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Hosts, Denny Griffin and Delilah Jones update listeners on what's happening within the Transparency Project. A forthcoming book is in the works, an anthology written by crime survivors describing their experiences with going up against the criminal justice system to get information to move cases forward.

Many of the cases highlighted are very old cold cases, one nearly 50 years. Join the conversation and learn how we are working to give a voice to victims.

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Jerrica Laws was last seen August 17, 2015 on the 200 block of Lee Street in Park Forest, IL. At the time of her disappearance she was 24 years old. Her mother, Shantinel Howard joins the podcast to bring attention to her daughter's case.

Description of Jerrica Laws:

Missing From: Park Forest, Illinois

Missing Since: 08/17/15

Date of Birth: 07/20/91

Age at Disappearance: 24

Female Black

Height: 5’2

Weight: 140

Eyes: Brown

Hair: Black

Clothing: Dark colored shirt

Nickname: Ric Ric

Details of Disappearance:

Jerrica Laws was last seen at the home of a family member on 08/17/16 in Park Forest Illinois.

She hasn’t been seen since. Her case remains unsolved.

Investigative Agency:

Park Forest Police ( Illinois)

708-748-1309

If you have any information on this case please contact CUE Center For Missing Persons at (910) 343-1131 24 hour tip line (910) 232-1687. All information submitted to CUE Center For Missing Persons is confidential.

Boston Redsox fan, Joe McGee joins the podcast to discuss his latest book, The White House is Fake, a fictional story with several unexpected plot twists that will leave you doubting all that you thought you knew.

Synopsis of The White House is Fake

It was the year 1956 with President Dwight Eisenhower signing the bill for the Federal-Aid Highway Act into law. It was also known as the National Interstate and Defense Highway Act. The law was executed on June 29, 1956 with an estimate of over 25 billion for the 41,000 miles of highway to be built. In 1957 Dwight Eisenhower modified the act to include a Presidential Protection Act. In 1992 Nelson Conrad was coming back from a fishing trip in Alexandria, VA. He walked by a DOT truck parked on the side of the road. What caught his eye was a DOT worker whirling his finger in the air. He decided to run into the woods and become invisible as he blended in with the tree line. As he watched he saw high level military men come out of a passage way under the highway. This was the beginning of something much larger. See how Nelson discovered what the Presidential Protection Act was and how the government has been lying to the American People. Learn why the DOT (Department of Transportation) was involved in this secret since 1957. It wasn’t until 2016 until this truth was to be exposed. This is the story of Nelson Conrad. 

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Sarah Stein of the Center for the Resolution of Unresolved Crime (CRUC) will discuss cold case investigations.

Dr. Stein received her PhD in Criminal Justice from the University of Southern Mississippi, obtained her Master’s in Forensic Science with a concentration in Advanced Investigation, earned a certificate in Computer Forensics from the University of New Haven, and developed her own BA degree in The Victimology of Pedophilia (a combination of Criminal Justice, Sociology, and Psychology) at American University in Washington, D.C.

Currently, Sarah provides both training and case consultation services to law enforcement. However, for families seeking a consultation regarding a case, Dr. Stein will provide a comprehensive action plan which includes an overview of the case facts, and a victimology and corresponding suspectology report all based on the facts of the case and the crime scene. The report will also include suggestions regarding hiring a private investigator, communicating effectively with law enforcement, and a recommended investigative plan.

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Dottie Laster has a flair for transforming bondage into freedom – both in an artistic and physical sense. For 15 years Laster has tirelessly worked to free victims of human trafficking in America. Her career as an artist started in 2013 shortly after she helped a mother and her children escape their trafficker. The rescued children displayed a desire to paint, so Laster bought art supplies from an art school that was closing and sat down with them to create a picture.

With their encouragement, Laster continued to paint and soon began selling her artwork and jewelry. She has sinced branched out to photography, especially flowers. She has created a book of her photos titles Flowers of Love. http://dottielaster.com

Jane Lillian Vance is internationally known for creating oil paintings with brilliant detail and vivid, painstaking iconography, from Tibetan Buddhism and the folk arts of the Himalayas, as well as from rural Zambia, in her current thirty Africa Series paintings about medicine and hope.

In February, 2017 she and Gil Harrington co-authored Morgan Harrington: Murdered and Dead for Good, A Mother's Quest to Find a Serial Killer and Healing, about the murder of her student, the eventual capture of serial killer Jesse Matthew, and the work to build a world-wide positive legacy for Morgan. Vance serves as Vice President of the national non-profit foundation formed to alert young women to sexual predatory danger, Help Save the Next Girl. http://www.janevance.com/

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We are honored to host Beth Karas and her take on celebrity justice. She will enlighten us about celebrity defendants and celebrity victims, and high profile cases of people who were unknown until their arrest.

For more than two decades, Beth Karas has offered insight, analysis, and on-the-spot reporting on legal stories across the country. In a 2007 interview, she was called her “one of the best in the business.” Over the years, numerous attorneys and journalists have expressed the same sentiment.

Beth is distinguished by her unique expertise and knowledge of law and procedure drawn from experience in the trenches as a trial attorney. Beth is a sought-after analyst, especially when on location at high-profile, competitive stories.

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Brett Wittner

Fourteen-year-old high school freshman Brett Wittner of Covington, Louisiana, was brought into  the St. Tammany Parish Hospital the morning of Feb. 25, 2012, with a gunshot wound an inch or so behind his right ear. The bullet had fragmented, and bits of it had made their way toward the left side of his head, causing extensive damage to his brain, according to medical records. He died later that day. The police determined that Brett had accidentally shot himself while at a friend’s house. A grand jury subsequently examined the case and declined to indict anyone. However, Brett’s parents don’t agree with that finding and are continuing to look for avenues that will lead to a different outcome.

Brett’s mother, Donna Wittner, will discuss the case and where it will go from here.

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This episode's guest is Liz Gonzalez who is the family spokesperson for Missing Noemi Gonzalez

Noemi Gonzalez was last seen by her son at home in North Miami, FL on February 12, 2014. She left behind her purse, keys, cellphone and even her daily medication for epilepsy.

Noemi was a former school crossing guard and 911 dispatcher who had also worked for the North Miami Police Department.

If someone knows something, please come forward and help us find Noemi. Call in your anonymous tip to 305-471-TIPS (8477) or CUE Center for Missing Persons http://www.ncmissingpersons.org/index.php?s=noemi+gonzalez 

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Molly's Law

 

Following the tragic death of his daughter Molly, Larry Young embarked on a mission to get legislation passed in Illinois to benefit survivors of victims of homicides or suspicious deaths. His efforts led to the passage of Molly's Law. Larry will explain what was involved in achieving that goal.  

HB6083 extends the statute of limitations for wrongful death cases and allows a lawsuit to be brought within five years after the date or the death, or within one year after a criminal case against a perpetrator concludes.

HB4715 increases the fines for public bodies for not releasing information that has been requested under the Freedom of Information Act to $10,000, plus $1,000 for each day information is withheld.

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Brenda Lacombe was just 19 years old when her badly beaten and decomposing body was found off Interstate 495 in Harvard, Mass in 1982, and no one has been charged with her killing in the 36 years since.

The Worcester County District Attorney's unresolved-case squad continues to investigate the Lowell woman's killing, and now Lacombe's niece is trying to help by raising money to have her aunt's body exhumed so a new autopsy and DNA testing can be conducted.

Lacey Kearns, 32, of Lowell, wasn't born yet when her aunt died, but she has spent years investigating her aunt's killing and believes the tests could provide new evidence. Lacey will discuss Brenda’s case.

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