BONUS Q&A EPISODE: Your Questions, Answered

SEQUESTERED Podcast

Road Trip Studios

True Crime, Society & Culture

4.6 • 640 Ratings

🗓️ 12 May 2025

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

In this special bonus episode of SEQUESTERED, Sara and Andrea sit down to answer the most pressing and heartfelt questions from listeners around the world. From the shackles and handcuffs to the possible motive, juror insights, and police missteps — no topic is off the table.

They revisit pivotal courtroom testimony, unpack public reactions, and share what they’ve learned since the trial, including new information about Jason Chen’s troubling past. Sara also reflects on the emotional weight of sentencing, the unanswered question of “why,” and the delicate line between justice and humanity.

Plus:

Was Jason Chen offered a plea deal?
What the forensic evidence suggests about Jasmine’s final moments
Could this have been the beginning of a serial killer?
How Sara reached out to Jasmine’s family before releasing the podcast
Behind-the-scenes of jury sequestration: late-night phone calls, missing routines, and navigating the unknown

For deeper dives into each episode, visit SequesteredPod.com.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hey everyone. It's Sarah and Andrea here and welcome to this special bonus episode of sequestered.
0:07.3	So here we are. Here we are. Let's dive on into this. All right. So we've had a lot of listeners
0:13.7	and in questions. We have read your reviews. We have a lot to talk about. Yes, that we do.
0:20.2	So probably the most asked question has been
0:24.3	about the handcuffs and the shackles. Right. Yeah. I mean, I think we've probably replied to
0:29.9	over 30 emails about this. So the two questions are when and why did he have these shackles?
0:37.8	And then the next question is generally, wasn't that tied to premeditation?
0:43.8	Right.
0:44.4	Well, first off, I will say this was covered in the trial.
0:49.0	What we know for sure is that there's no evidence of when or where he purchased the handcuffs or shackles.
0:56.4	So they don't have a receipt or a timeline or anything like that. Only what Dr. Cogswell's
1:02.8	description was, which is that they were cheap, like kind of aluminum cuffs and shackles.
1:09.0	He said something that you would find at like a Spencer's or some sort of like novelty
1:13.0	store.
1:14.0	So he could have bought these at any point.
1:16.0	You could probably get them on Amazon.
1:18.2	Well, I was shocked because I said to you, I remember Spencer's kind of being a little
1:23.7	edgy when I was growing up, but I've not been to a Spencer's in years.
1:27.2	And I was nervous to do
1:28.6	it, but I went on and looked. And you actually can buy handcuffs. But I understand after watching
1:36.0	the video of Dr. Cogswell, when he pulls them out of the evidence bags, you could tell
1:41.1	they're lighter weight and they actually have a little button that you can undo.
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