A Las Vegas cold case sat unsolved for 19 years — until DNA evidence pointed investigators to a convicted serial killer already behind bars. But even now, justice for Keysha Brown remains uncertain.


In October 2004, 28-year-old Keysha Tamika Brown was found murdered in her Las Vegas apartment. Witnesses saw a man enter her home and later leave carrying a duffel bag, but despite evidence collected at the scene, investigators had no suspect. Her case went cold for nearly two decades.

Then, in 2023, new DNA testing and a fresh review by a cold case detective led police to a shocking conclusion: the person responsible may have been a man already serving multiple life sentences for killing other women in Las Vegas in 2005.

In this episode, we share what we were able to learn about Keysha’s life and the lives of three other women investigators say were also killed by the same man: Sheila “Pooka” Quarles, Marilee Coote, and Rena Gonzales. 

Their stories were largely overshadowed by the sensational details of the crimes. Today, we focus on the victims — who they were, the families who loved them, and the unanswered questions that remain nearly twenty years later.

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