Case 250: Amy Boyer
Amy Boyer was a popular teen in her hometown of Nashua, New Hampshire. Her life was busy between school, work and social commitments. Full of joy and love, Amy naturally drew in those around her - including a troubled young man named Liam Youens.
Team:
Anonymous Host - narration
Milly Raso - research, writing, creative direction
Mike Migas - production, music
Andrew D.B. Joslyn - music
Comments (15)
It’s strange they told the story from the murderer’s pov…
"Strange" just means not common. I see no negative.
This was one of those where I was shouting in frustration the whole time. What an insufferable twat. He should have killed himself years before but was too chickenshit. Infuriating!
I think this is a really well-written episode, specifically because it's a story that deserves to be told but could never be told from Amy's perspective since she didn't know the creep. Stalking stories need to be to and the horrifying look from the stalker's perspective, in his own words, goes to show exactly how insidious the crime is.
Thanks for the episode, Casefile. This case is shocking for many reasons, the way he could access her private info being one of them. The craziest thing was that everything was online, but nobody noticed. The police was onto something when they saw his pictures but he got away... The guy was a ghost. Very, very terrifying.
It would truly be wonderful and amazing if this could just not be a place where anybody talks about anything political or argumentative. I can't be the only person who values that about Casefile.
I worry people are criticizing the writing of this episode because it doesn't have the "twist" people have come to associate with Casefile, and I truly hope that's not the case, because it gamifies real-life narratives in a troubling way while also ignoring that the whole episode was the "twist", in that we were inside the mind and distorted reality of a delusional stalker whose victim barely knew his name. I think one can certainly criticize the choice of that framing since it gives so much credence to his pov, but I believe the storytelling effectively thoroughly undermines his pov by the end, and makes it clear throughout, with every beat, that he's deeply delusional and disturbed.
I loved the writing of this episode! I felt I was inside his mind. Very sad case as I feel Docusearch could have (should have) prevented this from happening!
Lacklustre storytelling of a very important case
I have to disagree. I couldn't see anything wrong with the presentation.
Imagine going about your life not knowing someone is just fuming over your existence. What if she had tried to buy the URL with her name and seen what he was doing? Yikes. It must have been so tough to read through all his writings to write this episode.
I agree, Shandana. This episode wasn’t as great as the others. But, not every episode can be an absolute winner. Looking forward to next week’s episode. I appreciate all you do Casey and team.
One of the weaker episodes. The writing wasn’t as strong as usual.
You know I listened to the episode again with a more critical ear and I think I agree with you. I’m Not saying that the program sucks but I think the writing for this epsiode could have been better for my taste. For example, I think they could’ve written this story from the perspective of the investigators and the family of the victim. I think the rambling writings of the killer are useful to understand his psychotic and delusional reasoning, but I didn’t like that it took up 80% of the (very short) running time. I don’t know… maybe it was a lack of sources or something else. I am curious what others think about the way this case was presented.
Again, Casefile delivers a precise, thoughtful and deeply moving narrative. Without hyperbole, it paints a truly vivid picture of a broken mind in a broken system. This case has never been more relevant given the move to do away with all background checks in some American jurisdictions. Combined with poorly funded mental health care, we are all bearing witness to the horrific consequence. Thank you team.