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Julene Simko called 911 in a panic. She\\u2019d just discovered her husband dead in their bed. He\\u2019d been shot in the back of the head by an intruder. She\\u2019d already grabbed a gun and fired two shots to scare off the attacker, but she feared the person was still in the house. But who could the intruder be? Julene and Jeremy\\u2019s home in rural Vermilion, Ohio, was remarkably secure. They had multiple guard dogs, a security system, and plenty of guns. Who could have gotten past all those safeguards and murdered Jeremy Simko?

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Then Kristin tells us about real estate agent Beverly Carter. In 2014, Beverly was the top selling and listing agent for Crye Leike Realtors. The previous year, she\\u2019d sold $12 million in real estate -- no small feat in central Arkansas. So when a man calling himself Steven Adams reached out to her about buying a new house, Beverly was all ears. Steven said that he and his wife, Crystal, were relocating to the area. They were cash buyers. That meant a quick sale for Beverly. But Beverly was cautious. She corresponded with Steven by phone and email for a few weeks. When he asked to meet her out at a rural property, she insisted that his wife Crystal meet them there, too. Crystal got on the phone and assured Beverly she\\u2019d be there. But when Beverly arrived at the home, Crystal was nowhere to be found.

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And 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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A Dateline episode, titled, \\u201cThe Client\\u201d

A Web of Lies episode, titled, \\u201cFinal Sale\\u201d

\\u201cRealtor Murder,\\u201d by Arkansas Online, compiled from Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Archives\\n

\\u201cThe Beverly Carter Story,\\u201d by Stewart Title on YouTube

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\\u201cJulene Simko\\u201d episode, Snapped

\\u201cVemilion woman goes on trial in 2009 murder\\u201d by Keith Reynolds, The Morning Journal

\\u201cJulene Simko won\\u2019t look at photos of husband\\u2019s body during murder trial\\u201d by Keith Reynolds, The Morning Journal

\\u201cNo physical evidence Vermilion woman performed CPR on dying husband, ex-Lorain County Coroner says\\u201d by Keith Reynolds, The Morning Journal

\\u201cDefense rests without calling witnesses in Vermilion woman\\u2019s murder trial\\u201d by Keith Reynolds, The Morning Journal

\\u201cVermilion woman\\u2019s murder trial now awaits verdict\\u201d by Keith Reynolds, The Morning Journal

\\u201cJulene Simko guilty of murdering her husband in 2009 in Vermilion\\u201d by Keith Reynolds, The Morning Journal

\\u201cVermilion woman gets 28 years to life for 2009 murder of husband\\u201d by Keith Reynolds, The Morning Journal

\\u201cVermilion woman was slave before killing husband\\u201d by Katie Nix, Sandusky Register

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