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MURDERED: Brittany Locklear

2024/5/6
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Ashley Flowers 和 Brit Prawat 讲述了 Brittany Locklear 的失踪和死亡,强调了针对土著居民的暴力问题以及此案中司法不公的持续存在。她们详细介绍了案件的调查过程,包括目击证词、搜寻行动、嫌疑人的出现和排除,以及调查中出现的政治因素和争议。她们还呼吁公众提供线索,并介绍了 Season of Justice 和 Ohkomi Forensics 这两个组织,以帮助解决此类案件。 调查人员面临着大量线索,但缺乏关键证据。最初的调查集中在目击证词上,描述了一辆棕色卡车和一名白人男子。然而,调查方向多次改变,嫌疑人被指控和排除。警长 Wayne Byrd 和 Jim Davis 的领导下,调查过程充满了争议和政治因素,导致公众对调查的有效性产生质疑。 Brittany 的母亲 Connie Chavis 和邻居 Rose Johnson 提供了关键的目击证词,描述了 Brittany 被一辆卡车带走的场景。然而,这些证词的细节在调查过程中发生了变化,导致调查方向的改变。Connie Chavis 和她的家人也受到了不公平的指控,加剧了案件的复杂性和悲剧性。 学校校长 George Marston 因为与 Brittany 的关系而受到怀疑,但最终被排除。调查人员还调查了其他可能的嫌疑人,包括性犯罪者和在案发时在附近出现的其他人员。然而,缺乏确凿的证据使得这些线索都未能导致案件的解决。 Keith Douglas Laundrie 因为在储物柜中发现 Brittany 的照片而受到调查,但他的 DNA 样本与案发现场证据不符,最终被排除。调查人员还调查了其他可能的线索,但都未能取得突破。案件的调查过程漫长而复杂,充满了争议和不确定性。 警长 Jim Davis 指控前警长 Wayne Byrd 的儿子 Robin Byrd 参与了谋杀案,声称存在一个巨大的政治阴谋。然而,这一指控缺乏证据支持,并被其他机构驳回。这一事件进一步加剧了案件的复杂性和公众对调查的质疑。 警长 Hubert Peterkin 继承了此案,并承诺继续调查。他强调案件的重要性,并呼吁公众提供线索。尽管调查持续了多年,但案件仍然悬而未决,这突显了寻找正义的漫长而艰难的道路。

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When a little girl goes missing from her bus stop in 1998, it’s just the start of one community’s decades-long search for justice.

  • If you have any information about the disappearance of Brittany Locklear on Wednesday, January 7, 1998, in Raeford, North Carolina, please contact the Hoke County Sheriff’s Office anonymous tip line at 910-878-1279, or the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation at 888-624-7222. Tips can also be submitted online).
  • May 5th was Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness Day and in honor, audiochuck is supporting Ohkomi Forensics, an Indigenous-led organization that provides forensic services to Indigenous families affected by the MMIP crisis, in correlation with our coverage this week. To learn more about or donate to Ohkomi Forensics, please visit this link)!
  • For more information about Season of Justice, or to apply for a grant, please visit www.seasonofjustice.org)

 

Source materials for this episode cannot be listed here due to character limitations. For a full list of sources, please visit: https://crimejunkiepodcast.com/murdered-brittany-locklear )

 

Have you heard yet? National DNA Day was Thursday, April 25th, and in honor of the special day, Ashley and audiochuck have partnered with an Indy based cidery to release a limited edition cider called Cheers For Chuck. Cheers For Chuck cider helps solve cold cases - with every purchase, a portion of proceeds goes to Season of Justice. A cider that can crack crime? We'll cheers to that! This is an extremely limited drop, so visit cheersforchuckcider.com) to get your order in before it sells out.

 

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