Cold Case Kansas: A Social Detective Podcast · Cold Case Kansas: A Social Detective Podcast

Murder of Colby Sheppard

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Marianne introduces herself as a dog mom, baker, and true crime podcast maker. She says the podcast began because she wanted answers in the 1989 murder of her friend Krista Martin in Wichita, Kansas. She connects that search to her terminal heart condition and the urgency it created. She says detectives and DNA work through Authorm, Inc. eventually brought answers after decades. She calls the result both a labor of love and a hollow victory. She says the show is meant to remember Krista and to keep looking at other unsolved cases. She also apologizes for platform problems and notes that many people asked for this case. The episode then turns to Colby Sheppard. Marianne walks through footage that shows him in a black hoodie and jeans with blond-dyed hair. She says he appears to be alone during the Pizza Hut exchange. He buys two pizzas, but only one gets picked up. The other is left for Brittany Chapman to pick up, and Brittany denies ever speaking with him or receiving the pizza. Marianne keeps asking what happened to that pizza, and she asks anyone from Pizza Hut to message her anonymously if they know. She also says the dog in the case keeps sticking with her and that she wants to know what kind of dog it was. She then moves to a report made to Enid police on January 19 by a worker who said they saw Colby at the Sonic at 1617 South Van Buren. She explains that different officers handled the follow-up on different leads, rather than one officer doing everything. She contrasts online posts with the police report and says the report says the person had left before officers arrived. She says officers were not able to obtain video footage on arrival, though they later returned to review footage from 10:10 p.m. on January 19. She keeps reminding listeners that the investigation is ongoing. She says police have found no evidence linking Colby Sheppard to Kendra Patello’s disappearance. Kendra is still missing. Marianne also warns that a child is involved with both parents and asks listeners to share only facts, not personal feelings.

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A careful, evidence-first case walkthrough that stays with the timeline, the records, and the unanswered parts.

That case file feel works. The episode follows Marianne's long search for answers and keeps the focus on what can be pinned down: the Pizza Hut stop, the Sonic report, and the video check.

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Follow the Pizza Hut exchange and the disputed Sonic sighting without losing the thread.

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