Dossier 1 - David Josiah Lawson

Published: Oct. 25, 2018, 10 p.m.

b'He was supposed to be a force for good in the system. A criminal justice major who went to one party off campus.It was the last thing he ever did. This is one case among many. But some who listen to this month\\u2019s episode will say it\\u2019s many cases explained by one. So far, our cases have stopped at the borders of American law enforcement; the failures of agencies, the era and date in time of the case, and sometimes just plain bad luck. This month, unavoidably, features an added dimension; one that will inevitably expand our conversation beyond the case at hand. But this remains true: a young man\\u2019s life was taken, and it needn\\u2019t have been.And nobody is today in jail for the crime. When we begin our investigation of a case each month, we don\\u2019t really (honestly) have any idea how it\\u2019s going to go! So far in this series, we\\u2019ve brought you first person investigators and people directly related to the case in some way. In this case, though it may or may not surprise you once you learn about more, we weren\\u2019t able to talk to anyone with direct knowledge of the events or the investigation in the amount of time we have to examine the case. Sometimes, that\\u2019s going to happen. So, we had a choice: we could keep working the case, in the hopes that we landed our sources in a few weeks, or even more\\u2026 which would delay the chapter\\u2019s release; we could bag the whole chapter and start over; or we could release sort of a partial chapter. And that is what this is\\u2026 we\\u2019re calling this month\\u2019s single download our first Dossier episode. \\xa0 Are you going to the first annual True Crime Podcast Festival in July 2019 in Chicago?\\xa0 You should!\\xa0 We will be there along with many other amazing podcasts including but not limited to some of our personal favorites such as: Wine & Crime , Getting Off , Trace Evidence , Criminology, and All Crime No Cattle! Promo in this episode: The Dark Divide Special thanks to those who made this Dossier possible with their research and assistance: Jessa & Nick from Getting Off Podcast and Suzy from 911 Moms Pod.

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