Original air date 11/27/2024. Re-published for Thanksgiving-themed episodes.
Around 2:15 am on Thanksgiving morning, 1995, in Fairfax, Virginia, 911 operators received a call that the Harper residence was on fire. When firefighters arrived at the house, fire and smoke masked the horrific scene inside. Once the flames were extinguished and the heavy smoke cleared, emergency personnel found the burnt body of a young woman. When investigators examined the scene, they discovered a rolling pin smeared with blood nearby. Who was this woman, and who was the monster who savagely attacked her on a family holiday and left her to burn in the flames?
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Research Materials for Episode 39:
https://annajourney.com/essays/the-goliath-jazz/
https://clok.uclan.ac.uk/32829/1/Psychology%20of%20Siblicide%20%20Chapter_Accepted%20%28March%202020%29.pdf
https://www.crimetraveller.org/2017/02/siblicide-homicidal-violence-between-siblings/
https://prisonlectionary.net/2015/11/11/matthew-b-harper/
https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Age-of-Sibling-and-Other-Hoinicides-by-Status-of-OffenderAictim_tbl1_11338130
https://scholar.lib.vt.edu/VA-news/ROA-Times/issues/1995/rt9511/951125/11260015.htm
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1999/05/08/fairfax-man-gets-35-years-for-killing-sister-setting-fire/95d69ed4-4b4b-4436-90dc-7617350af3c0/