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Our guest is Glen Meek, a freelance writer, and former television investigative reporter in Las Vegas. At various times over three decades in Las Vegas, Glen has worked for the ABC, CBS and NBC television affiliates, as well as serving as Associate Editor of The

Now Report, an online news service based in Las Vegas.

While he generally covered cops and courts as a reporter, Glen also took a mid-career break from journalism and served as a staff

investigator for the Federal Public Defender's Office for seven years, working inside the court system he once covered as a reporter.

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Jessica Starr

In March of 2016, Jessica Starr died in Glendale, Arizona. Although her death was ruled an accidental overdose, Jessica’s family believes her boyfriend was responsible for killing her by withholding her medications in an effort to control her. Is he getting away with murder?

Dawn Starr, Jessica’s mother, will discuss the case.

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Guest Julie Napolitano joins the discussion to talk about human trafficking in Connecticut and what her organization is doing to educate and prevent. October 13, 2018 will be their second annual Tread On Human Trafficking Walk.

Details and registration:  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2018-tread-on-human-trafficking-walk-tickets-48042858483?aff=ebdssbdestsearch

She belongs to a volunteer team with LOVE146.org who are on a mission to awaken Connecticut to the issue of human trafficking. Love146 assists in prevention education and aftercare of trafficked individuals.

LOVE 146, a New Haven, CT based non-profit organization works toward the abolition of child trafficking and exploitation through survivor care, prevention education, professional training, grassroots empowerment, and contributing a growing body of research: 

WEBSITE: https://love146.org/.

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With the popularity of Netflix's The Staircase, this podcast presents author Diane Fanning who wrote extensively about the Michael Peterson case in her book, WRITTEN IN BLOOD.

Michael Peterson was driven to succeed.

An army brat-turned-marine, he saw combat in Vietnam, and returned a decorated soldier. An avid reader, his dreams of being an acclaimed novelist came true. His desire to find love was fulfilled when he married brilliant executive Kathleen Atwater, the first female student accepted at Duke University’s School of Engineering. The Petersons seemed the ideal academic couple— well-respected, prosperous, and happy.

All that came crashing down in December of 2001, when Kathleen apparently fell to her death in their secluded home in an exclusive area of Durham, North Carolina. But blood-spattered evidence and a missing fireplace poker suggested calculated, cold-blooded murder. Her trusted husband stood accused.

Then the most damaging evidence of all surfaced: Sixteen years earlier, Peterson was the last person to see his neighbor alive–before she was found dead at the bottom of a staircase in her home in Germany. A dramatic trial followed in the explosive final chapter of a life that no novelist could ever have conceived.

AUTHOR WEBSITE: DianeFanning.Com

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Mariah & Hank Few

Mariah and Hank Few were the third and fourth of Donna's five kids. Three years apart in age, but in every other way as close as could be. Then, just a few months before Mariah's 30th birthday, a tragedy blew the family apart. Mariah's live in boyfriend called to say that Mariah was dead. Sometime overnight she had stopped breathing. Toxicology reports later confirmed Mariah died from a drug overdose. Was it a suicide, accidental or something else? Apparently, after Mariah’s death Hank escaped his pain by turning to drugs, himself.

Then, on October 9, 2012, the day before what would have been his sister's 30th birthday, Donna saw her son alive for the last time. Two days later he went missing. Friends Hank had been with claimed he wandered into the woods and never came back. His mother didn’t believe it.

After the official searches ended, Donna Few and some of her friends conducted their own search of the area. Donna came across Hank’s body laying in the mud. The police declared the death to be an accident. But Donna doesn’t buy it.

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What do these girls have in common?  Debra Spickler, Janice Pockett, Lisa White, Susan LaRosa, Patricia Luce, Irene LaRosa

All are missing or victims of unsolved homicide in Connecticut from the late 1960’s to late 1970’s.

Please join family and friends of Janice Pockett on July 26, 2018 from 7:00PM - 9:00PM Candlelight Vigil at Cross Recreation Complex,  167 Rhodes Road, in Tolland, CT to honor their memory and the 45th anniversary of 7-year-old Janice Pockett going missing 

Janice went missing while riding her bike near her home in Tolland, CT. Her bike was found abandoned on Rhodes Road but she has never been found. Janice was one of several girls and young women that went missing in the 1970’s.

The vigil will be held on the sight of Janice’s memorial bench, which was dedicated 5 years ago by the town of Tolland.

The vigil will honor not only Janice, but all those who have gone missing or have been victims of unsolved homicides in CT. 

Please join us and help keep these cold cases hot.

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On August 17, 1996, Jack L. Robinson was stabbed to death during an altercation at the Rosewood Boat Landing in Columbia, South Carolina. Witnesses reported that just after 6:00 p.m. they saw Jack and an unknown man arguing over money. As the suspect fled the scene, Jack, mortally wounded, struggled to make his way towards the witnesses for help. Rescue personnel rushed Jack to the hospital where he was pronounced deceased. Investigators believe Jack and his assailant knew each other but are unsure why the verbal altercation turned violent. A sketch was composited from witness descriptions implicating a Hispanic male with an olive complexion, between the ages of twenty-five to thirty-five years old. Jack’s murder remains unsolved.

Jack’s daughter, Tammy Downs, will talk about the status of the investigation.

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Shattered Lives: Jennifer Bishop-Jenkins and National Victims Rights Movement

Ten-year-old Holly Piirainen was abducted around 12 p.m. on August 5, 1993 while she walked with her younger brother Zachary. The children were looking at puppies near her grandmother's cottage in Sturbridge, Massachusetts. When her brothers returned to the area to fetch their sister, all that was left was one of her shoes in the road. Despite a massive search, Holly's body wasn't found until nearly three months later, on Oct. 23, 1993. Although there have been various persons of interest to the police, Holly’s murder remains unsolved.

Holly’s aunt, Carla Jackman, and Sarah Stein of the Center for the Resolution of Unresolved Crime, will discuss the case.

Sheryl McCollum of Cold Case Investigative Research Institute will talk about investigating cold cases.