A parent’s worst nightmare: Dr. Laura Berman and her husband on the loss of son to fentanyl

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🗓️ 19 March 2021

⏱️ 61 minutes

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This week on True Crime Daily The Podcast: Dr. Laura Berman and Samuel Chapman discuss the details of their teen son's accidental drug overdose death, and examine the duties of social media companies in relation to illegal activity, security, law enforcement, privacy and safety concerns. Private investigator Luis Bolaños joins host Ana Garcia.

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0:00.0	Award of warning. This podcast explores graphic and disturbing stories and includes some strong language.
0:06.4	It therefore may not be suitable for our young listeners or other folks who may find it disturbing.
0:16.4	Hello and welcome to True Crime Daily, the podcast covering high profile and under the radar
0:21.2	cases from across the country every week. We are recording this on March 16th, 2021.
0:26.4	I'm your host, Anna Garcia. Our guest host today is former homicide detective, Lewis Bolognaus.
0:33.2	Lewis is more than 30 years experience in law enforcement, including undercover work with the DEA
0:40.0	at the time when he was investigating drug cartels. He now works as a private investigator.
0:45.2	I ask Lewis to join us today for the special edition of True Crime Daily, the podcast because
0:52.2	frankly we need your expertise here. We absolutely welcome Lewis, your friend,
0:58.4	looking forward to hearing your guidance and to help us explain what is going on because
1:04.4	this is the other pandemic that we are faced with. This episode is focused on one case which has
1:11.6	been making massive headlines and it is a crime that is frankly happening in every city, in every
1:19.2	town, every day, multiple times a day. That is a tragedy that we cannot continue to allow to happen.
1:31.8	We're talking very specifically though about the case of the 16-year-old son of nationally
1:37.3	recognized relationship expert Dr. Laura Burman. Her son, Sammy Chapman, died after allegedly
1:44.6	ordering drugs from a dealer on Snapchat. The family says that Sammy accidentally overdosed because
1:50.7	one of the pills was allegedly laced with fentanyl. The Santa Monica Police Department is investigating
1:56.8	Sammy's death and has told us that Snapchat has cooperated fully and continues to do so and that
2:02.6	the investigation is ongoing. Lewis, I mean this is very new. This death happened in February.
2:15.7	The family has been incredible in talking to the public and their kindness, their grace,
2:25.2	under unfathomable pain. It's amazing how they've been able to turn their pain into
2:41.1	purpose as you're going to see. I just want to give you a little background on how I came in
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