Ep230: The Murder of Alexis Murphy

Crimes and Consequences

True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.6 • 859 Ratings

🗓️ 28 May 2024

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

On August 3, 2013, Alexis Tiara Murphy, a 17-year-old high school student from Nelson County, Virginia disappeared after being seen at a gas station in Lovingston, Virginia. Eventually, Randy Taylor was convicted of her brutal slaying. The question is how many others did Rany kill?

Thank you Rachael Spillers for writing this episode and SHANEL B. for suggesting this case.

Sources:

Alexis Tiara Murphy obituary.
Lacaze, Katherine. “17-year-old…” The News and Advance. 06 Aug 2013.
Hardy, Steve. “Car found…” The News and Advance. 07 Aug 2013.
The Charlottesville Daily Progress. “Family’s agonizing wait…” The News and Advance. 08 Aug 2013.
Bayne, Liana. “Searching for…” The Daily Progress. 08 Aug 2013.
Bayne, Liana. “Search for teen…” The Daily Progress. 09 Aug 2013.
Bayne, Liana. “Clock is ticking…” The Daily Progress. 10 Aug 2013.
Hardy, Steve, and Koerting, Katrina. “Nelson rallies in…” The Daily Progress. 11 Sun 2013.
Reed, Ray. “Arrest made in…” The News and Advance. 12 Aug 2013.
Hutchins, J. Reynolds; Richardson, Aaron; Evans, K. Burnell; and Bayne, Liana. “A suspect, but…” The Daily Progress. 13 Aug 2013.
Bayne, Liana. “Nelson County abduction…” The Daily Progress. 14 Aug 2013.
Evans, K. Burnell, and Hutchins, J. Reynolds. “Defense: teen was…” The Daily Progress. 15 Aug 2013.
Mohrmann, Barrett. “Murphy’s family skeptical…” The News-Virginian. 16 Aug 2013.
Evans, K. Burnell. “Shadows of 2010…” The Daily Progress. 18 Aug 2013.
Thompson, Dave. “Taylor’s bond hearing…” The Daily Progress. 21 Aug 2013.
Bayne, Liana. “Judge denies Taylor…” The Daily Progress. 23 Aug 2013.
Mohrmann, Barrett. “River search turns…” The Daily Progress. 01 Sep 2013.
Mohrmann, Barrett. “Family, investigators hopeful…” The News adn Advance. 04 Sep 2013.
Staff Writer. “Person contacted in…” Richmond Times-Dispatch. 24 Sep 2013.
Faulconer, Justin. “Teen’s DNA linked…” The News and Advance. 06 May 2014.
Faulconer, Justin. “Jury deliberating Taylor’s…” The Daily Progress. 08 May 2014.
Faulconer, Justin. “Taylor guilty of…” The News and Advance. 09 May 2014.
Mohrmann, Barrett. “Murphy’s family accepts…” The News and Advance. 19 May 2014.
Faulconer, Justin. “Taylor lands more…” The News and Advance. 02 Jul 2014.
Faulconer, Justin; Busse, Matt; and Cropper, Nick. “Remains of Alexis…” The News and Advance. 18 Feb 2021.

Transcript

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0:00.0	This episode may contain content of a graphic nature, including descriptions of physical and sexual violence against adults, children, and animals.
0:09.0	Listener discretion is advised.
0:12.0	Hi everyone, I'm Tlaia. advised.
0:12.7	Hi everyone, I'm Tlaia.
0:14.1	And I'm Tanya.
0:15.3	And together we are Crimes and Consequences,
0:18.3	a true crime podcast. cast. Hi everyone I am Talya and I'm Tanya my lovely co-host we are two attorneys that like true crime a lot like discussing it
0:47.4	yeah we do yeah we don't like to commit it right but we like discussing it
0:51.6	and we I have a story today that I'm going to tell and she doesn't know this story
0:57.3	This was suggested by a fan of ours named Chanel B. Thank you Chanel. Yes, thank you for it. It is a really interesting case. I spent a lot of time researching it. It was written by a lovely friend of mine named Rachel but I added to it too.
1:17.0	So I'm going to give you a little background, okay?
1:21.0	This is about Alexis Tierra Murphy, and she's 17 when the story takes place.
1:28.5	She was born on June 5th of 1996 in Charlottesville, Virginia.
1:36.3	She had three brothers.
1:37.5	They were younger.
1:39.0	She was the captain of the football team
1:41.2	and she was beautiful. Who's captain of the football team and she was beautiful.
1:43.8	She was captain of the football team?
1:44.9	I'm sorry, five ball team.
1:46.2	Thank you.
1:47.2	I mean, you go girl.
1:49.0	She could.
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