Home Alone: The Terrifying “Scream” Slaying of Sixteen-Year-Old Cassie Jo Stoddart
13 min readApr 2, 2023
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…