Corrine Erstad

Description

This episode is a case about a missing child and there is brief discussion of physical and sexual abuse in the episode. Listener discretion is advised.

Corrine Leanne Erstad was just 5 years old when she walked out her front door and disappeared in a matter of minutes. Though a suspect was identified early on and a sensational trial followed, Corrine has remained missing for the last 28 years.

Credits

Researched, written, hosted, and edited by Charlie Worroll

Music by Scott Buckley

Cover art by Lars Hacking, host of Rusty Hinges podcast

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Sources

Internet

• https://www.twincities.com/2013/02/28/dead-missing-victims-families-cope-in-different-ways/

• https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2020/02/17/authorities-ask-for-tips-on-32nd-birthday-of-corrine-erstad-minnesota-girl-missing-for-27-years/

• https://www.twincities.com/2017/02/17/corrine-erstad-inver-grove-heights-girl-1992-disappearance-guevara-brother-arrested/

Newspapers

• Police Start Anew in search for Corinne, Star Tribune, 5 June 1992

• Friend of Girl’s Family Arrested, Star Tribune, 6 Jun 1992

• Mississippi dragged a 2nd day in search for Corrine Erstad, Star Tribune, 8 Jul 1992

• Police scale back search for missing 5-year-old girl, Argus-Leader, 22 Jul 1992

• Search of landfill ends without a Trace of Corrine Erstad, Star Tribune, 14 Oct 1992

• Suspect tells of blackout on night girl disappeared, St. Cloud Times, 12 Jan 1993

• DNA tests identify blood as Corrine’s, Star Tribune, 13 Jan 1993

• New evidence discovered in Erstad Case, St. Cloud Times, 26 Jan 1993

• Judge will limits testimony on statistical accuracy of DNA tests, Star Tribune, 29 Jan 1993

• Guevara’s lawyer to focus on Corrine Erstad’s family, Start Tribune, 7 Feb 1993

• Guevara trial opens with stunning assertions, Star Tribune, 23 Feb 1993

• Guevera’s attorney accuses mother of abducting girl, St. Cloud Times, 23 Feb 1993

• Williams denies he went to Guevara’s storage locker or his mobile home, Star Tribune, 25 Feb 1993

• Minn. officer is witness at Guevara murder trial, The Winona Daily News, 2 Mar 1993

• Fense moves focus to crossed-out photo, St Cloud Times, 2 Mar 1993

• Cuevara’s father testifies, St. Cloud Times, 4 Mar 1993

• Defendant’s girlfriend says she found blood-stained items, Argus-Leader, 10 Mar 1993

• Guevara allegedly tried to disguise writing, Star Tribune, 13 Mar 1993

• Spotlight on DNA, Star Tribune, 17 Mar 1993

• Guevara implicates Erstad’s mother, St. Cloud Times, 23 Mar 1993

• Reaction varied, but everywhere, interest was intense, Star Tribune, 7 Apr 1993

• Corrine Erstad’s family faces added grief, St. Cloud Times, 4 Apr 1994