Episode 63 - The Murder of Michelle O’Dowd & Y2K Chaos
This week, Erika covers the tragic story of 67 year old Michelle O’Dowd. Michelle was known by her close family and friends as Aunt Miki and is said to have been “the most sweetest, kindest person who would never hurt a fly” and “was just one of those sweet, sweet, sweet ladies.” Christmas was her favorite time of the year, which makes her story even sadder. Her life ended brutally when a family friend, Patty Michelle White, decided to steal, beat and strangle her on December 2, 2011 in her home that they once lived as roommates.
Erika was drinking a Merlot from Oak Leaf Vineyards. A red, I know weird, right! LOL
Her sources:
-www.Actionnewsjax.com/Woman sentenced for killing former roommate/October 15, 2013
-www.ap.com/Patty Michelle White accused of killing elderly Florida woman, hiding body under Christmas presents/by Meg Kinnard & Suzette Laboy/December 6, 2011
-www.FirstCoastNews.com/Southside Murder Suspect Arrested in South Carolina/by Anne Roy/December 5, 2011
-www.Jacksonville.com/Twin of slain Jacksonville woman says he found her beneath Christmas gifts – Woman whom police, victim’s brother describe as family friend is now charged with murder/by Dana Treen/December 6, 2011
-www.wbtv.com/Cops: York woman killed roommate in Florida, left body under Christmas presents/by Chris Dyches/December 5, 2011
-www.cbs.com/AP/Slain woman found hidden under Christmas gifts/December 6, 2011
-www.murderpedia.org
Then Amber covers the chaos that was Y2K. Y2K was a computer bug, that may have caused problems when dealing with dates that exceeded December 31, 1999. When complicated computer programs were being written during the 1960s through the 1980s, computer engineers used a two-digit code for the year. The "19" was left out. The fear of Y2K was that these systems would read the year 2000 as "00" or as "1900" which may have caused a complete catastrophe, particularly with the financial systems.
Amber was drinking Terero Mendoza a Tempranillo from Spain. Delicious.
Amber pulled her sources from:
Stuff You Should Know Episode from August 19, 2021
You’re Wrong About Y2K Bug Episode from May 4, 2020
www.nationalgeographic.org
www.wikipedia.org
www.britannica.org
