Welcome back to Death by Champagne, the podcast here to keep you up at night! This week we are bringing you two separate cases. I cover a string of cold cases from the 70’s referred to as the Stanford Murders. One of which remains unsolved to this day. Mackenzie takes us on a trip down I-70 where a number of seemingly random attacks on retail workers leaves numerous counties in fear when it appears all of these murders were done by the same individual.

This episode contains foul language and discussions about murder, descriptions of remains, and sexual assault. We’ll do our best to stay on track but the bottles are popped.

Sources

Stanford Murders

Inside Hook Article: After 44 Years DNA Solved Satanic Murder of Arlis Perry. Was She the Only Victim? By Steve Huff

The Stanford Daily Article: Murder at Memorial Church remains unsolved 40 years later By Caleb Smith

Wikipedia: Murder of Arlis Perry

Palo Alto Online Article: Sheriff investigating whether Stanford watchman linked to other campus murders By Linda Taaffe

Palo Alto Online Article: Sheriff: Suicide note, serial killer book jacket at murder suspect's home By Sue Dremann

I-70 Murders
“Slain Clerk Shot Twice in The Head” The Indianapolis News, April 9, 1992
“Interstate 70 Killer Leaves Trail of Death and Grief”, Peter Herman, Bill Smith, & Susan K. Brown, St. Louis Post Dispatch, May 17, 1992
“Strange similarities link highway killings” Scott Candon, The Kansas City Star, May 16, 1992
“Killer’s Strange Pattern Slows Search”, Ned Seaton, Springfield News-Leader, May 17, 1992

“Police Fear New Serial Killer” Vidette-Messenger of Porter County (Valparaiso, Indiana), May 17, 1992
“Nancy Kitzmiller was killed eight years ago…”, Michele Munz, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, May 2, 2000

“Answers remain elusive 20 years after St. Charles murder, part of interstate spree” Valerie Schremp Hahn, St. Louis Post Dispatch, May 2, 2012

“20 Years Later, 'I-70 Killer' Still At Large”, KMBC News, ABC 9, May 2, 2012
“Police Release Information about I-70 Killer 20 Years Later” Sarah J. Clark, Fox 4, May 3, 2012

“I-70 Holds The Secrets To A Serial Killer”, Christian Fellwock, Vox Magazine, May 4, 2016

“1992 murders at bridal shop unsolved but not forgotten by women’s families”, Amy Renee Leiker, The Wichita Eagle, March 22, 2014, Updated August 08, 2014

“Investigators remain hopeful that they’ll find the so-called ‘I-70 Killer’” Haley Bull, Fox59, May 22, 2017

“29 days of terror: The hunt for the I-70 killer” Chris Nagus, KMOV 4, November 16, 2020

St. Charles Crime Stoppers

Unsolved Mysteries, The I-70 Serial Killer

Interstate 70