Episode 235

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1st Apr 2026

The Secret of I-95: What Happened to Pamela Butler?

In 2009, Pam Butler missed a Valentine’s Day dinner and just disappeared.

She had a high-level security system around her home and even with this, there was no footage of her leaving. It took nearly a decade, a tenacious brother and a "Colombo" style cop to figure out what had happened.

Which then led to another crime that happened nearly 30 years earlier all perpetrated by one man; Jose Rodriguez-Cruz.

Sources:

* https://www.aetv.com/articles/pamela-butler-vanished-valentine-s-day-2009

* https://www.aetv.com/articles/terrence-wayne-harper-texas-retrial

* https://www.aetv.com/articles/harrel-braddy-quatisha-maycock-murder-trial

* https://www.aetv.com/articles/tara-lynn-lee-adoption-scam

* https://www.aetv.com/articles/kouri-richins-husband-eric-richins-murder

#PamelaButler #WashingtonDC #TrueCrime #TheSecretofI95 #JusticeForMarta

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