When 24-year-old mother Denise Hart stopped answering her phone on Jan. 26, 2015, her family immediately knew something was wrong, but the police didn’t share their urgency. Hear from the case’s other victims, her loved ones, on their experience the weekend Denise went missing and why they believe her race factored to police’s delayed response. Experts explain what racism looks like in Vermont, and how the media often fails black female victims.

Buried in Snow is a true-crime podcast covering one case, the unsolved murder of Denise Hart, whose full story has gone untold until now.

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Music by Joseph McDade: https://josephmcdade.com/music. If you know anything about Denise's disappearance or murder, send an anonymous tip to Vermont State Police by texting keyword VTIPS to 274637 (CRIMES), or filling out this online form https://new.tipsubmit.com/en/create-report/anonymous/state.vt.us