The Silver Linings Handbook

Aaron Habel, the host of the Generation Why podcast, joins me to discuss the murder of Scott Macklem and the conviction of Fred Freeman, who changed his name to Temujin Kensu. The case has been approached from many angles over the years — who killed Macklem or whether Kensu was wrongfully convicted. Aaron, in a new season of his Framed podcast, is widening the lens to ask another question.
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In Part 2 of my conversation with former federal prosecutor Tad DiBiase, we dig into how investigators distinguish a missing‑persons case from a homicide, why the absence of evidence can be the most powerful clue, and how prosecutors build no‑body murder cases.
We talk through successful prosecutions — including Lloyd Lee Welch in the Lyon sisters case and Sante and Kenneth Kimes in the murder of Irene Silverman — as well as failures like the dismissed case against Michael Turney in the disappearance of his daughter, Alyssa. We also explore what it may take to finally resolve long‑standing no‑body cases, from the Lewis‑Clark Valley disappearances to the cases of Ashley Loring HeavyRunner and Jermain Charlo.
Listen to part 1 with Tad here.
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Tad DiBiase, a former federal homicide prosecutor, joins me to discuss his path to specializing in no-body homicide cases, how investigators recognize when a missing person may actually have been murdered, and the core challenges of proving these cases. We explore historical and modern no-body homicides, along with ongoing cases that remain unresolved.
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Sadie Johnson spent three decades as a writer and editor in newspapers, magazines, and marketing. Storytelling comes naturally to her, and it’s the narrative of her family - and how it shaped who she became and refused to become - that she’s turning toward now and joined me to discuss.
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Retired FBI profiler Julia Cowley, the host of The Consult, joins me to conclude our conversation on the disappearance of Ashley Loring HeavyRunner, a 20-year-old woman who disappeared in the mountains of the Blackfeet Reservation in June 2017. Our two-part discussion followed a four-part series where I joined Julia and her colleagues on The Consult to discuss Ashley's case.
To listen to the episodes of the series where I join The Consult to discuss Ashley's case:
131. Missing Person Ashley Loring HeavyRunner – Part 1
132. Missing Person Ashley Loring HeavyRunner – Part 2
133. Missing Person Ashley Loring HeavyRunner – Part 3
134. Missing Person Ashley Loring HeavyRunner – Part 4
To listen to my interview with Ashley's sister, Kimberly:
117. A Sister's Search for Hope, Peace and Ashley Loring Heavyrunner with Kimberly Loring - Silver Linings Handbook
To listen to my interview with Ashley's friend, and relative Haley Omeasoo, who went into forensic science after she found out Ashley had disappeared:
157. CSI: Indian Country with Haley Omeasoo - Silver Linings Handbook
If you have any information relevant to Ashley's disappearance, please call the Billings Field Office of the FBI at (406) 248-8487 or file at tip at https://tips.fbi.gov.
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