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Hello and welcome to True Crime Daily, the podcast covering high profile and under the radar

cases from across the country every week. I'm your host Anna Garcia and we are recording this

on July 21st, 2021. Joining us today is Dr. Nikki Ali Jackson, a professor of criminal justice

at Purdue University, Northwest. Dr. Jackson is also an expert in domestic violence issues and

wrongful convictions. Welcome back, Dr. Jackson. It's great to have you. Thank you for having me.

Oh, we really want to hear your input on our cases today because one, a very big component of the

crime involves allegations of domestic violence and the issues of what happens when courts don't

grant protective orders. So I'll be very curious to hear your analysis of that case. We've got two

cases this week. One, a man in Wisconsin has been charged with murder after his father's dismembered

remains have been found, but his mother is still missing. But first, a Baltimore police officer is

accused of murdering his 15-year-old stepson. The teen's body was found in an attic crawl space.

There are accusations of domestic violence, which are a big part of this investigation right now.

So this all happened on July 6th. Police responded to a child custody dispute in the Curtis Bay area

of Baltimore, Maryland. And Dr. Jackson, as we're going to get into the details here, usually some of

the most volatile moments within an argument involving either child custody and domestic violence.

Are those moments when a big change is happening in the family dynamics? Is that not correct?

That is correct, particularly when a victim attempts to leave a relationship. That's when they

are the most vulnerable to actually being killed. So it appears in this case that when the mother,

you know, it said, we're done. Clearly, you know, something happened here in the son ended.

Dr. Jackson, let's get to the details of what was going on that day. The hour is leading up to it,

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