Episode 197: Jessica Dishon | What the River Bottom Revealed

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True Crime, Documentary, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 26 January 2025

⏱️ 105 minutes

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Summary

17 year old Jessica Dishon was abducted from the driveway of her when she was leaving for school on the morning of September 10, 1999. The investigation, or lack thereof, that would follow would call into question just how safe the people of Shepherdsville, KY were and would shatter entire families in the process. Nothing can prepare you for this case.

Trigger Warning: Sexual assault and abuse

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Sources:
https://www.wdrb.com/news/stanley-dishon-pleads-guilty-in-1999-death-of-jessica-dishon/article_0f2fd29d-c76b-5599-b6ba-ae80a4c09cd3.html
https://www.belivewire.com/9864/features/too-close-to-home-the-tragic-case-of-jessica-dishon/
http://kool.corrections.ky.gov/KOOL/Details/92165
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jessica-dishon-cold-case-stanley-dishon-ky-teens-uncle-charged-with-her-murder-14-years-later/
https://www.belivewire.com/10649/features/too-close-to-home-the-tragic-case-of-jessica-dishon-2/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/111647898/?terms=Jessica%20Dishon
https://www.newspapers.com/image/180897664/?match=1&terms=david%20brooks
Local newspapers accessed through Newspapers.com

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0:00.0	Hey guys, welcome to episode 197 of the True Crime Couple podcast. I'm Kay.
0:05.1	And I'm John.
0:05.9	We hope that you're all doing well and you're ready for another episode.
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0:28.0	you can join us at patreon.com slash true crime couple okay let's get into things john are you ready
0:36.7	to hear something crazy?
0:38.0	Of course.
0:39.3	The Dishin family would suffer a great tragedy in September of 1999 when their daughter was
0:45.8	abducted from their home.
0:47.8	The investigation, or lack thereof, that would follow, would call into question just how
0:53.4	safe the people of Shepherdsville, Kentucky were.
0:57.6	And it would shatter entire families in the process.
1:03.3	Police say the suspect, 31-year-old Jeffrey Dahmer has confessed to the killings of 11 people whose remains were found in his apartment.
1:11.7	We are all evil in some form or another. Are we not?
1:16.2	Lock your doors, lock your windows. If you have the ability to provide additional security
1:21.2	devices, then by all means do so.
1:24.5	On the morning of September 10, 1999, Michael Dishan left his home in rural Shepherdsville, Kentucky for work.
1:33.2	Before he left, he checked the room of his three children.
1:37.7	Chris, who was 13, Michael Jr., who was 14, and then his only daughter, an eldest child, Jessica, who was 17, and a senior in high school.
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