Lauren Spierer

Voices for Justice

Sarah Turney

True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.8 • 9K Ratings

🗓️ 20 March 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

On the 13th anniversary of 20-year-old Lauren Spierer going missing, her family took to their Facebook page for her case to write, “The incessant state of not knowing is exhausting. Knowing that there is not a single piece of evidence is exhausting. Knowing that Lauren’s case hinges on hearsay is exhausting.” Lauren Spierer went missing on the morning of Friday, June 3, 2011, from Bloomington, Indiana. She was last seen at 11th Street and College Avenue wearing black pants, a white tank top, and a white blouse. She is white with blonde hair and blue eyes. At the time of her disappearance, she was 4’11” and weighed 95lbs. Anyone with information is urged to call the Bloomington Police Department at 812-339-4477. Follow her family on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Lauren.Spierer.Family.Updates/ Support Season of Justice: Join my Jog for Justice Team Donate to Jog for Justice For more information about the podcast and the cases discussed, visit VoicesforJusticePodcast.com Follow us on social media: Twitter: @VFJPod Instagram: @VoicesforJusticePodcast TikTok: @VoicesforJusticePodcast Facebook: @VoicesforJusticePodcast Voices for Justice is hosted by Sarah Turney Twitter: @SarahETurney Instagram: @SarahETurney TikTok: @SarahETurney Facebook: @SarahETurney YouTube: @SarahTurney The introduction music used in Voices for Justice is Thread of Clouds by Blue Dot Sessions. Outro music is Melancholic Ending by Soft and Furious. The track used for ad transitions is Pinky by Blue Dot Sessions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Voices for Justice is a podcast that uses adult language and discusses sensitive and potentially triggering topics, including violence, abuse, and murder.
0:11.3	This podcast may not be appropriate for younger audiences.
0:15.1	All parties are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
0:18.4	Some names have been changed or omitted per their request or for safety
0:21.8	purposes. Listener discretion is advised. My name is Sarah Turney and this is Voices for Justice.
0:34.4	Today I'm discussing the disappearance of Lauren Spear.
0:38.1	On the 13th anniversary of Lauren going missing, her family took to their Facebook page for her case to write,
0:44.2	quote, the incessant state of not knowing is exhausting.
0:48.3	Knowing that there is not a single piece of evidence is exhausting.
0:52.8	Knowing that Lauren's case hinges on hearsay is exhausting.
0:57.2	End quote. This is the disappearance of Lauren Spearer. On the night of Thursday, June 2nd,
1:07.6	2011, 20-year-old Lauren Spearer was doing what a lot of college kids do in their spare
1:12.4	time. She was getting ready to go out with some friends to her local bar with her fake ID in hand.
1:19.0	She gets dressed in a white tank top, white blouse, and black pants. While it's officially
1:24.6	summer and many of her friends have a few months off from grueling classwork,
1:29.3	Lauren is enrolled in a summer class at Indiana University Bloomington, or IU.
1:35.2	She's determined to work in the fashion industry and is squeezing in her credits as a junior
1:40.2	before heading back to her home state, New York, for an internship.
1:44.8	Despite being from Scarsdale, Lauren has some pretty solid roots in Indiana. As life would
1:50.1	have it, many of her friends she met at a summer camp in Pennsylvania when they were younger,
1:54.7	chose to attend IU as well, including her boyfriend of two years, Jesse Wolf.
2:01.3	Lauren really is that girl. She's beautiful, smart, and outgoing. Her roommate, Hadar Tamir, told ABC
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