"He is going to kill my husband and myself"

The Daily Crime

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4.3 • 627 Ratings

🗓️ 4 July 2022

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Johanna Crawford knew she was going to be a victim of a murder, and her family believes her death could have been avoided last year had their cries for help been handled differently by local law enforcement. WTOL Reporter Amanda Fay tells us what she's learned about the case. During the month of July, "The Daily Crime" will be publishing one episode per week, and the show will return to a daily schedule in August. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, Daily Crime Listeners, a quick announcement before we get into today's episode.
0:04.2	We are, of course, a daily podcast, but during the month of July, we're going to be scaling back to one episode per week.
0:10.5	But don't worry, in August, we'll be back to our usual daily schedule with a new episode every day, Monday through Friday.
0:17.5	Coming up.
0:18.6	He's had, it threatened us before, like...
0:21.1	When he talked to your daughter today, did he tell your daughter what his plan was?
0:28.1	He said that he had a gun.
0:30.3	For Vault Studios, I'm Will Johnson.
0:32.1	You're listening to The Daily Crime.
0:38.4	The day before she was murdered last year, Johanna Crawford made this call to 911.
0:44.2	Is the emergency?
0:46.4	Okay, I am calling because I didn't know what number to call.
0:51.8	My name is Johanna Crawford, and I live in Oregon, Ohio. And the reason I'm calling
0:57.8	is I received a text from my daughter. We have full custody of our granddaughter. And what she
1:08.6	texts me to say was that, without going all,
1:15.0	into the whole background, that the father of my grandchild has said that he is going to
1:22.7	kill my husband and myself, this is not the first time he's made a threat towards us and her so that he can
1:29.6	have our granddaughter. Johanna Crawford's family now believes her death could have been avoided,
1:36.8	had her plea for help been handled differently by local law enforcement, and in fact her call to
1:41.3	911 wasn't the only one. Yes, he does have a gun and he's going out there.
1:46.1	And he said he's going to kill him.
1:48.5	I'm joined now by reporter Amanda Fay at 11 investigates WTOL in Toledo, Ohio.
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