True Crime New England

Can you believe it’s True Crime New England’s 95th installment of their case profile mini-episode series? This week, the girls have no shortage of horribly depressing and unsolved crimes. First, Katie starts off the episode by telling the story of the murder of Alessia Mesquita in March of 2021 in New Haven Connecticut. She then follows up with the unsolved murder of Alessia’s brother, 20-year-old Antonio Jones, who was shot and killed in September of 2022. Then, Liz rounds out the show by describing the disappearance of 21-year-old Jovann Vergara who went missing in December of 2019 out of Springfield, Massachusetts.

If you or anyone you know has any information on the murder of Antonio Brown, please contact the New Haven Police Department at 203-946-6333.
If you or anyone you know has any information on the disappearance of Jovann Vergara, please contact the Springfield Police Department at 413-787-6300.

On this week’s episode of True Crime New England, Katie and Liz discuss the horrible murder of Fern Feather, a transgender woman out of Morristown, Vermont. At the beginning of April of 2022, Fern stopped to help a hitchhiker named Seth Brunell. The two were fast friends and spent some time together before Seth brutally stabbed Fern to death on April 12th, 2022. Seth would end up going to trial for her murder but would plea guilty to voluntary manslaughter and serve an extremely unfair sentence for the volume of his crimes.

Can you even believe it? True Crime New England is five years old! On this year’s special episode, Katie and Liz talk about their usual topics: statistics, favorite episodes, and of course, the popular superlatives! Listen through to the end to take a walk down memory lane and be the first to hear of a very important and special announcement.

Another Sunday, another installment of True Crime New England’s mini-episode case profile series! This week, Liz starts off by talking about the heinous murder of 18-year-old Tafar Lewis out of Worcester, Massachusetts in July of 2019. Then, Katie discusses the murder of 17-year-old Shevron Wilson, who was robbed and shot in Hartford, Connecticut in April of 2025. Both cases are in the process of going through the courts as perpetrators have been arrested.

On this week’s episode of True Crime New England, Katie and Liz jump in their time machine and go all the way back to the 1840's in Rhode Island to discuss the murder of Amasa Sprague. Hailing from a very prominent and wealthy family, Amasa and his brother, William, grew their success with a massive mill franchise and political positions. On New Year’s Eve of 1843, Amasa was doing his nightly check of the livestock on his nearby farm in Johnston when he was shot and then beaten to death with a gun. At the time, the area was full of Irish immigrants who were constantly being treated poorly due to their heritage. Very quickly, a family of Irish brothers were found to be at fault for the murder despite the lack of evidence.