Sins & Survivors: A Las Vegas True Crime Podcast - Two Unsolved Murders - Richard Guarro and Daniel Core

Episode Date: April 7, 2026

Richard Guarro and Deniel Core were around the same age and disappeared years apart. One remained unsolved for years, and one was solved just a year later, both by Othram Labs and genetic genealogy. Their murders remain unsolved even though their identities have been found. Listen now, and if you have any information on these cases, please pass those tips along to the authorities and get their families the closure they need.https://sinspod.co/120https://sinspod.co/120sourceshttps://sinspod.co/120bloghttps://sinspod.co/120subhttps://sinspod.co/120transcriptBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/sins-survivors-a-las-vegas-true-crime-podcast--6173686/support.Domestic Violence Resourceshttp://sinspod.co/resourcesClick here to become a member of our Patreon!https://sinspod.co/patreonVisit and join our Patreon now and access our ad-free episodes and exclusive bonus content & schwag! Get ad-free access for only $1 a month or ad-free and bonus episodes for $3 a monthApple Podcast Subscriptionshttps://sinspod.co/appleWe're now offering premium membership benefits on Apple Podcast Subscriptions! On your mobile deviceLet us know what you think about the episodehttps://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2248640/open_sms

To listen ad-free, visit sinspod.co slash subscribe. Starting at $2.99 a month, you'll also get access to our exclusive bonus content episodes when you join through Patreon or Apple subscriptions. Thanks for supporting the show. In 1996, in the desert miles away from the Las Vegas strip, a passerby came across the remains of a murder victim, but with no ID or leads to work from, he remained a John Doe for nearly 30 years. In 2003, in the desert outside of Perump, Nevada, an ATV writer discovered the remains of a man who was also the victim of a homicide. He, too, would remain a John Doe for almost two years until DNA testing was able to give

him his name back. But questions still remain. Who killed these two men? And will their murderers ever face justice? Hi, and welcome to Sins and Survivors, a Las Vegas true crime podcast, where we focus on cases that deal with domestic violence. as well as missing persons and unsolved cases. I'm your host Sean. And I'm your co-host John. This week, we wanted to cover two cases where DNA testing identified two John Does that had been

found in the desert outside of Las Vegas. Oddly, though, both of the men we are talking about today, police believe were victims of a homicide. Their stories have some elements in common, but we don't want to imply that there's anything linked in how they died. However, there hasn't been any news of suspects or arrests. We've spoken about DNA and genetic genealogy on the podcast multiple times, and we both see it as a key way that families can get answers, but this week, DNA has only solved part of the puzzle. Before we get to that, we want to start out with a missing person case from Metro's missing person, cold case database. Kale Johnson's 49th birthday was last February, but he hasn't been seen in more than 13 years. Kale was born February 1, 1977. He's been described. He's been

described as a black man six-foot-one, weighing about 240 pounds. He was last seen on February 15th, 2013 when he was 36 years old. He was a dental student, and according to his roommate, on February 15th, Kale had just gotten his grades from his final exams. He'd received straight A's, and he told his roommate that he was going out to celebrate. He was seen at a 7-Eleven store at Tropicana Avenue and Boulder Highway around 2 a.m. He withdrew some money from the ATM and made a few small purchases at the store. On February 28th, his silver 2004 Dodge Ram pickup truck with the North Carolina license plates was found at the Wetlands Park Nature Preserve. His family says he enjoyed the outdoors, so that might not have been an unusual place for him to visit. His picture

of Namus shows him with a walking stick. However, his cell phone and wallet were inside the truck, but kale has never been located. It's unknown if the money he had withdrawn from the ATT's TM was still in his wallet, or where he and his truck were during the two weeks in between when he was last seen and when his truck was found. It's reported that he never enrolled for the following semester's classes at the dental school. He has a tattoo of a Chinese symbol on his lower abdomen and an astrological sign tattoo on his left leg. He may also use the name Mikhail Collins. He was last seen wearing a dark-colored shirt and pants and red and white sneakers, and he also reportedly smoked cigarettes. Metro is interested in talking to anyone

who might have seen him late the night of February 14th or early the morning of February 16th, 2013. We know it's been more than 13 years, but if anyone listening remembers talking to Kail or seeing him, please reach out to Metro at 702, 828-2-1907. We also want to thank the Black and Missing Foundation for first bringing this case to our attention. If you want to learn more about the work they do, you can visit www. www.black and missing ink.com or follow them on Instagram and Facebook. Do you want to start us out with the first John Doe we have to talk about this week? The first story we have this week is Richard Wayne Guarro.

Richard Wayne was born on September 8, 1957 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. His father's name was Richard, and his mother's name was Ethel. His father passed away in 1995 and Ethel died in 2005. Both of his parents were born in Philadelphia. They married in 1952, and soon after they moved to Fort Lauderdale, and that's where Richard was born. He was their youngest family member. He has two older sisters, Gloria and Patty, and an older brother named William, or Bill. His parents were small business owners of Guarro and Sons jewelry store in Fort Lauderdale for 32 years.

His older brother, William, I found an interesting anecdote about him in the newspaper archive, when he was 17 years old, he was already serving in the Navy, and he won a brand new 1962 convertible worth about $4,000 in a raffle that was held on the submarine base in Connecticut where he was stationed. That would be worth about $44,000 today. But he was too young to register it in his own name, so the paperwork had been sent to his dad. But the news reported that after driving it for about a week, he got into an accident and he damaged it when he hit a poll. The reporting was that there was only about 426 miles on the odometer. William wasn't hurt, no other car was involved in the accident, and there wasn't any details about the amount of damage that was done to the car or

what ultimately happened to it, but I did read that he ended up having to pay a fine of about $33 for the accident. In addition to his siblings, Richard also has many nieces and nephews and even more grand nieces and grand nephews. In 1972, when he was about 15, years old, Richard was in a convenience store with a friend of his when the store was robbed at gunpoint. The clerk, who was a woman named Shirley, was able to whisper to the two boys who were regulars at the convenience store to run to the shop next door to get them some help. So the man they alerted, confronted the robber, and ultimately captured him when he tried to run away. And the newspaper, the Port Lauderdale News, reported that Richard and his friend also helped chase down the thief.

Based on what I was able to find, since Richard Wayne had the same name as his father, Richard, the family in the press often referred to him as just Wayne. There was a special announcement made in the Fort Lauderdale News when Guarro and Sons Jewelry Store welcomed their youngest family member, Wayne Guarro, to the staff of the store in 1978 when Richard was 21 years old. The announcement mentioned that he was a recent graduate from the Holland School for Jewelers in Selma, Alabama. Wayne Guarro also played third base.

in the 1976 Big League World Series, which is the Little League World Series, but for older kids ages 15 to 18. He was a part of the Broward County All-Stars, which was also known as the Pembroke Pines All-Stars, and the Broward County team was runner-up to the team from Taiwan that year. Richard Wayne would have been about 18 years old, and the news reported that in their 7-1 victory against the team from Puerto Rico, Wayne hit a two-run home run and the third inning. On November 11, 1996, when Richard was 39, he traveled to Las Vegas for a week's vacation. We don't know what hotel he stayed in, but it's reported from his family that he was staying on the strip. He was supposed to come home on November 18th, but he never returned to Fort Lauderdale.

His family was immediately concerned because it wasn't like him to just disappear. We dug through the Las Vegas Review Journal and Las Vegas Sun archives and even looked in the Florida newspapers online, but we didn't find any details about the extent of the search. We're not sure if anyone in his family traveled here to Las Vegas to look for him, but he was listed in Namis as a missing person. Richard's description was that of a very average guy, white male, brown hair, brown eyes, six foot one, 180 pounds. They said he was wearing jeans and a t-shirt when he was last seen. There was no mention of surgery scars, tattoos, piercings, any distinguishing features, so Richard could fit the description of many John Does. Online communities like web sleuths had several threads and comments about Richard where folks

were trying to solve his disappearance by comparing him to John Does that had been found in the Las Vegas area. We combed through those posts, and many were more than 10 years old, just trying to see what other details we could learn about the search for Richard and any leads or clues that were investigated and any rewards offered for his disappearance. On July 7, 2001, a passerby found human remains in a remote area about 22 miles northeast of Las Vegas. This was near where the I-15 and the I-93 converge. Near the Valley of Fire, the Desert National Wildlife Reserve, passed the Las Vegas Speedway on the way to Moapa Valley.

They labeled the remains the Tortoise Reserve Doe, but going through the archives, we couldn't find anything specific about a tortoise reserve in that area around that time. But there was the wildlife reserve. At the time his remains were found, the coroner determined that he had been the victim of a homicide due to blunt force trauma, but they could not identify him. They described him as a white male. He was likely 35 to 45 at the time he had died. With nothing else to go on back in 2001, he remained unidentified. And that case, as well as Richard's missing person case, both went cold. In October of 2021, 20 years after the remains have been found and 25 years since Richard had vanished,

Las Vegas Metro cold case detective sent the remains to where else? Othram Labs for analysis. Othrum used DNA sequencing and genetic genealogy to analyze the remains and they were able to narrow down likely relatives for the remains to two people. Metro then approached the victim's sister to obtain a DNA. DNA sample for close comparison. On February 25th, 2022, Authrae was able to positively ID the remains as being Richard Wayne Guaro. Both Authrum and LV Metro thanked AudioChuk, who had funded the DNA testing and the genetic

genealogy analysis. Audiochuk, many listeners might recognize, is the media company started by Ashley Flowers, one of the hosts of crime junkies. The statement read, authrum and the LVMPD would like to express their deepest appreciation to audio check for funding the full costs associated with laboratory testing and genealogical research. Their generosity helped bring answers to his family and now will help lead to answers surrounding his murder. Also in their statement, Metro wrote, LVMPD homicide cold case detectives are constantly reviewing cases, looking at advancements in technology and reviewing tips in order to identify those responsible for taking another person's life. Currently, this case is not listed on the Las Vegas Metro's cold case database.

Four years ago when Richard was identified, Metro said they didn't have any suspects and there haven't been any updates. So despite being identified, the person who killed Richard is still at large, and this November will be 30 years since Richard was killed. Anyone with information about Richard Wayne Guaro is encouraged to call Metro at 702-8-28-3521, but to remain anonymous, you can call crime stoppers at 702-385-55-55. We're going to pause here briefly, but we'll be back with our second story of the week. The second case we have for you this week is that of Daniel Patrick Corp. Daniel was born on November 2, 1960. His parents are named David and Margaret, and he has a large family, four brothers, and three sisters. Amy, the youngest, Caroline, Jennifer, Michael, Kenny, Andrew, and Billy. Danny was the oldest of the siblings, and Kenny was just 11 months younger than he is. Danny's got two kids, and both of them are under 18, so we aren't going to mention their names here. He also has nieces and nephews that he was very close to.

He's a journeyman plumber, really very handy with all things construction. He seemed like quite a character. He rode a gold Harley-Davidson motorcycle which everyone knew about, and we have photos of it, and we will definitely share those. He was reported missing, along with his brother Kenny and his brother's dog Magnum on August 12, 2022 by family members. He had come to Perump to help his brother Kenny with his truck, which had broken down. We found several of the Facebook pages for his siblings and interviews with one of his sisters, and they seemed like they were all very close. His sister drove from Mississippi to Perump to help with the search for her two brothers. She was interviewed by the local news in an effort to get the story of the disappearances out. Shortly after, Kenny and Magnum were located, but Daniel was not.

He was last seen riding his Harley-Davidson near Homestead Road and Gameberg Road in Perump, which we've talked about before. It's about 60 miles west of Las Vegas. The Nye County Sheriff's Office investigated thoroughly, but the trail went cold quickly. In June of 2023, skeletal remains were found by an ATV rider in the desert, southwest of Perump, but no identification was initially possible. In December of 2003, and CSO reached out to Othram Labs, of course,

and Namus funded the research. Othram developed a genealogical profile and ended up reaching out to his sister. From there, they were able to conclude. inclusively identified Daniel's remains. This is the 13th unidentified person case solved by Othrum here in the state of Nevada. NCSO continues to investigate his disappearance and death as a possible homicide. If you have any information about what might have happened to Daniel Patrick Corr, you can call the Nye County Sheriff's Office at 775-751-7,000, or to remain anonymous, you can contact Crime Stoppers at 702-385-55-55-5-5 or visit their website,

Crimesoppers of NV.com. Also, as a reminder, you can upload your DNA results from sites like 23 and Me or Ancestry.com to DNA solves.com so it can be used in helping to identify John or Jane Does and potential suspects as well. You can also donate at DNASolves.com toward the funding of the research needed for the DNA analysis. and building a forensic genealogy profile. As of today, there are 13 cases that are in need of funding, so you can donate monthly or donate toward a specific case. We also want to say we're so thankful to Audio Chuck,

the Las Vegas Justice League, and everyone who contributes towards solving these crimes. They really all do seem solvable at this point with this new technology. Thank you for listening. Please leave us a review on your podcast platform. It really helps us get the word out about all these important cases we cover every week. And if you want to listen ad-free and get access to our swing-shift overtime episodes where we talk more about the cases after we're done, visit sinspod.com slash subscribe.

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