Ep230: The Murder of Alexis Murphy

On August 3, 2013, Alexis Tiara Murphy, a 17-year-old high school
student from Nelson County, Virginia disappeared after being seen
at a gas station in Lovingston, Virginia. Eventually, Randy Taylor
was convicted of her brutal slaying.  The question is how many
others did Rany kill?

Thank you Rachael Spillers for writing this episode and SHANEL
B. for suggesting this case.

Sources:
Alexis Tiara Murphy obituary. Lacaze, Katherine. 
“17-year-old…”  The News and Advance.  06 Aug 2013.Hardy,
Steve.  “Car found…”  The News and Advance.  07 Aug
2013.The Charlottesville Daily Progress.  “Family’s agonizing
wait…”  The News and Advance.  08 Aug 2013.Bayne,
Liana.  “Searching for…”  The Daily Progress.  08
Aug 2013.Bayne, Liana.  “Search for teen…”  The Daily
Progress.  09 Aug 2013.Bayne, Liana.  “Clock is
ticking…”  The Daily Progress.  10 Aug 2013.Hardy, Steve,
and Koerting, Katrina.  “Nelson rallies in…”  The Daily
Progress.  11 Sun 2013.Reed, Ray.  “Arrest made in…”
 The News and Advance.  12 Aug 2013.Hutchins, J.
Reynolds; Richardson, Aaron; Evans, K. Burnell; and Bayne,
Liana.  “A suspect, but…”  The Daily Progress.  13
Aug 2013.Bayne, Liana.  “Nelson County abduction…”  The
Daily Progress.  14 Aug 2013.Evans, K. Burnell, and Hutchins,
J. Reynolds.  “Defense: teen was…”  The Daily Progress.
 15 Aug 2013.Mohrmann, Barrett.  “Murphy’s family
skeptical…”  The News-Virginian.  16 Aug 2013.Evans, K.
Burnell.  “Shadows of 2010…”  The Daily Progress. 
18 Aug 2013.Thompson, Dave.  “Taylor’s bond hearing…”
 The Daily Progress.  21 Aug 2013.Bayne, Liana. 
“Judge denies Taylor…”  The Daily Progress.  23 Aug
2013.Mohrmann, Barrett.  “River search turns…”  The Daily
Progress.  01 Sep 2013.Mohrmann, Barrett.  “Family,
investigators hopeful…”  The News adn Advance.  04 Sep
2013.Staff Writer.  “Person contacted in…”  Richmond
Times-Dispatch.  24 Sep 2013.Faulconer, Justin.  “Teen’s
DNA linked…”  The News and Advance.  06 May
2014.Faulconer, Justin.  “Jury deliberating Taylor’s…” 
The Daily Progress.  08 May 2014.Faulconer, Justin. 
“Taylor guilty of…”  The News and Advance.  09 May
2014.Mohrmann, Barrett.  “Murphy’s family accepts…”  The
News and Advance.  19 May 2014.Faulconer, Justin. 
“Taylor lands more…”  The News and Advance.  02 Jul
2014.Faulconer, Justin; Busse, Matt; and Cropper, Nick. 
“Remains of Alexis…”  The News and Advance.  18 Feb 2021.