EP119: The Murder of Missy Avila

On October 1, 1985, Michele “Missy” Avila went out one afternoon after school to go party with some friends at a nearby park. When she left her home, she told her mom she would be home by 6pm. Missy never came home. Her friend that had picked her up said that Missy had left the park with three young men in a blue Camaro that her friend didn’t know. Her body was found three days later in a stream in Tujunga Canyon. The investigation went cold after three years and was only solved when someone who had witnessed the murder came forward to tell the whole tale.

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Sources for Episode:
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"Missy's Murder" by Karen Kingsbury

https://www.dailynews.com/2012/12/10/last-woman-convicted-in-missy-avila-murder-released-from-prison-on-monday/
Last woman convicted in Missy Avila murder released from prison on Monday

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-11-19-me-485-story.html
Arleta woman to Stand Trial in Murder of Rival

https://jaxhudur.medium.com/lethal-jealousy-and-the-betrayal-she-never-saw-coming-e9dd4557e979
Lethal jealousy and the betrayal she never saw coming

https://abc7.com/murder-money-missy-avila-karen-severson/394808/
Exclusive: Killer will not profit from selling story of 17-year-old’s girl’s murder

https://www.courthousenews.com/family-suesdaughters-murderer/
Family sues Daughter’s murderer

https://www.dailystar.co.uk/real-life/murderer-killed-best-friend-school-17358828
Murders speaks out about killing her best friend: “I’ll never forget what I did”