MURDERED: Erica Gene Shultz
From the moment her sister Erica’s phone went to voice mail, Emily Corbin knew something was wrong. But thanks to all those true crime shows – and countless episodes of Crime Junkie – she also knew exactly what she had to do to find her. Her tenacity not only led police to Erica, but helped solve her murder and two others — and took the worst kind of serial predator off the streets.
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Episode Source Material
- Information provided by Erica’s sister Emily Corbin – December 4, 2021
- Press Enterprise (Bloomsburg, PA): Prayer vigil is held for woman in Bloomsburg, by Susan Schwartz
- North Central PA (Williamsport, PA): Family of missing Bloomsburg woman offers reward for her return, by NCPA staff
- The Daily Item (Sunbury, PA): UPDATE: Woman’s body discovered, man charged in Luzerne County murder, by Francis Scarcella
- Citizens’ Voice (Wilkes-Barre, PA): Police: Suspect admits to meeting, killing autistic Bloomsburg woman, by Jill Whalen
- Press Enterprise (Bloomsburg, PA): Police: Woman knew killer, by Susan Schwartz
- The Daily Item (Sunbury, PA): UPDATE Police: Man confessed to McClure woman’s murder in letter, by Francis Scarcella
- PA Home Page (Wilkes-Barre, PA): Kidnapping, homicide investigation, by Caroline Foreback
- Standard-Speaker (Hazelton, PA): Suspect admits to second murder, by Amanda Christman
- Press Enterprise (Bloomsburg, PA): Police: Search warrants found knives, hammers, by Susan Schwartz
- Press Enterprise (Bloomsburg, PA): Police allege another murder, by Susan Schwartz
- PA Homepage (Wilkes-Barre, PA): Tracking a Killer Part 1: Harold David Haulman III, by Caroline Foreback
- PA Home Page (Wilkes-Barre, PA): Police: Man admits to meeting, killing Bloomsburg woman, by Tim Haberski
- People: Man Allegedly Confessed in Letter to Murdering Pa. Woman — Is He an International ‘Serial Killer’?, by Christine Pelisek
- Stars And Stripes: Man convicted in 1999 killing of Ramstein colonel’s son now a ‘person of interest’ in woman’s disappearance, by Amanda Christman (Standard-Speaker, Hazelton, PA)
- Press Enterprise (Bloomsburg, PA): Police allege another murder, by Susan Schwartz
- Battle Creek Enquirer (Battle Creek, MI): Murder warrant issued in 2005 case of missing Battle Creek woman, Trace Christenson
- Battle Creek Enquirer (Battle Creek, MI): Five years later, still missing, by Trace Christenson
- Battle Creek Enquirer (Battle Creek, MI): After 16 years, a clue about Ashley Parlier’s disappearance, by Trace Christenson
- Standard-Speaker (Hazelton, PA): Alleged serial killer charged with murder in Michigan, by James Halpin
- Press Enterprise (Bloomsburg, PA): Suspect served time in death, by Susan Schwartz
- PA Homepage (Wilkes-Barre, PA): Tracking a Killer: Part 2: Harold Haulman III, by Caroline Foreback
- PA Homepage (Wilkes-Barre, PA): Suspected serial killer charged with murder in W. MI cold case, by Whitney Burney
- European Stars And Stripes (Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany): Colonel’s son, 21, found slain, by Keven Doughtery
- European Stars And Stripes (Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany): Slain American knew attacker, by Kevin Dougherty
- European Stars And Stripes (Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany): Indictment made against American accused of murdering colonel’s son
- Daily Item (Sunbury ,PA): Police to search for murder weapons dumped by accused, by Francis Scarcella
- PA Home Page (Wilkes-Barre, PA): Man charged with 2 PA murders now person of interest in West MI cold case, by Jacqueline Francis
- PA Homepage (Wilkes-Barre, PA): Tracking a Killer: Part 3: Harold David Haulman III, by Caroline Foreback
- PA Homepage (Wilkes-Barre, PA): ‘Serial killer’ pleads guilty to murders of Bloomsburg and Berwick women, by Andrea Warner and Caroline Foreback
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