Case Updates, Summer 2022 Part 2

This episode, we discuss developments in a few more Texas cases, including the 1992 murder of Shenda Denise Hayes, the identification of the remains of 16-year-old Sylvia Nicole Smith, the apprehension of a 75-year-old serial killer in Fort Worth, the murders of Heather Willms and Esmeralda Herrera in 2005 and 2011 respectively, and the 2002 robbery / murder of Subir Chatterjee. Also, a little about the newly passed law known as Homicide Victims’ Families’ Rights Act of 2021 at the top.

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Sources for this episode:

Subir Chatterjee:
https://www.lakeconroe.com/detective-seals-dna-conviction-in-montgomery-county-cold-case-murder/
https://www.yourconroenews.com/neighborhood/moco/news/article/DNA-testing-leads-to-20-year-old-cold-case-murder-17274640.php
https://www.chron.com/neighborhood/article/Murder-victim-handled-millions-of-dollars-9921180.php

Sylvia Nicole Smith:
https://www.dps.texas.gov/coldCase/Home/Details/233
https://www.khou.com/article/news/local/texas/dps-missing-teen-midland/285-c44b8f9b-688f-4350-a0fb-95bb261f69d3
https://www.star-telegram.com/news/nation-world/national/article262941423.html

Heather Willms & Esmeralda Herrera:
https://lawandcrime.com/tag/jose-baldomero-flores-iii/
https://www.dps.texas.gov/news/convicted-killer-texas-ranger-cold-case-gets-two-life-sentences
https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/San-Antonio-man-gets-three-life-terms-for-brutal-17328250.php
https://news4sanantonio.com/news/local/unsolved-for-11-years-leon-valley-police-make-arrest-in-young-womans-brutal-murder