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This week, we\u2019re talking about cases profiled by America\u2019s Most Wanted.
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\nKristin starts us off with the story of David James Roberts -- the first fugitive featured in the pilot episode of America\u2019s Most Wanted. Coincidentally, he was also the first fugitive ever captured thanks to America\u2019s Most Wanted.\xa0
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\nDavid James Roberts was a terrible dude. He murdered a husband and wife, set their house on fire, and left their infant to die in the home. When he was out on bond, he raped a woman twice, locked her in the trunk of her car, then set her infant son out to die in an Indiana winter. Juries were horrified by what they heard. He was ordered to spend the rest of his life in prison. But a few years later, he escaped.
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\nThen Brandi tells us about the murder of Ashley Peoples. Ashley was just 22. She was hard working and responsible. So when she suddenly stopped returning her mother\u2019s phone calls and didn\u2019t show up for work, her friends and family knew something was up. Suspicion quickly turned to a man named Darryl Crenshaw. News outlets refer to him as Ashley\u2019s boyfriend or ex-boyfriend, but her family says either term is too strong. He was just a guy she\u2019d seen a few times, and didn\u2019t want to see again. \xa0
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\nAnd now for a note about our process. For each episode, Kristin reads a bunch of articles, then spits them back out in her very limited vocabulary. Brandi copies and pastes from the best sources on the web. And sometimes Wikipedia. (No shade, Wikipedia. We love you.) We owe a huge debt of gratitude to the real experts who covered these cases.
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\nIn this episode, Kristin pulled from:
\n\u201cTop 10 America\u2019s Most Wanted Captures,\u201d by Claire Suddath for Time Magazine
\n\u201cEpisode 1: Show About Fugitives Leads to Arrest,\u201d by Christopher Drew, Chicago Tribune
\n\u201cDavid James Roberts,\u201d Murderpedia
\n\u201cGasoline can presented as murder link,\u201d The Daily Journal
\n\u201cFormidable armchair posse ropes in \u2018America\u2019s Most Wanted,\u201d by Peter Genovese for The Central New Jersey Home News
\n\u201cAngola jury convicts Roberts of murder,\u201d The Daily Journal
\n\u201cTestifies in murder-rape case: Woman identifies suspect,\u201d The Daily Journal
\n\u201cJury finds Roberts guilty,\u201d The Daily Journal
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\nIn this episode, Brandi pulled from:
\n\u201c'He didn't have to kill her' Parents of Ashley Peoples talk about their ordeal and justice in the aftermath of her murder\u201d by Laura F. Alix, Journal Inquirer
\n\u201cAmerica's Most Wanted Leads To Fugitive's Capture In Mexico\u201d by David Owens, Hartford Courant
\n\u201cTrial Underway In 2008 Slaying Of Ashley Peoples\u201d by Christine Dempsey, Hartford Courant
\n\u201cMURDER, NOT MANSLAUGHTER: Jury convicts Crenshaw of more serious charge based on evidence of intent in killing of Ashley Peoples\u201d by Alex Wood, Journal Inquirer
\n\u201c78 Years for Convicted Murderer\u201d by Bob Connors, NBC Connecticut
\n\u201cMan Resentenced In Kidnapping, Murder Of Girlfriend\u201d by Kelly Glista, Hartford Courant
\n\u201cPrisoner Doing 78 Years For Murder Charged With Having Child Porn In Prison\u201d by David Owens, Hartford Courant\xa0
\n\u201cState v. Crenshaw\u201d casetext.com\n