In November of 1989, 16-year-old Jennifer Lynn Fay left home for a party in her small neighborhood of Brockton, MA.
She was never seen again.
Jennifer Fay’s neighborhood in Brockton, Mass.
Three decades later, Kirk Minihane began investigating Jennifer’s disappearance.
After reconstructing that night in 1989, Minihane's investigation led him to a small town in South Carolina where he made a chilling discovery: One of the last people seen with Jennifer the night she disappeared had built a new life in Walhalla, where there is currently a person of interest in at least one active missing persons case.
Following Minihane's interviews with local law enforcement, South Carolina law enforcement publicly disclosed for the first time that four missing persons cases might be linked. Is there a serial killer in Walhalla, SC? Did it all begin in Brockton, MA?
Episode One: Jennifer
Jennifer Lynn Fay’s disappearance has haunted her family for more than thirty years. In this episode, we talk with Jennifer’s mom, Dottie, he sister Yvette, and Ann Desmond, the Brockton PD detective her worked her case for almost ten years. (Listen)
Episode Two: Faith
Kirk Minihane travels to Walhalla, SC, looking for more information about what happened to Jennifer Fay three decades ago. In this episode, we talk with the Cindy and Pam, mother and aunt of Faith Roach, as well as the father of her children, JJ, and Oconee County Sheriff Michael Crendhaw. We also hear from Keesha, one-time girlfriend of Kevin Maler. (Listen)
Episode Three: Diana
At the time Jennifer Fay went missing, unspeakable horror was unfolding a few blocks away in the home of Diana Natale -- the same home were some believe Jennifer was buried that night in 1989. In this episode, we describe our interactions with Diana Natale and Richard Verville, two former residents of Jennifer Fay’s neighborhood in Brockton. We also talk to Loretta and Dorinda, two women who witnessed Natale and Verville abuse Rena Conrad. (Listen)
Episode Four: April & Kevin
Two mysterious deaths in Walhalla, South Carolina, but the Oconee County Sheriff's Office says there was no foul play. In Episode Four of The Case, Kirk Minihane revisits the 2019 deaths of April Norton Jones and Kevin Kyle Craig. Officially, April died of an overdose, Kevin of methamphetamine withdrawal. But details surrounding both fatalities suggest there's much, much more to the story. In this episode, we talk with Andy Jones, April’s husband, Sgt. David McMahan, an Oconee County investigator, Keesha Smith, Oconee County Coroner Karl Addis, and Daniel Craig, the brother of Kevin Craig. (Listen)
Episode Five: The Interrogation
In 2010, Kevin Maler sat for a 2.5 hour interrogation with a team of private investigators who were looking into the disappearance of Jennifer Fay. Eleven years later, Maler is once again answering questions about his potential involvement in not only Jennifer's case, but also several other missing persons and mysterious deaths. At Kevin's request, we arranged for him to sit for a polygraph examination. Episode Five blends the 2010 interrogation with the 2021 polygraph examination and a subsequent interview with Kirk Minihane. (Listen)
Episode Six: The Widower
Kevin Wayne Maler, the man who was named a person of interest in the disappearance of Faith Roach by the sheriff of Oconee County, claims he's never been violent toward women, that he's a protector of women.
The women in his life tell a different story.
In Episode Six of The Case, Kirk Minihane speaks with several women that Maler had relationships with over the last four decades. The portrait that emerged was one of a horrifyingly violent man and a serial abuser. A man who preyed on underage girls and abandoned his children. And a man who is capable of deceiving everyone in his life about what he truly is. (Listen)
Episode Seven: Dottie & Yvette
For more than three decades, Jennifer Fay's family has searched desperately for answers. What happened to Jennifer that night in November of 1989? Why didn't the Brockton Police investigate more aggressively? Why have people who know what happened remained silent?
In the penultimate episode of The Case, Kirk Minihane revisits the three-decade long investigation, the many false leads and dead ends, and the suffering Jennifer's family has endured since she mysteriously disappeared. (Listen)
Episode Eight: Hiding
In the Season One finale of The Case, the Oconee County Sheriff's Office shares with Kirk Minihane information that might be the key to understanding a web of death and deceit in Walhalla, South Carolina. What began as an investigation into the disappearance of 17-year-old Jennifer Fay in Brockton 30 years ago concludes as a sweeping investigation into several people who have died mysteriously or are currently missing. The thread that ties these tragic cases together is Kevin W. Maler, a former resident of Jennifer's Brockton neighborhood and a person of interest in her disappearance. Law enforcement also believe Maler may have been involved in the disappearance of Faith Roach in 2019. Maler has an upcoming court date for drug and firearms charges on May 26, but he is currently on the lam, hiding from law enforcement. (Listen)
In 2010, Kevin W. Maler was interrogated for more than two hours.
Here is the full, raw video of that interrogation.
Contact
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