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Jul 2022
39m 52s

Aimee Willard // 215

Dark West Productions
About this episode

In June of 1996, a 22-year-old college lacrosse player had a casual night out with friends at a bar in suburban Philadelphia. But on her way home, she disappeared. Shortly after leaving the bar, her car was found running with the driver's side door open on an Interstate, painting a violent attack. After an important tip came in from a local woman, a concrete suspect emerged, and it turns out, he had other victims. This is the story of Aimee Willard.

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CASE SOURCES

1. Unsolved Mysteries:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cz6hfYxIyI0

2. Aimee Willard.com: http://www.aimeewillard.com/pics.html

3. Find a Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/205392915/aimee-ellen-willard

4. List of Death Row Inmates: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/List_of_death_row_inmates_in_the_United_States#/google_vignette

5. Philadelphia Daily News: https://www.newspapers.com/image/186768530

6. Philadelphia Daily News: https://www.newspapers.com/image/187123202/?terms=ryan%20hutchinson&match=1

7. Philadelphia Daily News: https://www.newspapers.com/image/186685509/?terms=ryan%20hutchinson&match=1

8. Commonwealth v. Bomar: https://caselaw.findlaw.com/pa-supreme-court/1426072.html

9. Philadelphia Inquirer: https://www.newspapers.com/image/179305947

10. Philadelphia Inquirer: https://www.newspapers.com/image/179244365

11. Fort Worth Star-Telegram: https://www.newspapers.com/image/647148343/?terms=maria%20cabuenos&match=1

12. The Daily Item: https://www.newspapers.com/image/483344803/?terms=arthur%20j%20bomar&match=1

13. Delco Times: https://www.delcotimes.com/2013/11/16/aimee-willards-family-continues-creating-goodness-in-her-memory/

14. Fourth Estate: http://gmufourthestate.com/2019/04/15/honoring-former-mason-athlete-aimee-willard/

15. Forensic Files: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNzWSIAp6TQ

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