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Detective Perspective

Derrick Levasseur

Join former police detective and private investigator, Derrick Levasseur as he covers a new unsolved case every week. He"ll discuss the facts of the case, give you his perspective on the investigation, and leave you with contact information for the individuals or organizations connected to the case so that if you have any tips, you contact them directly and maybe help solve a case...

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75: MISSING: Lonnie Rogers

Detective Perspective ·

2025/02/03

Ways YOU can help:Sign the petition to grant families of missing persons access to police files after a period of 20 years: Sign Here Share Her Missing Poster Join the Justice for Lonene Facebook Group Purchase A Daughter's Journey: ...and Story of Resilienceby Alison Morea Duiker, Lonnie's daughter, to learn more about Lonnie. On the evening of January 6, 1981, Lonene “Lonnie” Rogers, a 29-year-old mother of two, returned to her home in Hayfield Township, Pennsylvania, after work. A blizzard

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74: MURDER: Blake Chappell

Detective Perspective ·

2025/01/27

On the night of Saturday, October 15th, 2011, 17-year-old Blake Chappell attended the homecoming dance at East Coweta High School in Georgia with his girlfriend. After the dance, Blake planned to spend the night with a close friend, however, after a few hours he decided to see his girlfriend instead. Blake went to his girlfriend’s house and they spent about 30 minutes together before a family member discovered Blake. He left at around 5 AM and began walking back to his friend's house, but

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73: MURDER: Shelbey Thornburgh

Detective Perspective ·

2025/01/20

On the evening of November 4th, 2015, 20-year-old Shelbey Thornburgh made arrangements to meet a man at her high-rise Houston apartment. The man was scheduled to arrive around 8:30 PM and by 10 PM Shelbey was discovered viciously murdered. Police began an immediate investigation, but despite viewing the suspect in the lobby entering and exiting around the time of the murder on surveillance, the man’s identity remains a mystery. It’s been over nine years since Shelbey was killed and her sister and

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72: MISSING: Trudy Appleby

Detective Perspective ·

2025/01/13

On the morning of August 21, 1996, Trudy Appleby, an 11-year-old girl from Moline, Illinois, missed her scheduled 9:00 AM phone call with her best friend. Thirty minutes later, Trudy was seen getting into a car, believed to be a Chevy Celebrity, with a white man in his twenties. She was never seen again. Trudy's father came home during his lunch break and made lunch for Trudy, assuming she was out playing with friends. But when he returned at the end of the workday, the lunch was still on the

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71: MISSING: Brian Shaffer

Detective Perspective ·

2025/01/06

On the evening of March 31, 2006, Brian Shaffer, a 27-year-old med student, went out with friends to celebrate the start of spring break. The night began with bar-hopping and ended at the Ugly Tuna Saloona, a popular spot in Columbus, Ohio. At 1:55 am, Brian was captured on surveillance footage outside the bar, chatting with two women. Moments later, he said goodbye and walked back toward the entrance, telling his friends he was going to speak with the band. He was never seen or heard from

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70: Case Updates: Rachel Hansen & Madelina Cojocari

Detective Perspective ·

2024/12/16

For the final episode of Detective Perspective for 2024, we wanted to give everyone a few updates in two cases we covered this year: The case of Rachel Hansen, and the disappearance of Madalina Cojocari. At around 2:00 A.M. on June 4, 2022, a gunman entered Rachel Hansen’s apartment, located at 1900 South Coronado Road in Gilbert, Arizona, and shot her once while she was sleeping. Anyone with information in Rachel’s murder should leave an anonymous tip by calling Silent Witness at 480-WITNESS

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69: MURDER: Matthew Flores

Detective Perspective ·

2024/12/09

On the morning of March 24, 1994, 26-year-old Matthew Flores, a former Army lieutenant and Gulf War veteran, parked his rented car outside his new workplace in Santa Clara, California. Moments later, he was shot execution-style as he leaned into the car to grab his jacket. The parking lot was full of employees starting their day, yet no one saw the shooter.Security footage revealed a dark Ford Explorer circling the lot suspiciously around the time Matt was killed, but unfortunately, his murder was

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68: MISSING: Sebastian Rogers

Detective Perspective ·

2024/12/02

On the morning of February 26, 2024, Katie Proudfoot went to wake up her 15-year-old son, Sebastian Rogers, for school. But when she entered his room, his bed was empty. She searched the rest of the house for him, but he was nowhere to be found. Katie called the police and a large-scale search began immediately. As hours turned into days, the search intensified, with hundreds of people combing the area near the family’s home in Hendersonville, Tennessee. Despite their efforts, no trace of

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67: MURDER: The Moses Lake Bombings

Detective Perspective ·

2024/11/25

On the morning of August 2, 2008, 69-year-old William “Bill” Walker was at his workshop near Moses Lake, Washington, when an explosion suddenly went off, killing him instantly. Hours later, just after midnight on August 3, another blast ripped through the home of 53-year-old Javier Adame, just miles away, also killing him instantly. Investigators were stunned by the two deadly explosions happening so close in proximity and in time. As they pieced together the scenes, they realized both deaths were

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66: MISSING: Jodi Huisentruit

Detective Perspective ·

2024/11/18

On the early morning of June 27, 1995, 27-year-old Jodi Huisentruit, a news anchor in Mason City, Iowa, overslept and rushed out the door to head to work. But she never made it in. Concerned coworkers called the police, who found Jodi’s red Mazda Miata in her apartment’s parking lot. Evidence at the scene suggested a struggle, leading police to believe Jodi had been abducted as she tried to get into her car. In the days that followed, search teams scoured Mason City and beyond, but no trace of Jodi

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65: MISSING: Corrie Anderson

Detective Perspective ·

2024/11/11

On the afternoon of October 28, 2008, 36-year-old Corrie Anderson, a beloved mother of three, left her job at a Jamestown, New York, library and visited her fiancé at a nearby car dealership. She told him she planned to head home before picking up her son from school later that day. But Corrie never arrived, and her family quickly grew concerned. When they went to check on her, Corrie’s house was empty. Inside, they found fresh groceries and one of her shoes on the stairs, but both Corrie—and her

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64: MURDER: Judy Smith

Detective Perspective ·

2024/11/04

On April 10, 1997, 50-year-old Judy Smith, a beloved nurse and mother, set off on her first trip to Philadelphia, planning to explore historic sites while her husband attended a conference. But when Judy didn’t return to their hotel that evening, her husband grew worried and reported her missing. Months passed without a word from Judy. Then, in September, hunters stumbled upon her remains over 600 miles away in a remote part of North Carolina. Judy had been murdered, her body wrapped in a blanket

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63: MISSING: Nikki Cheng Saelee-McCain

Detective Perspective ·

2024/10/28

On the evening of May 17th, 2024, 39-year-old Nikki Cheng Saelee-McCain, a beloved mother, daughter and sister, texted her sister saying she was visiting her brother-in-law in a Redding, California, hospital. Just after midnight, she mentioned returning her mother-in-law's car to her house on the Redding Rancheria Reservation. That was the last time anyone heard from her.A week later, Nikki's truck was found abandoned in a remote area 40 minutes from her home. Despite extensive searches, Nikki

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62: MURDER: David Cox

Detective Perspective ·

2024/10/21

On the morning of January 5, 1994, 27-year-old David Cox, a former Marine whose story inspired the movie A Few Good Men, was at home, anxiously awaiting news about a potential full-time job. But when his girlfriend, Elaine, returned home that evening, David was nowhere to be found. His truck was parked outside, with the keys in the ignition and an uncashed paycheck sitting on the dashboard. Despite these strange circumstances, police initially believed David had run off. However, nearly three

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61: MISSING: Gabriel Johnson

Detective Perspective ·

2024/10/14

On December 20th, 2009, Logan McQueary was supposed to gain physical custody of his nearly eight month old son, Gabriel. But when Logan arrived to pick him up, both he and Gabriel's mother, Elizabeth Johnson, weren't home. For days, Logan tried contacting Elizabeth, but she didn't respond. Then, on December 27th, Logan received a text message from Elizabeth claiming she had murdered Gabriel. Investigators immediately launched a search for both Gabriel and Elizabeth, but when they located Elizabeth

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60: MISSING: Fauna Frey

Detective Perspective ·

2024/10/07

On June 27th, 2020, Fauna Frey, a 45-year-old woman grieving the recent loss of her brother, left her family home in Dexter, Oregon with plans to visit some of his loved ones in the Grants Pass area. Two days later, on June 29th, Fauna was seen buying groceries in Grants Pass, but after that she vanished. Months later, her Jeep was discovered abandoned on a remote road over an hour from the grocery store, yet Fauna was nowhere to be found. It's been over four years since Fauna disappeared, and her

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59: MURDER: The Lane Bryant Murders

Detective Perspective ·

2024/09/30

At 10 a.m. on the morning of February 2nd, 2008, the Lane Bryant store in Tinley Park, Illinois opened for the day. Just minutes later, a man entered the store posing as a delivery person. He eventually pulled out a gun and took the store manager, a part time employee, and four customers hostage. The six women were forced into a back room, where they were bound with duct tape and shot, execution style. The store manager and the four customers were killed instantly, but the part time employee

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58: MURDER: Deputy Jeff Mitchell

Detective Perspective ·

2024/09/23

In the early hours of October 27, 2006, Deputy Jeff Mitchell, a 38-year-old beloved father and husband, was patrolling a remote area in Sacramento County when he noticed a suspicious white Chevy van. At 3:27 a.m., he reported pulling the van over, but minutes later, dispatch lost contact with him. When fellow deputies arrived at the scene, they found Jeff lying near his patrol car, shot with his own weapon after a violent struggle. The van was gone.Twelve hours later, a white van was found

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57: MISSING: Jason Landry

Detective Perspective ·

2024/09/16

At around 11:00 pm on the night of December 13, 2020, 21-year-old Texas State University student Jason Landry left San Marcos, Texas, to drive back to his parents’ house. But he never made it home, and what happened next remains a mystery. Just after midnight, on what was now December 14, Jason’s car was found wrecked on a desolate gravel road near Luling, Texas. His belongings—and the clothes he had been wearing while driving—were scattered along the road, but Jason himself was nowhere to be

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56: MURDER: Cheryl Coker

Detective Perspective ·

2024/09/09

On the morning of October 2, 2018, Cheryl Coker, a devoted mother of two from Riverside, Ohio, dropped her daughter off at school. Later that day, her car was left in a Kroger parking lot. Surveillance footage captured a mysterious figure, dressed entirely in black, exiting the vehicle and walking away. Despite an exhaustive investigation and numerous leads, it took over a year and a half before Cheryl's skeletal remains were discovered in a wooded area, just 15 minutes from her home. Although a

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