152. The 1980 Murder of Marlene Oakes, Solved By Daughter 20 Years Later

Kurt Money and Kateline breakdown the 1980 murder of Marlene Oakes and how wrong and dumb her husband, Bill Major, was when he said oh she just ran away on you, kids. One of those kids, LaLana Bramble, will spend years thinking her mother abandoned them. Then in 2001, new DNA advancements will confirm for her what her grandma said about her mom years ago, "Oh, she's BEEN dead."

You might be wondering what true crime episode and show we talked about that covered this case. There is a show we watched on Prime, but it is so NOT a show, and is so clearly a literal rip-off of better shows that there should be legal action. So I don't want to promote it here. We do also discuss the FORENSIC FILES episode that covers this case in the proper way, and that can be seen in Season 9's "A Daughter's Journey."