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True Crimecast

A Fatal Mistake - Doug Harless

True Crimecast

Stove Leg Media

True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary, Personal Journals

4.81.4K Ratings

🗓️ 8 January 2025

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

This True Crimecast episode examines the heartbreaking case of Douglas Harless, a 63-year-old man from Laurel County, Kentucky, who was tragically killed during a botched police raid. Mistakenly targeting the wrong home in their search for a stolen Weed Eater, law enforcement officers ended up taking an innocent life. Jamie and John delve into the details of the fatal error, drawing parallels to past cases of police misconduct and exploring the critical questions surrounding the raid. Was this a case of gross negligence, or does it point to deeper systemic issues in law enforcement?

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1:35.7

Yeah, looking for a tragedy this week, something that didn't need to happen and was maybe as simple as getting the wrong address.

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Welcome to true crime to go.

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I am John.

1:55.8

Here is always with Jamie.

2:00.8

This is a heartbreaking case right here in our neck of the woods. Yeah, this is tough. The last,

2:02.6

last week we did two potential miracles. This past one was kind of a silly church-related crime.

2:09.5

This one is, is hard to talk about, hard to think about, and raises a lot of disturbing questions, I think, about what actually happened here.

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