What is the episode about?
Cari Farver disappeared from Omaha, Nebraska, in November 2012, shortly after she began dating Dave Kroupa. In this first episode of the podcast <a href='/podcast/something-about-cari'>Something About Cari</a>, host Keith Morrison presents the initial circumstances surrounding her disappearance. What started as an apparent voluntary escape from everyday life quickly turned out to be something far more sinister. Although Cari Farver was missing, her phone continued to send messages to both Dave Kroupa and his ex-girlfriend, /a>, præsenterer vært Keith Morrison de indledende omstændigheder omkring hendes forsvinden. Det, der startede som en tilsyneladende frivillig flugt fra hverdagen, viste sig hurtigt at være noget langt mere uhyggeligt. Selvom Cari Farver var væk, fortsatte hendes telefon med at sende beskeder til både Dave Kroupa og hans ekskæreste, <a href='/krimidex/liz-golyar'>Liz Golyar</a>. The episode focuses on the first weeks after the disappearance and the strange digital traces that were left behind, including messages sent during a family event, which the title refers to. /a>. Episoden fokuserer på de første uger efter forsvinden og de mærkelige digitale spor, der blev efterladt, herunder beskeder sendt under en familiebegivenhed, som titlen refererer til.
The case behind the episode
The case of <a href='/krimidex/cari-farver'>Cari Farver</a> is one of the most bizarre cases of identity theft and digital stalking in American criminal history. For four years, police and relatives believed that Cari was alive because she allegedly communicated via text messages and emails. The truth, however, was that Cari Farver was murdered shortly after her disappearance in 2012. The perpetrator, /a> er en af de mest bizarre sager om identitetstyveri og digital stalking i amerikansk kriminalhistorie. I fire år troede politiet og de pårørende, at Cari var i live, fordi hun angiveligt kommunikerede via SMS og e-mails. Sandheden var dog, at Cari Farver blev dræbt kort efter sin forsvinden i 2012. Gerningsmanden, <a href='/krimidex/liz-golyar'>Liz Golyar</a>, had taken over Cari's digital identity to terrorize Dave Kroupa and eliminate her rival. Golyar went so far as to burn down her own house and shoot herself in the leg to appear as a victim of the woman she had killed. The investigation, led by the local police in Omaha and later assisted by IT experts, eventually revealed that the messages came from IP addresses linked to Golyar. /a>, havde overtaget Caris digitale identitet for at terrorisere Dave Kroupa og for at fjerne sin rival. Golyar gik så langt som til at brænde sit eget hus ned og skyde sig selv i benet for at fremstå som et offer for den kvinde, hun selv havde dræbt. Efterforskningen, ledet af det lokale politi i Omaha og senere bistået af it-eksperter, afslørede til sidst, at beskederne kom fra IP-adresser knyttet til Golyar.