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MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF: Spencer Irwin

5/11/202651 min

Spencer Irwin was just 30 years old when he vanished one Sunday morning in July 2024. Days later, his body was found in a way that raised questions – naked, alone and quickly dismissed by authorities. But their assumptions about Spencer were wrong. As his mother began asking questions, the answers she received only raised more red flags: no autopsy, missing belongings and a timeline full of gaps no one seemed interested in filling. When toxicology results came back, they didn’t just complicate the story, they began to unravel it.

Refusing to accept a conclusion that didn’t add up, Spencer’s mother launched her own investigation. What she uncovered was deeply unsettling. As new witnesses came forward and experts weighed in, one thing became clear — the case may have been written off too soon. The truth is buried somewhere, waiting to be uncovered.

  • If you have any information regarding the mysterious death of Spencer Irwin, you can contact the Fresno Police Department directly at 559-621-7000 or anonymously through Valley Crime Stoppers by texting ‘VALLEY’ to 738477.

 

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Clips

Showing 10 of 11
No Autopsy, Still Conclusions
Cold Dismissal From Detective
Toxicology Upends Assumptions
Snapchat Handle, Startling Clue
No Footprints, Big Question
Mysterious White Kia Soul
Possible Neck Mark, No Autopsy
He Helped Save One Soul
Neighbor ‘Happy’ And Intimidation
Challenging the ‘Happens Often’ Claim

Transcript preview

First 90 seconds

  1. Ashley Flowers· Host0:00

    Hi, Crime Junkies. I'm your host, Ashley Flowers.

  2. Brit Prawat· Host0:02

    And I'm Brit.

  3. Ashley Flowers· Host0:03

    Today's story about Spencer Irwin is one that I know you've never heard before, because it's never been reported on before. And that's probably because if you were to ask Fresno Police, there's no story to tell, or at least they would have said that for a while. Spencer was a 30-year-old man that they found naked, covered in dirt, at the bottom of a loading dock back in 2024. They initially assumed that he was homeless, assumed he died of a drug overdose, assumed that there was nothing they deemed worthy of investigating, so they didn't. But boy, were they wrong, 'cause Spencer Irwin was none of the things they assumed, and he has a mother in his corner who has been doing all the investigating they wouldn't. And now she's got us in her corner, and you won't believe what together we found. This is Spencer Irwin's story.

  4. Unknown speaker0:59

    [pensive music]

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