Justice for Joyce Yost | Talking Cold | Discussion of Episode 8

Cold

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True Crime, Ksl, Homicide, Cold, Susanpowell, Society & Culture, Westvalleycity, Joyce Yost, Utah, Found, Westvalley, Missing Persons, Murder, Police, Stevepowell, Disappearance, Investigation, Kidnapping, Coldcase, Joshpowell, Documentary

4.8 • 40.8K Ratings

🗓️ 21 May 2021

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

What is it like to work as a detective investigating Cold cases? Amy Donaldson and Sheryl Worsley sat down with Special Agent Brian Davis of the Utah State Bureau of Investigation and member of the state's new Cold Case Unit. He discusses what it's like to investigate a murder when there is no body and the biggest, most rewarding case of his career.

Talking Cold is honest and frank conversations about the issues brought forward in the latest episode of the Cold podcast. We begin with Cold season 2: Justice for Joyce. Three ladies, Amy Donaldson, Ann Dent and Sheryl Worsley will talk about weighty issues like sexual assault, the death penalty and failures of the criminal justice system. The goal is more conversation and more understanding.

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If you or someone close to you has experienced rape or any other form of sexual abuse, you can go to RAINN.org to connect with free resources anywhere in the United States.

Follow Cold Season 3: The Search for Sheree wherever you get your podcasts. You can binge all 10 episodes ad-free only on Amazon Music. Or you can listen early and ad-free on Wondery+ in Apple Podcasts or the Wondery App. Cold season 2 is available on Amazon Music, Wondery+ in Apple Podcasts or the Wondery app. Listen to Cold season 1 wherever you get your podcasts. You can also ask Alexa to play the Cold podcast on your Echo device.

Episode credits:

Hosts: Amy Donaldson, Sheryl Worsley
Audio production: Nina Earnest
Audio mixing: Trent Sell
KSL executive producer: Sheryl Worsley
Workhouse Media executive producers: Paul Anderson, Nick Panella, Andrew Greenwood
Amazon Music team: Morgan Jones, Eliza Mills, Vanessa Rebbert, Shea Simpson

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0:00.0	This podcast includes discussions of rape, sexual assault, and other violent crimes, including murder.
0:06.7	Listener discretion is advised. You should also know that help is available 24-7 if you are
0:12.7	someone close to you has experienced rape or any other form of sexual abuse. In the United States,
0:18.8	you can go to rain.org. That's the Rape Abuse Incest National Network website
0:24.1	at raii-n.org. You can also call 800-656-5-6-Hope to connect with free resources. No one needs
0:34.6	suffer in silence. You are not alone.
0:38.9	Hi, I'm Amy Donaldson. And I'm Cheryl Worsley, and this is Talking Cold.
0:45.1	This is the podcast where we talk about issues on the Cold Podcast, so we need to start with a giant spoiler alert.
0:52.5	So if you haven't listened already, go listen to cold on Amazon.com slash cold podcast.
0:57.9	Today on the podcast, we're going to talk with Brian Davis. He's a special agent with the State Bureau of Investigation, and he's also a member of the newly formed Cold Case Unit.
1:06.2	They look at cold cases across the state, across jurisdictions. I thought he would be interesting to talk to
1:12.1	because he deals with DNA evidence, which is an evolving aspect of police investigations.
1:17.7	And then he also might give us some interesting perspective on what it's like investigating
1:21.5	homicide or a possible homicide when you don't have a body, both aspects of the Joyce
1:26.3	case.
1:30.1	All right. Brian, why create a task force? Like, why do you need a task force? A unit. So,
1:35.7	so as far as the need goes, our administration determined that we, we want to just put a focus on it.
1:41.7	In Utah and in other states, cold cases are generating a lot of
1:45.6	interest for various reasons, you know, media articles, different cases. There's a lot of people who
1:51.6	really are, you know, citizens around the country who are, they're getting into this, right?
1:56.0	And I think part of it that is driving it as our technology, is our DNA. There's advances that we can go in
2:02.5	and there's things we can do now. We couldn't do 10 years ago or 20 years ago or 50 years ago.
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