Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast. Crimes, cryptids, cons, and beyond. There is always something new to dive into.

In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee to discuss the 2021 murder of Gabby Petito. This case took the world by storm with lots of coverage, theories, and followers that claimed they knew Brian Laundrie was to blame. In the end, things were just as gruesome as we all though, and sadly there was a lot that should have been done differently in this case.

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Our sources for this weeks episodes:

• https://www.gabbypetitofoundation.org/about-us

• https://www.gabbypetitofoundation.org/gabbys-story

• https://people.com/gabby-petito-parents-say-alive-today-police-handled-traffic-stop-differently-8641227

• https://www.cbsnews.com/news/gabby-petito-brian-laundrie-case-story-deaths/

• https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/settlement-reached-gabby-petito-laundrie-families-rcna139905

• https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/14/us/brian-laundrie-gabby-petito-parent-depositions/index.html

• https://gavinfish.com/cases/gabby-petito/

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In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee as we discuss the death of Jaleayah Davis. On November 19th, 2011 Jaleayah was found dead, decapitated on the side of an interstate with her car still running. Rumors went flying about what could have happened, but the authorities believed it to be an accidental death that circulated around alcohol… What do you think happened?

Our sources for this weeks episodes:

• https://gavinfish.com/cases/jaleayah-davis/

• https://www.facebook.com/p/Justice-for-Jaleayah-100088685604776/

• https://reddit.com/r/TrueCrimeDiscussion/comments/16gakd4/has_a_there_ever_been_any_additional_news/?rdt=34483

• https://wegotthiscovered.com/true-crime/what-happened-to-jaleayah-davis-a-deep-dive-into-her-mysterious-death/

• https://www.change.org/p/michael-f-bennet-justice-for-jaleayah-davis

• https://medium.com/@daisyaspencer4/the-death-of-jaleayah-davis-b4f96e25073c

Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast. Crimes, cryptids, cons, and beyond. There is always something new to dive into.

In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee to discuss a child against child murder. Tristyn Bailey was only 13-years-old when she was senselessly murdered by a 14-year-old fellow classmate, Aiden Fucci. Fucci’s reasoning? He just wanted to know what it felt like to murder someone.

Our sources for this weeks episodes:

• https://tristynbailey.com/about-the-fund

• Autopsy Report: https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/20996650/incident-report-from-ofc-kurt-hannon.pdf

• https://www.firstcoastnews.com/article/news/local/tristyn-bailey-memorial-foundation-florida-law/77-48be1a2c-4515-405d-9b6c-feec4720099c

• https://www.yahoo.com/news/bill-signed-law-protects-families-014537343.html

• https://www.jacksonville.com/story/news/crime/2023/03/23/aiden-fucci-florida-murder-killing-tristyn-bailey/70040639007/

• https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/teen-sentenced-life-prison-fatally-stabbing-florida-cheerleader-114-rcna76550

• https://abc7chicago.com/aiden-fucci-mom-crystal-smith-sentence-tristyn-bailey-update/13243248/

• https://nypost.com/2023/03/24/florida-teen-aiden-fucci-sentenced-to-life-for-vicious-stabbing-of-tristyn-bailey/

• https://people.com/crime/aiden-fucci-life-prison-stabbing-tristyn-bailey/

• https://www.foxnews.com/us/aiden-fucci-mother-sentenced-tampering-evidence-cheerleader-tristyn-bailey-murder

• https://www.news4jax.com/news/local/2023/03/24/will-aiden-fucci-be-sentenced-to-life-in-prison-for-murder-of-tristyn-bailey/

• 
  https://www.news4jax.com/news/local/2023/05/16/tristyn-bailey-foundation-helps-pass-law-blocking-release-of-minors-crime-scene-photos-videos/

Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast. Crimes, cryptids, cons, and beyond. There is always something new to dive into.

In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee to discuss the case of Claire and Helen Miller. Claire was just a child when she murdered her older sister who was in no position to fight back. Claire, once a rising Tiktok star may have suffered a mental break to lead her actions into murder.

Our sources for this weeks episodes:

• https://lancasteronline.com/news/local/claire-miller-pleads-guilty-but-mentally-ill-in-sisters-stabbing-death-update/article_b7e3f45e-bea4-11ed-ae5f-ff4dc9d21719.html

• https://www.fox43.com/article/news/crime/claire-miller-sentencing-guilty-plea-homicide-helen-miller/521-51fa4e94-3892-4ab7-9764-b15faf68ae11

• https://allthatsinteresting.com/claire-miller

• https://dailyvoice.com/pennsylvania/lancaster/news/pa-tiktoker-who-admitted-to-killing-her-wheelchair-bound-sister-learns-her-fate-da/858650/

• https://nypost.com/2022/07/01/pennsylvania-girl-claire-miller-wouldve-killed-sooner-if-it-meant-mcdonalds-breakfast/

Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast. Crimes, cryptids, cons, and beyond. There is always something new to dive into.

In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee to discuss the death of Lacey Fletcher. Lacey’s parents neglected her for twelve years on the couch, where her body rotted away and fused to the couch. Lacey was so malnourished with feces and couch cushions being her only source of food, while vermin and maggots ate away at her slowly. This story is horrifying and gruesome and Lacey deserved so much better than this world gave her.

Our sources for this week's episodes:

• NewsNation Report, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTdaUhoHCWU&t=3s

• https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/woman-melted-into-sofa-usa-neglect-parents-manslaughter/

• https://nypost.com/2024/02/06/news/parents-of-lacey-fletcher-woman-found-melted-to-couch-plead-no-contest-to-manslaughter/

• https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2022/05/22/murder-by-neglect-the-death-of-lacey-fletcher/

Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast. Crimes, cryptids, cons, and beyond. There is always something new to dive into.

In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee to talk about a little more of a furry case. We are going to meet Casper, the crime fighting dog. Sounds fun right? Casper is a Great Pyrenees from Georgia who found and killed numerous coyotes that were trying to attack his livestock. Talk about a ruff day on the job. Did you know that dogs play an important role in the true crime community, between cadaver dogs, assisting in crime searches, K-9 units, and more. We give credit to some other really cool dogs that have helped with cases over time!

Our sources for this weeks episodes:

• https://cowboystatedaily.com/2023/12/16/great-pyrenees-name-casper-fights-off-11-coyotes-killing-8-and-lives/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR1KBmDk3bSMwSki6aVwWrjnXLvnyboLku_nRRAr4tRCfiSS5c7CVlBBYaQ_aem_AbEWxvKX9bN9cn7srVyaTUgQiE4lMfLIbqbikjsyg8FDRnQAY1FVTs2p-vaGc31M48Jj7ebIdGR2Wt7RMHk1vNbu#

• https://mccrawlawgroup.com/blog/vicious-dog-attack-in-coppell-tx-has-life-changing-effect-on-young-woman/

• https://whatwasthatlike.com/2023/03/10/jacqueline-was-attacked-by-dogs/

Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast. Crimes, cryptids, cons, and beyond. There is always something new to dive into.

In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee for the mysterious case of Natalee Holloway who went on a class trip and was never seen again. Will we have justice? Or will we be left with even more questions… tune in to find out more.

Our sources for this weeks episodes:

• https://www.crimemuseum.org/help-the-missing/

• https://www.biography.com/crime/natalle-holloway-murder-timeline

• https://apnews.com/article/natalee-holloway-extortion-joran-van-der-sloot-1f9335330de758cd7163914b81d0759f

• https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2018/03/15/natalee-holloway-case-man-who-claimed-help-joran-van-der-sloot-dispose-teens-body-stabbed-death/427290002/

• https://www.crimemuseum.org/crime-library/cold-cases/natalee-holloway-resource-center/

• https://www.cbsnews.com/news/natalee-holloway-fought-like-hell-before-death-mom-says-joran-van-der-sloot-confession/

• https://www.oxygen.com/the-disappearance-of-natalee-holloway

• https://www.eonline.com/photos/28082/untangling-the-disappearance-of-natalee-holloway

• https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/news/story/-3925483

• https://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/11/21/holloway.arrest/index.html

Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast. Crimes, cryptids, cons, and beyond. There is always something new to dive into.

In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee to discuss the case of Cory & Curtis Lovelace. Cory was found dead in her bed on Valentine’s Day and instantly everyone jumped to the idea that her husband had murdered her. The only problem, everything about this case had huge plot holes that no one wanted to figure out the answers to. Was Curtis being wrongly accused?

Our sources for this weeks episodes:

• https://newschannel20.com/newsletter-daily/curtis-lovelace-wins-45m-lawsuit-against-adams-county-quincy-police

• https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cory-lovelace-curtis-lovelace-case-did-illinois-mother-die-from-alcohol-abuse-or-was-she-murdered/

• https://investigatinginnocence.org/curt-lovelace

• https://www.nprillinois.org/legal/2017-03-28/curtis-lovelace-life-after-a-not-guilty-verdict#stream/0