As Arlington Police Crimes Against Persons Detectives Mike Leyman and Sgt. Mike Adair continued to investigate the January 30th, 1974, murder of 18-year-old Cheryl Ann Callaway, answers seemed to get more and more elusive. Interviews with friends, family, and coworkers provided virtually no potential motive. An exhaustive search of VIN numbers of cars matching the suspect vehicle provided by witnesses led nowhere. Then, Sgt. Adair said, began the “grasping at straws” period of the investigation. Part 2 of 3. Special thanks to former Arlington detectives Mike Leyman and Sgt. Mike Adair for their contributions to this episode, and to our pal Kathleen Barnett for making that happen If you’re in the market for Girl Scout Cookies, or would like to donate to the Cookies for Heroes Program, you can help Alice reach her goal by using the following link. Alice says, “thanks for supporting the Girl Scouts!” digitalcookie.girlscouts.org/scout/alice241168?fbclid=IwAR0pOJNsnaxTejVAWjcDXe6kGZifKEwA8wYpbCjQf6i059Muo_Oalire0k0 You can support Gone Cold and listen ad-free at patreon.com/gonecoldpodcast Visit Gone Cold – Texas True Crime online at GoneCold.com Find us on Facebook, X, Threads, TikTok, YouTube, and Instagram by searching gonecoldpodcast or go to: linknbio.com/gonecoldpodcast Sources: The Fort Worth Star-Telegram, The Grand Prairie Daily News, and WFAA TV #JusticeForCherylAnnCallaway #Arlington #ArlingtonTX #TarrantCountyTX #FortWorth #FortWorthTX #Murder #Texas #TX #TexasTrueCrime #GoneCold #GoneColdPodcast #ColdCase #UnsolvedMurder #Homicide #UnsolvedMysteries #TrueCrime #TrueCrimePodcast #Podcast

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One detective called the slaying of Cheryl Ann Callaway “the most vicious murder in Arlington’s history.” Arlington Police Crimes Against Person Unit Detectives Sgt. Mike Adair and Mike Leyman call it the one that got away. On January 30th, 1974, just months before she was to be married, 18-year-old Cheryl’s life was taken. The murder was brutal and unimaginable, and the killer, it seemed, came out of nowhere…and struck out of a motivation that remains unclear 50 years later. No one who knew Cheryl could imagine who would have a reason to kill the young women; she had no enemies. Arlington Police Detectives Sgt. Adair and Leyman, who still think about the only crime they couldn’t solve together, hit the ground running. Evidence lacked at the scene of the crime, and Leyman and Adair knew at the get-go they were up against a tough case. Part 1 of 2. Special thanks to former Arlington detectives Mike Leyman and Sgt. Mike Adair for their contributions to this episode, and to our pal Kathleen Barnett for making that happen If you’re in the market for Girl Scout Cookies, you can help Alice reach her goal by using the following link. Alice says, “thanks for supporting the Girl Scouts!” digitalcookie.girlscouts.org/scout/alice241168?fbclid=IwAR0pOJNsnaxTejVAWjcDXe6kGZifKEwA8wYpbCjQf6i059Muo_Oalire0k0 You can support Gone Cold and listen ad-free at patreon.com/gonecoldpodcast Visit Gone Cold – Texas True Crime online at GoneCold.com Find us on Facebook, X, Threads, TikTok, YouTube, and Instagram by searching gonecoldpodcast or go to: linknbio.com/gonecoldpodcast Sources for this episode: The Fort Worth Star-Telegram, ArlingtonHistory.org, and WFAA TV #JusticeForCherylAnnCallaway #Arlington #ArlingtonTX #TarrantCountyTX #FortWorth #FortWorthTX #Murder #Texas #TX #TexasTrueCrime #GoneCold #GoneColdPodcast #ColdCase #UnsolvedMurder #Homicide #UnsolvedMysteries #TrueCrime #TrueCrimePodcast #Podcast

In July of 1991 26-year-old Don Tate took his 5-year-old daughter Boston on a camping trip to Big Bend National Park in Brewster County, Texas. The day after they were supposed to have returned but had not, Boston’s mother and Don’s ex-wife asked Rangers at the park to issue a request to locate. Don and Boston never came out of Big Bend, not alive. Later that day, Don’s brutalized body was found. A few days after that, Boston’s burned remains were discovered in her father’s van. Investigators scrounged to find evidence and a motive, while park visitors and villagers across the Rio Grande in Mexico spoke of the involvement of drug smugglers. Later that year, in December, a scandal in neighboring Presidio County involving the son of a prominent rancher and a drug warrior sheriff further fueled the talk of traffickers executing Boston and Don. If you have any information about the murders of Boston Michelle and Donald William Tate, please contact the National Park Service Tip Line at 888-653-0009 or submit a tip using their online form: https://www.nps.gov/orgs/1563/submit-a-tip.htm If you’re in the market for Girl Scout Cookies, you can help Alice reach her goal by using the following link. Alice says, “thanks for supporting the Girl Scouts!” https://digitalcookie.girlscouts.org/scout/alice241168?fbclid=IwAR0pOJNsnaxTejVAWjcDXe6kGZifKEwA8wYpbCjQf6i059Muo_Oalire0k0 You can support Gone Cold and listen ad-free at patreon.com/gonecoldpodcast Visit Gone Cold – Texas True Crime online at GoneCold.com Find us on Facebook, X, Threads, TikTok, YouTube, and Instagram by searching gonecoldpodcast or go to: linknbio.com/gonecoldpodcast Sources: The New York Times, Texas Standard, The Big Bend Sentinel, The Odessa American, One Ranger: A Memoir by H. Joaquin Jackson, National Park Service Ranger Morning Reports, and Death in Big Bend by Laurence Parent #JusticeForBostonAndDonTate #BigBend #BrewsterCountyTX #PresidioCountyTX #MarfaTX #Murder #Texas #TX #TexasTrueCrime #GoneCold #GoneColdPodcast #ColdCase #UnsolvedMurder #Homicide #UnsolvedMysteries #TrueCrime #TrueCrimePodcast #Podcast

On the last day of September 1991, off-duty Harris County Sheriff’s Deputy Roxyann Allee took the evening to do some shopping. After buying and browsing, she headed back to her minivan to return home. Little did she know, two men had followed her. As she approached her vehicle, the men accosted and abducted her. Later, her minivan was discovered ablaze on a secluded North Houston street, and later still, a fellow deputy discovered her bullet-riddled body. Her husband, also a Harris County Deputy, and two children were shocked and to this day are haunted by the uncertainty and lack of answers in Roxyann’s murder. To be eligible for the cash rewards of up to $30,000, anyone with information on the abduction and murder of Deputy Cpl. Roxyann Allee can provide an anonymous tip by calling Crime Stoppers at 800-252-8477 or by submitting a tip online at p3tips.com/tipform.aspx?ID=650# If you're interested in being a true crime podcaster, take a look at the online programs at TrueCrimePodcastTraining.com and use code COLD for $150 off any course. You can support Gone Cold and listen ad-free at patreon.com/gonecoldpodcast Visit Gone Cold – Texas True Crime online at GoneCold.com Find us on Facebook, X, Threads, TikTok, YouTube, and Instagram by searching gonecoldpodcast or go to: linknbio.com/gonecoldpodcast #JusticeForRoxyannAllee #FallenOfficer #LawEnforcement #Houston #HoustonTexas #HarrisCountyTX #HarrisCountySheriff #Murder #Texas #TX #TexasTrueCrime #GoneCold #GoneColdPodcast #ColdCase #Abduction #KIdnapping #UnsolvedMurder #Homicide #UnsolvedMysteries #TrueCrime #TrueCrimePodcast #Podcast

After the Christmas Day 1980 murder of Cheryl Lynn Springfield, her unclothed strangled body found lying by the Christmas tree, Fort Worth Police Detectives quickly theorized her killer was someone she knew. Upon learning the criminal record of the boyfriend of Cheryl’s roommate Cindy, they set their sights on parolee Barry Dean Kelly. However, evidence was lacking, and Cheryl’s murder went cold. Seven years later, after he was released from prison a second time, Barry Dean Kelly would commit a series of crimes that showed he was absolutely capable of killing Cheryl Springfield. Ever since his convictions for 1987 crimes, he’s been at the top of the suspect list for Cheryl’s slaying in the eyes of several cold case detectives who’ve tried their hand at solving the case. But they always fell short of evidence to charge him and have never moved much past theories based on correlation. For 43 years now, Cheryl’s big sister Jan has called the Fort Worth Police monthly in an effort to keep the case alive. Part 2 of 2. facebook.com/justiceforcheryllynn If you have any information about the Christmas Dat murder of Cheryl Lynn Tunnell-Springfield, please contact the Fort Worth Police Cold Case Unit at 817-392-4308 or by emailing your tip to coldcase@fortworthpd.com If you’d like to help fund testing that can solve cold cases in Fort Worth, go to fwpdcoldcasesupport.org and donate You can support gone cold – texas true crime at patreon.com/gonecoldpodcast Find us on gonecold.com or Facebook, X, Threads, TikTok, YouTube, BlueSky, and Instagram by searching @gonecoldpodcast or just click linknbio.com/gonecoldpodcast The Fort Worth Star-Telegram was used as a source for this episode #JusticeForCherylLynn #JusticeForCherylSpringfield #JusticeForCherylLynnTunnellSpringfield #FortWorth #FortWorthTX #Texas #TX #TexasTrueCrime #TrueCrime #TrueCrimePodcast #ColdCase #Unsolved #Murder #UnsolvedMurder #The80sMurders #Christmas #TrueCrimeChristmas

Scott and Cheryl Springfield married young, and although they were divorced by the time the 1980 Christmas season rolled around, he was having second thoughts about wanting his freedom. They’d always gotten along, even after the divorce, so things were patching up nicely. Cheryl decided it would be nice if her ex-husband and their boy, Scotty, spent Christmas Moring together, so both arranged the usual holiday plans to make that happen. Scott walked over on the morning of December 25th, 1980, arriving at about 6:15 AM to the cries of his little boy. After going inside, he discovered Cheryl laying by the Christmas tree. She’s been strangled to death with a cloth iron cord. For 43 years, her big sister Jan has made it her mission to find out what happened, and to get justice. facebook.com/justiceforcheryllynn We’d like to thank Jan for her help and contributions to this episode, and thank John Watson for speaking with us about his experience If you have any information about the Christmas Dat murder of Cheryl Lynn Tunnell-Springfield, please contact the Fort Worth Police Cold Case Unit at 817-392-4308 or by emailing your tip to coldcase@fortworthpd.com If you’d like to help fund testing that can solve cold cases in Fort Worth, go to fwpdcoldcasesupport.org and donate You can support gone cold – texas true crime at patreon.com/gonecoldpodcast Find us on Facebook, Twitter or X or whatever, Threads, TikTok, YouTube, and Instagram by searching @gonecoldpodcast or just click linknbio.com/gonecoldpodcast The Fort Worth Star-Telegram was used as a source for this episode #JusticeForCherylLynn #JusticeForCherylSpringfield #JusticeForCherylLynnTunnellSpringfield #FortWorth #FortWorthTX #Texas #TX #TexasTrueCrime #TrueCrime #TrueCrimePodcast #ColdCase #Unsolved #Murder #UnsolvedMurder #The80sMurders #Christmas #TrueCrimeChristmas

There are more than one viable possibilities as to what happened to 13-year-old Blanca Elisa Roberson when she disappeared on August 6th, 1989. Though the initial investigators had their primary suspect, and for good reason, Private Investigator Richard Norgard isn’t so sure. He’s uncovered information that suggests several different possibilities and even recently released new details in order to generate more tips. Whatever the case, tragedy continued within the Roberson family for years to come, undoubtedly inspired in virtually every case by Elisa’s disappearance. To keep up with the case, join the Missing Elisa Roberson Facebook page at: facebook.com/groups/739117898034158 If you have any information about the disappearance of Blanca Elisa Roberson, please email missingelisa1989@gmail.com Thanks to Richard Norgard, Linda Thompson, Ruby Roberson Hall, and Marina Quintana Tomchak for their contributions to this episode Check out the new podcast Box in the Basement by Arlene and Leah at: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-box-in-the-basement-135173620/?cmp=web_share&embed=true&pname=fb&campid=s&keyid=8001869248&fbclid=IwAR00NpujF3mE_s_Ig6DCiSl3vSdyRuFo-kji-_xxH7sAg2IljCtQK8bGOHI Donate to Leon Laureles’s Birthday memorial by buying coats, blankets, and other winter necessities at: https://www.walmart.com/registry/er/ffee0156-26cb-4668-a75c-5288e5191ba1?fbclid=IwAR2FH8QZ8rR4bbIfzIRkZOa0QtVwEj2VofgQVu6RXU6RDRDqkwGCXAHyhS0 You can support gone cold and listen to the show ad-free at patreon.com/gonecoldpodcast Follow gone cold on Facebook, Instagram, Threads, TikTok, YouTube, and X. Click linknbio.com/gonecoldpodcast The Corpus Christi Caller-Times and The Aransas Pass Progress were used as a sources for this episode. #JusticeForElisaRoberson #WhereIsElisaRoberson #AransasPass #AransasPassTX #Texas #TX #TexasTrueCrime #TrueCrime #TrueCrimePodcast #Podcast #Unsolved #ColdCase #MissingPerson #Disappearance #Vanished #NonFamilyAbduction #Abduction #Kidnapping #UnsolvedMysteries

In 2016, Elisa Roberson’s case saw the most activity it had since 1989. First, Texas Equusearch came to Aransas Pass to search property once owned by original detectives’ prime suspect. But nothing was found. Then, police took a different approach and used ground penetrating radar and jackhammers, presumably, to break up concrete in the garage under the former Roberson home. Although it was reported in the press that nothing was found a few years later, one person – the prime suspect’s daughter – continued to perpetuate the rumor that Elisa’s body was found. Was it to protect her father, whether or not she knew something? To keep up with the case, join the Missing Elisa Roberson Facebook page at: facebook.com/groups/739117898034158 If you have any information about the disappearance of Elisa Roberson, please contact missingelisa1989@gmail.com, the address for the private investigation Thanks to Debbie Green, Linda and Mike Thompson, Ruby Roberson Hall, and Marina Quintana Tomchak for their contributions to this episode You can support gone cold and listen to the show ad-free at patreon.com/gonecoldpodcast Follow gone cold on Facebook, Instagram, Threads, TikTok, YouTube, and X. Click linknbio.com/gonecoldpodcast The Corpus Christi Caller-Times, The Aransas Pass Progress, and KRIS 6 Corpus Christi were used as a sources for this episode. #JusticeForElisaRoberson #WhereIsElisaRoberson #AransasPass #AransasPassTX #Texas #TX #TexasTrueCrime #TrueCrime #TrueCrimePodcast #Podcast

When 13-year-old Elisa Roberson went missing in August of 1989, an incorrect detail was assigned to the narrative, and it continued to be reported for decades: the time in which Elisa’s disappearance occurred. Through the dozens of years since Elisa’s missing persons case began, leads were few, and far in between. But some years, like 1994, produced at least a dozen. None offered anything substantive. Something changed in 2016, and in this episode, we’ll discuss the seed that led to even more pain and suffering for the Roberson Family. To keep up with the case, join the Missing Elisa Roberson Facebook page at: facebook.com/groups/739117898034158 In the cover photo: to the left is Ruby and to the right, Elisa If you have any information about the disappearance of Elisa Roberson, please contact missingelisa1989@gmail.com, the email for the private investigation Thanks to Debbie Green, Holly Hall, Linda and Mike Thompson, Ruby Roberson Hall, and Marina Quintana Tomchak for their contributions to this episode You can support gone cold and listen to the show ad-free at patreon.com/gonecoldpodcast Follow gone cold on Facebook, Instagram, Threads, TikTok, YouTube, and X. Click linknbio.com/gonecoldpodcast The Corpus Christi Caller-Times and KRIS 6 Corpus Christi were used as a sources for this episode. #JusticeForElisaRoberson #WhereIsElisaRoberson #AransasPass #AransasPassTX #Texas #TX #TexasTrueCrime #TrueCrime #TrueCrimePodcast #Podcast #Unsolved #ColdCase #MissingPerson #Disappearance #Vanished #NonFamilyAbduction #Abduction #Kidnapping #UnsolvedMysteries