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Ice Cold Case

Behind the Badge

Ice Cold Case

Madison McGhee

True Crime, Personal Journals, Society & Culture

4.4750 Ratings

🗓️ 12 July 2023

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Looking at the police’s handling of this investigation, it’s clear that corners were cut. Was my dad a casualty in their war on drugs?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:11.0

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0:27.1

You never get a second chance at a first impression.

0:31.2

It sets the tone for any relationship.

0:35.0

For me, trust is built within the first few minutes of meeting someone. I remember my

0:41.6

first interaction with the Belmont County Sheriff's Department. From the second I mentioned J.C. McGee's

0:48.7

murder, things felt suspiciously tense. I naively assumed that the police would be happy someone was investigating a 20-year-old cold case.

1:01.7

One thing less for them to worry about, and maybe it gets solved and bring some positive attention to the county and the police department.

1:10.5

But I didn't get the feeling that these detectives were happy about my curiosity.

1:17.8

There was something I couldn't pick up on when I first spoke with the police.

1:23.6

But that feeling raised some red flags.

1:28.7

And where there's smoke, there's usually fire. On May 25th, 2020, George Floyd was murdered by a Minneapolis police officer,

1:55.9

and the entire country erupted in calls for police reform and racial justice. It was Memorial Day. A few hours

2:05.5

before George Floyd's murder, I had called the Belmont County Sheriff's Department, asking questions

2:12.7

about my dad. This day was particularly monumental for two reasons. One, it was a holiday. Because of that,

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