The Codd Family Murders

2024-04-22

Cristie Schoen Codd was an actress, a stunt performer and a movie set caterer. Her husband, JT Codd, was a key grip on a variety of TV shows and films. When the two decided to move from the hustle and bustle of Hollywood to the quiet mountain town of Leicester, NC, they never expected the horrors that awaited them in their serene new surroundings. Episode Sources: “A Good Kid: The Hollywood Murders (Episode 3)” - WLOS News 13 “Cristie Schoen - Food Network Profile” “Suspect in killing of Food Network finalist had remains in woodstove, police say” by Faith Karimi and Joe Sutton, CNN, Mar. 21, 2015 “Man Pleads Guilty To Killing Food Network Star And Her Family” by Candace Braun Davison, Delish, Apr. 28, 2017

Episode Sources:

“A Good Kid: The Hollywood Murders (Episode 3)” - WLOS News 13

“Cristie Schoen - Food Network Profile”

“Suspect in killing of Food Network finalist had remains in woodstove, police say” by Faith Karimi and Joe Sutton, CNN, Mar. 21, 2015

“Man Pleads Guilty To Killing Food Network Star And Her Family” by Candace Braun Davison, Delish, Apr. 28, 2017

“Compassion, Empathy May Have Led to Murders of 'Food Network Star' Contestant and Husband, Say Friends” by Jeff Truesdell, People, Mar. 27, 2015

“Owens pleads guilty to Codd killings, avoids death penalty” by Abigail Margulis, Asheville Citizen-Times, Apr. 27, 2017

“Murder suspect had troubled criminal history” by Tonya Maxwell, Asheville Citizen-Times, Mar. 23, 2015

“Man charged in deaths has tie to 2000 cold case” - WCNC, Mar. 18, 2015

“Forensic pathology in NC: how experts identify burned remains” by Aaron Adelson, WLOS 13, Mar. 3, 2016

“Codds recalled: 'My heart just ripped in half’” by John Boyle, Asheville Citizen-Times, Mar. 17, 2015

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