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4.6 • 954 Ratings

🗓️ 5 December 2019

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Episode 4: In the final episode of this investigation, we learn more about Jen Sainato’s rape case - why it was closed, and how much evidence the police really had against the man she says raped her. (Note: This episode includes description of a rape and injuries sustained from a rape.)
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0:00.0	From L.P. App.
0:02.0	Louisville Public Media.
0:04.0	A listener note, this story is about rape investigations and includes descriptions of sexual
0:09.2	violence.
0:10.2	A defense is always going to say if there's DNA it's he said she said or vice versa.
0:17.0	The charge of rape one is going to be dismissed without prejudice.
0:20.0	It's going to be hard to have a successful outcome. But this offender, we need to go to trial anyway.
0:26.0	The challenging cases need to be broad. I found justice in the fight for justice.
0:31.0	Because it's getting so sick and tired of everybody back home.
0:34.0	Have they gotten the guy yet?
0:35.0	Have they gotten them?
0:36.0	Yep, they found out who it was.
0:37.0	All right, is he in jail yet?
0:39.0	Nope.
0:40.0	Anytime you go in front of a jury with more than one victim who's making a similar complaint,
0:47.0	it increases the likelihood that a jury is going to understand and believe these witnesses.
0:52.0	This is Dig, a podcast from the Kentucky Center for
0:54.4	Investigative Reporting and Louisville Public Media.
0:57.3	I'm Eleanor Clippinoff.
0:59.7	When the police showed up to Jen Sonato's hotel room in the early morning hours of January 3rd, 2018.
1:06.2	She told them her insides hurt and showed them the blood on the sheets.
1:10.2	She told them everything she could remember about the man who had fled her room.
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