CCC Special: "Our Child”: The Case of Baby Jonathan Foundling Part 1

Classic City Crime

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4.9 • 631 Ratings

🗓️ 17 February 2022

⏱️ 57 minutes

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***TW/CW: Infanticide, Neonaticide, Pregnancy, and the issues that accompany the discussions of the loss of an infant– listener discretion is advised. *** On a cold January day in 1996, the discovery of a newborn’s body in the Oglethorpe House Dormitory at the University of Georgia shocked the student community, the local Athens, Georgia community, and the police tasked with searching for answers. The infant baby was given the name Jonathan Foundling by local law enforcement. In “The Case of Jonathan Foundling: Our Child”, host Cameron Jay speaks with former University of Georgia Police Chief Chuck Horton and former Assistant Police Chief Connie Sampson to discuss what really happened, what the early days of the investigation looked like, and why the case remains unsolved 26 years later. The episode ends with a psychological discussion about the case with Dr. Debra Cowart Steckler, followed by a modern-day update on how technological advances could finally lead to answers for the Athens and University community. — Hosted, written and produced by Cameron Jay (@LifeofCameron). Original design by Kyle Kizziah (@Haizzik). Research assistance by Elizabeth Durusau. Intro music exclusively for CCC by Ryan McDaniel. Connect with us online Facebook: facebook.com/classiccitycrime Twitter: twitter.com/CCCrimePodcast Instagram: instagram.com/ClassicCityCrime www.ClassicCityCrime.com To listen to The Tara Baker Story from episode one, visit https://www.classiccitycrimepodcast.com/TaraBaker To Listen to the 1977 Murder of T.K. Harty, visit https://www.classiccitycrimepodcast.com/tkharty Disclaimer: *The views expressed by guests of Classic City Crime Podcast do not necessarily reflect the views of Cameron Jay, CCC, it’s advertisers, or any of its associates. All people discussed, whether interviewed or implied, are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. CCC does not encourage nor condone listeners taking the law into their own hands, contacting those associated with the case, or intervening in police investigations.*

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0:00.0	Please note that this episode contains discussions about content that some people might find disturbing,
0:06.7	including infanticide and of the issues that accompanied the death of an infant.
0:11.7	Listener discretion is advised.
0:14.2	This is classic city crime.
0:16.2	Welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome back.
0:18.2	I'm Cameron Jay.
0:32.6	Music Welcome, welcome back. I'm Cameron Jay. Oglthorp House Towers on Lumpkin Street on the school's campus here in Athens, a nine-story
0:38.9	brick high-rise. The dorm is commonly referred to as locals and students, like me at one time,
0:45.1	as O'House. With the capacity of 500 students, according to a University of Georgia website,
0:52.1	there's undoubtedly many stories, and yes, college secrets that
0:57.4	the walls keep silent, decade after decade. But what if I told you that this storm home to so
1:05.3	many each year held the keys to a dark, sinister story too.
1:16.8	A story of innocence robbed, of answers painfully sought with no results,
1:22.3	and of one community's effort to make sure that what happened in that dormitory in 1996 is always remembered.
1:33.3	More importantly, that the what, no, the who was discovered, is never forgotten.
1:35.3	Monday, January 8, 1996, is one that will remain in the hearts and on the minds of so many students, law enforcement, and yes, Athenians, forever.
1:58.4	It was a cold winter day in Athens.
2:00.3	Historical records actually show an
2:02.3	average temperature of around 46 degrees. That's when an officer Wade of the University of Georgia's
2:09.3	police department responded to a call. The summons to O'House. The reason, well, here's what the officer wrote in 1996, and a report obtained
2:22.0	through an open records request with the University of Georgia's Police Department.
2:27.0	On January 8th, 96 at 1611 hours, I was dispatched to the basement floor ladies' room
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