Jennifer Amell

Stories of Jeff going to a diner and ordering food for an invisible person, doing target practice in his backyard. Jeff suffered from pretty severe paranoid schizophrenia. If you want my full thoughts on Champagne, you can find a bonus episode I made in the Crime Junkie Fan Club app.

Stories of Jeff going to a diner and ordering food for an invisible person, doing target practice in his backyard. Jeff suffered from pretty severe paranoid schizophrenia. If you want my full thoughts on Champagne, you can find a bonus episode I made in the Crime Junkie Fan Club app.

And look, I hope against hope that the AG got the physical evidence it needs to either bring charges or, once and for all, rule out Jeffrey Champagne. This man has been dogged by suspicion for decades. And I have no idea if Champagne is guilty of Ellen or Bernice's murders. Obviously, Jeff Champagne is not the man April suspects. My own work is a kind of parallel investigation.

And look, I hope against hope that the AG got the physical evidence it needs to either bring charges or, once and for all, rule out Jeffrey Champagne. This man has been dogged by suspicion for decades. And I have no idea if Champagne is guilty of Ellen or Bernice's murders. Obviously, Jeff Champagne is not the man April suspects. My own work is a kind of parallel investigation.

Over the last year, I've assembled a kind of, like, civilian task force, which includes Dr. John Philpin, psychologist and original profiler on these cases. I'm also working alongside Amy Fairfield. a defense attorney in Maine who represented a wrongfully convicted man for the murder of a teenager in 1989.

Over the last year, I've assembled a kind of, like, civilian task force, which includes Dr. John Philpin, psychologist and original profiler on these cases. I'm also working alongside Amy Fairfield. a defense attorney in Maine who represented a wrongfully convicted man for the murder of a teenager in 1989.

John Philpin actually put us in touch because of our mutual interest in the Heidi Martin case and how it might connect to Jessica Briggs' case in Maine. And together with April, John and Amy have generously taken more of my phone calls than my own wife, and I owe a great debt to their tireless passion and expertise. John?

John Philpin actually put us in touch because of our mutual interest in the Heidi Martin case and how it might connect to Jessica Briggs' case in Maine. And together with April, John and Amy have generously taken more of my phone calls than my own wife, and I owe a great debt to their tireless passion and expertise. John?

Are you concerned about that?

Are you concerned about that?

You know, aside from... I've also consulted with formerly detective on most of these Vermont cases, retired Detective Lieutenant Michael Clare.

You know, aside from... I've also consulted with formerly detective on most of these Vermont cases, retired Detective Lieutenant Michael Clare.

Somehow Mike's always out hunting and I never actually recorded our conversations, but Mike will often weigh in through John Philpin. They've actually been friends for years. But my starting point is with Heidi Martin. April, Heidi's sister, came to me with a secret. She's definitely not the first to think her father could be a serial killer.

Somehow Mike's always out hunting and I never actually recorded our conversations, but Mike will often weigh in through John Philpin. They've actually been friends for years. But my starting point is with Heidi Martin. April, Heidi's sister, came to me with a secret. She's definitely not the first to think her father could be a serial killer.

She's not even the first one to come to me with their suspicions about a family member. April's story just stuck out to me. And maybe it's because she wasn't all over the internet spreading rumors. Maybe it's because she evaded talking to me for months on end. But let's be frank, April didn't come to me with concrete facts.

She's not even the first one to come to me with their suspicions about a family member. April's story just stuck out to me. And maybe it's because she wasn't all over the internet spreading rumors. Maybe it's because she evaded talking to me for months on end. But let's be frank, April didn't come to me with concrete facts.

And that said, it's not April's job to prove her theory or even back it up with evidence. She'll tell me strange stories of her father's behaviors, his mood swings, his propensity to brag about hunting, quote, does, for scaring the neighborhood kids. But ultimately, it's the police's job to find evidence. We know that Heidi was killed while out jogging near her home in Heartland, Vermont.

And that said, it's not April's job to prove her theory or even back it up with evidence. She'll tell me strange stories of her father's behaviors, his mood swings, his propensity to brag about hunting, quote, does, for scaring the neighborhood kids. But ultimately, it's the police's job to find evidence. We know that Heidi was killed while out jogging near her home in Heartland, Vermont.

And the reason why April's theory about her father piqued my interest is not only because she has nothing to gain and is in fact putting herself at great risk, but because of a story she told me. A different version of what happened the morning Heidi was killed. The first version I heard was this.

And the reason why April's theory about her father piqued my interest is not only because she has nothing to gain and is in fact putting herself at great risk, but because of a story she told me. A different version of what happened the morning Heidi was killed. The first version I heard was this.