23-year old Kaylee Sawyer mysteriously disappeared late one Saturday evening in Bend, Oregon in 2016 after attending a bachelorette party with friends. The trail quickly goes cold, until a Central Oregon Community College Security Officer embarks on a 72 hour, two state crime spree. What he claimed was all a tragic accident - quickly proves one of Oregon’s most gruesome murders. One that would change the legislative landscape of the state... forever.  

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Written/Audio Sources: 

• Edwin Lara Interrogation
• Isabel Ponce-Lara turns her husband in for killing Kaylee Sawyer
• Edwin Lara confesses to the murder of Kaylee Sawyer
• Edwin Lara's Facebook live during crime spree
• 911 call made after Edwin Lara shot a man at a California motel
• Edwin Lara in court
• Edwin Lara admits killing Kaylee Sawyer
• Urge to Kill Episode 4: The Chase
• KAYLEE REMEMBER
• Teen returns home after kidnapping by Bend murder suspect
• Kaylee Sawyer's boyfriend calls 911 to report her missing
• Bend DA summarizes Kaylee Sawyer murder case
• Stepmother explains need for 'Kaylee's Law'
• HER MURDER LED TO A CHANGE IN STATE LAW. CAN A PODCAST HELP SPUR NATIONAL ACTION?
• Kaylee Sawyer's body found in canyon west of Redmond
• Urge To Kill Episode 6: 18700
• Ángel Maturino Reséndiz
• Federal judge issues 2nd life sentence for Edwin Lara, a campus security officer turned killer, armed kidnapper
• Timeline: Kaylee Sawyer’s death, suspect’s arrest
• Kaylee's Law Passes Unanimously 
• Hearings provide new details in killing of Oregon woman
• Forensic Expert Describes Bloody Crime Scene
• Edwin Lara gets life in prison for murder of Kaylee Sawyer
• Court docs: Suspect in Bend womans killing hit her with car, disposed of body
• Man facing murder charge in Oregon woman's death
• Edwin Lara sentenced to life without parole for 2016 murder of Bend woman
• Family: Salem woman was abducted by suspect in Bend murder
• Oregon governor signs Kaylee’s law, spurred by Bend murder by campus security officer

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• Opening Track: “Backweight” by Jay Varton
• Closing Track: “Humdrum Days” by Franz Gordon

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A suicide is frantically called into 911 from a rural trailer in Flintstone, Georgia in October of 2016. 27-year old Donald “DJ” Fickey, Jr. is dead, the result of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. But as DJ’s immediate family begins piecing together the last moments of his life - they quickly realize his death was no suicide. A Private Investigator soon joins their quest for justice, and his investigation quickly reveals a tangled web of systemic negligence, bias, and a coordinated cover up among the primary witnesses. The key to cracking the case wide open remains untested and locked away in a police evidence room to this day. 

A special thank you to DJ's older sister Amanda Shirley and Private Investigator Eric Echols (TFP Company, LLC) for their participation and contributions to this episode. 

Investigation Expense Fundraising Accounts

• (Paypal):  https://www.paypal.com/pools/c/8g3BiJ9fcM 
• (GoFundMe):  https://www.gofundme.com/f/wwqw3-justice-for-dj  

Justice for DJ Links: 

• Change.Org Petition Demanding GBI Reopen DJ’s Death Investigation

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Written/Audio Sources: 

• All sources were documents/media provided by Amanda Shirley and Private Investigator Eric Echols - obtained directly from Walker County Sheriff’s Department and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. All materials were used with express permission from DJ’s family. 

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Invisible Choir Host Michael Ojibway shares a few important announcements and highlights big changes coming for the show in 2020. We also explore 2 cases from the Invisible Choir Premium library at patreon.com/invisiblechoir. 

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Jacob Henderson phones 911 to request assistance in dealing with his wife Sarah’s increasingly bizarre behavior in rural Mabank, TX. Police arrive 15 minutes later only to find the couple calm - implying that everything is now fine.  They leave… until Jacob Henderson calls 911 again three hours later, this time - to report of one Eastern Texas’ most tragic family massacres.      

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A 15-year old boy stumbled home covered in blood on March 31st, 2015 in Niles, Ohio. His mother calls 911 to report a crime - he claims he has been randomly assaulted by 3 men. The ambulance takes him to the hospital where doctors are unable to find any injuries explaining his blood soaked clothing. Minutes later, his 94-year old neighbor turns up dead.  

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A 27-year old mother of three live-streams her final moments alive on Facebook in April, 2018. What started as an argument on social media between former lovers, eventually resulted in murder - and an 80 minute shootout with police in Shreveport, LA. 

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An 8 months pregnant 22-year old woman mysteriously vanishes after agreeing to help an upstairs neighbor with a sewing project in Fargo, ND. Police are invited to search the neighbor’s apartment on three separate occasions, but each time, the searches turn up nothing. This is the Savanna LaFontaine-Greywind story - the inspiration behind Invisible Choir. 

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Domestic violence leaves a dark stain on the childhood of those who bear witness to its cruel and indiscriminate destruction. A New Jersey mother had nearly escaped her abusive past, and was celebrating Christmas with her two young children when all hell broke loose in December of 2016. Were it not for one 12-year old boy’s relentless commitment to his family’s safety - a murderer may well have walked free. 

National Domestic Violence Hotline:  1−800−799−7233

Written by: Stephanie Moore

Executive Producer: Michael Ojibway  

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A Dallas Police Officer shoots and kills an intruder in her apartment after returning home from a 14-hour shift. In the moments immediately following the interaction - the officer realizes she made a terrible mistake. She accidentally entered the home of a 29-year old Accountant on the floor directly above her apartment, and killed him in cold blood.  But things are not quite what they seem, and it appears there may be a deeper vein of prejudice running through the Dallas Police Department than anyone was previously aware. 

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The nearly unidentifiable remains of an 18-year old woman are found burning behind a middle school in Mayfield, KY in 2000. The lead investigator fumbles the crime scene, ignoring vital clues and eventually focusing exclusively on one primary suspect. A judge ultimately dismissed the case, condemning the police work as problematic from the start. Justice seemed out of reach - until an amateur detective set up a Myspace tribute page and hit the streets herself to track down the real suspect. 

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