MURDERED: Patrick Shunn & Monique Patenaude

Crime Junkie

Audiochuck

True Crime

4.7 • 358.2K Ratings

🗓️ 1 December 2025

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

When a couple from Oso, Washington, is discovered missing, it doesn’t take long for detectives to develop a prime suspect. But solving the case, finding their bodies and capturing the killer took approximately 100 days, using a combination of old-school investigative methods and modern forensic tools.

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0:00.0	Hi, crime junkies. Brit and I did not make a new episode this week, but don't you dare hit pause because I actually still have an episode that is brand new to you. And that is because I'm going to give you one of our fan club episodes. People ask me all the time, like, oh, is the fan club just ad-free content? Yes, everything is ad ad free, but that's not it. Oh, do we just get the episodes early? Yes, you get them early, but that is not just it. Oh, are the bonus episodes like short or just behind the scenes? And no, the episodes are exactly like the ones you get here in your feed. And so that is why I wanted to drop this one to show you what
0:38.0	you guys are missing if you are not in the fan club. If you're in the club, you will find all of our
0:43.8	episodes, tons of bonus episodes, early releases, and it's not just crime junkie. It's so many
0:50.6	of the audio chuck shows. So if one episode this week isn't enough for you,
0:56.2	maybe you're looking for some extra listens or you're traveling this holiday season,
1:00.4	the Crime Junkie fan club is where you'll want to be. And because today is Cyber Monday,
1:04.9	you can join the Crime Junkie fan club at a discount today. Just head to
1:09.0	crimejunkie.com to learn more and to join.
1:12.7	Now, let's get into this special release from the Crime Junkie fan club.
1:18.3	Hi, crime junkies.
1:19.7	I'm your host, Ashley Flowers.
1:21.4	And I'm Britt.
1:22.3	And the story I have for you today is my umpteenth reason to stay out of Washington.
1:27.4	This twisty and gut-wrenching tale includes a double
1:31.3	murder, a historic landslide, a trail of evidence, and a manhunt to Mexico. And I'm going to take you
1:37.8	along and explain how investigators combined old school boots on the ground investigative methods
1:43.4	with modern-day forensic evidence to get the killer captured,
1:47.5	all over the course of 100 days.
1:50.5	And listen closely, because in this story,
1:53.4	there are two central themes.
1:55.7	Details matter, and the truth never dies.
2:00.3	This is the story of Patrick Shun and Monique Paton. Snowhomish County major crimes detective Dave Fontenow walks into his office in Everett,
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