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It is still Domestic Violence Awareness Month as I share two cases where love didn't prevail but murder did. The first is that of Annissa Ellen-Williams in Illinois and the second is that of Shaikia Strong in Georgia. Intro: Shire Girl by David Fesilyan Outro: Beating Heart by David Renda Resources: https://www.facebook.com/KendallCountySAO/posts/30-year-sentence-on-first-degree-murderkendall-county-states-attorney-eric-weis-/1054119193571562/ https://www.wcsjnews.com/news/wspynews/oswego-woman-pleads-guilty-to-february-2023-murder-sentenced-to-30-year-prison-sentence/article_f080bd27-2038-5370-82c2-41d88d80a1e9.html https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/oswego-woman-who-tried-to-stage-girlfriends-murder-as-a-suicide-sentenced/3789309/ https://www.shawlocal.com/kendall-county-now/2023/02/20/oswego-police-told-woman-shot-herself-while-driving-vehicle-death-investigation-underway/ https://people.com/woman-sentenced-killing-girlfriend-staging-death-suicide-11775836 https://abc7chicago.com/post/oswego-illinois-murder-case-alexia-telles-sentenced-death-annissa-ellen-williams-tried-stage-suicide/17161696/ https://www.kansascity.com/news/nation-world/national/article310692045.html https://www.wcbi.com/biloxi-woman-charged-with-death-of-west-point-woman/ https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article293790829.html https://www.wxxv25.com/biloxi-woman-turns-herself-in-after-being-accused-of-murdering-her-girlfriend/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode is dedicated to three cases I covered a while back. Missing Brian Neil Hooks, Tayy Dior Thomas and Sam Nordquist. Each case will be reviewed with a brief update. Become a Patreon Member https://www.patreon.com/c/rainbowcrimes Promo for Castles and Cryptids Intro: Shire Girl by David Fesilyan Outro: Beating Heart by David Renda Resources: https://charleyproject.org/case/brian-neil-hooks https://www.facebook.com/groups/2792283837586071/posts/3391459681001814/ https://www.wmbfnews.com/story/34092437/family-continues-search-for-florence-man-missing-for-28-years/ https://ncmissingpersons.org/brian-neil-hooks/ https://www.advocate.com/news/crime/tayy-thomas-murderer-guilty-plea https://www.hrc.org/news/hrc-remembers-brandon-tayy-dior-thomas-transgender-teenager-killed-in-mobile-alabama https://www.al.com/news/2024/06/transgender-alabama-teen-tayy-dior-thomas-was-killed-because-of-her-trusting-and-loving-nature-family-says.html https://www.them.us/story/tayy-dior-thomas-trans-woman-killed-alabama https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/really-preferred-trial-alabama-family-191210442.html https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/09/09/sam-nordquist-killers-sentenced-to-life-in-prison https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/rochester/public-safety/2026/09/08/2-sentenced-to-life-in-prison-for-the-torture-and-murder-of-sam-nordquist https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/disturbing-details-emerge-death-sam-nordquist-transgender-man-tortured-rcna194850 https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/06/23/sam-nordquist-family-saw-signs-of-control-before-he-was-killed https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/sam-nordquist-killing-room-22-rcna194129 https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/05/us/sam-nordquist-ny-murder-indictment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Another Domestic Violence Case coming out of the U.K. in 2010, although the results of the story don't wrap up until this year of 2026. The story is of two Polish lesbians who meet, fall in love, and stay together no matter how turbulent there relationship is. To get a fresh start on their relationship, they move to the U.K. Our true crime quickie is from Denver, Colorado, and another DV case in 2019. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. In March of 2011, Canadian resident Allan Lanteigne was brutally murdered by a dark figure laying in wait inside of his home. His husband happened to be in Greece at the time so it couldn't possibly be him could it? Our True Crime Quickie is from Iraqui Kurdistan in 2022. https://www.patreon.com/c/rainbowcrimes Promo for Bite Sized Crime Intro: Shire Girl by David Fesilyan Outro: Beating Heart by David Renda Resources: https://www.oxygen.com/killer-couples/crime-news/demitry-papasotiriou-lanteigne-murder-husband-insurance https://lethbridgenewsnow.com/2018/09/04/toronto-man-convicted-in-husbands-murder-granted-bail-pending-appeal/ https://www.robsoncrim.com/single-post/hearsay-evidence-in-r-v-papasotiriou-lanteigne https://www.minicounsel.ca/oca/2023/358 https://www.law360.ca/ca/articles/1762220/appeal-dismissal-illustrates-downside-of-trial-by-jury https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2022/feb/21/kurdish-transgender-woman-shot-by-brother-had-been-hiding-from-family https://www.openlynews.com/i/?id=bb69a122-c91a-4e41-b17d-063b5f137e5b https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Doski_Azad Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 1990, a 24 year old man set out to work his job as a door to door canvasser for an environmental company. The young man would be found dismembered about 3 miles from where he was working. Was his killer a resident in the area he visited? Our true crime quickie is from an attack outside a gay bar in Liverpool England on September 20th, 2026 Become a Patreon for the new lower price of $3 a month, less than a cup of coffee! Unless of course you make it yourself! You'll get ad free, early release episodes and an extra episode at the end of each month! https://www.patreon.com/c/rainbowcrimes Promo for And Then They Were Gone Intro: Shire Girl by David Fesilyan Outro: Beating Heart by David Renda Resources: https://www.wicourts.gov/ca/opinion/DisplayDocument.html?content=html&seqNo=21642 https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/us-7th-circuit/1178640.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z343KPcxF8k https://www.chicagotribune.com/1991/09/14/killer-sentenced-to-life-in-prison/ https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/09/three-men-were-stabbed-outside-a-gay-bar-police-arent-investigating-it-as-a-hate/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There has been an increase of violence against the LGBTQ community in Sacramento's gayborhood of Lavender Heights. Two lesbians, two gay men and at least four other attacks on queer people in the past month or so. And during Halloween of last year, one gay man, Alvin Prasad, had his life ended in the same area. Our true crime quickie is from Southern California in 1980. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 1984, Greeley, Colorado, 12 year old Jonelle Matthews had been dropped off to her home after singing in a Christmas Choir Concert. Jonelle would be alone for approx. an hour, when her dad and sister would be be back to join her. However when her father and sister got home, the lights and television were on, but no Jonelle. A bisexual man, Steven Pankey, who was a youth pastor at the church Jonelle's family attended would insert himself in various ways in Jonelle's disappearance. https://www.patreon.com/c/rainbowcrimes Promo for Psychology of the Strange Intro: Shire Girl by David Fesilyan Outro: Beating Heart by David Renda Resources: https://www.oxygen.com/the-girl-on-the-milk-carton/crime-news/what-to-know-about-jonelle-matthews-killer-steve-pankey https://ballotpedia.org/Steve_Pankey https://assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com/i/cbslocal/wp-content/uploads/sites/15909806/2020/10/Steve-Pankey-Indictment.pdf https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/jonelle-matthews-murder-steven-pankey-trial/ https://people.com/where-is-jonelle-matthews-killer-steven-pankey-now-11740959 https://www.coloradoan.com/story/news/2022/10/31/jonelle-matthews-case-pankey-guilty-of-kidnapping-felony-murder/69606715007/?gnt-cfr=1&gca-cat=p&gca-uir=false&gca-epti=z114134a114440c114440u115834e008425v114134&gca-ft=212&gca-ds=sophi https://www.the-sun.com/news/7423839/who-jonelle-matthews-what-happened-dateline-true-crime/ https://medium.com/@Charlie_OBrien/jonelle-matthews-the-heartbreaking-story-1edc0231b164 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

29 year old Canadian, Luka Magnotta was a lot of things...he was an attention whore, longing to be known around the world. He was a porn actor. A model. He was an animal abuser, torturer and an animal killer, he was the murderer of a human life. Luka would blame his mental disorders on all of it. Our True Crime Quickie is from Tulsa, Oklahoma in 2016 https://www.patreon.com/c/rainbowcrimes Promo for Murder Unscripted Intro: Shire Girl by David Fesilyan Outro: Beating Heart by David Renda Resources: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/luka-magnotta-guilty-of-1st-degree-murder-in-jun-lin-s-slaying-1.2875989 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/canada/9369269/Human-head-found-in-park-suspected-to-be-victim-of-Canadian-porn-actor.html https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/luka-magnotta-trial-jun-lin-hid-homosexuality-from-his-family-ex-boyfriend-testifies-1.2783185 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/luka-magnotta-trial-witness-describes-evidence-found-at-apartment-1.2781832 https://www.nydailynews.com/2017/06/22/canadian-cannibal-killer-luka-magnotta-set-to-wed-prison-inmate-lover-in-jailhouse-wedding/ https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/little-evidence-luka-rocco-magnotta-was-a-gay-porn-star-or-many-of-the-other-things-he-called-himself https://nypost.com/2017/06/22/cannibal-porn-star-who-ate-boyfriend-to-marry-a-murderer/?utm_campaign=partnerfeed&utm_medium=syndicated&utm_source=flipboard&noamp=mobile https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/luka-magnotta-trial-jun-lin-s-family-still-haunted-by-horrific-death-1.2882560 https://www.thepinknews.com/2018/02/21/racist-gay-man-jailed-for-life-after-killing-neighbour-claiming-he-was-worried-about-homophobia/#:~:text=Racist%20gay%20man%20jailed%20for,was%20worried%20about%20homophobia%20%7C%20PinkNews https://www.cbsnews.com/news/okla-man-sentenced-to-life-in-prison-for-hate-crime-slaying-of-lebanese-neighbor/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 1998, a twenty year old lesbian took over as the leader of a Crip gang in Fayetteville, North Carolina. She was pretty ruthless. Join me as I tell about the crimes that got her caught. Our true crime quickie is from Florida last year in 2025. https://www.patreon.com/c/rainbowcrimes Promo for Stop! Who Does That? Podcast Intro: Shire Girl by David Fesilyan Outro: Beating Heart by David Renda Resources: https://www.wral.com/archive/150594/ https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/nc-supreme-court/1339821.html https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/nc-court-of-appeals/2132470.html https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/nc-court-of-appeals/1256354.html https://www.wral.com/archive/128472/ https://www.starnewsonline.com/story/news/2004/01/30/decision-upsets-victims-families/30539147007/?gnt-cfr=1&gca-cat=p&gca-uir=true&gca-epti=z117644e006400v117644d--84--b--84--&gca-ft=212&gca-ds=sophi https://www.firstcoastnews.com/article/news/community/man-partially-paralyzed-murray-hill-shooting/77-1294f410-a636-4d4b-9323-8f1ddd1095b2 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 2014, a self righteous Pakistani 28 year old man, took it upon himself to cleanse his city of gay men. "By killing these men, I wanted to warn them to stay away from this evil of homosexuality." Our True Crime Quickie is from Cleveland, Ohio in 2014. The Murder of Jayla English. https://www.patreon.com/c/rainbowcrimes Intro: Shire Girl by David Fesilyan Outro: Beating Heart by David Renda Resources: https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/597870/pakitani-serial-killer-wanted-to-teach-gays-a-lesson https://theworld.org/stories/2016/07/30/being-gay-pakistan-where-anti-gay-serial-killers-are-applauded https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/pakistani-serial-killer-wanted-to-teach-gays-a-lesson-559169 https://www.dawn.com/news/1104315 https://www.massappealnews.com/2025/02/20/lesbian-kills-ex-girlfriends-lover-out-of-jealousy/ https://law.justia.com/cases/ohio/eighth-district-court-of-appeals/2021/110281.html https://www.cleveland.com/metro/2020/09/woman-charged-in-fatal-shooting-during-argument-in-cleveland.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejoRIu65hOs&t=523s https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1059087549790002 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A married couple from Chicago, Illinois moved in 2025 to Mexico City, Mexico. Their goal was to be with Zafar's ailing mother. Needed their home in Mexico City altered, they reached out to a construction company not realizing it was a scam.Our True Crime Quickie is from San Francisco, California in 2023.Promo for Murder in the PNWBecome a Patron for just $3 a month to get ad free, early release episodes and an extra episode at the end of each month as we take our unicorns out for a ride!https://www.patreon.com/c/rainbowcrimesIntro: Shire Girl by David FesilyanOutro: Beating Heart by David RendaResources:https://people.com/chicago-couple-found-slain-mexico-suspicious-encounters-month-before-vanishing-exclusive-12013550https://people.com/two-missing-americans-id-d-among-four-bodies-found-outside-mexico-city-12008029https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/etimes/trending/who-were-zafar-padamsee-mawani-and-guillermo-jafett-hidalgo-ortiz-the-chicago-couple-whose-dream-of-a-new-life-in-mexico-ended-in-tragedy/articleshow/132045594.cmshttps://www.advocate.com/news/gay-couple-mexico-mass-gravehttps://holrmagazine.com/what-happened-to-zafar-mawani-and-guillermo-hidalgo-ortiz/https://www.washingtonblade.com/2026/07/01/gay-us-couple-among-four-people-found-dead-in-mexico-mass-grave/https://people.com/family-speaks-out-after-missing-chicago-man-his-partner-found-in-mass-grave-mexico-12009164https://transgenderdistrictsf.com/abouthttps://people.com/san-francisco-sex-worker-guilty-killing-client-wanted-refund-11709597https://www.ebar.com/story/153590https://sfstandard.com/2023/12/08/san-francisco-crissy-field-killing-transgender-sex-worker/Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/beyond-the-rainbow-podcast--4398945/support. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode is from the U.K. in 2013 then it travels to Rome, Italy. 24 year old Jason Marshall had a rough childhood and spent much of his time fantasizing he was an authority figure. Either law enforcement or an MI5 agent. Posing as an MI5 agent, he gained the trust of an older man he met on a dating app. The results were deadly.True Crime Quickie is from Long Island, New York in 2019.https://www.patreon.com/c/rainbowcrimes  Beginning next month, there will only be one tier, a $3 tier!Promo for Conspiring to ArgueIntro: Shire Girl by David FesilyanOutro: Damn, Wish I was your lover by Sophie B. HawkinsResources:https://www.itv.com/news/london/2017-08-09/bogus-policeman-guilty-of-murdering-man-in-his-own-home-killed-again-while-on-the-runhttps://tubitv.com/tv-shows/634546/s05-e03-jason-marshallhttps://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/aug/09/jason-marshall-fantasist-found-guilty-murdering-man-peter-fasoli-sex-sessionhttps://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-40813798https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-41399617https://www.upi.com/Archives/1999/06/21/Serial-killer-sentenced-to-life/7759929937600/https://www.oxygen.com/crime-time/ryan-lindquist-allegedly-stabbed-boyfriend-evan-grabelsky-to-death-during-datehttps://avp.org/2019/06/01/ncavp-mourns-the-death-of-32-year-old-evan-grabelsky-a-white-cisgender-gay-man-in-long-island-ny/https://www.nassauda.org/m/newsflash/home/detail/1306https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/long-island-fatal-stabbing-arrest/Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/beyond-the-rainbow-podcast--4398945/support. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

https://www.patreon.com/c/rainbowcrimesStriving to find a welcoming community of LGBTQ+ members, 36 year old Jason Marous would leave his hometown of Cleveland, Ohio for Fort Lauderdale, Florida. For 9 years Jason had found his people and a boyfriend. Then one fateful night, Jason was murdered by an unknown killer.Our true crime quickie is from Queens, New York in 1976. A love triangle between a wife, a husband and the wife's female lover.Promo for: Book of the DeadIntro: Shire Girl by David FesilyanOutro: Beating Heart by David RendaResources: https://citytowner.com/jason-marous-murdered-in-fort-lauderdale-florida/https://outsfl.com/local/loved-ones-mourn-jason-marous-ask-for-answers-after-murderhttps://outsfl.com/local/mother-mourns-her-son-fights-for-justicehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MxEL2EQ7O4https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/117265/herbert_taylorhttps://www.casemine.com/judgement/us/591492afadd7b0493459caeehttps://www.coloradohistoricnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=RMD19780906-01.2.75Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/beyond-the-rainbow-podcast--4398945/support. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Before Epstein's Island was around, there was another island in Lake Michigan ran by a wealthy man named Frank Shelden. He and his associates trafficked young boys for sex on this secluded island.Our True Crime Quickie is from Salt Lake City, Utah in 1991. The Murder of Kerry Arbon.Promo for Cause of Death: 100 Seconds To Midnighthttps://www.patreon.com/c/rainbowcrimesIntro: Shire Girl by David FesilyanOutro: Beating Heart by David RendaResources:https://medium.com/@tttimetales/dark-secrets-of-north-fox-island-7a061a5058a6https://michiganadvance.com/2026/02/20/before-epsteins-island-power-and-privilege-shielded-abuse-on-michigans-north-fox-island/https://hoodline.com/2026/02/fbi-digs-in-on-detroit-millionaire-s-north-fox-island-of-secrets/https://wkfr.com/north-fox-island-history/?fbclid=IwY2xjawRzXINleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFWbXRWZmJGa3RnM212SU9tc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHgxOmjL6lNTzCd3iu5NHUU4nIvK_TQ4DBggaemnq6cHowk9QhHRj_XvcDTrH_aem_O2Jl83-YL5zCDmn2I13CBAhttps://vault.fbi.gov/francis-shelden/Francis%20Shelden%20Part%2001/viewhttps://www.fox2detroit.com/news/oakland-county-child-killer-50-years-later-murders-up-north-pedophile-ring-unanswered-questions?link_source=ta_first_comment&taid=69aa19ff635b2e00017b9c90&fbclid=IwY2xjawRzX3FleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFWbXRWZmJGa3RnM212SU9tc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHnA8_asIhWAxO078cSMLuJ92zktQdKMnBw-vTjVVpH4gx0bs6XJgn1NYoWMd_aem_HxOK1pB0FxlOe1RMt4zbpghttps://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2023/02/20/everything-we-know-about-the-oakland-county-child-killer-case/https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/113292984/kerry_gilbert-arbonhttps://www.deseret.com/1991/9/13/18940914/body-in-canyon-was-that-of-orem-man/Google AI was also used in obtaining information about Kerry's case.https://www.utahinvestigative.org/a-gay-latter-day-saint-was-murdered-in-salt-lake-city-in-1991-why-has-his-case-never-been-solved/Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/beyond-the-rainbow-podcast--4398945/support. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

18 year old Eric Hansen had a rough childhood in Wisconsin. His parents divorced when he was young, he had run away several times, and he was an outcast in high school. The last time he ran away, he told his mom he was going to Indiana. But he actually went to live with a 50 year old gay man in Milwaukee.Our True Crime Quickie is from 2014 in British Columbia.If you have information about Eric Hansen, please contact Clark Williams at [email protected]   or 408-829-0375https://www.patreon.com/c/rainbowcrimesIntro: Shire Girl by David FesilyanOutro: Beating Heart by David RendaResources:https://www.kenoshacountywi.gov/1529/Cold-Case-Eric-Hansenhttps://www.milwaukeemag.com/clark-williams-eric-hansen/https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/kenoshanews.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/c/81/c810f0ee-c388-5e44-8a1c-a2b0e2d6ff51/5f3d6ce84a19c.pdf.pdfhttps://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/kenoshanews.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/c/74/c746373e-7ac6-59be-b06d-13f648bdcf54/5f3d6ce8a2048.pdf.pdfhttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26481298/eric_r-hansenhttps://edmontonsun.com/2014/03/10/nothing-suggests-hate-crime-in-death-of-edmonton-drag-queenhttps://globalnews.ca/news/1879887/police-continue-search-for-suspect-one-year-after-edmonton-mans-murder/https://edmontonjournal.com/news/crime/man-wanted-for-edmonton-drag-queen-killing-arrested-in-b-c-after-rocks-hurled-at-carshttps://edmontonjournal.com/news/crime/man-arrested-throwing-rocks-in-b-c-last-week-now-charged-with-edmonton-killinghttps://langleyadvancetimes.com/2020/02/25/calls-about-rock-throwing-on-golden-ears-bridge-leads-to-arrest/https://www.facebook.com/MissingPeopleInAmerica/posts/lovely-brooks-known-to-her-loved-ones-as-angie-was-last-seen-on-january-10-2023-/1073574621464829/https://www.nbcnews.com/dateline/missing-in-america/family-still-searching-answers-january-disappearance-richmond-virginia-rcna83653Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/beyond-the-rainbow-podcast--4398945/support. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices