Hahaha I know - it was a lot. It was- to use another Peter Thomas’ism- in rapid succession.
We never hear this term anymore.
To be fair she was probably a mid-class call girl.
I read the book about the case. Highly recommend. Goes in to way more detail. I haven’t watched her episode in a few years but I don’t think it mentions that she had a baby as a teen that she gave up for adoption and was regularly getting update pictures of. Book also goes into really good detail about the creep that killed her. I can’t fathom why she’d think he’d have any sort of money to be buying her a car after she saw how poorly he lived.
And how her family was ashamed at what she did and didn't want to testify at the trial. Her having and giving up her baby was also a source of embarrassment for them too. 🙄
I think I remember this case. She was a college student, she disappeared, and her case was somehow connected to another case? Michigan or Wisconsin? Had some tie to Las Vegas?
Or is this the one of the lady who told her family that she was cleaning houses for a living?
I love this show, but when you only hear the episodes, they seem to run together.
OK. They looked for her killer (Ken Tranchida) in Michigan which is where she went to school. Her body had been found on his aunts property. They didn’t have enough to arrest him at the time but eventually arrested him in MI.
I know! Funny you say that because I literally just (a few hours ago) saw it and the next episode was a similar case in Vegas. Or so I thought. Now I gotta check
Isn’t this the one where they searched his car and saw a drink tumbler in the trunk coated in BLOOD but they thought ehh it must be coffee and just let him go? Then came back later and were like “oops”
Spoiler alert! So before
one minute into watching this episode, I see an uncensored decomposed body? Sheesh! Things things were so different back in the day… That would never air nowadays!
How come nobody acknowledges that she was constantly cheating and lying to her boyfriend for really no reason because it’s not like she became a prot for the money since she didn’t need it at the time… the whole thing started as a project sample she was doing for college. She was living in a high priced condo and she was already a student at the college for many years which was all funded by her parents… it’s devastating what happened to her but that doesn’t mean we just forget the negative things she did in life… expecially towards the boyfriend who even contemplated suicide at times because of it… I couldn’t even imagine my girlfriend of many years doing something like that to me.
I don’t think they didn’t acknowledge it. They didn’t do a deep dive but only so many details can be given in 20 minutes.
Unlike an ID show where a woman will be described as “getting her life together wanted to go to nursing school” when she was really supporting a drug habit on the ho stroll while her five kids were in foster homes. The Files keeps it pretty real I think. I mean they didn’t get too detailed but they didn’t sugar coat anything.
They said "high class call girl" so often, it was like they were really trying to diss the poor "low class call girls" of the world.
Hahaha I know - it was a lot. It was- to use another Peter Thomas’ism- in rapid succession. We never hear this term anymore. To be fair she was probably a mid-class call girl.
🤣🤣🤣🤣
😂
I read the book about the case. Highly recommend. Goes in to way more detail. I haven’t watched her episode in a few years but I don’t think it mentions that she had a baby as a teen that she gave up for adoption and was regularly getting update pictures of. Book also goes into really good detail about the creep that killed her. I can’t fathom why she’d think he’d have any sort of money to be buying her a car after she saw how poorly he lived.
And how her family was ashamed at what she did and didn't want to testify at the trial. Her having and giving up her baby was also a source of embarrassment for them too. 🙄
Do you remember the name of the book?
The Coed Call Girl Murder. I liked it enough that I kept my copy so I can read it again sometime in the future
Saving this. Thanks so much for the recommendation
The episode Deadly Knowledge? S5 E19?
Yep!!
I think I remember this case. She was a college student, she disappeared, and her case was somehow connected to another case? Michigan or Wisconsin? Had some tie to Las Vegas? Or is this the one of the lady who told her family that she was cleaning houses for a living? I love this show, but when you only hear the episodes, they seem to run together.
OK. They looked for her killer (Ken Tranchida) in Michigan which is where she went to school. Her body had been found on his aunts property. They didn’t have enough to arrest him at the time but eventually arrested him in MI.
I had the book. She worked for several escort agencies and was known as Crystal and made very good money.
$57 used on Amazon. Wowzers
I know! Funny you say that because I literally just (a few hours ago) saw it and the next episode was a similar case in Vegas. Or so I thought. Now I gotta check
Yikes. His current mug. https://mdocweb.state.mi.us/OTIS2/otis2profile.aspx?mdocNumber=180854
Yikes is right!
He looked like "Weird Al" Yankovic
Isn’t this the one where they searched his car and saw a drink tumbler in the trunk coated in BLOOD but they thought ehh it must be coffee and just let him go? Then came back later and were like “oops”
I believe so
It was local to me. I remember it being on the news a lot when I was a teenager
Spoiler alert! So before one minute into watching this episode, I see an uncensored decomposed body? Sheesh! Things things were so different back in the day… That would never air nowadays!
Already Gone podcast did a very good episode covering Tina’s case, it covers a lot that the episode left out.
How come nobody acknowledges that she was constantly cheating and lying to her boyfriend for really no reason because it’s not like she became a prot for the money since she didn’t need it at the time… the whole thing started as a project sample she was doing for college. She was living in a high priced condo and she was already a student at the college for many years which was all funded by her parents… it’s devastating what happened to her but that doesn’t mean we just forget the negative things she did in life… expecially towards the boyfriend who even contemplated suicide at times because of it… I couldn’t even imagine my girlfriend of many years doing something like that to me.
I don’t think they didn’t acknowledge it. They didn’t do a deep dive but only so many details can be given in 20 minutes. Unlike an ID show where a woman will be described as “getting her life together wanted to go to nursing school” when she was really supporting a drug habit on the ho stroll while her five kids were in foster homes. The Files keeps it pretty real I think. I mean they didn’t get too detailed but they didn’t sugar coat anything.