Sarah Turney
publication date: Monday, December 30, 2024 (part of December 2024)
category: 
Podcasts
clue: Her true-crime podcast seeking justice for her missing sister led to an electrifying arrest in the case: Their father.
explanation: Turney's half-sister Alissa Turney disappeared in 2001, initially seeming to have run away under improbable circumstances. Her father Michael Turney, a former electrician who had elaborate conspiracy theories about an electricians' labor union being behind the disappearance, was considered a suspect at several points over the subsequent years. He was not arrested until Alissa's half-sister Sarah began the Voices for Justice podcast in 2019 and spread attention for the case on TikTok, bringing new evidence to light and leading to his indictment. more…
intended difficulty: medium
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, and Richard Slominsky
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