MURDERED: Mollie Olgin
Two teenage girls in love are forced to endure an unimaginable trauma that rocks their south Texas town.
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Episode Source Material
- CBS News: Same-Sex teen couple shot in south Texas park, by Crimesider Staff
- Clute Facts: Police investigate shooting of teen girls, from wire reports
- CBS News: Same-Sex Teen Couple Shot: Texas Rangers investigating shooting of Mollie Olgin and Mary Chapa, by Julia Dahl
- MSNBC: Brother of lesbian teen shot in head: She’s ‘fighting’, by Miranda Leitsinger
- The Odessa American: Motive in couple’s shooting unknown, by Associated Press
- ABC News: Texas Lesbian Couple: Survivor Remembers Night of Shooting, by Alyssa Newcomb
- GLAAD: Kristene Chapa Leaves Hospital, Learns of Mollie’s Death & Gives a Face to Her ‘Monster’ Attacker, by Alexandra Bolles
- Dallas Voice: S. Texas lesbian reflects 3 months after shooting that killed her girlfriend
- Dallas Voice: Crime Stoppers video offers new details in shooting of S. Texas lesbian couple
- 3 News: Portland TX Police Announce Person of Interest in Mollie Olgin & Kristene Chapa, by Bill Churchwell
- NBC News: Authorities Arrest Man Who Allegedly Shot Lesbian Teen Couple in Texas
- 3 News: Arrest Affidavit Details Link Between David Strickland, Portland Shootings, by Jonathan Munson
- Del Rio News Herald: Wife of suspect in park attack also charged, by Associated Press
- The Marshall News Messenger: Sunday’s Headlines, State, Corpus Christi, by Associated Press
- The Monitor: Texas man faces trial over park slaying, by Associated Press
- GLAAD: Supporters rally and call for #justice4krisandmollie, by Ross Murray
- MSNBC: Rebounding From Fatal LGBT Attack | Originals | MSNBC
- KIII TV: David Strickland in Court Again for Murder Trial Status Hearing, by Kiii News
- New Braunfels Herald Zeitung: Recovery, By Jared Meisinger
- 3 Kiii TV: David Strickland Capital Murder Trial to Begin May 9, by Jonathan Munson
- Caller Times: Attorneys for accused killer: witness could exonerate client, by Fares Sabawi
- KRIS TV: Jury selection to begin for David Strickland Trial
- KRIS TV: Trial for David Strickland set to begin
- Caller Times: Couple who found victims at park testify, by Fares Sabawi
- Caller Times: Jury hears letter from alleged hit man, by Krista M Torralva
- Kiii TV: David Strickland’s interview with police shown in court
- Kiii TV: Ballistics expert: Bullet fragments match Strickland’s .45 Glock, by Benjamin Lloyd
- KRIS TV: Kristene Chapa testifies in Capital Murder case against David Strickland, by Priscilla Torres
- Caller Times: Portland park shooting survivor takes stand, by Krista M Torralva
- KRIS TV: Chapa did not pick defendant’s photo of out of line-up of murder suspects, by Benjamin Lloyd
- Caller Times: Accused killer in Portland shooting falsely confessed, expert says, by Krista M Torralva
- KRIS TV: Psychologist testifies about defendant in Portland park shootings trial
- Caller Times: Jury finds man guilty in Portland Capital murder, by Krista Torralva
- Caller Times: Judge denies motion for new trial, but allows new test, by Krista Torralva
- Kiii TV: Shooting survivor Kristene Chapa files $500 million lawsuit, by Jonathan Munson
- Unusual Suspects Deadly Intent: Terror Under the Moonlight. Season 1, Episode 7
- Caller Times: Defense: New DNA results exonerate man convicted in 2012 double shooting in Portland, by Eleanor Dearman
- KRIS TV: New trial sought for David Strickland, by Greg Chandler
- Case text: Strickland v. State. Strickland v. State, NUMBER 13-16-00701-CR (Tex. App. Jan. 23, 2020)
- KRIS TV: Prosecutor pleased with David Strickland’s appeal rejection, by Seth Kovar
- The News of San Patricio: Strickland attorney files for rehearing, by Paul Gonzales
- The News of San Patricio: Swift work made of Strickland’s rehearing motion, by Paul Gonzales
- Dateline NBC: The Overlook – June 7, 2019
- NBC News: Father of slain lesbian teen in Texas: ‘Justice will be served,’ by Miranda Leitsinger
- Las Vegas Sun: 5 arrested in home invasion, robbery of Nye County official, by Jackie Valley
- Buzzfeed News: Three Years After Teen Lesbian Couple Brutally Attacked, The Only Survivor Looks Back, by Shannon Keating
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