Gross Injustice: A Podcast

10/11/2022

See the new Gross Injustice: A Podcast™ Preview Episode 1: "Chandra Denise Payton" now on YouTube featuring one of Chandra's best friends and coworkers at the time of her murder.*
Release date coming soon.

On July 29, 1992, 20 year-old Chandra Christine Payton was living and working in Addison, Texas when she was brutally murdered during an apparent robbery in the store where she worked.

In 2022, her case remains unsolved and no one has been prosecuted for her murder. Her killer remains free.

Unsolved but not forgotten.

A $3,000 reward for information leading to an arrest is routinely offered on all cases on the Texas Rangers' Cold Case website. To be eligible for cash rewards, tipsters MUST provide information to authorities by calling the Crime Stoppers hotline at 1-800-252-TIPS (8477).

*Some names are withheld or changed to protect the identity of family and friends involved in Chandra's case. Any speculation of names in the comments on this page will be removed immediately, and those individuals will be blocked.

On July 29, 1992, 20 year-old Chandra Christine Payton was living and working in Addison, Texas when she was brutally murdered during an apparent robbery in ...

10/08/2022

Thank you for your continued support as Gross Injustice: A Podcast™ grows its audience. I am grateful for each and every one of you. Stay tuned for a preview of Episode 1 coming soon.

10/05/2022

Loretta Lynn Roberts was murdered in 2006 in Austin, Texas. The Austin Police Department responded on July 24, 2006 at 10:50 AM to the 100 block of Bastrop Highway southbound after hearing of a bad odor coming from a backyard and discovered a deceased body. The woman was identified as Loretta Lynn Roberts, 37 years of age. The Travis County Medical Examiner ruled Robert's death a homicide.

Her case is cold, and no one has been prosecuted for her murder. While her death was ruled a homicide, investigators speculate that her death may have been accidental.

On the Austin Police Department's website, her victimology is described as "The victim was a transient, known drug user and pr******te who mostly frequented the Rundberg Ln/IH 35 area. Loretta Roberts was survived by two daughters, Miranda Pastor and Tamara Petronis. The victim was from Lee, Florida."

Loretta was more than a transient and drug user, she was a mom and someone's daughter. While transient and drug user might be generic terms to characterize her lifestyle at the time of her murder, it does not describe her as a human being. Loretta was a woman who had children, she had hopes and dreams, and she deserved to live a life of peace. Ultimately she did not deserve this ending. We need to remember that, and that's my goal of this project.

Our police departments, local, state and federal agencies need our help to solve these crimes. If you have any information that could help Loretta Lynn Roberts and her family find justice and get answers to these unanswered questions please contact the Austin Police Department Homicide Cold Case Unit at (512) 472-8477. The Homicide Cold Case Unit can also be contacted by email here:
https://www.austintexas.gov/email/apdcoldcasemissingpersons

More information about her case can be found on the Austin Police Department website here:

https://www.austintexas.gov/article/2006-homicide-cold-case-loretta-lynn-rober

Many thanks to the Austin Police Department for keeping her case alive, and posting this on their website. Often our police departments are overloaded, and lack the resources, time, and funding to solve these crimes. Let's respect our police and other agencies who work tirelessly for justice.

Rest In Peace, Loretta Lynn Roberts.

10/03/2022

Gross Injustice: A Podcast™ has reached 100 followers. Every Like and Share counts! Thank you for following, and stay tuned for the first podcast release date coming soon.

09/28/2022

Watch the YouTube Trailer Gross Injustice: A Podcast™ Episode 1: Chandra Christine Payton.

On July 29, 1992, 20 year-old Chandra Christine Payton was living in Addison, Texas when she was brutally murdered during an apparent robbery in the store where she worked.

In 2022, her case remains unsolved and no one has been prosecuted for her murder. Her killer remains free. Gross Injustice: A Podcast™ will examine who Chandra was, and the crime that stole her life.

Coming Soon:On July 29, 1992, 20 year-old Chandra Christine Payton was living in Addison, Texas when she was brutally murdered during an apparent robbery in ...

09/26/2022

Case Announcement this week. Stay tuned for details.

09/23/2022

The horrors of this crime continue with the 30th anniversary approaching in December. The crime and punishment is inflicted yet again as loved ones are denied answers due to federal statues that protect anonymous donors.

Hopefully, these families will find some sembalnce of peace if headway can be made with advancements in DNA testing.

It's impossible not to wonder what these young girls could have made with their lives, who they would be, and what they would have been able to achieve. We'll never know or understand their potential contribution to the world.

If you have any information related to the case, please contact the Austin Police Department Homicide tip line at 512-477-3588 or Crime Stoppers at 512-472-TIPS.

SAN ANGELO, Texas — December of 2021 marked 30 years since the tragic deaths of four young girls out of Austin when a local yogurt shop was robbed and then set on fire. Warning this post contains g…

09/21/2022

Great collaboration between Riverside County and our Texas Rangers, Danny Briley. It's incredible that cold cases can be solved creatively using DNA in CODIS, DNA obtained from suspects, and direct-to-consumer DNA in databases like Ancestry.com. Great work and hats off to these agencies.

A retired Waco man remains in the McLennan County Jail after investigators linked him to the murders of pr******tes.

09/16/2022

"The Silent Mass Disaster"

Annually there are:

-Estimated 40,000 unidentified decedents recovered throughout the U.S. at any given time
-Additional 1000 unidentified bodies added each year
-Only 1% of cases have been solved using only CODIS

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