Mom Claims She Killed an Intruder — But She Knew What Police Kept Secret

Tracey Richter claimed she shot her neighbor in self-defense. Then her friend Mary Higgins took the stand—and raised a question at the heart of the case: how did Tracey know the pink notebook’s contents when police had not released them? On December 13, 2001, 20-year-old Dustin Wehde was killed in Early, Iowa. Tracey said she had been protecting herself and her children during a home invasion. Nearly a decade later, a jury would examine that account alongside witness testimony, the shooting evidence and a notebook found in Dustin’s car. This 40-minute true crime documentary follows the investigation, murder trial, defense arguments and later appeals through original courtroom footage, authentic case photographs and court records. It also examines the separate controversy surrounding the prosecutor’s conduct after the trial. What could each piece of evidence actually prove—and what could it not? Subscribe to The Unquiet Case for true crime documentaries that follow the evidence. Like the video if you found this investigation valuable, and share your thoughts respectfully in the comments. We remember Dustin Wehde as a person whose life was lost, beyond the arguments made about his death. #TraceyRichter #TrueCrime #TrueCrimeDocumentary