MURDERED: Reyna Marroquín // Michelle Schroader
This week we have two stories of women who were murdered and laid to rest, Reyna Marroquín and Michelle Schroader. It would take decades before Reyna would be able to rest in peace, and Michelle and her family are still waiting for their day.
Michelle Schroader
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Michelle and her daughter Kara
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The restraining order from September
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News clippings from the time of the murder
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Drawing of the crime scene
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Blood on Charles Allen’s shoe
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Blood on Pillow
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Episode Information:
To donate to Kara’s Go Fund Me, to help move her mother’s remains, click HERE.
UPDATE: In less than 12 hours our Crime Junkies raised enough money to have Michelle’s remains moved! Kara has applied for a permit with the funeral home and she hopes to have the move completed in 3-5 months. All money raised over the $4,000 that was needed will be donated to OASIS Women’s Shelter, a local domestic violence program in the area where Michelle lived for battered women and their dependent children.
For a list of domestic violence resources, click HERE
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Episode Source Material
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- Wikipedia – Murder of Reyna Marroquín
- Grave Secrets – Drum Barrel Murder – Forensic Files
- Body is identified, linked to West Boca
- I had a dream…she was trapped inside a barrel / Mother of slain woman mourns for long-lost daughters
All information from the Michelle Schroader case came from court documents, police reports, and court audio/video that was obtained directly from the county courts by Kara Schroader (Michelle’s daughter).
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