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Killing To Be Together - August 2 2020 - Daily True Crime

Morning Cup of Murder

Morning Cup of Murder

Society & Culture, History, Documentary, True Crime

4.7723 Ratings

🗓️ 2 August 2020

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

August 2nd: Holly Harvey and Sandy Ketchum Kill(2004) Your parents are never going to agree with every choice you make. And, when you're young and living under their roof, they have a little more say in how to handle those choices. You may get angry, you may even leave home, but many wouldn’t dream of murder as an option. On August 2nd 2004, 2 young lovers killed elderly guardians because they wanted to keep the girls apart. Become a supporter of this podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/morningcupofmurder Follow Morning Cup of Murder on Twitter: https://twitter.com/cupofmurder @cupofmurder Follow MCOM on Instagram: @morningcupofmurder Have a Murder or strange true crime story you want to share, email the show here: [email protected] Morning Cup of Murder is researched, written and performed by Korina Biemesderfer. Follow Korina on Instagram: @kbiemesderfer Information for this episode collected from: Murderpedia, heresthefuckingtwist.com, vanceholmes.com, mycrimelibrary.com, Investigation Discovery, wickedwe.com, nydailynews.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

There were two more murders, 15 miles away in the silver-racement-upon-

0:03.9

Your parents are described by one investigator as reminiscent of a weird religion.

0:09.0

Your parents are never going to agree with every choice you make. And when you're young and living under their roof, they have a little more saying how to handle those choices.

0:21.8

You may get angry, you may even leave home, but many wouldn't dream of murder as an option.

0:28.2

On August 2nd, 2004, two young lovers killed elderly guardians because they wanted to keep the girls apart.

0:36.2

So if you like your coffee hot but your bones chilled,

0:39.4

sit back and start your day with a morning cup of murder.

0:45.5

Holly Harvey was always troubled.

0:48.3

Her mother, who was serving a prison sentence,

0:50.6

left her in the care of Holly's elderly grandparents.

0:53.8

74-year-old Carl and 73-year-old Sarah Collier in Fayetteville, Georgia,

0:58.0

in hopes that they would care for her until her release.

1:01.0

But, Holly was 15, and, like most 15-year-olds,

1:05.0

was struggling to find her own place and make her own rules.

1:08.0

Her grandparents were more by the book

1:11.5

and had rules laid out for the teen.

1:13.8

Rules she had no intention of following.

1:16.8

And the big bone of contention?

1:19.0

Holly's 16-year-old girlfriend, Sandy Ketchum.

1:22.3

And when they forbid the girls from seeing each other,

1:25.0

Holly had had enough.

1:26.8

She began acting out in a way that scared

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