True Crime New England

The many installments of True Crime New England’s mini-episode case profiles are winding down to a close… but that doesn’t mean the girls aren’t giving you important stories to hear. On this episode, Liz starts off by talking about the July 2025 murder of 17-year-old Carizma Fox in Waterbury, Connecticut. Then, Katie discusses the brutal murder of Ashley Armstrong, who was killed in May of 2012 in New Haven, Connecticut. Ashley’s case remains unsolved. 

If you or anyone you know has any information on the murder of Ashley Armstrong, please call The New Haven Police Department Tips Hotline at 1-866-888-8477 or the Cold Case Unit Tipline at 860-548-0606.

What do you mean it’s already time for one last season of True Crime New England’s Spooky Spectacular VIP Party Extravaganza ™! In true True Crime New England fashion, Katie and Liz dive into the long history of the oldest institution in the Western Hemisphere: The Walter E. Fernald State School. The girls discuss the origins of the institution, the horrible neglect of the residents, potential abuse by attendants and even experiments on the children without their permission.

We’re starting to get close to the end of our case profile mini-episode series, but that doesn’t mean the cases we cover won’t be any less important! First, Katie starts the episode by telling the horrific details of the murder of 20-year-old Kevin Bonilla, who was killed on July 10th, 2021 in New Haven, Connecticut. Then, Liz talks about the murder of Day’shon Smith, a well-known local boxer who was shot and killed on August 15th, 2020, also in New Haven, Connecticut. Both cases remain unsolved. 

If you or anyone you know has any information on the murder of Kevin Bonilla OR Day’shon Smith, please call the New Haven Police Department at  203-946-6304.

On this week’s episode of True Crime New England, Katie and Liz take another trip in the time machine to the year of 1874, in St. Albans, Vermont to discuss the murder of 20-year-old Marietta Ball. A schoolteacher living in the neighborhood known as The Hill, Marietta left her work on a Friday in July in 1874 and was subsequently found murdered after an apparent ambush. What would follow was an obsessive manhunt throughout the town that caused a lot of accusations and theories, but ultimately the brutal murder of a teenage girl in a nearby New Hampshire town would lead to some further connections and suspects in her murder.

How has there already been 100 installments of True Crime New England’s case profile mini-episode series?! Katie and Liz stick with the theme and share two very heartbreaking and tragic murders. First, Liz starts off our big 100th episode with the murder of 21-year-old Richard Whitaker Jr., who died in June of 2021 in New Haven, Connecticut. Then, Katie talks about the unsolved murder of 19-year-old mom, Jackie Liriano, who was murdered in July of 1985 in Southington, Connecticut.

If you or anyone you know has any information on the murder of Jackie Liriano, please contact the Eastern District Major Crime Squad at 860-896-3230.