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Truer Crime

Ep. 04: Josiah Sutton

Truer Crime

Celisia Stanton

True Crime

4.81.8K Ratings

🗓️ 1 June 2021

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Summary

At just 16 years old, Josiah Sutton is accused and convicted of a heinous crime he swears he didn’t commit. Only problem? Investigators have DNA evidence which links him directly to the crime. Today’s episode explores forensic science, the effects of imprisonment, and the bond between a mother and her son. Today’s story contains references to sexual assault, incarceration, and very briefly, suicidal ideation. Please take care while listening. A special thank you to Josiah’s mom, Carol Batie for talking with us for this episode. You can listen to our full, unedited interview with Ms. Batie on our Patreon https://www.patreon.com/truercrimepod A full list of sources, resources mentioned, and photos related to the case are available in the show notes of today's episode, https://truercrimepodcast.com/josiah-sutton/. If you like Truer Crime, leave us a review! It's the best way to support our work and helps other people find us! Keep up with us on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook @truercrimepod. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Hi friends, before we start today's episode, I want to take a second to thank you.

0:34.4

Your support over the past few weeks has been amazing.

0:37.8

Seeing you post your stories on Instagram, reading your comments, reading your reviews.

0:42.1

This has meant so much to me.

0:44.5

It's honestly so easy to feel like I'm kind of just talking to the void in podcasting.

0:49.6

I mean, I literally am talking in my closet right now, but you all really make me feel

0:53.6

like I'm talking straight to you.

0:55.5

So I want to, I really want to keep hanging out.

0:57.8

And if you don't already follow us on Instagram, Twitter or Facebook, you can find us by searching

1:02.1

at TuraCrimePod on any of those websites and we should pop up.

1:06.7

Before we begin today's story, please be aware that this episode contains references to

1:10.5

sexual assault, incarceration, and very briefly suicidal ideation.

1:17.0

As I dove into this week's story, my mind kept drifting to this one particular biographic.

1:22.0

It was created in 2017 by the anti-sexual assault nonprofit Rain.

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