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A Minnesota Serial Killer is behind bars for 6 Murders · Murder Files Unsealed

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  Speaker 1: Okay, So, are you ready to dive into a true
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  crime case? Always? This one is both fascinating and incredibly disturbing.
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  Speaker 2: All right, lay it on me.
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  Speaker 1: We're talking about Joseph tour Junior. Okay, a man convicted
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  of six murders but suspected of well far more.
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  Speaker 2: Wow, six murders.
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  Speaker 1: That mission today is to try to unravel how this
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  was allowed to happen?
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  Speaker 2: Okay?
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  Speaker 1: How could someone commit such horrific acts for years? And
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  why did it take so long for justice to catch up? Yeah?
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  Speaker 2: You know what makes this case so compelling is the
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  sheer number of missed opportunities, really, and the long shadow
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  of doubt that kind of lingers even after the convictions.
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  Speaker 1: Wow. Yeah, So let's go back to nineteen seventy eight
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  in Stearns County, Minnesota. Okay, the Holing family home became
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  the scene of just a horrific tragedy. Alice Healing and
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  three of her children were found shot to death.
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  Speaker 2: Oh my gosh.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, it's just that's awful. It's terrible. Yeah, and it's here,
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  just days after the Holing murders that we encounter the
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  first of many what ifs in this case. Sure, it
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  was actually arrested for driving a stolen vehicle not far
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  from the murder scene. During his rest, police found something
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  incredibly unsettling in his car.
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  Speaker 2: What's that?
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  Speaker 1: A detailed list of nearly two hundred women?
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  Speaker 2: Oh? Wow, okay, hold on, yeah.
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  Speaker 1: A list of two hundred women. What kind of details
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  are we talking about?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah? So this wasn't just a list of names. Chure
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  had meticulously documented physical descriptions, clothing, even their workplaces. What
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  it sends chills down your spine to imagine what this
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  list represented. Was it a blueprint, a catalog of potential victims? Yeah,
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  it's a chilling glimpse into the mind of a killer.
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  Speaker 1: It begs the question, what if the police had investigated
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  that list more thoroughly back then, could they have connected
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  him to the pulling orders sooner?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah?
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  Speaker 1: Could they have potentially saved lives?
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  Speaker 2: It's a question that continues to haunt investigators even today.
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  Speaker 1: Wow.
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  Speaker 2: Let's shift our focus to nineteen seventy nine. Chure commits
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  another horrifying crime, taking the life of eighteen year old
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  Marley's Anne Olenhause. And here's where it gets almost unbelievable.
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  While awaiting trial for a completely different crime, Churr confessed
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  in writing to Marley's Ann's murder.
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  Speaker 1: He confessed, and they still didn't convict him for her murder. Right,
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  how is that even possible?
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  Speaker 2: You would think a written confession would be an open
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  and shut case, right, Yeah, But due to a bureaucratic
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  blunder of epic proportions, he was allowed to slip through
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  the cracks.
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  Speaker 1: Oh my gosh.
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  Speaker 2: The authorities, believing they had an alibi, had checked HER's
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  work schedule, except it wasn't his schedule, it was his
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  father's aw same name, different person.
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  Speaker 1: Wow. Yeah, so a simple mix up cost Marley's Ann
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  Woolenhouse years.
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  Speaker 2: Of justice precisely.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: It wasn't until nearly a decade later, during a cold
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  case review that this colossal error came to light. HM
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  Chure was finally convicted in nineteen ninety eight. Wow, but
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  the delay is a stark reminder of how easily just
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  can be derailed.
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  Speaker 1: This pattern of escalating crimes and missed opportunities is incredibly unsettling. Yeah,
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  what happened next?
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  Speaker 2: Well, in nineteen eighty ters crimes took an even more
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  terrifying turn. He embarked on a series of violent kidnappings
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  and sexual assaults. What in the Minneapolis Saint Paul area?
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  Oh my god, his victims seemingly chosen at random.
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  Speaker 1: Wow.
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  Speaker 2: Lived in fear of this predator who seemed unstoppable.
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  Speaker 1: This free of violence ultimately led to his capture rights.
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  Speaker 2: It did, okay, but not before one final devastating crime.
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  Speaker 1: Oh no.
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  Speaker 2: This is the case of Diane Edwards, a nineteen year
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  old waitress. Her abduction and murder bore all the hallmarks
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  of tyres m.
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  Speaker 1: So how did the authorities finally connect Tier to Diane
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  Edwards's murder?
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  Speaker 2: While in custody for the other assaults, to confessed to
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  Diane's murder?
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  Speaker 1: He confessed again.
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  Speaker 2: It was a chilling admission that finally brought his reign
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  of terror to an end.
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  Speaker 1: Oh wow.
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  Speaker 2: He was sentenced to life in prison in nineteen eighty one.
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  Speaker 1: You would think that would be the end of the story, right,
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  But it's not. There's another case, the case of Jean
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  Marie Berschbach, h shrouded in mystery. Yeah, tell us about her.
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  Speaker 2: Jean Marie Berschbach, just twenty years old, vanished from a
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  Perkins restaurant in Saint Cloud in nineteen seventy nine, her
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  car was left behind. Oh my gosh, and tragically her
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  remains were discovered five years later.
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  Speaker 1: It's impossible not to think back to that list of
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  women found in Schuurr's car. Could Joan Marie have been
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  one of the names on that list?
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  Speaker 2: It's a haunting question. Yeah, a witness placed sure at
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  the same Perkins restaurant the night Joan Marie disappeared. Really
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  and adding another layer to the suspicion, a fellow inmate
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  later claimed Thatchur had confessed to him about killing Joan Marie.
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  Speaker 1: Are you serious? So with a potential witness and a
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  supposed confession, why was Chu never charged in Joan Marie's case?
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  Speaker 2: Unfortunately, the pieces of the puzzle never quite fit.
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  Speaker 1: What does that mean?
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  Speaker 2: The witness's account had inconsistencies and the inmate's story lacked credibility.
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  It's a frustrating reality of cold cases. The passage of
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  time often obscures the truth, leaving investigators grappling with fragments
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  of evidence and lingering doubts.
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  Speaker 1: It's heartbreaking to think that Joan Marhe's loved ones are
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  left without definitive answers. Their pain is a stark reminder
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  of the human cost of these unsolved mysteries.
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  Speaker 2: Their struggle for closure underscores a chilling question that hangs
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  over this entire case. What's Could there be more victims
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  out there? You mean, women whose names we may never know,
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  forever linked to Ture's reign of terror. Wow, This case,
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  with its missed opportunities in lingering questions, serves as a
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  chilling reminder of the importance of vigilance, thorough investigations, and
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  the relentless pursuit of justice for every victim.
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  Speaker 1: Let's rewind for a moment, back to the Hurling family murders. Okay,
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  you mentioned earlier that Urrer had actually written a confession
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  from his jail cell.
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  Speaker 2: That's right. He had a fellow inmate and a confession
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  for him detailing how he went to the Hurling home
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  in tending to harm the family.
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  Speaker 1: So he's going there with a plan to hurt them.
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  Speaker 2: He claimed he was angry with Alice Hurling for forbidding
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  him from dating her daughter.
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  Speaker 1: What And this confession mentioned a shotgun and a billy club.
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  Speaker 2: Right.
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  Speaker 1: Chilling, especially considering the metal bar found in his car
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  after the stolen vehicle arrest.
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  Speaker 2: You're picking up on those crucial details, seemingly insignificant objects
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  become heavy with implication. Yeah, it's a testament to how
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  even the smallest piece of evidence can break open a case,
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  even years later.
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  Speaker 1: So how did this confession finally come to light after
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  all those years.
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  Speaker 2: It wasn't until another inmate came forward almost two decades later,
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  that the Holing case saw a glimmer of hope.
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  Speaker 1: Wow.
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  Speaker 2: This inmate revealed that Tour had confessed to him, reigniting
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  the investigation.
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  Speaker 1: Wow, so they reopened the investigation.
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  Speaker 2: Armed with this new information, authorities finally had what they
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  needed to bring Tour to trial for the Huling murders.
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  Speaker 1: What was it like to see Joseph Tour Junior finally
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  face justice for the those horrific crimes.
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  Speaker 2: The trial was emotionally charged, especially for William Hulling, the
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  sole survivor of that terrible night. Despite being only eleven
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  years old at the time of the murders, his testimony
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  was incredibly powerful.
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  Speaker 1: I can't even begin to imagine the courage it must
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  have taken for him to face his family's killer in court.
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  Speaker 2: His testimony was instrumental in securing to HER's conviction. He
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  remembered hearing the gunshots, his brother confronting the intruder, the
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  terrifying silence that followed, Oh my God, and those seemingly
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  insignificant details like the toy car found in Ture's possession,
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  suddenly became crucial pieces of evidence. The toy car, yes,
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  the one initially dismissed as irrelevant during the trial, William
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  Hulling identified it as a toy he used to play with.
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  Speaker 1: Oh wow.
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  Speaker 2: It might seem like a small detail, but it corroborated
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  William's testimony, solidifying the prosecution's case against Chure.
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  Speaker 1: Wow. So, after years of dead ann's and near misses,
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  Joseph Cheer Junior was finally held accountable for the murders
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  of the hull family.
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  Speaker 2: Yes. In January two thousand, he was convicted on four
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  counts of first degree murder, adding four more life sentences
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  to his existing ones.
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  Speaker 1: Six confirmed murders, countless lives shattered, and a trail of
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  what ifs and could have beens. Yeah, it's a stark
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  reminder of how important it is for law enforcement to
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  connect the dots, follow every lead, and never give up
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  on seeking justice for victims. It's cases like this that
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  really highlight the importance of cold case units.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, for sure.
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  Speaker 1: Those investigators who dedicate themselves to these unsolved mysteries, tirelessly
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  piecing together fragments of the past, deserve our utmost respect.
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely without their commitment to seeking justice, no matter how
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  much time has passed. Yeah, Joseph tier Junior might still
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  be out there. Wow, and his potential victims none the wiser.
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  Speaker 1: That's a scary thought.
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  Speaker 2: Their dedication ensures that, even in the face of seemingly
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  insurmountable odds, hope for answers never fades.
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  Speaker 1: This deep dive has been a chilling reminder that monsters
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  can lurk in the shadows. Yeah, their true nature concealed
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  behind an ordinary facade.
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  Speaker 2: Right, you never really know.
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  Speaker 1: It's also a testament to the strength of survivors like
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  William Helling, who found the courage to confront their trauma
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  and help bring their loved ones killer to justice.
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  Speaker 2: It's incredible, isn't it.
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  Speaker 1: It is?
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  Speaker 2: And even with Chiro behind bars, we can't escape that
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  unsettling possibility that there might be other victims out there.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, you're right.
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  Speaker 2: Their stories remain untold. Yeah, their cases unresolved, forever bound
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  to this web of unanswered questions.
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  Speaker 1: That list of women found in Surest car takes on
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  a whole new meaning now, doesn't it.
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  Speaker 2: It really does.
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  Speaker 1: It serves as a chilling reminder of the dark potential
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  that went unchecked for far too long.
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  Speaker 2: It makes you wonder, you know, had those warning signs
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  been heated earlier, could some of this have been prevented.
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  It's a question that will likely haunt investigators and the
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  families forever.
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  Speaker 1: This case is a stark reminder that even the smallest
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  detail can be crucial. If you're listening to this and
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  any detail, no matter how insignificant it may seem, comes
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  to mind, don't hesitate to reach out to law enforcement. Please,
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  You never know that piece of information could be the
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  missing link to bring enclosure to another unsolved case.
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely, sometimes justice is a long and winding road, but
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  it's a journey we must never give up on.
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  Speaker 1: This deep dive into the chilling crimes of Joseph Ture
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  Junior has been a journey through a dark chapter of history.
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  It really has a story of missed opportunities, delayed justice,
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  and the resilience of the human spirit. It serves as
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  a reminder that vigilance, determination and a commitment to uncovering
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  the truth are essential in the face of darkness.
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  Speaker 2: And as we've explored the complexities of this case, I
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  think the message is clear. Every life matters, every story
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  deserves to be heard, and every victim deserves justice. Well said,
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  let this case serve as a reminder to never stop
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  seeking answers and never forget the victims.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you for joining us for this deep dive