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Botham Jean had been looking forward to a quiet night at home. The 26-year-old accountant made himself a bowl of ice cream and settled into his comfy leather couch, ready to watch some football. But Botham didn\u2019t get a quiet night at home. Instead, an off duty police officer named Amber Guyger entered his apartment. She shot twice. Judging by the trajectory of the bullet that killed Botham, he was either in the process of getting up or cowering when Amber shot him. When Amber called 911, she was frantic. \u201cI thought it was my apartment. I thought it was my apartment,\u201d she said. \xa0\n
\n\nThen Brandi tells us about a woman everyone pitied. Luz Cuevas couldn\u2019t seem to accept that her infant daughter, Delimar Vera, had died in a house fire. She told anyone who would listen that her daughter was still alive. But that was nuts. Everyone knew that the ten-day-old little girl was dead. Years passed, but Luz didn\u2019t waver. She was certain that her daughter was alive. She just had to find her.\xa0\n
\n\nAnd now for a note about our process. For each episode, Kristin reads a bunch of articles, then spits them back out in her very limited vocabulary. Brandi copies and pastes from the best sources on the web. And sometimes Wikipedia. (No shade, Wikipedia. We love you.) We owe a huge debt of gratitude to the real experts who covered these cases.\n
\n\nIn this episode, Kristin pulled from:\n\u201cThe Ballad of Botham Jean\u201d episode of Impact of Murder\xa0\n\u201cAmber Guyger is sentenced to 10 years for the murder of Botham Jean,\u201d by Marina Trahan Martinez, Sarah Mervosh and John Eligon for the New York Times\n\u201cAmber Guyger trial: \u2018I shot an innocent man,\u2019 ex-officer says,\u201d by Marina Trahan Martinez and Sarah Mervosh for the New York Times\n\u201cTrial opens for former officer who killed unarmed black man in his apartment,\u201d by Marina Trahan Martinez and Manny Fernandez for the New York Times\n\u201cEx-Dallas officer who killed man in his own apartment is found guilty of murder,\u201d by Bobby Allyn for NPR\n\u201cBrandt Jean\u2019s act of grace toward his brother\u2019s killer sparks a debate over forgiving,\u201d by Bill Chappell and Richard Gonzaels for NPR\n\u201cMurder of Botham Jean,\u201d entry on wikipedia\n
\n\nIn this episode, Brandi pulled from:\n\u201cDelimar Vera\u201d episode Crimelines Podcast\n\u201cI believe in my heart she\u2019ll accept me\u201d by Audrey Gillan, The Guardian\n\u201cMom Surrenders\u201d by Jim Walsh and Jason Nark, The Courier-Post\n\u201cGirl Found and Woman Held After a Ruse Lasting Years\u201d by Jason George, The New York Times\n\u201cNo Contest Plea To Kidnapping Newborn In 1997\u201d by Natalie Pompilio\n\u201cHer Side of the Story\u201d by Nicole Weisensee Egan, Philadelphia Daily News\n\xa0\n\xa0YOU\u2019RE STILL READING? My, my, my, you skeezy scunch! You must be hungry for more! We\u2019d offer you some sausage brunch, but that gets messy. So how about you head over to our Patreon instead? (patreon.com/lgtcpodcast). At the $5 level, you\u2019ll get 19+ full length bonus episodes, plus access to our 90\u2019s style chat room! \xa0