A night of celebration takes the darkest of turns when the body of a 34-year-old single mother is found inside the trunk of her burning car in Billings in the year 2000. We take a look at the timeline of the night, possible suspects, and theories in this week's episode of Montana Murder Mysteries

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A Burning Car: The Mysterious Murder of Charlie Atwater

This week we bring you a sneak peak into the decades old case of Jeanette "Charlie" Atwater who went missing during a night out with coworkers and was found dead inside the trunk of her burning car in Billings, Montana in 2000.

Sneak Peak: Charlie Atwater

It's a case from the 1950's that would become so cold that more than half-a-century would pass before it could finally be solved: The Lovers' Lane Slayings. Last week on 'Montana Murder Mysteries,' after combing through old newspaper clippings and speaking to both the Cascade County Sheriff and the lead detective on this case, Podcast Hosts Angela Marshall and Blake Simonson revealed more about the tragic shooting deaths of 18-year-old Lloyd Duane Bogle and 16-year-old Patricia Kalitzke outside of Great Falls in 1956. Decades later, a fresh pair of eyes and a more thorough look at the evidence would point investigators to the discovery of a sexual assault-- a crime too taboo to talk about for the time. But it's this knowledge of the sexual assault that would lead investigators down a new path of tracking down a suspect. How new DNA technology was used to close the file on what may be the oldest cold case in the country: "The Lover's Lane Slayings.' Here is Part Two.

Lovers' Lane Slayings Part 2

In the Season 5 Premiere of our award-winning podcast, Angela Marshall and Blake Simonson open the files on a now-solved cold case that has recently made national headlines: the 19-56 'Lovers' Lane Slayings.' Joyful Patricia Joyce Kalitzke, 16, and her handsome Airman boyfriend, Lloyd Duane Bogle, 18, were found on a dirt trail that followed the Sun River near Wadsworth Park outside of Great Falls. The couple had been shot to death execution style. And the suspect seemingly slipped away somewhere in Montana or beyond. In the first of this two-part podcast, they speak with the lead investigator on this case and sift through old newspaper clippings to take you back to the murder and the initial investigation and to learn just why the case remained cold for six-and-a-half decades.

Season 5 Premiere: Lovers' Lane Slayings Part 1

On February 24th, 2021, friends and family members gathered for a memorial walk in honor of Kymani Littlebird on what would have been his 20th birthday. Kymani was found dead out by a small pond on the Northern Cheyenne on June 25th, 2020. A subsequent investigation by the BIA found no signs of foul play in his death and the coroner ruled his death a suicide. But his family vehemently disputes that conclusion and continue to cry out for justice.

Vanished: Kymani Littlebird

Hosts Angela Marshall and Blake Simonson bring you 'breaking news' of what is believed to be one of the oldest cold cases in the country, now solved using forensic genetic geneology testing. And it's a cold case that originated in Montana.

Breaking News: "Oldest" Cold Case Solved Using DNA Technology

A trip through Glacier National Park takes a turn for the worst for one traveling couple. Now retired FBI agents are searching for their killer

Revisiting the Cheetam's Missing Camera

This week we take a look back at one of our first cases where a woman was stabbed to death in her own home.

A Crime of Rage -- Revisited

The Missoula County Sheriff's Office has identified the remains of a woman found nearly 36 years ago near Crystal Creek. The woman, formally identified as Christy Crystal Creek, is now known as Janet Lee Lucas, 23, of Spokane. Christy Crystal Creek was long thought to be a victim of Missoula serial killer, Wayne Nance. Is that now still the case?

BREAKING NEWS: Cold Case Detectives Identify Remains Found 36 Years Ago Near Missoula

We revisit some of our first cases as we take a break between seasons. This week, we take a look back at our very first case

Revisiting the Bad Route

In our final episode of season four, we bring you a sneak peak at two of the cases coming up on season five and we hear from Lewis and Clark County Sheriff Leo Dutton about theories surrounding the murder of Pamela Dorrington.

Season 4 Finale: Sheriff Shares New Details in Dismemberment Case

This week we bring you an update on one of our older cases and what you can do to help honor the victim's memory.

How You Can Help Honor Siobhan

It's a secret kept hidden in the South Hills of Helena for more than five decades: who shot and killed Cleve Hal Harrigfeld, a genuinely kind and well-liked 19-year-old man from Townsend in 1969? The death of Cleve is still a vivid memory today for his older brother, Mike Harrigfeld. Along with Mike, Evening Anchor Angela Marshall speaks to current Lewis and Clark County Sheriff, Leo Dutton, who opens the case files and helps unravel how officials believe Cleve died.

A Mischievous Joyride Turned Murder?: The 1969 Death of Cleve Harrigfeld

The headline of a Helena Independent Record newspaper article reads: "Who Would Kill a Boy Like Cleve?" That clipping is dated June 4, 1992. But Cleve Harrigfeld, 19, died long before that in 1969 when the handsome youth was found in the hills near Helena fatally shot twice in the front seat of his car. Hosts Angela Marshall and Blake Simonson give you a sneak peek at their next full podcast episode: 'Mischievous Joyride Turned Murder: The 1969 Death of Cleve Harrigfeld.

Sneak Peek: Mischievous Joyride Turned Murder

On June 13, 1968, the Lewis and Clark County Sheriff's Office received a call from the custodian at the Gates of the Mountains marina on Holter Lake, after he found what appeared to be part of a human body floating in the water. The part of the body authorities found belonged to a young woman. But the pathologist at the time didn't know how long she had been dead. He did go on to say that it could have been about four months. And that would take us all the way back to February of that year Pamela Ann Dorrington, 19, went missing from Helena, and she would never be seen or heard from again.

Disappearance and Dismemberment: The 1968 Death of Pamela Ann Dorrington

In a state with wide-open vistas and scenic wilderness, clues to an unsolved murder can disappear as quickly as footprints in the falling snow. Montana Murder Mysteries is a podcast brought to you by ABC FOX Montana. Missoula-based journalists Blake Simonson and Kate Whittle explore cold case homicides with up-to-date reporting and firsthand interviews with investigators. Visit abcfoxmontana.com to see photos, additional information and sources for each episode.

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