On a warm summer night in July 1989, 18-year-old Shannon Siders climbed into a car with two brothers she knew from her small Michigan town. She was never seen alive again. Her brutal murder would haunt her father for decades and remain unsolved for 25 years- until witnesses finally broke their silence and revealed what really happened that night…
Audio Sources:
“Newaygo native authors book about the Shannon Siders case”
“Preliminary exam for brothers Matthew and Paul Jones charged with the murder of Shannon Siders”
Sources:
The Muskegon Chronicle, 16 October, 1989 – “Slain Woman’s Body Found”
The Muskegon Chronicle, 30 October, 1989 – “Newaygo Fears”
The Grand Rapids Press, 30 Janaury, 1990 – “Judge”
The Grand Rapids Press, 25 February, 1990 – “Murder Victim’s Dad”
The Kalamazoo Gazette, 7 April, 1990 – “Newaygo Dad”
The Muskegon Chronicle, 12 April, 1990 – “Father Seeks”
THe Muskegon Chronicle, 20 December, 1993 – “Police”
The Grand Rapids Press, 15 December, 2011 – “This is the Best Chance”
The Grand Rapids Press, 19 December, 2011 – “Father Continues”
The Muskegon Chronicle, 17 August, 2012 – “Investigators Hope”
The Grand Rapids Press, 12 October, 2012 – “Unsolved”
The Muskegon Chronicle, 16 October, 2012 – “Reburial”
The Muskegon Chronicle, 29 January, 2014 – “Witnesses”
The Muskegon Chronicle, 18 September, 2014 – “Cold Case in Court”
The Muskegon Chronicle, 19 September, 2014 – “Expert”
The Muskegon Chronicle, 21 September, 2014 – “Brothers Ordered”
The Muskegon Chronicle, 2 October, 2014 – “Brothers to Face Same Trial”
The Muskegon Chronicle, 21 April, 2015 – “Brothers Stand Trial”
The Muskegon Chronicle, 20 April, 2015 – “Murder Trial”
The Grand Rapids Press, 6 May, 2015 – “Shannon Siders”
The Grand Rapids Press, 6 May, 2015 – “2 Juries Mull”
The Grand Rapids Press, 7 May, 2015 – “Juries Review”
Associated Press, 8 May, 2015 – “26 Years Later”
The Grand Rapids Press, 8 May, 2015 – “1989 Sex Murder”
The Grand Rapids Press, 21 July, 2015 – “Brothers Sentenced”
Associated Press, 22 July, 2015 – “26 Years Later”
The Grand Rapids Press, 22 July, 2015 – “Now It’s Time to Pay”
The Grand Rapids Press, 20 December, 2021 – “I Was Lying”
The Ann Arbor News, 14 Janaury, 2022 – “Judge to Hear Claim”
