Home Alone: The Terrifying “Scream” Slaying of Sixteen-Year-Old Cassie Jo Stoddart

True Crime Nightmares
13 min readApr 2, 2023
Cassie Jo Stoddart

A Crime of Opportunity

Idaho native Cassie Jo Stoddart was, by all accounts, a kind soul who readily accepted everyone into her friend group, even those who were sometimes shunned by their peers. It would be her trusting nature and willingness to take everyone at face value that made her the ideal victim of a pair of…

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