Iron River
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Oct 14, 2026
Lee RayburnHOST
thank you for the email.
Lee RayburnHOST
Let's go to Matthew in Iron River, Michigan next.
Lee RayburnHOST
Matthew, hi.
MatthewAUDIENCE
I'm wondering if the work that you're doing with collecting and with all the different changes in weather and climate, do you work together and cooperate with the people who zone which plants, say zone 3, 4, 5, which plants can grow here, cannot grow there, and are they...
Korina BiemesderferHOST
Digging into his life a bit, investigators learned that the Air Force man grew up in Detroit, and after leaving the service, he settled in Traverse City, where he began dating a woman named Terri O'Donnell.
Korina BiemesderferHOST
Having met her when he was stationed at one of the bases, he moved to Iron River to be closer to where she worked as a teacher, and eventually he started working at a factory that manufactured naval ships, which is where he met another woman named Kelly Cochran.
Korina BiemesderferHOST
Kelly and her husband, Jason, were childhood sweethearts.
Korina BiemesderferHOST
Growing up next door to one another, they got married after high school and started their own business together servicing swimming pools.
Korina BiemesderferHOST
Unfortunately, after about 10 years of manual labor, Jason's back couldn't take it anymore, and Kelly was left as the breadwinner and head of the household.
Korina BiemesderferHOST
This is when they decided to move to Iron River, Michigan, in part so Jason had access to legal marijuana to help with his excruciating back pain.
Korina BiemesderferHOST
And Kelly got a job at the factory where she met Chris.
Korina BiemesderferHOST
Despite their 20-year age difference, the pair hit it off.
speaker_4SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Where'd you find work at?
Kelly CochranSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
and Iron River.
Kelly CochranSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
What
speaker_4SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
would you do there? Just tell us briefly.
speaker_4SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Can you tell us about that?
Kelly CochranSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Yeah, that was the first place up here.
Kelly CochranSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Second place was Mr. T's restaurant in Iron River.
Kelly CochranSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Okay,
Kelly CochranSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Yeah, that was the first place up here.
Kelly CochranSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Second place was Mr. T's restaurant in Iron River.
Kelly CochranSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Okay,
speaker_10SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
and what would you do there?
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Josh HallmarkHOST
is what we do know.
Josh HallmarkHOST
Two months after the Cochran's move to the Upper Peninsula, Kelly got a job in neighboring Iron River, working for the Oldenburg Group, a global supplier of metals, mining materials, and military defense products, where Kelly worked as an electrical assembler.
Josh HallmarkHOST
And even though Kelly was hired by Oldenburg in late March of 2014, she didn't actually start working at the plant until May 27th due to a required drug test and a physical, both of which she was able to pass despite her alleged drug abuse.
Kelly CochranSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Yeah, that was the first place up here.
Kelly CochranSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Second place was Mr. T's restaurant in Iron River.
Kelly CochranSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Okay,
speaker_10SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
and what would you do
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Josh HallmarkHOST
Here is what we do know.
Josh HallmarkHOST
Two months after the Cochran's move to the Upper Peninsula, Kelly got a job in neighboring Iron River, working for the Oldenburg Group, a global supplier of metals, mining materials, and military defense products, where Kelly worked as an electrical assembler.
Josh HallmarkHOST
And even though Kelly was hired by Oldenburg in late March of 2014, she didn't actually start working at the plant until May 27th due to a required drug test and a physical, both of which she was able to pass despite her alleged drug abuse.
Steve GruberHOST
Come back to that.
Steve GruberHOST
Go to Iron River first or wherever.
Ron RademacherGUEST
Well, since we're talking about beer, let's go to Houghton first, the Keweenaw.
Ron RademacherGUEST
I know Anthony was just up on the Keweenaw.
Ron RademacherGUEST
No question.
Ron RademacherGUEST
We'll have frost on the ground within the next week or two.
Ron RademacherGUEST
Iron River has their Harvest Fest.
Ron RademacherGUEST
It would be a great place to wear your muskox.
Jillian JalaliHOST
About a year and a half before Kelly Cochran would take the stand, a missing persons investigation was starting.
Jillian JalaliHOST
On October 27th, 2014, Terry O'Donnell was in tears as she pulled into the parking lot of the Iron River Police Department in Iron River, Michigan.
Jillian JalaliHOST
Chief Laura Frizzo was just leaving for the day when Terry pulled in, crying, saying that her ex-boyfriend was missing.
Jillian JalaliHOST
Chief Frizzo escorted Terry inside, and Terry told her that she hadn't heard from her ex, 53-year-old Chris Regan, in about two weeks.
Jillian JalaliHOST
She said that Chris had been having an affair with a married woman, another employee, in fact, who worked there.
Jillian JalaliHOST
That woman was Kelly Cochran, and coincidentally, the driving directions on that yellow sticky note found in Chris's car also led to Kelly Cochran.
Jillian JalaliHOST
So the next day on October 28th, Kelly and her husband Jason were interviewed at the Iron River Police Department separately.
Jillian JalaliHOST
Kelly confirmed to police that she and Chris were having an affair, but said her husband Jason knew about it and was cool with it.