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Women and Crime

Melissa Huckaby

Women and Crime

Cloud10

Society & Culture, Social Sciences, True Crime, Science

4.73K Ratings

🗓️ 17 March 2020

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Ep 11: The brutal murder of 8-year-old Sandra Cantu in 2009 would shock and devastate a small town in Californa but the revelation of her killer would be even more shocking and would leave everyone asking why. In this episode of Women and Crime, we investigate the true motives behind this seemingly senseless act of violence again an innocent child.   Sources Cited for this episode:  The Daily, Beast, People Magazine, ABC news Support Our Work: The easiest way you can support us is by leaving a review, telling your friends, sharing on social media or by sending us a note. We love to hear from our audience!  You can also support the show through the following ways:  Patron - If you're enjoying the podcast and would like to hear ad-free shows, have access to exclusive AMAs with the hosts, or just want support what we are doing in general, please checkout our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/womenandcrime Merchandise - For T-shirts, Hoodies, notebooks, stickers and mugs check out https://www.womenandcrimepodcast.com/merch Credits: Written and Hosted by Amy Shlosberg and Meghan Sacks Produced and Edited by James Varga Music by Dessert Media Social Links: Instagram | Facebook | YouTube | Reddit | Twitter Keywords: Sandra Cantu, Tracy California, Johnny Huckaby, Sunday School Teacher, See No Evil: "Someone You Trust", mental illness  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:33.9

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0:36.9

In a crime that would shock a California community and the nation,

0:40.3

the murder of eight-year-old Sandra Cantu was pretty quickly solved.

0:44.2

But the suspect who emerged was the most unlikely of suspects and left everyone asking why.

0:54.2

This is episode 11, the Melissa Huckabee story.

1:00.0

Thanks for watching.

1:29.0

I'm good.

1:31.0

So usually we say we're excited about our cases.

1:33.0

This one is not one I picked because I'm excited about it.

1:36.0

This one though I should tell you is one I picked because I really, really want us to dig in using our criminologist roots.

1:43.0

This is a case in which we're going to look very closely and take apart the causes of crime or motivations.

1:49.0

And so that's why I picked this episode today.

1:51.0

I think it's really important.

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