Episode 341: Anastasia WitbolsFeugen, Part 1

The First Degree

Alexis Linkletter and Jac Vanek

True Crime, Society & Culture, News

4.5 • 10K Ratings

🗓️ 5 March 2025

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

On October 22, 1997, an 18-year-old high school graduate is shot to death in a cemetery near Independence, Missouri. Her family is heartbroken, but sadly, she is not the only victim. Less than 72 hours later, someone close to the young woman then takes their own life. As the months drag on, the police investigation takes a series of twists and turns as suspicion focuses on a complex web of teenage relationships involving those closest to the victim. The case seems to stall until 3 years later a suspect is named. But is he The Real Killer? In episode 341, Jac and Alexis detail the haunting murder of Anastasia Elizabeth WitbolsFeugen.

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0:00.0	The first degree.
0:02.0	First degree.
0:03.0	First degree.
0:04.0	First degree.
0:05.0	First degree.
0:06.0	The first degree.
0:08.0	You see it on the news.
0:10.0	You see it on the paper.
0:11.0	You see it on Facebook.
0:13.0	These things are supposed to happen in movies, not in real life.
0:16.0	They couldn't figure out anything from the ballistics.
0:24.8	There was just a bullet fragment that was found lodged in the back of her head.
0:30.5	I have told many stories in my time, and I have never been more consumed with a story than this one.
0:40.3	I cannot stop thinking about it.
0:44.3	I mean, just when I think I may have figured something out, then there's something else that refutes that.
0:52.3	And trying to stay objective, you know, I'm always weighing both sides of things, but
0:58.0	there's just so many unanswered questions.
1:01.0	There are a lot of people that think this story should just not be told in this case should just be done with.
1:07.0	He was convicted, and ultimately we should all want for the right person to be behind bars
1:12.6	for this crime. Welcome to the first degree of the true crime podcast that you might end up on.
1:18.4	My name is Jack Fannick. I'm sitting here with Alexis Link Letter. We've got another double
1:23.8	whammy for you, a two-parter episode. So you know what that means. What does that mean,
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