True Crime New England

On this week’s episode of True Crime New England, Katie and Liz touch upon the upsetting story of the murder of 52-year-old Kerry Munger in Rutland, Vermont. On April 20th, 2009, Kerry met up with his estranged wife’s lover, a young man named Trevor Herrick, in the parking lot of a mall. After a nasty verbal altercation occurred, Trevor ended up fatally stabbing Kerry twice. Trevor later claimed self-defense in his trial. In March of 2010, Trevor was found guilty of second-degree murder and sentenced to 22 years to life in prison, however a petition filed in 2014 had the sentence reduced by nine whole years.

It’s another Sunday with another case profile mini-episode installment from True Crime New England. On this week’s episode, Liz starts off by telling the horrible story of the murder of Tyshaun Hargrove, a 14-year-old father out of New Haven, Connecticut who was murdered in August of 2021. Then, Katie gives the details of the brutal murder of 32-year-old Olga Maria Cornieles-Ubiera, who was found stabbed and possibly hit by a car in Bridgeport, Connecticut in October of 1994. Both murders remain unsolved.

Anyone with any information on the murder of Tyshaun Hargrove is asked to please call the New Haven Police Department at 203-946-6333. Anyone with any information on the murder of Olga Maria Cornieles-Ubiera is asked to please call the Connecticut State Police Western District Major Crime Squad at (800) 203-0004.

On this week’s episode of True Crime New England, Katie and Liz discuss the tragic and suspicious death of the talented Eduardo Tirella out of Newport, Rhode Island in 1966. Eduardo possessed many talents, mostly for the arts and performing. He was employed by the insanely wealthy tobacco heiress Doris Duke, who also had an interest in fine arts. One fateful day at Doris’ oceanside mansion, when Eduardo was planning to leave his position with her, he ended up being run over by her car, pinning him underneath and killing him. To this day, his manner of death is hotly contested… was it an accident, or did Doris kill her trusted employee and friend?

Another week, another installment of True Crime New England's case profile mini-episode series! This week, Katie starts us off by sharing the extremely depressing case of the murder of 29-year-old Jephthe Chery, who was shot on Thanksgiving day of 2015 in Boston. Then, Liz tells the partially solved story of the murder of John Lima, an 18-year-old who was shot an killed in Brockton, Massachusetts in May of 2007. 

Anyone with any information on the murder of Jephthe Chery is asked to please contact Boston Police homicide detectives at 617-343-4470 or anonymously through the Boston Police CrimeStoppers Tip Line at 1-800-494-TIPS.

On this week’s episode of True Crime New England, take a trip back in time to 1850's Maine where Katie and Liz share the infamous story of Mary Bean, “The Factory Girl.” This tale involves a young woman from Quebec named Berengera Caswell, who left home with her sisters to work in the ever-expanding textile mills in New England. After she met a young machinist at the same mill she was employed at, she became pregnant. As premarital sex was harshly stigmatized in society in the 19th century, Berengera and her partner sought out a locally known abortionist to help remedy their problem. This turned out to be fatal, leading to a trial that became widely publicized in the region. Tune in to hear the details of navigating this unnecessary death and how society viewed such a case.