The Deck – Details, episodes & analysis

This is The Deck Investigates Season One, episodes 13-18. 

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To view information and photos referenced in these episodes, visit: https://thedeckpodcast.com/the-deck-investigates/.

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The Deck Investigates is hosted by Ashley Flowers. 

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This is The Deck Investigates Season One, episodes 7-12. 

• Click HERE to sign the petition and demand justice for Darlene Hulse.
• If you believe you have information about Darlene Hulse’s 1984 abduction and murder in Argos, Indiana, please email [email protected].
   

To view information and photos referenced in these episodes, visit: https://thedeckpodcast.com/the-deck-investigates/.

Find more of The Deck Investigates on social media.

• Instagram: @thedeckpodcast | @audiochuck
• Twitter: @thedeckpodcast_ | @audiochuck
• Facebook: /TheDeckPodcast | /audiochuckllc
   

The Deck Investigates is hosted by Ashley Flowers. 

• Instagram: @ashleyflowers
• TikTok: @ashleyflowerscrimejunkie
• Twitter: @Ash_Flowers
• Facebook: /AshleyFlowers.AF
   

Text Ashley at +1 (317) 733-7485 to share your thoughts about the case, discuss all things true crime, get behind the scenes updates, and more!

Our second card this week is Maria del Socorro Maldonado Ambriz, the Joker from Indiana.

Maria was spending what seemed like an average day with her two children when a masked intruder burst through the door and changed everyone in that home’s life. In just a matter of minutes, Maria, a single mom, was abducted and left for dead less than a mile from where her children were still hiding. It’s been two years, so the evidence is fresh and the leads are hot. But it’s going to take the right person coming forward to solve this case.

• If you have any information about the murder of Maria del Socorro Maldonado Ambriz in 2022 in Fort Wayne, Indiana, please call the Fort Wayne Police Department Detective’s Bureau at 260-427-1201, or Crimestoppers at 260-436-STOP (7867).
   

View source material and photos for this episode at: thedeckpodcast.com/maria-del-socorro-maldonado-ambriz

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• To apply for a Cold Case Playing Card grant through Season of Justice, please visit www.seasonofjustice.org.
   

The Deck is hosted by Ashley Flowers. 

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Our card this week is Kellie Poppleton, the 9 of Hearts from California. 

Fourteen-year-old Kellie Poppleton was brutally assaulted and murdered on December 2, 1983, and for almost 40 years, calls for justice have gone unanswered. But now, with advancements in DNA forensics, detectives are more hopeful than ever that they might be able to find their killer. They hope that the renewed interest in this case will give them the final piece of the puzzle and to bring the family the justice that is so long overdue.

If you have any information regarding the 1983 murder of Kellie Poppleton, please call the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office at 510-667-3636.

To learn more about The Deck, visit www.thedeckpodcast.com. To apply for the Cold Case Playing Cards grant through Season of Justice, visit www.seasonofjustice.org

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The Deck is hosted by Ashley Flowers. 

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• TikTok: @ashleyflowerscrimejunkie
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Text Ashley at +1 (317) 733-7485 to talk all things true crime, get behind the scenes updates, and more!

Our card this week is Viola Pendergrass, a Wild Card from North Carolina. 

In the early morning hours of February 7, 1992, a 79-year-old woman was brutally murdered in the Charlotte, North Carolina, apartment where she’d lived for two decades. Viola Pendergrass — who neighbors called “ma” and was revered as the matriarch of her own sprawling family — was found stabbed to death in her bedroom. Her murder divided a once close-knit family and has stumped police for 30 years.

 If you have any information about the February 7th, 1992 stabbing death of Viola Pendergrass in her Charlotte, North Carolina apartment, please contact Det. Ed Williams at the Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department at [email protected] or call 704-336-8626. You can also call Charlotte Crime Stoppers at 704-334-1600. 

To learn more about The Deck, visit www.thedeckpodcast.com. To apply for the Cold Case Playing Cards grant through Season of Justice, visit www.seasonofjustice.org

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Text Ashley at +1 (317) 733-7485 to talk all things true crime, get behind the scenes updates, and more!

Our card this week is Rachel Hurley, the 9 of Hearts from Florida. 

Rachel Hurley, a whip-smart eighth grader on the verge of young-adulthood, spent the afternoon of St. Patrick’s Day 1990 out on a boat with friends. She was last seen headed down the beach on her way to meet her mother at a pick-up spot ... but she never made it. That evening, following a frantic search, her body was found in a nearby wooded area. The specter of the 14-year-old’s inexplicable murder has lingered over the coastal South Florida beach town of Jupiter for more than three decades. 

If you were near Jupiter Inlet or Carlin Park on March 17th, 1990, and have any infomration on the murder of Rachel Hurley, call Detective William Springer at the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office at 561-688-4013.

To learn more about The Deck, visit www.thedeckpodcast.com. To apply for the Cold Case Playing Cards grant through Season of Justice, visit www.seasonofjustice.org

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The Deck is hosted by Ashley Flowers. 

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• TikTok: @ashleyflowerscrimejunkie
• Twitter: @Ash_Flowers
• Facebook: /AshleyFlowers.AF

Text Ashley at +1 (317) 733-7485 to talk all things true crime, get behind the scenes updates, and more!

Our card this week is Joyce "Tine" Gallegos, the 7 of Spades from Utah and Gabrielle DiStefano, the 4 of Spades fom Utah.

 Joyce “Tina” Gallegos is believed to have been murdered sometime around August 11, 1982. Ten days after being reported missing on August 11, a fisherman spotted her body on a sandbar in Utah’s Ogden River. A month after Tina’s body was found, a construction worker just outside of Ogden discovered another body —this one wrapped in plastic and left in a ditch. Law enforcement have long suspected Tina and Gabby’s cases are linked, and a recent discovery has solidified that suspicion for good. 

If you know anything about the 1982 murders of Joyce “Tina” Gallegos and Gabrielle DiStefano, please call the Weber County Sheriff’s Office at 801-395-8221. 

To learn more about The Deck, visit www.thedeckpodcast.com. To apply for the Cold Case Playing Cards grant through Season of Justice, visit www.seasonofjustice.org

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Text Ashley at +1 (317) 733-7485 to talk all things true crime, get behind the scenes updates, and more!

Our card this week is Valincio Hill, the Ace of Hearts from Kansas. 

 On September 13, 2020, 17-year-old high school basketball star Valincio Hill was gunned down while standing on his own front porch in Wichita, Kansas, while hanging out with his family. For the past two years, Valincio’s murder has haunted the community of Wichita as police try to get answers from one of the only people who may have the answers they need: the man believed to be the intended target. 

If you have any information on the murder of Valincio Hill in September 2020, please contact the Wichita Police Department at 316-268-4609 or email [email protected]. 

To learn more about The Deck, visit www.thedeckpodcast.com. To apply for the Cold Case Playing Cards grant through Season of Justice, visit www.seasonofjustice.org

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The Deck is hosted by Ashley Flowers. 

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• TikTok: @ashleyflowerscrimejunkie
• Twitter: @Ash_Flowers
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Text Ashley at +1 (317) 733-7485 to talk all things true crime, get behind the scenes updates, and more!

Our card this week is Brian Sullivan, the 3 of Spades from New York. 

One July morning in 2007, 19-year-old Brian Sullivan made some calls to a friend, grabbed a hot breakfast from a local fast-food joint, then vanished, never to be seen or heard from again. For 15 years, Brian’s disappearance has haunted the greater Rochester, New York, area — and although investigators know beyond a reasonable doubt who was responsible, they haven’t been able to answer the one question left looming over their heads: where is Brian? 

If you know anything about where Brian Sullivan’s remains are hidden, please speak up. Call the Rochester Area Crime Stoppers — (585) 423-9300. You can remain anonymous. Or you can call the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office: (585) 753-4177. Brian’s parents are offering a $2,500 reward.

To learn more about The Deck, visit www.thedeckpodcast.com. To apply for the Cold Case Playing Cards grant through Season of Justice, visit www.seasonofjustice.org

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Text Ashley at +1 (317) 733-7485 to talk all things true crime, get behind the scenes updates, and more!

Our card this week is Dana Ramm, the Jack of Hearts from California.

 When 20-year-old Dana Ramm’s body was found on the shoulder of Andrade Road, the Bay Area mourned her passing and wondered if a killer was lurking in the shadows. Dana disappeared forever while waiting for two friends, Tracy and Cody, at a Bay Area gas station one night in December 1986. Even though Dana’s body was identified the day after she disappeared, it’s been almost 36 years since she was slain, and police still haven’t thawed her cold case. The clock is ticking, but investigators are hopeful that they’ll one day give closure to Dana’s friends and family.

 If you think you know who Happy is, or if you know anything about what happened to Dana Ramm in December 1986, call the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office cold case homicide unit at 510-667-3636. 

To learn more about The Deck, visit www.thedeckpodcast.com. To apply for the Cold Case Playing Cards grant through Season of Justice, visit www.seasonofjustice.org

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The Deck is hosted by Ashley Flowers. 

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• TikTok: @ashleyflowerscrimejunkie
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Text Ashley at +1 (317) 733-7485 to talk all things true crime, get behind the scenes updates, and more!