Ep 174: “Officer Down” - Sgt. Daniel Baker

Court Junkie

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True Crime, News, Talk Radio, Government

4.8 • 8.6K Ratings

🗓️ 4 October 2021

⏱️ 39 minutes

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In May 2018, Dickson County Sergeant Daniel Baker was killed while on duty. His body camera would later tell the story of what happened. Sponsors in this episode: Casefile Presents - Go to Casefilepresents.com to check it out and get listening to your new favorite podcast. Uprising - Get $10 off the Starter Bundle at Uprisingfood.com/COURT. Care/Of - For 50% off your first Care/of order, go to TakeCareOf.com and enter code JUNKIE50. Embr -To get $50 off, go to EmbrWave.com/COURT. Best Fiends - Download Best Fiends FREE today on the App Store or Google Play. This episode was researched and written by Polly Kotowski, with Law & Crime. Follow her on Twitter and Instagram @PollyKotowski. Post-Production for the show is provided by Jon Keur of Wayfare Recording Co. Please consider supporting Court Junkie with as little as $3 a month via Patreon.com/CourtJunkie to receive ad-free episodes. Help support Court Junkie with $6 a month and get access to bonus monthly episodes. Follow me on Twitter @CourtJunkiePod or Instagram at CourtJunkie.

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0:00.0	Erica Castro Miles and her boyfriend, Stephen Wiggins, were saying at a hotel in Kingston
0:07.5	Springs, Tennessee.
0:09.6	The couple argued, Stephen kicked Erica out of the room, leaving her naked and distressed.
0:16.6	He then left the hotel with Erica's 1998 gray Saturn.
0:21.9	Erica meanwhile went to get help from the hotel clerk, Lear Bonsignor.
0:27.8	I had a young woman come to the office and she didn't have any clothes on and she was
0:34.8	upset, crying.
0:39.6	Did she require police assistance?
0:42.7	I thought she did.
0:44.4	Did you make a 911 call?
0:46.2	I did.
0:47.6	The director of the 911 dispatch, Linda Nichols, took the call.
0:53.2	What was the nature of this call?
0:55.6	Now this one was labeled as a request in officer.
0:59.9	And what was requested based on this report?
1:03.6	They wanted an officer to come out due to, it looks like a domestic type situation.
1:11.6	A be on the lookout or Bolo was placed on the car.
1:16.3	There are no reports of the car being seen for the rest of the day or night.
1:20.6	But at some point Stephen Wiggins returned and picked up Erica.
1:25.6	For the next morning, May 30, the couple had made it to the intersection of Tidwell
1:30.9	Switch Road and Sam Vineyard Road in Dixon County, Tennessee.
1:36.3	The car was still on Sam Vineyard, partially turned onto Tidwell Switch.
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