Murder In America
EP. 183: OHIO - The 11-Year-Old Who Helped Solve His Mom's Murder
Fri, 03 Jan 2025
On December 31st, 1989, a mother from a suburban neighborhood in Ohio disappeared into thin air. But when the dark secrets began to come to light, the picture grew darker and darker with every new revelation. And in today's special episode, we speak with Collier Landry, the victim's son, and the boy who helped solve the crime. - Listen to our new show, "THE CONSPIRACY FILES"!: -Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/5IY9nWD2MYDzlSYP48nRPl -Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-conspiracy-files/id1752719844 -Amazon/Audible - https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/ab1ade99-740c-46ae-8028-b2cf41eabf58/the-conspiracy-files -Pandora - https://www.pandora.com/podcast/the-conspiracy-files/PC:1001089101 -iHeart - https://iheart.com/podcast/186907423/ -PocketCast - https://pca.st/dpdyrcca -CastBox - https://castbox.fm/channel/id6193084?country=us - Stay Connected: Join the Murder in America fam in our free Facebook Community for a behind-the-scenes look, more insights and current events in the true crime world: https://www.facebook.com/groups/4365229996855701 If you want even more Murder in America bonus content, including ad-free episodes, come join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/murderinamerica Instagram: http://instagram.com/murderinamerica/ Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/people/Murder-in-America-Podcast/100086268848682/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/MurderInAmerica TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@theparanormalfiles and https://www.tiktok.com/@courtneybrowen Feeling spooky? Follow Colin as he travels state to state (and even country to country!) investigating claims of extreme paranormal activity and visiting famous haunted locations on The Paranormal Files Official Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheParanormalFilesOfficialChannel - (c) BLOOD IN THE SINK PRODUCTIONS 2025 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Chapter 1: What happened to Noreen Boyle?
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The new year is supposed to represent a clean slate, new goals and resolutions, better habits, a fresh start. Many people spend some time reflecting on the year behind them and make plans on how they're going to make the next year even better. That was definitely the case for a man named Jack Boyle Jr. in 1989. That had been a difficult year for Jack for months,
He had been looking at his life in 1989 and picturing how different things could be for him in 1990. But the only thing standing in the way of this new glamorous life was Noreen Boyle, Jack's wife. So this is the story of how Noreen Boyle suddenly vanished in the early morning hours of January 1st, 1990.
It's also a story about how their 11-year-old son Collier would help solve his mother's murder. I'm Courtney Browen.
And I'm Colin Browen.
Thank you.
Noreen Marie Schmidt was born on September 28, 1945, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Her father, Norbert Schmidt, served in the Marine Corps, but after becoming disabled, he found work at a Philadelphia Naval shipyard as a night warehouseman. Noreen's mother, Marie, worked at a small-town loan and savings company. So, Noreen came from humble beginnings.
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Chapter 2: Who is Collier Landry and what role did he play?
And again, being 11 years old, Collier believed him. But a few weeks later, when Father's Day rolled around, Collier would see Sherry Campbell again. And this time, he knew deep down that something wasn't right.
father's day you know a few weeks later my father asked me to come to his office with him and then we go and we stop by the suntan parlor and sherry comes out with two remote control cars and and she gives me the room and i'm like oh i remember this woman and no poor thing but oh she gave me radio i'm only 11. i'm like stoked right i got to read it since father's day right
And I'm playing with a radio control car, but I look at her and I see on her ring finger, she has a ring. And it was a very unique ring. I'd never seen it before, only on my mother's finger. And I looked at her and I said, that's interesting. My mommy has a ring like that. And she's kind of giggled and looked at my father and it was just like sliding.
It was like a diamond that slid back and forth in a shaft. It was a diamond slide ring. And, you know, I played with the radio control car and then I packed it up and my father and I were leaving and I get in his truck and I look through the windshield and he's making out with her. And I'd never seen that before. And I'm like, oh man.
And so my father gets in the car and we're driving home and he goes, okay, bumper, which is my nickname as a kid. He says, I need you to do me a favor. I need you to tell mommy that I took you to my office and I gave you the radio control cars as a present for getting good grades this year. Don't tell her about Sherry. Don't tell her. And I was just like, okay.
And of course I'm terrified of my father. So I'm not going to say anything. You know, but I'm also feeling like, okay, because I grew up and I always, I think everyone who grows up with their childhood, like this is a normal childhood, right? Like this is a normal childhood. And so I just think, okay, this is what it is. And then to see that.
my father kissing another woman, I'm thinking back to myself, like I had friends whose fathers cheated on their mothers. And so I started thinking, okay, this is, um, this is okay. Hold on. Like I'm now experiencing what my friends have told me about when their parents got a divorce.
11-year-old Collier had just witnessed something that he knew was very wrong. But his father, the man that terrified him, told him not to say anything about it. So Collier was torn. Later that night, he and his parents would go out to a Father's Day dinner as if nothing happened. But the thought of his dad kissing another woman continued to haunt him.
And eventually, Collier knew he had to tell his mother the truth. One day, while he was playing with his remote control car in the driveway, he said he was overcome with guilt. So he went inside and called his mom over to finally tell her what he saw.
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