Impact Statement

In 1957, the youngest serial killer in Canada was caught after having killed three children in four months. What many don't know about Peter Woodcock's story is that a 14 year old had been wrongfully convicted for one of those murders after giving a false confession. It took six decades before Ron Moffatt was ready to tell his story to author Nate Hendley for his book The Boy on the Bicycle. And now Ron is sharing his story at book signings, Innocence Canada events, and on podcasts to warn of the real consequences of allowing children to be interrogated without a parent present and using uncorroborated confessions in criminal trials.Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/impactstatementSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Twenty years ago, Edward Ates was sent to prison for a crime he didn't commit. I sat down to talk with his wife Kimberly Miller about the journey the family has been on, the lasting effects, and their preparations for Ed's release which happened a few weeks after we talked.Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/impactstatementSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Crime reporters see and hear difficult things. I sat down with Scott Reeder, host of Suspect Convictions, to discuss the murder of Jennifer Lewis, the Little Tikes daycare shooting, and his recent interviews with those whose lives have been changed by the the Santa Fe High School shooting.Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/impactstatementSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In 2015, Brandon McGuirt was shot. With changing stories and foggy motives, no one is sure exactly what happened and the DA has declined to press charges even though the lead detective applied for an arrest warrant. Brandon's mother Laura is determined to see justice done for Brandon.
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In 1996, an article of about 10 lines appeared in the local newspaper identifying 21 year old Rodney McDonald as the victim of murder. Though still an unsolved case, his case files were eventually sent to storage. Nearly 22 years later, Rodney's family is still waiting for justice and his mother is sharing his full story for the first time on Impact Statement.
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Looking at a case file doesn’t tell the whole story. It doesn’t tell the story of homemade soup and family outings and a young woman who just wanted to come home and just wanted to be clean. And it doesn’t tell of the questions Samantha Sutton’s family are left with in the wake of her death at 22.  For those parts of the story, the parts of the story that tell us who Samantha was and the impact her loss had on her family, I spoke with her mother Dell.

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In 1981, Cheri Domingo and Greg Sanchez were murdered. Their case remained unsolved for nearly 37 years, finally being solved through the same DNA that linked them to the serial killer known as the East Area Rapist/The Original Nightstalker/Golden State Killer. But for Cheri's daughter Debbi, those 37 years took her down an unpredictable path that eventually led to recovery and hope.
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No one disputed that Christopher Deboe shot and killed Sherrill Collins. But Deboe claimed self defense, and it was up to a jury to decide. Amber, a juror on that trial, talks about the trial, the emotional side of jury service, and the unexpected consequences of a jury's decision.
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In 2016, Natasha entered a relationship with a man she thought was going to be a solid partner and a role model for her 7 year old son. He turned out to be the exact opposite, and she found herself in court in 2018 to face this man who had become her abuser. On average, a woman in Canada is killed every six days by her intimate partner. Natasha was nearly one them. Music by Blue Dot Sessions. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/impactstatementSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In November of 2011, a mother in Nova Scotia comes home to work to find her daughter on the kitchen floor, rocking and sobbing. Leah stood in the kitchen doorway listening to her teenage daughter Rehtaeh disclose the events of a sexual assault, the events as she could remember them. Rehtaeh could vaguely remember the digital shutter click of a cell phone at some point that night, but she didn’t find out until earlier that day, at school, that a photo was taken by one of the boys and it was being texted and forwarded through the school. The photo was of one of the boys engaged in a sexual act with Rehtaeh as Rehtaeh was leaning out an open window throwing up. Rehtaeh was nude from the waist down and the boy in the picture flashing a thumbs up to the camera. This assault and photograph sparked a chain of events that changed the family forever. Music by Blue Dot Sessions Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/impactstatementSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.