About this episode
In August of 2012, a Georgia woman was living on a yacht in Saint Mary’s after a violent divorce. But when someone crept up to the boat while she was sleeping one night, she was murdered and the boat was set ablaze. Before her death, she had confided in a close friend about a stalker, and her fears of what they may do to her. This is the story of Karen Barnes.
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CASE SOURCES
1. News 4 Jacksonville: https://www.news4jax.com/news/2012/11/16/friends-look-for-answers-in-boat-murders/
2. Passagemaker: https://www.passagemaker.com/trawler-news/dark-waters-burned
3. Power and Motor Yacht: https://www.powerandmotoryacht.com/blogs/revisiting-a-murder-mystery-on-a-yacht
4. Obituary: https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/myrtlebeachonline/name/karen-barnes-obituary?id=9721457
5. The Florida TImes-Union: https://www.jacksonville.com/story/news/crime/2012/08/15/skeletal-remains-found-burned-boat-suspect-killed-police-kingsland/987226007/
6. News Herald: https://www.newspapers.com/image/482124804/?terms=%22david%20trauger%22&match=1
7. Passagemaker: https://www.passagemaker.com/lifestyle/latest-greatest-an-electronics-showcase
8. Insurance News: https://insurancenewsnet.com/oarticle/Insurance-Agent-Missing-After-Yacht-Burns-In-Florida-a-354163
8. News 4 Jacksonville: https://www.news4jax.com/news/2012/08/17/couple-divorced-over-boat-they-lived-on/
9. Burned: Dark Waters: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10066410/?ref_=tt_mv_close
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