Brutal decades-old murder of California girl solved thanks to cigarette DNA: ‘Coldest case ever’

James Oliver Unick, 64, will spend the rest of his life in prison for raping and murdering 13-year-old Sarah Geer in 1982.
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  1. Hi Catherine,

    A one-time reader here who got pushed back to the edge of the rabbit hole because of the Epstein mess. Because of the urgency of this situation brought about by our pedo “president”, I too aspire to ensure ALL PERSONS RESPONSIBLE ARE PUNISHED SEVERELY.

    I’ve been familiar with the journalism of Nick Bryant for almost ten years and last night heard for the first time his update in Johnny Gosch’s kidnapping. I found it in the July 2023 episode of The Nick Bryant Podcast. He finally discovered the identity of the creeper who allegedly bought Johnny and probably others from pedo rings to a Colorado house in The mid-1980s. The information was confirmed by his ex-wife.

    His name is Charles Crouch. He is 81 and resides in New Mexico, if he’s still alive.

    All this is probably old news, but when the Zorro Ranch property became news, I dove back in. Is it a coincidence Crouch is in New Mexico? Probably, but we’ve been discovering the “coincidences” in The Epstein Files are Anything But.

    I just saw a Forbes video in which NM state rep Andrea Romero is tasking herself with investigating Zorro Ranch and the couple who wish to rebrand it a “Christain” childrens’ retreat. Good Grief!

    Because I assume Ms Romero knows little to nothing about any of this stuff, I just emailed her suggesting that in addition to sending cadaver dogs to Zorro Ranch that she find and depose Charles Crouch. If he’s still alive, he may have information that connects your case, Gosch’s, King’s AND Epstein’s. We already have evidence that there’s some overlap.

    Hopefully she’ll listen and act, just as Europe is awaking to the fact these pedo rings can no longer be avoided. It’s out. And with warriors as yourself, I’m more confident than ever that enough now will spill forth that we can catch and PUNISH all these SOBs.

    Let’s hope this will turn into action.

    Cheers!

    1. Good to hear from you, Mac. I agree, these “coincidences” rarely are just coincidences. For long before the Epstein documents started to be released, people had been asking about Zorro Ranch in NM–why was it never searched?! Given the real possibility of dead bodies, it seems obvious why they skipped that property.

      I felt then and still do that former Governor Bill Richardson (died in 2023) played a part in the need for deflection. Richardson was Clinton’s Ambassador to the United Nations in 1997 in 1998 became Clinton’s secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy. He was also an Epstein pal. WTH, New Mexico?

      A friend observed that this all feels close to a tipping point. Fuck all these predators and their enablers/protectors. How many decades have we heard the common refrain from politicians who want to “protect children”? Now that they have a chance to walk the talk, we will see who meant it.

      Crouch needs the knock on the door and the buccal swab.

      1. Hello Again!

        DANG IT!!! I LOATHE typos. “Christain”. What a dope I am. But it fits.

        Thanks for the reply. I just emailed Romero again with a possible address, y’know those simple Google searches. His full name is Charles William Crouch and was allegedly “The Colonel”. Paul Bonacci stated under oath this “Colonel” paid cash for kids. Crouch bounced around NM for years, apparently even running a store at one point.

        I hope NM finally gets off its ass and DOES something, because of two new things we just learned:

        Apparently Clarence Thomas is in The Epstein Files; and
        Apparently Epstein hid more evidence in at least six storage facilities across the country.

        Hopefully states will get custody of these materials before The DoJ.

        I also reached out to Epstein Justice, Bryant’s survivors nonprofit.

        Yep, I realize this tip probably already has been reported, multiple times, but the more, the better.

        Because, we readers want justice too, and where there’s smoke, there’s fire.

        Maybe there’s FINALLY an end game here and it’ll lead to the prosecution of some the creeps who do this to kids.

        Cheers!

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