It was Medford, Oregon in the early 1990's when the couple of Roxanne Ellis and Michelle Abdill owned a property management company. A conservative group in Oregon at the time were trying to pass laws to mandate gays were not given any rights, Roxanne and Michelle stepped forward to fight against these laws.

Then on a cold day in December of 1995 the women would vanish, but what happened to them? Was it retaliation from a political extremist group? Or something else?

Our True Crime Quickie is from Utah in 1983, the Murder of David Stevens.

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Intro: Shire Girl by David Fesilyan

Outro: Beating Heart by David Renda

Resources:

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-12-20-ls-15918-story.html

https://ktvl.com/news/local/abdill-ellis-murderer-acremant-dies-on-death-row

https://www.yahoo.com/news/death-row-inmate-killed-visalia-182954035.html?guccounter=1

https://www.glapn.org/6339RoxanneEllisMichelleAbdil.html

https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/social-sciences-and-humanities/lesbian-couple-murdered-oregon/

https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/2-lesbian-activists-murdered-in-Oregon-3117619.php

https://www.opb.org/news/article/robert-james-acremant-inmate-oregon-death-row-dies/

https://www.reddit.com/r/UnchainedMelancholy/comments/14qv6ok/the_murders_of_roxanne_ellis_and_michelle_abdill/

https://www.nytimes.com/1995/12/14/us/suspect-held-in-killing-of-2-oregon-lesbians.html?eafs_enabled=false

https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/murdered-for-being-lesbians-3117658.php

https://www.deseret.com/1990/3/27/18853351/top-utah-court-rejects-killer-s-appeal/

https://law.justia.com/cases/utah/supreme-court/1990/19559.html

https://www.casemine.com/judgement/us/5914c211add7b049347bd582

https://www.advocate.com/news/chicago-cop-transgender-sex-assault

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