He was supposed to be a force for good in the system. A criminal justice major who went to one party off campus.It was the last thing he ever did. This is one case among many. But some who listen to this month’s episode will say it’s many cases explained by one. So far, our cases have stopped at the borders of American law enforcement; the failures of agencies, the era and date in time of the case, and sometimes just plain bad luck. This month, unavoidably, features an added dimension; one that will inevitably expand our conversation beyond the case at hand. But this remains true: a young man’s life was taken, and it needn’t have been.And nobody is today in jail for the crime. When we begin our investigation of a case each month, we don’t really (honestly) have any idea how it’s going to go! So far in this series, we’ve brought you first person investigators and people directly related to the case in some way. In this case, though it may or may not surprise you once you learn about more, we weren’t able to talk to anyone with direct knowledge of the events or the investigation in the amount of time we have to examine the case. Sometimes, that’s going to happen. So, we had a choice: we could keep working the case, in the hopes that we landed our sources in a few weeks, or even more… which would delay the chapter’s release; we could bag the whole chapter and start over; or we could release sort of a partial chapter. And that is what this is… we’re calling this month’s single download our first Dossier episode.   Are you going to the first annual True Crime Podcast Festival in July 2019 in Chicago?  You should!  We will be there along with many other amazing podcasts including but not limited to some of our personal favorites such as: Wine & Crime , Getting Off , Trace Evidence , Criminology, and All Crime No Cattle! Promo in this episode: The Dark Divide Special thanks to those who made this Dossier possible with their research and assistance: Jessa & Nick from Getting Off Podcast and Suzy from 911 Moms Pod.

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