Serial Killer Podcast Documentary · Peter Jesse

True Crime Documentary - Detective Uncovers Shocking Truth Behind a Brutal Murder

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The medical examiner confirmed Ashley Biggs died from asphyxiation caused by a zip tie around her neck.

1. Serial Killer Podcast Documentary focuses on the 2012 murder investigation of Ashley Biggs in New Franklin, Ohio. 2. Investigators, Ashley's mother Kim, her partner Brittany, and Detective Hitchings matter because they describe the search, the family loss, and the case strategy. 3. The episode asks how a Domino's delivery to a closed business turned into a custody-driven homicide case. 4. On June 21, 2012, Ashley Biggs left Domino's after an 11:42 p.m. pizza order and never returned. 5. Police say the delivery address was in a business area about a mile to a mile and a half away and looked wrong from the start. 6. At the scene, officers found a large puddle of what appeared to be blood, change spread across the parking lot, and no delivery vehicle. 7. Ashley's partner Brittany learned from the manager that Ashley had not come back from the delivery and drove to Domino's in panic. 8. Ashley's past with Chad Cobb included a serious relationship that began when she was 17 and he was 22. 9. Ashley later joined the Army in 2008, then lost her military path after a medical discharge for asthma. 10. After the discharge, Chad cut off contact with Ashley and their daughter until a 2011 custody ruling gave Ashley temporary full custody. 11. Police found Ashley's gray Ford Taurus in a cornfield less than 12 hours after the disappearance. 12. The car held zip ties around Ashley's neck and body, an insulated pizza bag, and the original delivery order stuck to the steering wheel. 13. A search of Chad Cobb's property turned up a backpack, a large divers knife, a neoprene mask, neoprene gloves, duct tape, and industrial zip ties. 14. The autopsy confirmed asphyxiation from a zip tie and multiple head and body injuries. 15. Detectives later learned the pizza call came from a prepaid phone and that Chad bought two 15-minute air cards at Walmart the night before. 16. Years later, Chad's mother Cindy produced a recording of Erica discussing the homicide and acknowledging that each person had a part in it. 17. The trial centered on complicity, with prosecutors arguing Erica helped facilitate the crime even if she did not carry it out herself. 18. The episode uses a documentary style with police interviews, family testimony, and courtroom playback from the prosecution and defense. 19. People who follow true-crime investigations, custody disputes, and police procedure would likely want this episode. 20. People who want light conversation, comedy, or no courtroom detail would probably skip it.

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A methodical account of Ashley Biggs's disappearance, death, and the abuse in her relationship with Chad.

Ashley Biggs's disappearance and death are handled in a direct, evidence-first way. The account moves from the car and body identification to the search at Chad's home, where the pizza bag, duct tape, zip ties, backpack, and related items start to lock the timeline into place.

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A missing-person case that tightens from a disappearance call to a search warrant and a reckoning.

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