//impact_summer_2013.pdf

https://dynamo.fandom.com/wiki/Ava

https://www.amazon.co.jp/-/en/dp/B01MRH5HIG

https://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/local/crime/article278103897.html?ac_cid=DM832500&ac_bid=-637581734

https://meetmonarch.com/therapist/jenna-olafson-counseling-kennewick-wa

https://www.sharecare.com/doctor/jenna-olafson-xynyb9s

trigger warning: violence against women, death of a child, and mentions of sexual assault

On January 30th, 1986, a mother and her 4 year old daughter were found strangled to death in their home in Bremerton, Washington. No suspects would ever be arrested in relation to the killings and the case would go cold. This is the story of Helene Anderson and Adrianne Hale.

If you or anyone you know has any information about the case or that could be connected to the case in any way please call the Bremerton Police Department at (360)-473-5488

Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS

You can also contact Detective Martin Garland personally at 360-473-5488.

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For each victim I work to place flowers at their grave site, if their burial information is available. I do this by either driving there myself if I’m in the local area, or sending flowers via a delivery service. If you’d like to help offset the costs and in turn show your support for the victims, you can donate any amount through this link.

If you'd like to get a hold of us, please visit us at www.crossingtapepodcast.com or email us at crossingtapepod@gmail.com. If you'd like to suggest a case, please do so here ⁠https://forms.gle/Gqv2h9Se4qm8yH9s5⁠

References:

Bremerton Mother, 4-year-old Daughter Found Dead | Projects

Bremerton Mother, Child Found Last Week Were Strangled | Projects

Puget Sound Naval Shipyard - Wikipedia

Someone Brutally Murdered A Mother And Her 4-Year-Old Daughter As Her 7-Month-Old Son Watched | The Vivid Faces of the Vanished | NewsBreak Original

BREMERTON: Nikki Anderson and Adrienne Hale — Cosmic Bigfoot

'A special kind of evil:' Bremerton police close to solving cold case killings of mother, 4-year-old child

Helene Anderson, Adrienne Hale Murdered in East Bremerton, Washington

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/65724244/helene-joyce-anderson
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/232309472/adrienne-m-hale

On June 5, 2017 a Louisiana woman set out to complete an in home massage for a client. Twelve hours later, her boyfriend would go looking for her only to find that she had been killed. This is the story of Kayla Ann Denham.

TRIGGER WARNINGS: death, violence against women

You can send virutal and real flowers to Kayla here https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/180117233/kayla-ann-denham and you can have a tree planted in her name here https://sympathy.legacy.com/en-us/funeral-flowers/productdetails/?type=obituary&p=185739514&pn=kayla-denham&affiliateId=4603&v=01&sku=tre-tim&pm=240&_gl=1*1cv7cu9*_gcl_au*MTkzMzU3NzM3My4xNjkyNzU2MTY0

For each victim I work to place flowers at their grave site, if their burial information is available. I do this by either driving there myself if I’m in the local area, or sending flowers via a delivery service. If you’d like to help offset the costs and in turn show your support for the victims, you can donate any amount through this link.

If you'd like to get a hold of us, please visit us at www.crossingtapepodcast.com or email us at crossingtapepod@gmail.com. If you'd like to suggest a case, please do so here ⁠https://forms.gle/Gqv2h9Se4qm8yH9s5⁠

References:

https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/communities/livingston_tangipahoa/massage-therapists-killing-in-denham-springs-cold-blooded-murder-attorneys-say-at-trial/article_c3d6032a-d6db-11e8-a980-2bc91b85beb3.html

https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/crime_police/autopsy-shows-blunt-force-trauma-strangulation-in-death-of-kayla-denham/article_161a9f24-4bb9-11e7-89fb-1f984bc8ba24.html

http://www.mydeathspace.com/article/2017/06/08/Massage_Therapist_Kayla_Denham_(24)_was_killed_by_a_man_who_made_a_5am_appointment_with_her

https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/legacyremembers/kayla-denham-obituary?id=12344632&utm_source=webshareapi&utm_medium=share_button&utm_campaign=wsapimobile_beta

https://www.thv11.com/article/news/woman-killed-after-massage-appointment-had-bad-feeling-about-meeting/91-447563346

https://www.wafb.com/2018/11/26/christopher-landry-sentenced-life-prison-murder-kayla-ann-denham/

https://www.livingstonparishnews.com/test/grand-jury-indicts-landry-on-second-degree-murder-in-death-of-kayla-denham/article_b45491b6-6678-11e7-b023-6b74c442bb97.html