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Mar 2024
44m 32s

The Cheat Sheet: Violence and Vigilantes

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About this episode

The Cheat Sheet is The Murder Sheet's segment breaking down weekly news and updates in some of the murder cases we cover.

In this episode of The Cheat Sheet, we will talk about the disappearance of a three-year-old in Wisconsin, the recent break in two linked Virginia cold cases, the heinous murder of a 11-year-old boy in Chicago, a murderous rampage in Illinois, and the revenge slaying of a man in Nevada.

Seehafer News on the disappearance of Elijah Vue: https://www.seehafernews.com/2024/03/25/elijah-vue-search-nears-sixth-week/

WEAU on the disappearance of Elijah Vue: https://www.weau.com/2024/03/25/elijah-vue-volunteer-searches-resume-wednesday/

WBAY on the disappearance of Elijah Vue: https://www.wbay.com/2024/03/28/large-law-enforcement-presence-searching-elijah-vue-two-rivers-area/

National Center for Missing and Exploited Children's page on Elijah Vue: https://www.missingkids.org/poster/NCMC/2013462/1

ABC 7 on the disappearance of Elijah Vue:https://abc7.com/elijah-vue-missing-update-parents-two-rivers-wisconsin/14504295/

We used reporting from The Potomac News in our discussion of the murders of Jacqueline Lard and Amy Baker.

CBS 19 on the murders of Jacqueline Lard and Amy Baker and the arrest of Elroy Neal Harrison: https://www.cbs19news.com/story/50538070/man-arrested-for-homicides-in-1986-1989

CNN on the murder of Jayden Perkins: https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/25/us/chicago-death-jayden-perkins-prisoner-review-board-member-resigns/index.html

The Chicago Tribune's editorial on the murder of Jayden Perkins and the failure of multiple systems to protect this 11-year-old child and his family from Crosetti Brand: https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/03/20/editorial-jayden-perkins-murder-case-domestic-violence-crosetti-brand/

The Guardian's report on Christian Soto's stabbing rampage in Rockford, Illinois: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/mar/28/illinois-stabbing-attack-suspect-rockford

8 News Now on the murder of Aaron Chavez: https://www.8newsnow.com/investigators/man-watched-friends-murder-on-live-video-feed-las-vegas-police/

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