The Carpool Detectives: Six Feet Apart, Fifteen Years Deep

Four women. One ravine. A cold case that refused to stay buried. Joining us are Marissa, Jeannie, Samira, and Nicole—the investigators behind The Carpool Detectives: A True Story of Four Moms, Two Bodies, and One Mysterious Cold Case by Chuck Hogan. What began during the isolation of the COVID lockdown as curiosity—sparked by a grainy video of a car being pulled from a ravine after what was ruled an “accident”—evolved into a years-long investigation uncovering financial irregularities, resurrected cell phones, institutional resistance, and evidence pointing to a double homicide. Hovering just out of frame is Michelle McNamara, another Southern California mother whose legacy looms large in this work—proof that amateur sleuths can help move cold cases when official systems stall. But as these women note, McNamara carried the emotional toll largely alone; they carried it together. Though the case did not end with arrests and ultimately intersected with unsettling hints of organized crime, their work gave the family something they had been denied for over a decade: truth, validation, and answers. On the horizon, the team looks ahead to their next case—a series of Jane Doe murders from the 1970s and 1980s, where untested DNA may finally give names back to the forgotten. Be sure to purchase T he Carpool Detectives: A True Story of Four Moms, Two Bodies, and One Mysterious Cold Case by Chuck Hogan. And follow the team on their Insta !

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The Carpool Detectives: Six Feet Apart, Fifteen Years Deep is an episode from Missing Magnolias by Scarlett Davis.

This episode is 00:45:23 long.

This episode was published on Jan 14, 2026.

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