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Erased: The Murder of Elma Sands

Erased: The Murder of Elma Sands

Introducing: What Happened to Her

Sep 30, 2026 · 2 min · 4 segments

**Hi, Erased: The Murder of Elma Sands listeners!** We're excited to share with you a sneak peek at iHeartPodcasts' latest release, What Happened to Her! **What Happened to Her:** For four…

**Hi, Erased: The Murder of Elma Sands listeners!** We're excited to share with you a sneak peek at iHeartPodcasts' latest release, What Happened to Her! **What Happened to Her:** For four seasons, investigative reporter Melissa Jeltsen has told the stories of women whose lives — and deaths — were shaped by the failures of the systems meant to protect them. Now she's widening her lens, with new episodes every week. In What Happened to Her, Melissa takes on the stories that won't let her go. Women whose deaths were too quickly ruled suicides. Women no one believed. Cases everyone else called closed. Some weeks, a mystery unfolds across multiple episodes. In others, Melissa sits down with fellow investigative journalists and podcast hosts to go behind the scenes on the cases — and the women — they just couldn't shake. Listen to **What Happened to Her** on the iHeartRadio App or wherever you get your podcasts! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

**Hi, Erased: The Murder of Elma Sands listeners!** We're excited to share with you a sneak peek at iHeartPodcasts' latest release, What Happened to Her! **What Happened to Her:** For four…

Speakers: Melissa JeltsenHost

Top entities: Melissa Jeltsen×7 iHeartRadio×3 Apple Podcasts×2 National Guard of the United States

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Show signals: SuitabilitySensitiveBiasNot politicalAudience≈151k followers

Stories of Women Failed by the System0:12 – 1:29

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If that was my friend, I would be flipping over rocks trying to find her.

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I'd call the National Guard.

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I would be out there.

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You can put any damn thing you want down.

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That doesn't mean that happened that way.

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What happened to her? is unknown, and it's something that

Melissa JeltsenHost

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I need to know.

Melissa JeltsenHost

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Now I'm going wider.

Melissa JeltsenHost

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In my new show, What Happened to Her?, I bring you new stories every week.

Melissa JeltsenHost

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Stories about women whose deaths were too quickly ruled a suicide.

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You're not going to kill yourself in the middle of doing laundry.

Melissa JeltsenHost

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Stories about women no one believed.

Melissa JeltsenHost

0:50

We were feeling some guilt.

Melissa JeltsenHost

0:53

We were feeling like, did we overstep? Then we would have these discussions about like, wait a minute, we did the right thing.

Melissa JeltsenHost

1:00

Cases that everyone else called closed.

Melissa JeltsenHost

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I was like, how? How can it be? They can't convict her, right? Like, she has so much evidence.

Melissa JeltsenHost

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And the people who gave everything to get an answer.

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It's taken my whole life.

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It's all I ever think about, but we only have one shot at it.

Melissa JeltsenHost

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Every one of these stories starts in the same place, with a woman failed by a system that didn't believe her, that didn't protect her, that didn't see her.

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Apple PodcastsSoftware Application
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National Guard of the United StatesOrganizationMilitary reserve
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Mental HealthHealth
Gender EqualityPolitics > Social Policy
Society
Impact of TraumaHealth > Mental Health
Misclassification of DeathsSociety > Women's Issues > Violence Against Women
Justice System FailuresSociety > Women's Issues > Violence Against Women > Misclassification of Deaths
Suicide MisclassificationCrime > Homicide
Victim AdvocacyCrime > Homicide > Suicide Misclassification
Legal SystemCrime > Homicide > Suicide Misclassification > Victim Advocacy
Social JusticeMedia > Documentary Series > True Crime
Women's StoriesMedia > Documentary Series > True Crime > Social Justice
Criminal Justice ReformPolitics > Social Policy > Gender Equality
Advocacy for WomenPolitics > Social Policy > Gender Equality > Criminal Justice Reform
Women's IssuesSociety
Support SystemsHealth > Mental Health > Impact of Trauma
Violence Against WomenSociety > Women's Issues
True CrimeMedia > Documentary Series
Community ResponseHealth > Mental Health > Impact of Trauma > Support Systems
Documentary SeriesMedia
Social PolicyPolitics
Politics
Health
Crime
Media
HomicideCrime

Stories of Women Failed by the System0:12 – 1:29

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Soundbite SpeakerSoundbite Speaker

0:12

If that was my friend, I would be flipping over rocks trying to find her.

S

Soundbite SpeakerSoundbite Speaker

0:15

I'd call the National Guard.

S

Soundbite SpeakerSoundbite Speaker

0:16

I would be out there.

S

Soundbite SpeakerSoundbite Speaker

0:17

You can put any damn thing you want down.

S

Soundbite SpeakerSoundbite Speaker

0:21

That doesn't mean that happened that way.

S

Soundbite SpeakerSoundbite Speaker

0:23

What happened to her? is unknown, and it's something that

Melissa JeltsenHost

0:30

I need to know.

Melissa JeltsenHost

0:32

Now I'm going wider.

Melissa JeltsenHost

0:34

In my new show, What Happened to Her?, I bring you new stories every week.

Melissa JeltsenHost

0:39

Stories about women whose deaths were too quickly ruled a suicide.

S

Soundbite SpeakerSoundbite Speaker

0:43

You're not going to kill yourself in the middle of doing laundry.

Melissa JeltsenHost

0:47

Stories about women no one believed.

Melissa JeltsenHost

0:50

We were feeling some guilt.

Melissa JeltsenHost

0:53

We were feeling like, did we overstep? Then we would have these discussions about like, wait a minute, we did the right thing.

Melissa JeltsenHost

1:00

Cases that everyone else called closed.

Melissa JeltsenHost

1:04

I was like, how? How can it be? They can't convict her, right? Like, she has so much evidence.

Melissa JeltsenHost

1:11

And the people who gave everything to get an answer.

S

Soundbite SpeakerSoundbite Speaker

1:15

It's taken my whole life.

S

Soundbite SpeakerSoundbite Speaker

1:16

It's all I ever think about, but we only have one shot at it.

Melissa JeltsenHost

1:20

Every one of these stories starts in the same place, with a woman failed by a system that didn't believe her, that didn't protect her, that didn't see her.

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