Episode 87 - Cheryl Baker, Nadja and Payton Medley

2025-12-12

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In June 2017 the bodies of Cheryl Baker, Nadja Medley and her daughter Payton Medley were discovered at a property in Caldwell, Idaho. They had all been shot and killed. Cheryl’s husband, pilot Gerald Mike Bullinger, who was also Nadja’s boyfriend, was no where to be seen. A prime suspect in the murders of his wife, girlfriend and her daughter, Bullinger had a 10 day headstart on police as they launched an intense search for him. Having found his abandoned car at Pacific Creek Campground in the Bridger‑Teton National Forest in Wyoming, Bullinger has never...

In June 2017 the bodies of Cheryl Baker, Nadja Medley and her daughter Payton Medley were discovered at a property in Caldwell, Idaho. They had all been shot and killed.

Cheryl’s husband, pilot Gerald Mike Bullinger, who was also Nadja’s boyfriend, was no where to be seen. A prime suspect in the murders of his wife, girlfriend and her daughter, Bullinger had a 10 day headstart on police as they launched an intense search for him. Having found his abandoned car at Pacific Creek Campground in the Bridger‑Teton National Forest in Wyoming, Bullinger has never been found and remains a wanted fugitive to this day. A man whose lies were unravelled and who murdered three women in response.

This is the story of Cheryl Baker and Nadja and Payton Medley.

Information and support

Samaritans UK Contact Us | Samaritans
Advocacy After Fatal Domestic Abuse (AAFDA) Home - AAFDA
Women’s Aid Home - Women's Aid
National Domestic Abuse Helpline UK 0808 2000 247
Mental health support USA Mental Health America | Homepage | Mental Health America
Domestic abuse helpline USA 1.800.799.SAFE Domestic Violence Support | National Domestic Violence Hotline

References

Three years after Caldwell triple homicide, relative and sheriff share new details

WANTED: Michael Bullinger | Crime Junkie Podcast

Case 251: The Caldwell Farmhouse Murders - Casefile True Crime

Idaho Murder Suspect Mike Bullinger Still Missing 8 Years Later

Police search for man after three dead bodies discovered on his property | CNN

Triple homicide investigation continues 2 years later

Pilot Likely Killed Wife, Girlfriend After Double Life Was Exposed: Sheriff

Married Murder Suspect Charmed Single Mom — Then Confrontation with Wife Led to Triple Slayings

Friends remember Ogden teacher Cheryl Baker as an ‘artistic, kind, gentle woman’ | News, Sports, Jobs - Standard-Examiner

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