Compos Mentis: The Murder of Lauren Giddings

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🗓️ 18 June 2021

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Our neighbors. We see them every day, usually just for a few moments—long enough to say hi as we head inside with our groceries, or out to walk the dog. For those of us who live in apartments, we’re sometimes uncomfortably close to each other’s lives: sharing cooking smells, overhearing intimate moments, getting annoyed by small inconveniences. Such close proximity, for total strangers. And as much as we may come to know about the small details of our neighbors’ lives—which night of the week they make curry, which day they wash their clothes—we have no way of knowing what’s going on behind closed doors. Or behind their eyes. Usually it’s nothing to worry about. But sometimes…

Sources:
https://abovethelaw.com/2011/08/the-collected-writings-of-stephen-mcdaniel/
https://www.macon.com/news/special-reports/lauren-giddings-murder/article28616875.html
https://abovethelaw.com/2011/08/the-plot-thickens-say-hello-to-hacksaw-mcdaniel/?rf=1
https://abovethelaw.com/2014/04/you-are-the-devil-law-grad-pleads-guilty-to-dismembering-classmate/?rf=1
https://www.wvgazettemail.com/ga-police-seek-remains-of-dismembered-law-grad/article_5a7a38c9-d8b5-59aa-ab38-ee9ac93758bc.html
https://www.macon.com/news/special-reports/lauren-giddings-murder/article28616902.html
https://www.macon.com/news/local/crime/article222386260.html

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1:15.8	Our neighbors. We see them every day, usually just for a few moments long enough to say hi as we
1:28.4	head inside with our groceries or out to walk the dog. For those of us who live in apartments,
1:33.1	we're sometimes uncomfortably close to each other's lives, sharing cooking smells,
1:37.5	overhearing intimate moments, getting annoyed by small inconveniences, such close proximity
1:43.1	for total strangers. And as much as we may come to know about the small details of our neighbor's
1:48.0	lives, which night of the week they make curry, which day they wash their clothes, we have no way of
1:53.0	knowing what's going on behind closed doors, or behind their eyes. Usually it's nothing to worry
1:59.1	about but sometimes. This is Composmentus, the stalking and murder of Lauren Giddings.
2:21.8	So campers, for this one we're in Macon, Georgia, June 29th, 2011. People were starting to worry
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