The Murder Map: Michael Kuznik and Trina Tomola

Michael Kuznik and his wife, Trina Tomola, own and operate Mr. Cars in Cleveland, Ohio, a popular used car lot downtown. When they fail to return home from work one night in 2017, their eldest child sets out to search for them—and the horror of what he finds seems to open up more questions than answers.

A reminder from Phelps: "I am releasing the first episode of my Crossing the Line with M. William Phelps Present limited series … 34 FAIRVIEW ROAD, focused on the death of John O’Keefe and the prosecution of Karen Read, this Thursday, October 17th, 2024, at 6PM. This is a ten-episode narrative podcast and will not affect weekly episodes of Crossing the Line, which will continue on schedule. 

Visit www.crossingtheline.biz to contact investigative journalist and host M. William Phelps, get more information about the show, updates to cases, and more. 

And don't forget to subscribe to Phelps's #1 hit podcast PAPER GHOSTS wherever you get your favorite shows.

M. William Phelps is the New York Times best-selling author of 46 nonfiction books and winner of the Excellence in (Investigative) Journalism Award from the Society of Professional Journalists. Phelps has written for numerous publications1, including the Providence Journal, Connecticut Magazine and Hartford Courant. Diversifying his talents, Phelps consulted on the first season of the hit Showtime cable television series Dexter and has executive produced and starred in over 350 hours of true crime television. All of which gives him a confluence of expertise and experience to bring to true crime fanatics.

Phelps grew up in East Hartford, Connecticut, and now splits his time between Tolland County and N. Stonington, CT. In July 2017, he published his definitive, 10-year project about Happy Face Killer, Keith Hunter Jesperson, DANGEROUS GROUND: My Friendship with a Serial Killer.