From The Aspen News, Monday, May 25, 2009 CELEBRITY STAR OF “SOUL MATE” FOUND MURDERED IN ASPEN HOME ASPEN, COLORADO. Country-pop star and sometime resident Brienne Cross was found dead today along with five others in the Castle Creek-area house where she had been taping her reality show, “Soul Mate,” according to Pitkin County Sheriff [...]
From The Aspen News, Monday, May 25, 2009 CELEBRITY STAR OF “SOUL MATE” FOUND MURDERED IN ASPEN HOME ASPEN, COLORADO. Country-pop star and sometime resident Brienne Cross was found dead today along with five others in the Castle Creek-area house where she had been taping her reality show, “Soul Mate,” according to Pitkin County Sheriff [...]
By Tamara Hagethorn Reprinted with permission from Celebrity Now! Magazine. When Brienne Cross broke off her engagement with professional bull rider Cody Tiller, he became despondent and, according to at least one person who knew him, suicidal. People close to him are convinced that this depression led to his death under the hooves of the [...]
Fugitive from Justice? Walt Njorgen, The Aspen News March 8, 2010 ASPEN. Donny Lee Odell is still at large, despite concerted efforts by a dozen law enforcement agencies across the nation to find him. He appears to have vanished. “He’s probably in Canada,” said one source, who wishes to remain anonymous. “He used to live [...]
Arrest Warrant Issued for Donny Lee Odell – Whereabouts Unknown Walt Njorgen, The Aspen News March 6, 2010 SALIDA. The Pitkin County Sheriff’s Office has issued an arrest warrant for Donny Lee Odell in connection with the murders of Brienne Cross, Justin Balough, Connor Fallon, Tanya Williams, Amber Redmond, and Brendan Shayles, Sheriff David Blenman [...]
The Galena Weekly February 25, 2010 Keith Deloach ASPEN. The woman whose car was nearly wiped out by a speeding Lamborghini the night of the Aspen Massacre has come forward. I’ll call her “Pat,” because she wishes to remain anonymous. As the sole witness, Pat fears for her life. “If the person in the car [...]
According to one account, a mystery man attended the party on the night of the Aspen murders. One of the contestants, Jillian Garceau, did not make it to the Final Four, but was there. She noticed a young man talking to Nick Holloway out on the deck and asked about him, but nobody seemed to [...]
UPDATE: February 26, 2010: WOMAN COMES FORWARD, CLAIMS YELLOW LAMBORGHINI NEARLY WIPED HER OUT AT HIGHWAY 82 TRAFFIC CIRCLE. February 1, 2010: There is no record of a police report regarding a near-accident at the junction of 82 and Castle Creek Road on the night of May 25, 2009. The Aspen New Times publishes a [...]
Justin Balough, producer, 32 Married, one child, a three-year-old boy, Drew. Producer of Soul Mate. Formerly assistant producer for World’s Most Deadly Professions. Grew up in Port St. Joe, FL, moved to LA after high school. Graduate UCLA; screenwriter, producer, commercials and shorts, indie prod, came to attention on Short Shorts, a reality TV show [...]
In Brienne Cross’s Reality TV Show, “Soul Mate,” Compatibility is Key Reprinted with permission from the blog, Briennecross.com How do you become someone’s Best Friend Forever, after a few short weeks together in a houseful of competitors? With nineteen other people vying for the honor? Sure, there was the talent portion of the program, but [...]
From The Aspen Leaf, April 11, 2009 ASPEN, COLORADO. Real estate moguls Jerry and Claire Killian will rent out their Aspen home to Brienne Cross for her reality show, “Soul Mate,” scheduled to air on Fox this fall. “The house is perfect,” said Justin Balough of In Stride Productions, producer of “Soul Mate,” labeling the [...]
Special to The Galena Weekly, by Keith DeLoach In the spring of 2009, people from all walks of life lined up in Houston, L.A., Phoenix, New York, Atlanta, Miami, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Denver, and Chicago for a chance to be a contestant on the new reality TV show, “Soul Mate.” Most of them were young, many [...]
Note: this article appeared a couple of months before Brienne Cross’s death. By Trent Chilcott, March 27, 2009, The Malibu Dawn Patrol, “Your Weekly Entertainment Magazine” MALIBU, CA. How much do you love salsa? Brienne Cross loves her cousin Lindy Spencer’s Sassy Salsa so much she has containers of it sent to her when she’s [...]
Victims Include Niece of Brienne Cross Born Last Year KETTLEMAN CITY. Five and a half months before Brienne Cross and the contestants on her new reality TV show were killed by unknown assailants, her cousin Jo Ann Stamp gave birth to a baby girl named Moira Renee. Moira Renee, along with eight other children that [...]
by Greg Dawson The Ute City New Times, January 17, 2010 ASPEN, COLORADO. Here’s a surprise—-Michael Jackson is not number one on the Forbes top-earning dead celebrities list. Earning 350 million, Yves Saint Laurent is Number One, and Michael Jackson comes in at Number Three with 90 mil. Not to worry, Michael, I’m sure there’s [...]