One day, Kroupa said Golyar called him, saying her garage had been vandalized. Cari Farver disappeared in November 2012. In saying that, though, Liz maintains her innocence to this day, claiming she had nothing to do with Caris case. That day, a message from her phone to her boyfriend ended the relationship, and another message to her boss at work informed them that Farver had quit. Her 2002 Ford Explorer was located in Omaha in her boyfriends apartment complex, but next to a different building on January 10, 2013. Contact Us. It was years after the harassment began that detectives uncovered a vindictive lover, who had gone to extreme and deadly lengths to destroy her perceived rival. One beacon of hope arrived five months after Farver disappeared, when Raney says a man called her to tell her he'd seen Farver at a homeless shelter and that she wanted Raney to pick her up. In a statement to ABC News, the Omaha Police Department said, "The unusual nature of this case, and the great lengths that Shanna Goylar went to hide this homicide, undoubtedly perplexed everyone involved. May 16, 2017 For roughly four years, David Kroupa was harassed daily by a steady barrage of texts and emails, seemingly from a woman he had dated for just two weeks. Twitter/Casefile PodcastDave Kroupa was confused when Cari Farver suddenly began sending him strange and threatening text messages in November 2012. To this day, she maintains her innocence and claims Farver's real killer is still out there. When Shanna Golyar asked the states high court to reverse her conviction and life sentence for first-degree murder, she pointed out that criminal investigators never found a murder weapon, a single witness or most importantly, a body. Full story at Omaha World-Herald, By Brandon Scott, WOWT.com, Posted Thursday, May 11, 2017. This one was bizarre to the point where it would take some convincing to make somebody believe that it actually happened," she said. The Court finds beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant intentionally killed Cari Farver with deliberate and premeditated malice, KETV reported. Many of Caris other friends and family members received similar messages, and although they were all skeptical about it, they couldnt prove they were illegitimate. He immediately knew there was something special about her. "I want Liz to go away and never do this to anybody again," Kroupa said. But as she had taken close up photos of what appeared to be a tied up and decomposing human body on her tablet, which was later recovered thanks to Dave, there was proof of her crime. Douglas County Judge Timothy Burns found Golyar guilty of first-degree murder on May 24, 2017, and said, Cari Farver did not voluntarily disappear and drop off the face of the Earth, very sadly, she was murdered. Shanna "Liz" Golyar, Dave's on-again, off-again lover, was found guilty of Cari Farver's disappearance and eventual murder. 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Schneider brought Golyar in for questioning and confronted her with the evidence Doty, Avis and Kava had gathered so far -- the photos on her cell phone, the IP addresses traced back to her house and the confession emails from "Flora.". Police said that Flora was cleared that same evening. Aug. 15, 2017 UPDATE: Shanna Golyar was sentenced to life for first-degree murder Tuesday morning, Aug. 15, 2017. Officials said Golyars ex-boyfriend received about 10,000 emails that appeared to be from Farver for three years following her disappearance. It was Cari Farver, a single mom who had brought in her Ford Explorer for maintenance. Investigators have never found Farvers body. Nancy [Raney] and Caris son were foremost in my mind Theyre, unfortunately, the ones that have to live with the repercussions.. (WOWT) The prosecution and defense each presented their closing arguments in the trial of Shanna Golyar. Anthony Tony Kava, the Pottawattamie County IT supervisor who spent thousands of hours on the case and three days on the stand in Shanna Golyars murder trial is also featured in the film. Golyars relationship with the man drew the attention of Council Bluffs police in December 2015 when Golyar told police shed been accosted at Big Lake Park and shot in her left thigh and tried to blame the alleged self-inflicted gunshot wound on Farver. At one point, Kroupa said he got an email from Farver threatening to kill Golyar and that it included a photo of a woman tied up in the trunk of a car. They think Golyar burned her body, and that the crime was committed in Omaha. Thus, they searched her vehicle again, this time pulling off the fabric from the seats, only to discover that the passenger side cushion was blood-stained blood that was later identified to be Caris. "This seemed to be a full-time occupation for her, trying to stalk people and send them messages," he said. As Dave inspected Cari's Ford Explorer, he found a connection with Cari. In a press release dated December 22, 2016, police said a grant awarded to the Omaha Police Departments Cold Case Unit allowed for DNA testing regarding Farvers homicide. Kroupa recalled he found Farver "extremely attractive" and there was "a little spark" when the two looked at each other. "The police jumped on that and said, 'Well, this kind of thing happens all the time. In addition to the first-degree murder charges, Golyar also has been charged with posing as Cari Farver on the Internet to cover up Farvers slaying. PCSO "I found it highly suspicious that the day before she felt the need to tell me that Dave Kroupa's gun had been stolen and less than 24 hours later, she is shot," Avis said. Kava said the sheriffs office wasnt involved in the making of the movie, though he approved of the talented actor they picked to play him: Erik Athavale. All this was done just because Shanna Liz Golyar wanted Dave Kroupa all for herself. Oxygen writes that in the fall of 2012, Dave Kroupa met Cari Farver at the auto repair shop where he was working in Omaha, Nebraska. They were so intrigued by Farver's mysterious disappearance that they volunteered to take it on. Very sadly, she was murdered.. Douglas County District Judge Timothy Burns delivers a guilty verdict in the first-degree murder trial of Shanna Golyar, accused of killing Cari Farver who went missing November 13th of 2012.. July 17, 2019 COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (KMTV) The disappearance of Cari Farver in 2012 puzzled investigators, but the murder trial that followed stunned the community. (Courtesy forensic.coffee). Then, go inside the story of Christina Whittaker, the Missouri mom who vanished without a trace. "On one specific occasion, I was sitting in my La-Z-Boy with my feet up, watching TV, trying to relax, and it's nighttime and I get a text saying, 'I see you. Full Story at WOWT.com. She responded almost immediately, saying, "Fine. The 37-year-old Farver spent the night at her boyfriends apartment Nov. 12, 2012, and went to work the next morning. Doty explained to her that he needed more information -- information only the killer would know. He and Avis continued to press Golyar to ask "Flora," who they knew to be Golyar, for details about Farver's death. On the SD card, police found thousands of deleted images including one of Cari Farvers decomposing body. Thankfully, Avis and Doty reexamined the vehicle in 2015 and found crucial evidence that had been previously missed. After hearing about Cari Farver's passing, many people are curious about the reason why she passed away. All Rights Reserved, Home Then, a few months before the trial was set to begin in 2017, Kroupa remembered he had a tablet in storage, and turned it over to investigators. The mint container found in Cari Farver's car. "When we looked at each other, there was a little spark," Kroupa said. Wednesday marked the first day of a bench trial expected to last several days. "What we wanted to do was go back and look at that vehicle to determine if that crime happened there.". Golyar and Farver both had been dating the same man. No one could work, and his boss was aggravated. "We started receiving messages that she said were from Amy [Flora] where Amy confesses to shooting Liz at Big Lake Park," Doty said. If one uses the https://iowacoldcases.org/case-summaries/julie-benning/ link, there is a security warning because the page includes a video provided by the Des Moines Register. Tony Kava discussed his work with Keith Morrison. Now, authorities say Facebook profiles she created remain online and they want them removed. Golyar told him she was also receiving harassing texts and emails. Meanwhile, weeks turned into months, and Raney still hadn't found her daughter. "Another thing we found on the phone download was there were six calls that were made to Cari's residence. Cari Farver, 37, was an Iowa woman who went missing in 2012. Thank you in advance! She had actually been murdered. Dave Kroupa (Zach Gilford), is shocked when his new girlfriend, Cari Farver (Rebecca Amzallag), starts sending him demanding texts. The above post appeared on Ms Farver's Facebook page six months after her death. Her Body Was Never Found But Golyar Was Charged With Her Murder & the Missing Person's Case Was Closed. Police have never been able to locate her body 6 Goylar posed as her victim online and tried to throw investigators off by suggesting she had run. With this, investigators began looking deeper into Liz and estimated that she must have spent about 40-50 hours a week impersonating Cari for almost three years. Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? Then, around mid-morning, Kroupa said he got a strange text from her saying she wanted to move in together, "which was very left field because we had already talked about that not happening," he said. "Granted, [that] didn't give us any answers on what had happened to Cari, but we knew [that] Liz knew more than she was telling us.". She definitely was a person of interest.". Farver still wanted to keep things casual, but she did agree to stay with him for a few nights in November 2012. Thankfully, though, by 2012, she was in a good place thanks to her medications. A great number of people have been surfing Cari Farver's passing in more recent times. Dang phone! The scholarship is something we can do, even if small, to have something positive out there, the Daily Nonpareil reported. In an unusual move during Tuesdays court appearance, Douglas County Judge Lawrence Barrett set Golyars bail at $5 million; first-degree murder defendants in both Nebraska and Iowa are normally ordered held without bail. Daves ex-girlfriend, Liz (Alicia Witt) also begins receiving harassing texts from Cari, resulting in a dangerous situation for them both. It made it very difficult to be social, said Kroupa, 40, in a calm and unwavering voice during his daylong testimony. Of course, the detectives knew Flora had nothing to do with Farver's disappearance or the threatening messages that had been sent for years. Cari Farver, 37, of Macedonia, Iowa, went missing Tuesday, November 13, 2012. In 2015, Caris case got picked up by a different team, and they asked both Liz and Dave if they would be okay with downloading all the contents of their phones. On December 22, 2016, a woman who had been dating the same man as Farver, Shanna Liz Golyar, was arrested and charged with Farvers murder. 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