True Crime New England

• Episode 190: Russell Colvin

  Join Katie and Liz on this week’s episode of True Crime New England as they navigate a historical story that involves murder, gossip, and an exoneration. All the way back in 1812, Russell Colvin of Manchester, Vermont, got in a heated altercation with his brother-in-laws, Stephen and Jesse Boorn. According to Russell’s young son, who witnessed the fight, the brothers attacked his father and left him for dead. Russell would soon go missing and nothing would be solved for seven whole years, when the brothers were tried for his murder and found guilty. The brothers proclaimed innocence, and somehow, a miracle occurred when their deceased brother-in-law showed up… very much alive. 

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• Episode 189: Robert Sabetta Jr.

  On this week’s episode of True Crime New England, Katie and Liz discuss the tragic and senseless murders of teenagers Frank and Charles Sherman and their friend Jeremy Bullock. The young men, plus two more friends, were working on their respective cars in Wilson’s Auto Sales garage on the evening of April 13th, 1993 in Foster, Rhode Island. It was around midnight when suddenly a gunman came in and shot three of the teens before fleeing the scene. The gunman was quickly identified as 25-year-old Robert Sabetta Jr., an officer of the Foster Police Department, who had recently been suspended without pay due to an assault he committed on Frank Sherman, the youngest victim.

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• Case Profiles #67

  It's another installment of True Crime New England's mini-episode case profile series! First, Katie starts off the episode by talking about two murders: Sonia Blanco and Evelyn Cruz. Both Sonia and Evelyn were found just barely a mile and a half from each other on the same fateful morning in February of 1993 in Worcester, Massachusetts. Their murders remain unsolved. Liz then tells the almost-solved case of the murder of Tyrone Phet, who was shot inside his car in Lowell, Massachusetts. His three suspected murders have been arrested and even faced trial, however the case ended in a hung jury and a new trial is in progress.Anyone with any information on the murders of Sonia Blanco and Evelyn Cruz is asked to please call 855-MA-SOLVE or the Worcester Police Detective Bureau at 508-799-8651.

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• Episode 188: Roxanne Jeskey

  On this week’s episode of True Crime New England, Katie and Liz talk about one of the worst cases of spousal abuse and murder that they have ever covered. In 2011, Roxanne and Richard “Rick” Jeskey were living in Bangor, Maine. Not much is known about either of them or their relationship, but what is known from neighbors is that they fought often. On this fateful June evening, after a long night of slamming, bumping, and thudding heard from their apartment, Roxanne called the police to report finding her husband unconscious in the bathtub. What would follow was an intensely brutal discovery of a man who had been severely tortured and battered before meeting a brutal death. Tune in to hear the details of this case, and how Roxanne’s legal proceedings were handled. 

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• Episode 187: The Disappearance of Lynn Burdick

  On this week’s episode of True Crime New England, Katie and Liz discuss the mysterious disappearance of small town girl Lynn Burdick. In 1982, Lynn was living in Florida, Massachusetts with her family on a 25-acre farm and was preparing to graduate from high school. She often worked on the farm and babysat, but also worked at her cousin’s convenience store, the Barefoot Peddler. On April 17th, 1982, she worked her first closing shift alone at the store, and at approximately 8:40 that night, a local customer came in to find the store abandoned. What followed was a confusing and currently never-ending investigation as to what happened to Lynn, as her family waits with hope and fear still, 43 years later. Investigators ask that anyone with any information please contact the Berkshire State Police Detective Unit at 413-499-1112 or email the Massachusetts State Police Unresolved Case Unit at [email protected].

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