One Step Ahead - Talina Zar E6

Summary

What Happened to Talina Zar: Episode One Step Ahead - Talina Zar (E6)
Released: June 4, 2025
Host: Melissa Jeltson | iHeartPodcasts

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Introduction

The episode begins in April 2020, amidst the uncertainty of the COVID-19 pandemic. Talina Zar, a woman from a small town in Oklahoma, makes a perplexing announcement on Facebook:

"I'm on day nine of this virus and I am pretty sure it has reached my lungs. I made the decision at the onset that if it got bad enough I would not go to the hospital."
[00:00]

Shortly after, Talina disappears, leaving friends and family bewildered and searching for answers.

Talina's Disappearance

Talina's roommate, Corey Bomley, becomes a central figure in the mystery surrounding Talina's sudden vanishing. In the summer of 2020, Corey establishes a GoFundMe page aimed at raising $12,000 for Talina's legal fees, referencing Talina as "T." Corey's actions raise eyebrows among those close to Talina:

"T has been suicidal for a couple of years, had pre-planned and prepaid for her own funeral, and repeatedly told those closest to her that she intended to carry out her final wishes in June 2020."
[03:01]

Talina's last known statement indicates a resolved decision to disappear:

"COVID 19 and I believe she accelerated her plans and left for a destination unknown to everyone but herself."
[03:22]

Police Investigation

By May 28, two months after Talina's disappearance, the Wagner County Sheriff's Office shifts its suspicion towards Corey Bomley. Armed with a search warrant, a team of detectives and deputies arrives unannounced at Talina and Corey's residence.

Corey's reactions during the search are telling:

"When I told her that I had a search warrant and was coming inside the house, she instantly her demeanor changed. She appeared to go kind of pale and began shaking real bad."
[06:05]

Despite her initial resistance, Corey is compelled to allow the authorities inside after they present the warrant. The search uncovers significant evidence:

• Hidden Devices: Corey claims to have no computers, but Detective Weber discovers a hidden tower computer in the bathroom and another laptop in the front bedroom closet.

  "I found a tower computer hidden under clothing in the bathroom closet. I also located another laptop computer in the front bedroom closet."
  [07:10]

• Destroyed Evidence: The presence of a burnt mattress and Corey’s attempts to erase potential traces point towards an effort to cover something up:

  "Corey burned it because the CDC told her to."
  [08:11]

• Suspicious Activities: Internet searches on Corey's phone about removing blood from surfaces and discrepancies regarding the whereabouts of her white cargo trailer further deepen the mystery.

  "Corey had placed two of her dogs in the bathroom of the master bedroom. I thought this was odd, Given that there was plenty of room in the yard for them and she had kennels in the garage."
  [07:03]

Despite these findings, Corey is arrested primarily for possession of firearms as a felon, not directly for Talina's disappearance:

"Because Corey is a convicted felon, police are able to arrest her on the spot for possession of a firearm."
[13:53]

Online Sleuths and Community Response

As the official investigation unfolds, a dedicated group of online sleuths, including Jess and Marty, take it upon themselves to uncover the truth behind Talina's disappearance. Their efforts highlight the growing role of internet communities in solving mysteries:

"It felt like I was living out one of, like, my fantasy dreams of being a detective."
[15:44]

However, their victory is short-lived as Corey is released on bond less than a week after her arrest, raising suspicions about the thoroughness and speed of the legal process:

"We thought she was gonna get in a lot more trouble with the guns because she's a felon... and then they let her out. I was like, what in hell is going on here?"
[33:08]

Marty's Involvement and Death

Marty, a key member of the sleuthing team, begins to exhibit unusual behavior following Corey's release. His actions and eventual death by a suspected fentanyl overdose add layers of complexity and suspicion:

• Suspicious Actions: Marty shares unsettling information about Talina's will and Corey's suspicious behavior:

  "He told me that when he went in, he saw the will sitting on the counter... Corey had circled and highlighted things about who's getting what and how she's trying to take everything and run."
  [19:56]

• Strained Relationship: Jess, another sleuth, grows concerned about Marty's behavior, suspecting he might know more than he's revealing:

  "I had said, hey, something about this made me feel weird. He broke into this house and he took the chainsaw, and we don't know where Talena is."
  [20:54]

• Tragic Turn: On Father's Day, Marty dies from a suspected overdose, which Jess and the sleuths find too coincidental:

  "And then he died of fentanyl overdose... It seems like too big of a coincidence."
  [37:35]

Jess grapples with Marty's death, torn between genuine grief and suspicions about his possible involvement:

"Because what if I'm wrong?"
[38:27]

Further Investigations and Revelations

Following Marty's death, Jess delves deeper into the case, uncovering more inconsistencies and potential leads. The discovery of detailed alterations in the house's layout and Corey's rapid actions suggest a carefully orchestrated cover-up:

"Corey quickly completely rearranged the two bedrooms after burning the mattress. This also indicates that there was something very significant about this mattress."
[11:55]

Additionally, the revelation of a hidden driver's license and the meticulous disposal of Talina's personal items paint a troubling picture of premeditation and deceit.

Community Impact and Ongoing Mystery

The community remains on edge as the investigation reveals the extent of Corey's deceit and the possible involvement of others. The safe house, filled with numerous animals and painted-over areas, adds to the eerie atmosphere:

"The rustic house nestled in the trees used to be full of life... and now no one. Except for a huge collection of animals from donkeys to cats to many, many dogs."
[21:10]

Rachel Parker, a friend and animal advocate, discovers inconsistencies during her visits, such as a missing freezer and a foul smell emanating from a rented trailer:

"When we opened it up, there was just a really, really bad fish."
[23:32]

These discoveries fuel the sleuths' determination to uncover the truth, despite the mounting dangers and personal losses they've endured.

Conclusion and Future Implications

The episode concludes with unresolved tensions and a community left in fear, prompting the Wagner County Sheriff's Office to make significant announcements:

"This press conference is regarding what originally started out as a missing persons investigation."
[40:49]

The mystery of Talina Zar's disappearance remains unsolved, with new discoveries hinting at deeper conspiracies and the possibility of more revelations in future episodes.

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Notable Quotes

• Corey's Initial Reaction:

  "When I told her that I had a search warrant and was coming inside the house, she instantly her demeanor changed. She appeared to go kind of pale and began shaking real bad."
  [06:05]

• Greg on the Hidden Trailer:

  "Why would Corey have that over here, especially plugged in? She has her own house that she can plug it in over there."
  [09:33]

• Rachel on the Trailer's Smell:

  "Oh my God, this thing smells like death... somebody had packed dead fish in this thing or something and left it in the sun."
  [23:12]

• Marty on Marty's Death:

  "And then he died of fentanyl overdose... It seems like too big of a coincidence."
  [37:35]

• Jess on Marty's Death:

  "Because what if I'm wrong?"
  [38:27]

Key Takeaways

• Complex Web of Deceit: Corey's actions and the evidence found suggest a deliberate attempt to obscure the truth behind Talina's disappearance.

• Role of Online Communities: The involvement of internet sleuths highlights the evolving landscape of grassroots investigations in the digital age.

• Unresolved Mysteries: Despite significant findings, the absence of Talina's body and inconsistencies in testimonies leave the case shrouded in uncertainty.

• Personal Losses: The deaths and tragic outcomes experienced by those involved add a profound emotional layer to the unfolding drama.

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Looking Ahead:
The episode sets the stage for deeper investigations, promising listeners a continuation of the gripping and enigmatic story surrounding Talina Zar. The mention of a "new discovery" suggests that future episodes will delve further into the complexities and potential conspiracies tied to her disappearance.

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This summary encapsulates the key points, discussions, and emotional undertones of Episode One Step Ahead - Talina Zar (E6) of the "What Happened to Talina Zar" podcast series by iHeartPodcasts.

Transcript

[Melissa Jeltson]

This is an iHeart podcast. It's April 2020. A woman announces on Facebook that she has Covid and won't be seeking medical attention. I didn't want to be talked out of this plan. Then she disappears.

[Bodi Moving]

Anyone else think this is strange? I just had to know, how did this happen?

[Melissa Jeltson]

Listen to what happened to Talina zar on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Bodi Moving]

Are you obsessed with true crime? Then you're gonna love True Crime Tonight. I'm Bonnie Moving.

[Courtney Armstrong]

I'm Courtney Armstrong. And I'm Stephanie Lydecker. We've all worked together for years, and now we're trying something brand new. We're unpacking all the latest true crime headlines.

[Bodi Moving]

We'll be covering all the major trials that are heating up this summer.

[Courtney Armstrong]

And yes, we'll also be covering scandals that were all up obsessed with.

[Bodi Moving]

He pulls out of his backpack, syringes.

[Courtney Armstrong]

What? Wow.

[Bodi Moving]

Completely bizarre.

[Courtney Armstrong]

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[Andrea Gunning]

I'm Andrea Gunning, host of the podcast Betrayal. Police Lieutenant Joel Kern used his badge to fool everyone, most of all his wife, Caroline.

[Marty]

He texted, I've ruined our lives. You're going to want to divorce me.

[Andrea Gunning]

How far would he go to cover up what he'd done?

[Bodi Moving]

The fact that you lied is absolutely horrific. And quite frankly, I question how many other women are out there that may bring forward allegations in the future.

[Andrea Gunning]

Listen to betrayal on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Bodi Moving]

Something unexpected happened after Jeremy Scott confessed to killing Michelle Schofield in Bone Valley season one. Every time I hear about my dad is, oh, he's a killer.

[Greg]

He's just straight evil.

[Bodi Moving]

I was becoming the bridge between Jeremy Scott and the son he'd never known.

[Greg]

At the end of the day, I'm.

[Bodi Moving]

Literally a son of a killer. Listen to new episodes of bone Valley Season 2 on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Marty]

Background.

[Bodi Moving]

My roommate T has been missing since April, and I have been law enforcement's.

[Marty]

Target since the beginning, thanks to a.

[Bodi Moving]

Vindictive ex and a disgruntled friend excluded from the will.

[Melissa Jeltson]

In the summer of 2020, Corey Bomley sets up a GoFundMe page to raise money for her legal fees with a goal of $12,000. In her post, Corey refers to Talina.

[Bodi Moving]

As T. T has been suicidal for a couple years, had pre planned and prepaid for her own funeral, and repeatedly told those closest to her that she intended to carry out her final wishes in June 2020.

[Marty]

In April, she was convinced she'd contracted.

[Bodi Moving]

COVID 19 and I believe she accelerated her plans and left for a destination unknown to everyone but herself.

[Marty]

She left me in charge of home.

[Bodi Moving]

Finances and pets, but I cannot honor her wishes while she remains missing. No death certificate. Local law enforcement has targeted me based on malicious leads and a desire to close a case regardless of the facts. This law enforcement agency has a bad reputation for this type of unprofessional behavior.

[Marty]

And my legal representation is essential but draining me financially. If you are able to help in.

[Bodi Moving]

Any, any way, it will not only be greatly appreciated, but it will be remembered once I've been vindicated Smiley Face.

[Melissa Jeltson]

From I Heart Podcasts I'm Melissa Jeltson, and this is what happened to Talina Czar. The first thing I would say was.

[Bodi Moving]

How'S your roommate going?

[Marty]

And she always answered the best I've ever had.

[Bodi Moving]

There's still part of me thinking that maybe someone will just call and say she's sick.

[Marty]

Somewhere he goes, well, she killed my Talena wife. And I said, you know that get the sheriffs.

[Bodi Moving]

Just because they're missing doesn't mean anything was nefarious.

[Marty]

I was angry with her. I was just on a mission to take her down. I wasn't scared.

[Melissa Jeltson]

Episode 6 One Step Ahead It's May 28, 2020, about two months since Tolina disappeared. The Wagner County Sheriff's Office now believes that her roommate, Corey Bomelee, was involved, and with a search warrant in hand, they go looking for the evidence to prove it. A team of detectives and deputies roll up unannounced to Talina and Corey's house. Detective Weber has been inside before with Corey's blessing. This time is different.

[Bodi Moving]

When I told her that I had a search warrant and was coming inside the house, she instantly her demeanor changed. She appeared to go kind of pale and began shaking real bad.

[Melissa Jeltson]

Corey comes outside to meet the detectives, says she has a lawyer and will no longer be speaking to them. But that's not how this works. They show her the search warrant. She has no choice but to let them in.

[Bodi Moving]

To get back in, she needed either a fingerprint on her doorknob or a code. She tried her fingerprint several times, and it Wouldn't unlock for her because her fingers wouldn't go into the fingerprint reader. She was trembling so bad, she had to try the code several times to get it unlocked.

[Melissa Jeltson]

Inside the house, the deputies fan out. Weber explains what they're looking for. Phones, computers. And asks Corey to locate them.

[Bodi Moving]

I asked her where her phone was. We walked to the kitchen, where she had her cell phone hidden inside a saucepan in a lower cabinet drawer.

[Melissa Jeltson]

As for computers, Corey says she has none. So Webber goes hunting himself.

[Bodi Moving]

Corey had placed two of her dogs in the bathroom of the master bedroom. I thought this was odd, Given that there was plenty of room in the yard for them and she had kennels in the garage. I went into this bathroom and found a tower computer hidden under clothing in the bathroom closet. I also located another laptop computer in the front bedroom closet.

[Melissa Jeltson]

Corey seems on edge. As Weber continues to search the house. He keeps an eye on her and at one point sees her walk outside into the backyard.

[Bodi Moving]

She appeared to walk slowly toward the northwest corner of the yard While scanning her head back and forth. It appeared she was looking for something.

[Melissa Jeltson]

Intrigued by this, Weber retraces Corey's steps, goes to the same corner of the yard, and doesn't notice anything in particular. But a little ways off, A fire pit catches Weber's eye. Up close, he finds burnt and melted remnants of a mattress.

[Marty]

Corey burned it because the CDC told her to.

[Melissa Jeltson]

Weber takes some photos to document the scene. Back at the station, digging into Corey's foot phone, the police find something ominous. Internet searches for how to remove blood from cement and how to remove blood from wood. They also find a photo of Corey's white cargo trailer. For weeks, sheriffs have been trying to locate this trailer. They think it might be key to understanding what happened to Talina, Seeing as it seemed to disappear not too long after she did. When Detective Weber asked Corey about it on May 9, she said she'd sold it earlier for a thousand bucks.

[Bodi Moving]

It was there one day, and now it's not.

[Courtney Armstrong]

What's a trailer got to do with. It was mine.

[Bodi Moving]

It wasn't Talina's, so okay.

[Melissa Jeltson]

However, looking at the photo on Corey's phone, Officers can tell that she took the picture on May 10, a day after meeting with Weber. Meaning she lied again. But they still don't know where the trailer is. There had been at least one sighting of it, though.

[Greg]

I told them that I saw that trailer over at Billy Shields place.

[Melissa Jeltson]

Greg tells police during an interview that he saw the trailer on the property of Billy Shields, A neighbor who often Cleaned Talena and Corey's house.

[Greg]

We were going to a place to go pick up a pizza, and we drove by and saw that trailer sitting there. It was plugged into an extension cord. Like there was an extension. Like an orange extension cord going into the back of this trailer. And I thought, well, that's weird. Why would Corey have that over here, especially plugged in? She has her own house that she can plug it in over there.

[Melissa Jeltson]

Greg had been characteristically candid with the police, telling them all about how he got rid of Talina's bed frame. At Corey's request, he had voluntarily gone down to the station. But still, it was intimidating being questioned about a missing person.

[Greg]

You know, just. It was the first time I'd ever been interviewed by sheriff's deputies like that. They had a couple of people of interest, and I believe I was one of them. And I just sat down and just started the story and told them, and they're looking at me, and I didn't. Didn't really know what to say or do.

[Melissa Jeltson]

Greg continued to share information with the cops as they requested it. At one point, they asked him to verify the layout of Talina and Corey's house, who slept where.

[Greg]

When they showed me pictures of the house, I said, that wasn't the bedroom that Talina stayed in.

[Melissa Jeltson]

Corey had told police that Talina slept in the front room. But Greg explained that Talina's bedroom was actually in the back of the house. And looking at the photos, he saw that Talina's room had been totally disassembled.

[Greg]

Corey had taken all of. All of her stuff and put cats in there. And I had seen the cats, and I'm like, what the hell is this? Talena didn't let cats in the house. I felt like at that point, you know, she was trying to cover up a crime scene by putting all that cats in there because they weren't clean. They were stinky, nasty, pissing and pooping everywhere. Cats. You know, I felt like she's covering something up.

[Bodi Moving]

Greg told us Talina slept on the bed in the back bedroom on the left. This was extremely significant information because Corey lied during interviews and during the tour of the residence. She told us Talena slept in the front bedroom on the left, and the back bedroom was the TV room. This indicates Corey quickly completely rearranged the two bedrooms after burning the mattress. This also indicates that there was something very significant about this mattress.

[Melissa Jeltson]

With all this new information, the investigation goes into hyperdrive. The detectives track down two storage units that Corey rented in two separate parts of the state and after getting more search warrants for the units, they find a backpack containing two guns and a driver's license chopped up into little bits. Methodically putting the pieces back together, a picture emerges of a dark haired woman with a fixed gaze and her name Talina Jana Galloway.

[Bodi Moving]

During the execution of multiple search warrants, evidence showed Corey cut up Talena's driver's license and was hiding it in the storage unit.

[Melissa Jeltson]

A week or so later, the sheriff's office is back at Talena and Corey's house, this time with a search warrant that gives them free rein to to take anything that could be evidence of a crime. They used that Blue Star chemical in the room that is actually Talina's, the one at the back of the house that had been turned into the cat room and the floor glows just like the garage did. Elsewhere, officers find two more firearms, bringing the grand total to four.

[Bodi Moving]

A subsequent interview in search warrant of the victim's residence produced a firearm in the defendant's possession that she claimed the victim took with her when she left.

[Melissa Jeltson]

Because Corey is a convicted felon, police are able to arrest her on the spot for possession of a firearm.

[Bodi Moving]

She was handcuffed and arrested and taken to Wagner County Jail.

[Andrea Gunning]

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[Melissa Jeltson]

It's the early days of COVID April 2020. A woman in a small town in Oklahoma makes a strange post to Facebook and then disappears. I'm on day nine of this virus and I am pretty sure it has reached my lungs. I made the decision at the onset that if it got bad enough I.

[Bodi Moving]

Would not go to the hospital.

[Melissa Jeltson]

Pretty Quickly, a ragtag group of women on the Internet start their own investigation.

[Marty]

It felt like I was living out one of, like, my fantasy dreams of being a detective.

[Melissa Jeltson]

But the world they uncover is beyond their wildest imagination.

[Bodi Moving]

How did this happen?

[Melissa Jeltson]

Listen to what happened to Talina zara on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Bodi Moving]

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[Courtney Armstrong]

I'm Courtney Armstrong, host of the number one podcasts the Piketon Massacre and the Idaho Massacre. And I'm Stephanie Lidecker. I head up K2 Studios where we make true crime podcasts and documentaries, and now we're even making movies. We've all worked together for years and now we're trying something brand new. We're unpacking all the latest true crime headlines with our team of experts.

[Bodi Moving]

We'll be covering all the major trials that are heating up this summer. And there's a lot.

[Courtney Armstrong]

And yes, we'll also be covering some of the scandals that we're all obsessed with. And you need to join the conversation.

[Bodi Moving]

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[Courtney Armstrong]

We're talking true crime all the time.

[Bodi Moving]

He pulls out of his backpack, syringes and tries to inject her. What?

[Andrea Gunning]

It's bizarre.

[Bodi Moving]

It's completely bizarre. And they have to investigate it.

[Courtney Armstrong]

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[Andrea Gunning]

I'm Andrea Gunning, host of the podcast Betrayal. Police lieutenant Joel Kern used his badge to fool everyone, most of all, his wife, Caroline.

[Marty]

He texted, I've ruined our lives. You're going to want to divorce me.

[Andrea Gunning]

Caroline's husband was living another life behind the scenes. He betrayed his oath to his family and to his community.

[Bodi Moving]

She said you left bruises, pulled her hair, that type of thing.

[Marty]

No.

[Andrea Gunning]

How far would Joel go to cover up what he'd done?

[Bodi Moving]

You're unable to keep track of all your lies. And quite frankly, I question how many other women may bring forward allegations in the future.

[Andrea Gunning]

This season of Betrayal investigates one officer's decades of deception. Lies that left those closest to him questioning everything they thought they knew. Listen to betrayal on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Marty]

When I found out she was arrested, I was super excited. Like, maybe they got her. Maybe they found something, because we didn't know right away what she had been arrested for. We're all kind of connecting through conference calls from each person, trying to figure out, did you hear anything to do here? Kind of talking to the neighbors.

[Melissa Jeltson]

The sleuths soon learn Corey is facing more than a dozen charges, including possession of a firearm as a felon, destroying evidence, and obstructing a criminal investigation, but not in any charges directly related to Talina's disappearance. Without a body, the police are hamstrung. Still, Jess and the other online sleuths take it as a win.

[Marty]

It was like, okay, maybe we're going to have some answers. Maybe they know something. It was a super exciting time for everybody. I think most people involved were like, finally.

[Melissa Jeltson]

As the online sleuths celebrate, Jess notices that Marty is dealing with Corey's arrest differently.

[Marty]

The only person who wasn't super excited and seemed more pissed off was Marty. He was. He was pissed, but he was excited, but he was more angry about the situation.

[Melissa Jeltson]

Corey's first night in jail, Jess gets a call. It's Marty. He tells her that he'd gone into Talena's empty house.

[Marty]

He told me that when he went in, he saw the will sitting on the counter, and he saw Talina's will. And he had seen that Corey had circled and highlighted things about who's getting what and how she's trying to take everything and run. And he had this whole long story about how he'd been completely cut out. And he was furious. And then he said he went to the garage and he took the chainsaw and pawned it because he needed to get some money to pay for a prescription.

[Melissa Jeltson]

The way Marty's acting plants a little seed that maybe he was involved in some way.

[Marty]

Something about that whole situation turned me off. Alarm bells were kind of in my head. Not enough for me to accuse him of anything, but just enough in the back of my head to say, this isn't right.

[Melissa Jeltson]

By this point, Jess is no stranger to the Wagner County Sheriff's Office. She's called in tips many times, but this is the first time she calls in to report Marty, someone she considers a friend.

[Marty]

I had said, hey, something about this made me feel weird. He broke into this house and he took the chainsaw, and we don't know where Talena is. And Corey's in jail. And the whole thing just seems weird. Like, it seemed weird. I don't. I don't know.

[Melissa Jeltson]

The rustic house nestled in the trees used to be full of life. First Talena and her husband Tom, then just Talena, then Talena and Corey, and for a little while, just Corey. And now no one. Except for a huge collection of animals from donkeys to cats to many, many dogs.

[Rachel Parker]

She had like seven or eight dogs. Three were like pitbull boxer mixes that she kept in the backyard. And then there was a basset hound and a chihuahua. And then there was Taleena's little dog. And then there was like three or four other dogs of Corey's.

[Melissa Jeltson]

This is Rachel Parker, one of Talina's friends who lived nearby as an animal advocate.

[Rachel Parker]

I'm not going to sit down here and listen about these animals dying because they're not getting fed or whatnot. Her house sitter had reached out to me about the dogs, all of the dogs that were down there. And she's like, you know, Corey is in jail. Can you come help me take care of these dogs?

[Melissa Jeltson]

Rachel asks Greg to come with her.

[Greg]

Rachel, you know, being the dog lover that she is, and I mean, she wants to rescue every dog if possible. So we go over to Tolina's house to see about these dogs. We hadn't talked to anybody, didn't get permission from anybody. Rachel just knew, felt like she knew Talena and. And I felt like I knew them well enough that we could just pop over there and see what's up with the dogs.

[Melissa Jeltson]

Pulling up to Corey's house, they notice a U Haul trailer in the driveway. It's not Corey's white trailer, the one that police have been hunting. It's a different rented trailer. But being armchair detectives, they're curious and decide to open it.

[Greg]

And I slung open the door and me and Rachel standing there and she goes, oh my God, this thing smells like death. And I'm like, I know it looks clean, but it just stinks. I mean, like somebody had packed dead fish in this thing or something and left it in the sun.

[Rachel Parker]

Maybe there's nothing, you know, overtly unclean or anything about it. When we opened it up, there was just a really, really bad fish.

[Greg]

I wondered, you know, if I should go ahead and call the U Haul people and tell them where it's at. Because Corey, the person that had rented it, was in jail. But we didn't. We left it all alone.

[Melissa Jeltson]

Undeterred, they head into the garage.

[Rachel Parker]

There were dog crates and stuff in the garage, and there was a. A pile of boxes and other bits and bobs in there. She had literally gone through and painted the floor around these. And I looked at that and I said to Greg, that's odd looking. And we just kind of looked at each other.

[Melissa Jeltson]

There's fresh gray paint on the garage floor applied in a haphazard pattern. There's even a wet looking roller sitting in a tray of paint.

[Rachel Parker]

Not like somebody had decided to paint their garage or whatnot. They're going to move everything out. She just painted around everything. It was just really weird. I mean, by then we all kind of had a suspicion that something bad had happened.

[Melissa Jeltson]

They keep going in the house. Rachel notices something that isn't there.

[Rachel Parker]

When we got to the kitchen, we noticed the freezer was not there. The freezer used to. I think at one point it was in the garage and then it was in the kitchen. Well, it wasn't there.

[Melissa Jeltson]

She looked at me and said, you.

[Bodi Moving]

Guys should go ahead and take it.

[Courtney Armstrong]

Our freezer is stocked full of meat.

[Melissa Jeltson]

Rachel is so struck by the missing freezer that she mentions it to a few other people. And as it does, news gets back to the sleuths.

[Marty]

When we found out the freezer was missing from the garage, it was like, how the hell, like, how did she get rid of this freezer, get it out of here, and then get arrested? It just seemed unreal. How the hell did the police miss it?

[Melissa Jeltson]

Over the next few days, Rachel continues to feed the animals and begins the process of rehoming them. On one visit, she runs into another person. Billy Shields, Talena and Corey's housekeeper.

[Rachel Parker]

I came in through the back gate and walked into the garage and opened the door into the kitchen. And she turned around and looked at me and she just went white. Because Talina and I were very similar in looks and body structure and the whole nine yards. And she looked at me and she just started crying. She said, I thought you were Talena. She said, you walked into the door. I swear to God, I thought you were Talena. And I mean, she started crying and so did I. We all knew at that point that something had happened. We didn't know what.

[Greg]

I think in a day or two, Rachel ended up getting all of the dogs out of there.

[Rachel Parker]

A couple of days after we moved the dogs, I was at work. Greg was over here at my house taking care of my dogs.

[Greg]

I just happened to be over at Rachel's house letting her dogs out. And Corey pulls up behind me.

[Rachel Parker]

Fortunately, I have cameras all around my property and I saw what was going on. She pulled up behind him at my gate and kind of locked him into my, into my driveway.

[Greg]

She completely blindsided me. I was closing the gate, walking up to the truck, pull the truck door open, and she's walking around my truck. And I thought she was still in jail. And normally I carry a gun. I mean, I've been in concealed carry for a long, long time. And I had my pistol on me. Normally out of instinct, I grabbed for my pistol that I did not have. And she just said, where's my dog? And I'm like, I don't have them. And she goes, does Rachel have them? I said no. And she goes, did they get adopted immediately? And I said yes. And she turned around and got back in the car and left.

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[Melissa Jeltson]

It's the early days of COVID April 2020. A woman in a small town in Oklahoma makes a strange post to Facebook and then disappears. I'm on day nine of this virus and I am pretty sure it has reached my lungs. I made the decision at the onset that if it got bad enough I.

[Bodi Moving]

Would not go to the hospital.

[Melissa Jeltson]

Pretty quickly a ragtag group of women on the Internet start their own investigation.

[Marty]

It felt like I was living out one of like my fantasy dreams of being a detective.

[Melissa Jeltson]

But the world they uncover is beyond their wildest imagination.

[Bodi Moving]

How did this happen?

[Melissa Jeltson]

Listen to what happened to Talina zara on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Bodi Moving]

Are you obsessed with true crime? Then you're gonna love true crime. Tonight I'm Bodymovin. You might remember me from the Emmy award winning documentary Don't F with Cats.

[Courtney Armstrong]

I'm Courtney Armstrong, host of the number one podcasts the Piketon Massacre and the Idaho Massacre. And I'm Stephanie Lidecker. I head up K2 Studios where we make true crime podcasts and documentaries and now we're even making movies. We've all worked together for years and now we're trying something brand new. We're unpacking all the latest true crime headlines with our team of experts.

[Bodi Moving]

We'll be covering all the major trials that are heating up this summer and there's a lot.

[Courtney Armstrong]

And yes, we'll also be covering some of the scandals that were all upset obsessed with and you need to join the conversation. True Crime Tonight we're talking true crime all the time.

[Bodi Moving]

He pulls out of his backpack, syringes and tries to inject her. What?

[Andrea Gunning]

It's bizarre.

[Bodi Moving]

It's completely bizarre and they have to investigate it.

[Courtney Armstrong]

Listen to True Crime Tonight on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. You can get True Crime Tonight completely ad free with an iHeart True Crime plus subscription that's available exclusive exclusively on Apple Podcasts plus you'll get ad free access to all the previous seasons of the Piketon massacre and murder 101. So open your Apple podcast app, search for I Heart True Crime plus and subscribe today.

[Andrea Gunning]

I'm Andrea Gunning, host of the podcast Betrayal. Police Lieutenant Joel Kern used his badge to fool everyone, most of all, his wife, Caroline.

[Marty]

He texted me, I've ruined our lives. You're going to want to divorce me.

[Andrea Gunning]

Caroline's husband was living another life behind the scenes. He betrayed his oath to his family and to his community.

[Bodi Moving]

She said you left bruises, pulled her hair, that type of thing. No?

[Andrea Gunning]

How far would Joel go to cover up what he'd done?

[Bodi Moving]

You're unable to keep track of all your lies and quite frankly, I question how many other women may bring forward allegations in the future.

[Andrea Gunning]

This season of Betrayal investigates one officer's decades of deception, lies that left those closest to him questioning everything they thought they knew. Listen to betrayal on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Melissa Jeltson]

Less than a week after her arrest, Corey is released on bond. News of this travels fast. Chantel Talena's niece, posts an announcement online which we have recreated.

[Courtney Armstrong]

Corey got out of jail this afternoon. Everyone please be on alert. I don't want her to hurt anyone else. I fear for everyone who has helped in the investigation or spoken out about her. Please just all keep your eyes open.

[Melissa Jeltson]

Jess gets a one line text from Marty.

[Bodi Moving]

Hey, sweetheart. The fucking cunt got out.

[Marty]

We thought she was gonna get in a lot more trouble with the guns because she's a felon. I know a lot of police officers and sheriffs and like, we know how important it is for felons not to have guns, especially here, I guess. I don't know about Oklahoma, but it's a huge deal. Felons cannot carry firearms. We were looking up the, you know, penalties and it's like 15 years per charge. And I was like, well, hell, we've got her on 30 years right there. We can be done. And then they let her out. I was like, what in hell is going on here? We thought, we thought we had her.

[Melissa Jeltson]

The sleuths are worried that the police aren't moving fast enough. Or more accurately, that Corey is moving faster.

[Marty]

It always felt like she was one step ahead of them and us, no matter what. I didn't really understand how police worked in gathering their evidence and what they actually needed in order to arrest her.

[Melissa Jeltson]

With law enforcement seemingly unable to hold Corey accountable, Jess starts to feel like it's up to her. If justice is going to be served, she may have to be the one to deliver it, but she's far away. So she deputizes Marty. She asks him to drive by the house and observe what's going on and even to go through the trash after Corey puts it on the curb. It's a way for Jess to build her case against Corey, but it's also a kind of litmus test for Marty. After all, Jess is convinced that Corey didn't act alone.

[Marty]

I'm saying, hey, I think somebody helped her. And he's like, no, she's super strong. He didn't want me to think the accomplice theory.

[Melissa Jeltson]

In the days after Corey's release from jail, Jess notices that Marty, often agitated and upset, quick to turn on her.

[Marty]

He'd get pissy that I didn't answer my phone or, well, I'm just gonna call Rosie or I'll call Nicole. It's like, call him. I don't know. Sounds good.

[Melissa Jeltson]

At one point, Marty tells Jess that Corey's been driving by his house. Jess tells him to call the police, but he has his own way of executing justice.

[Marty]

He said, well, I've got my AR right here, so if she comes comes in, I'll shoot the bitch.

[Melissa Jeltson]

Jess can't make sense of Marty's behavior. She doesn't know him well enough to understand what's going on inside his head. Is he acting guilty because he did something? Or is he scared because he knows what Corey is capable of? He tells Jess he's drinking more and not sleeping well.

[Marty]

I don't know if it was fear or panic. I don't know if he was afraid. Warning bells were in my head. I was starting to think something was sketchy with him, more so than the drug use and the drinking.

[Melissa Jeltson]

Still, Jess continues to talk to Marty multiple times a day. After all, Talena is missing. Corey is free. Jess and Marty, they're in this together. Less than a week after Corey makes bond, It's Father's Day, June 21, 2020. Jess and Marty send each other good morning texts like usual.

[Marty]

I was doing something with my husband and the kids. I think he got a picture of us in the car, maybe getting ice cream. And he had sent a picture of Captain America that he had. He had, like, an adult coloring book. And he colored Captain America and said, I've been working on this all day. We kind of bonded over our love of Marvel and Star wars and. And whatever. And I remember saying, happy Father's Day because he's a stepdad. And he said, oh, nobody said that to me in a long time. That was literally the last time I talked to him. I think it was Nicole that called me and said, marty's dead. And then I tried messaging him, I tried calling, and then I called the police station or the sheriff's office, and I asked, like, is he really?

[Melissa Jeltson]

Jess is told that Marty died of a suspected drug overdose.

[Marty]

And then I became a little harsh with them and said, I know for sure that Corey did it. And that was another frustrating phone call where I was upset, obviously, because he was dead. But they were frustrated that I was making accusations, obviously, because legally, I couldn't prove that. Still can't. But I said, I know. She was driving by some house, like, he was texting me. She killed Selena. Now she killed him.

[Melissa Jeltson]

Marty dies a week after Corey gets out of jail. To Jess, it's just too convenient.

[Marty]

And then all of a sudden, he pawns a chainsaw, and then he dies of fentanyl overdose. A user. I mean, he used for years, years, 20, 30 years, talking to other addicts that I know. I'm not saying an accident over overdose, what isn't possible. I'm not saying it's impossible. I'm just saying it seems like too big of a coincidence that that's how he dies.

[Melissa Jeltson]

In my opinion, Marty's death hits Jess hard, even though she suspects he may have played some role in Talina's disappearance. She has real feelings for him. It's a contradiction that she still struggles with. Today I tried to get Jess to talk more about her reaction to Marty's death. But every time she tried, she became overcome with emotion.

[Marty]

I get really upset when I think about Wolf. It's hard. It's hard for me to talk about.

[Melissa Jeltson]

Because you did genuinely care about him.

[Marty]

I did. Yeah. It sucks because sometimes I wish I could call him. Right. I. There's just parts of me that wish he was still here. I don't know how to explain it. I was really sad. It really hurt. I'm really uncomfortable. I'm still really sad that he's gone.

[Melissa Jeltson]

Because what if I'm wrong?

[Marty]

I need a. I need a minute.

[Melissa Jeltson]

Jess sent me a folder of her texts with Marty, ostensibly to provide a window into her investigation, to check facts and dates. But as I scrolled through the hundreds of messages, what I saw instead was. Was a relationship develop. Two people who found each other in the strange blur of pandemic life, united by their shared obsession with what happened to Talina Zar. The day after Marty dies, she texts him, Please tell me you're okay. And then four months later, one last text. I miss you so fucking much.

[Marty]

One of the last conversations Wolf and I had had, he was extremely drunk and high, and he said, I can't believe you figured it out.

[Melissa Jeltson]

Next time on what Happened to Talina Zar.

[Bodi Moving]

The findings inside the safe were extremely significant.

[Melissa Jeltson]

A new discovery triggers a second investigation well beyond Wagner, Oklahoma, or even the mysterious disappearance of Talina Zar.

[Marty]

Do we feel safe living next door to Corey?

[Bodi Moving]

No. Do our neighbors feel safe after our.

[Marty]

House was broken into?

[Bodi Moving]

No.

[Marty]

None of us feel safe anymore.

[Melissa Jeltson]

And the Wagner County Sheriff's Office makes a big announcement.

[Bodi Moving]

This press conference is regarding what originally.

[Greg]

Started out as a missing persons investigation.

[Bodi Moving]

Regardless regarding Talina Gallowite.

[Melissa Jeltson]

What Happened to Talina Zar is a production of iHeart podcasts. It's written, reported and hosted by me, Melissa Jeltson with writing and story editing by Lauren Hanson. Our executive producer is ryan Murdoch. For iHeart podcasts, executive producers are Jason English and Carl Cadle. Fact checking by Maya Shukri. Zoe Denkla is our associate producer. Jeremy Thall is our editor. Original music by Erin Kaufman with additional music by Jeremy Thal and Gideon Crevice. Additional sound design by Marita Speh. Episodes are mixed and mastered by Carl Cadle. Voice acting by Lizzy Gore, Chris Ferry, Stephanie Frame, Pete Monica and Molly Maslin. Our logo is designed by Ido Moore. Thanks so much for listening. It's April 2020. A woman announces on Facebook that she has Covid and won't be seeking medical attention. I didn't want to be talked out of this plan. Then she disappears.

[Bodi Moving]

Any.

[Melissa Jeltson]

Anyone else think this is strange?

[Bodi Moving]

I just had to know, how did this happen?

[Melissa Jeltson]

Listen to what happened to Talina zar on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Bodi Moving]

Are you obsessed with true crime? Then you're gonna love True Crime Tonight.

[Melissa Jeltson]

I'm Bodi Moving.

[Courtney Armstrong]

I'm Courtney Armstrong. And I'm Stephanie Lydecker. We've all worked together for years, and now we're trying something brand new. We're unpacking all the latest true crime headlines.

[Bodi Moving]

We'll be covering all the major trials.

[Melissa Jeltson]

That are heating up this summer.

[Courtney Armstrong]

And yes, we'll also be covering scandals that we're all obsessed with.

[Bodi Moving]

He pulls out of his backpack, syringes.

[Courtney Armstrong]

What?

[Bodi Moving]

It's completely bizarre.

[Courtney Armstrong]

Listen to True Crime Tonight on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. You can get True Crime Tonight completely ad free. That's within I Heart True Crime plus subscription, available exclusively on Apple Podcasts. So open your Apple podcast app, search for I Heart True Crime plus and subscribe today.

[Andrea Gunning]

I'm Andrea Gunning, host of the podcast Betrayal. Police Lieutenant Joel Kern used his badge to fool everyone, most of all his wife, Caroline.

[Marty]

He texted, I've ruined our lives. You're going to want to divorce me.

[Andrea Gunning]

How far would he go to cover up what he'd done?

[Bodi Moving]

The fact that you lied is absolutely horrific. And quite frankly, I question how many other women are out there that may bring forward allegations in the future.

[Andrea Gunning]

Listen to betrayal on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Bodi Moving]

Something unexpected happened after Jeremy Scott confessed to killing Michelle Schofield in in Bone Valley season one. Every time I hear about my dad is, oh, he's a killer. He's just straight evil. I was becoming the bridge between Jeremy Scott and the son he'd never known.

[Greg]

At the end of the day, I'm.

[Bodi Moving]

Literally a son of a killer. Listen to new episodes of bone Valley Season 2 on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Melissa Jeltson]

This is an iHeart podcast.