Last Seen Alive
by Studio 222
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Unsolved Homicide: Robin Farnsworth
Unsolved Homicide: Robin Farnsworth
About this podcast
Last Seen Alive is a podcast focused on little-known, unsolved homicide and missing persons cases, all potentially just one tip away from an investigative breakthrough. We're on a mission to give these cases the public attention and thoughtful storytelling they deserve, so join us as we explore the compelling unsolved cases you've never heard of every week.
Researched, written and hosted by Crime Analyst Leah Owens. Co-hosted by Scott Owens.
Last Seen Alive is an original Studio 222 production.
Episodes
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- Unsolved Homicide: Robin Farnsworth · 38 min · Episode 249When a young woman goes missing from small-town Arkansas, her case is initially written off as that of a runaway. Her remains are later located and identified, and investigators…
- Unsolved Suspicious Death: Brittany Palmer · 37 min · Episode 248When a young Jacksonville, Florida woman goes missing in 2020, her remains are eventually found concealed in a clandestine grave in an abandoned cemetery. Everything about her…
- Unsolved Double-Homicide: Jeff Scott and Karen Noble · 55 min · Episode 247When a young West Virginia couple sets out on a Sunday evening date, their vehicle is found several hours later, on fire across the state line, in Giles County, Virginia. Motive…
- Unsolved Homicide: McKenzie Sessoms · 39 min · Episode 246When a young girl is killed inside her rural North Carolina home, identifying a suspect is complicated by the fact that a party was thrown on the property that night. An…
- Unsolved Suspicious Death: Jessica Easterly · 47 min · Episode 245When a woman vanishes from her New Orleans home, her best friend immediately raises the alarm with police. Ultimately, her remains are found just a couple blocks from her house…
- Unsolved Homicide: Lee Vanluvender · 32 min · Episode 244When a Pennsylvania outdoorsman sets out to hunt on a winter morning, he’s ambushed by a killer, and dies in a gunfight. Investigators and heartbroken family members search for…
- Unsolved Disappearance: Hattie Brown · 24 min · Episode 243When an accomplished woman moves back to smalltown Virginia to care for an aging parent after retiring from the military, she’s excited to spend time with her large family. Her…
- Unsolved Disappearance: Paul Sanders-Brewer · 32 min · Episode 242When an Arizona teen vanishes without explanation, the only clue to his fate seems to be his vehicle, which is taken on a high-speed police chase by a mystery driver soon after…
- Unsolved Homicide: Emily Courchesne · 32 min · Episode 241When a woman house-sits for family at their peaceful Bay Area fruit farm, an unknown assailant creeps into the farmhouse at night and takes her life. Investigators work to…
- Unsolved Disappearance: Kevin McClam · 29 min · Episode 240When an eighth-grader goes missing from the military base where he resides with his family in South Carolina, authorities initially assume that no foul play was involved, and his…
- Unsolved Disappearance: Danielle Sleeper · 42 min · Episode 239When a mom of three vanishes from small-town Texas immediately after a fight with her husband, he gives an unlikely explanation for her disappearance. A case goes cold despite an…
- Unsolved Homicides: “Mushroom Wars” Victims · 33 min · Episode 238When unprecedented international demand for gourmet wild mushrooms drives up prices, a mycological gold rush strikes the remote Oregon forests where choice varieties are foraged…
- Unsolved Homicide: Lindsey Baum · 45 min · Episode 237When a girl is abducted from a small town in western Washington, it takes years for her remains to finally be found in a remote woodland hours away. Investigators continue the…
- Unsolved Suspicious Death: Lisa Todd · 35 min · Episode 236When the remains of a young woman and her unborn child are found hidden on the grounds of an abandoned distillery, it takes decades for her to finally be identified as a girl…
- Unsolved Homicide: Debra Terrell-Mackey · 49 min · Episode 235When a Texas woman leaves a celebratory family gathering, she disappears into the night. After decades of her family insisting she wouldn’t have left voluntarily, a long-dead…
- Unsolved Homicide: Amberly Mendoza · 33 min · Episode 234When a young Yuma, Arizona girl is killed inside her own home, its determined that her attacker entered through her bedroom window. Investigators seek to identify a cruel…
- Unsolved Disappearance: Brittany Williams (Revisited Case) · 39 min · Episode 233When a terminally-ill Virginia mother relinquishes custody of her child to a supposed good Samaritan, she has no way of knowing she’s being deceived. A young girl goes missing…
- Unsolved Disappearance: Kelly Wilson · 51 min · Episode 232When a small-town Texas teenager vanishes from the parking lot outside her after-school job, she’s never seen again. An investigation into compelling potential suspects is…
- Unsolved Disappearance: Tammy Kingery (Revisited Case) · 49 min · Episode 231When a South Carolina woman disappears while her family is out on an errand, a note left behind offers little explanation. A vast array of possibilities surround a truly…
- Unsolved Disappearance: Renee Yeargain · 33 min · Episode 230When a woman disappears from her Wyoming home just days before her wedding, she leaves behind four young children, and a fiancé who insists she left of her own free will…
- Unsolved Homicide: Dr George Chronis (Revisited Case) · 41 min · Episode 229When a doctor takes a break from practicing medicine to get away from it all in rural Texas, the last thing his family expects is for the retreat to turn deadly. A small town…
- Unsolved Double-Disappearance: Amber Aiaz and Melissa Fu · 47 min · Episode 228When a mother and daughter vanish from their California home, the evidence left behind clearly indicates foul play. The third member of their household offers a wild explanation…
- SOLVED Disappearance: Gretchen Fleming · 43 min · Episode 227When a West Virginia woman leaves a bar with a former police officer on a winter night in 2022, she’s never seen again. Diligent investigators close in on an ex-cop with an…
- Unsolved Disappearance: Christopher Bird · 31 min · Episode 226When a Massachusetts schoolteacher fails to return home from a weekend camping trip with a friend, his wife reports him missing. Investigators discover that the friend in…
- Unsolved Disappearance: Phylicia Thomas (Revisited Case) · 40 min · Episode 225When a Pennsylvania woman becomes convinced her missing friend was murdered, she’s determined to figure out who killed her. After she goes missing herself, investigators are left…
- Unsolved Homicide: Thelma Mooney · 36 min · Episode 223When an elderly Ohio woman is brutally killed by an intruder in her own home, the crime shocks her family and community alike. Investigators attempt to solve a crime unlike any…
- Unsolved Disappearance: Jennifer Cahill-Shadle (Revisited Case) · 38 min · Episode 222When a Pennsylvania woman disappears without a trace, the only thing that seems certain is the likelihood of foul play. A contentious divorce, personal vulnerabilities, four…
- Unsolved Homicide: Kyle Brandon Billings · 37 min · Episode 221When an easygoing Virginia teen is found murdered just hours after turning 18, his death sends shockwaves through his rural community. Investigators appeal to the public for…
- No-Body Homicide Conviction: Kelsie Schelling (Revisited Case) · 44 min · Episode 220When a young Colorado woman disappears shortly after finding out she’s pregnant, investigators quickly zero in on a suspect. A case full of unbelievable twists and turns results…
- Unsolved Homicide: Diane Minor · 30 min · Episode 219When a long-unnamed Nashville Jane Doe is identified as a country music singer, the mystery of her death is compounded by the mystery of why her disappearance was never reported…
- Unsolved Homicide: Maggie Long (Revisited Case) · 46 min · Episode 218When a Colorado highschooler stumbles across a crime in progress, it costs her her life. Investigators search the Rocky Mountain foothills for answers in this episode of Last…
- Unsolved Disappearance: Karen Grajeda + Unsolved Homicide: Esther "Lizette" Galaz · 25 min · Episode 217When a 7-year-old girl vanishes while playing outside in a southside Tucson neighborhood, her disappearance is disturbingly similar to the abduction and murder of another child…
- Unsolved Disappearance: Paula Del Mundo (Revisited Case) · 34 min · Episode 216When an experienced traveler disappears from one of the busiest airports in the country, her family is left desperate for answers. A tropical getaway takes a nightmarish turn in…
- Unsolved Homicide: Emily Pike · 50 min · Episode 215When an Arizona girl runs away from a group home for children, a predator ends her life. Investigators attempt to solve the murder of a child who was failed by the system…
- Unsolved Suspicious Death: Autumn Stone (Revisited Case) · 50 min · Episode 214When a young mother discovers a shocking secret about her fiancé weeks before their wedding, her life is turned upside down. Her death soon follows, and experts struggle to…
- Unsolved Disappearance: Melissa Montoya · 30 min · Episode 213When a New Mexico woman goes missing after a celebratory evening spent with friends, investigators quickly turn their focus to the last person she was seen with: the man she'd…
- Unsolved Disappearance: Mike Hearon (Revisited Case) · 35 min · Episode 212When a Tennessee outdoorsman disappears in a remote area on the outskirts of a national park, he leaves behind a loving family and a thriving business. Extensive search efforts…
- Unsolved Homicide: Chanda Fehler · 42 min · Episode 211When an Alabama kindergarten teacher is abducted from a college campus in broad daylight, the search for her ends just days later, when her remains are found in a local river…
- Unsolved Triple-Homicide: The Short Family (Revisited Case) · 55 min · Episode 210When an entire family is murdered in the dead of night, the investigation is complicated by a law enforcement agency teeming with secrets. Small town Virginia meets major crime…
- Unsolved Double-Homicide: Nicholas Kunselman and Stephanie Hart-Grizelle · 25 min · Episode 209When two teens are found fatally shot inside a sandwich shop just months after surviving the Columbine High School Massacre, the Valentine's Day double-homicide shocks their…
- Unsolved Disappearance: Leichia Reilly · 35 min · Episode 208When a western New York woman vanishes during a night of dancing at a popular nightclub, the focus of the investigation quickly turns to the last person seen with her: a local…
- Unsolved Homicide: Lindsay Harris (Revisited Case) · 46 min · Episode 207When a young New York woman trades her small town for the glittering lights of Las Vegas, her short life is torn away by a predator. The mystery surrounding her death spans the…
- Unsolved Disappearance: Nicole Baldwin · 37 min · Episode 206When a Florida woman disappears from her home without warning in 2023, she leaves all of her belongings behind—even her shoes. Investigators uncover other shocking crimes while…
- Unsolved Disappearance: Asha Degree (Major Investigative Updates) · 53 min · Episode 205When a young girl vanishes into a dark and stormy night, her baffling disappearance becomes one of the most mysterious unsolved cases in North Carolina history. Decades later…
- Unsolved Homicide: Olivia Matthews · 32 min · Episode 204When firefighters respond to a blaze at a suburban Atlanta apartment complex in September of 2025, they find the remains of an accomplished playwright, along with clear signs of…
- Unsolved Homicide: Lori Zimmerman (Revisited Case) · 39 min · Episode 203When a Maryland teen is abducted and murdered on her way home from school, the tragedy leaves a lasting impression on her community. Cold case investigators persevere decades…
- Unsolved Homicide: Mikiko Kasahara · 35 min · Episode 202When a foreign exchange student from Japan enrolls at a small private college in Texas, all goes well until she hosts a modest end-of-semester party in her apartment…
- Unsolved Suspicious Death: Donna Haynes · 21 min · Episode 201When skeletal remains are discovered in the attic of an abandoned Washington farmhouse, the years-old mystery of a missing woman's whereabouts is finally solved. However, the…
- Unsolved Suspicious Death: Debbie Wolfe (Revisited Case) · 42 min · Episode 200When a North Carolina woman is found dead after being threatened by a stalker, investigators quickly write her death off as an accident. Questions abound in this episode of Last…
