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WTOP’s American Nightmare Series

S1E12 22 Hours: The Breakdown: Q&A #2

WTOP’s American Nightmare Series

Gamut Podcast Network

True Crime

4.510.3K Ratings

🗓️ 25 August 2019

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

In our final episode, we again return to the studio and dig through our notes, files and transcripts of the case to answer listener questions. What happened to the $40,000 ransom and was it fully accounted for? What is the timeline of the various fires in the case? And what was the deal with Daron’s alibi, Ed? This episode is written and produced by WTOP reporters Megan Cloherty and Jack Moore. Julia Ziegler is the content adviser. Visit 22HoursPodcast.com to sign up for email alerts on the case, and to see photos and other evidence. "22 Hours: An American Nightmare" is a production of WTOP News in Washington, D.C. Music for this episode is “Haters Hate” by Ramone Messam. This week's sponsors include: Good American Jeans - The size-inclusive brand from Khloe Kardashian. Go to GoodAmerican.com/22Hours to receive 20% off your full order (sale items too!) Purple Mattress - 22 Hours listeners get a free Purple pillow with the purchase of a mattress. Text 22Hours to 84888.

Transcript

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0:00.0

I just casually looked towards a canal and I thought what I thought was a mannequin.

0:05.5

August 2nd, 1998, a brilliant young scientist is found dead near the campus of Georgetown

0:10.8

University.

0:12.0

The gruesome murder shocked DC, but she wasn't the killer's only victim.

0:16.7

He jumped into the door with a blanket.

0:19.3

Unknown subject, season 3 of WTOP's American Nightmare Podcast series, follows one man's

0:25.5

gruesome nine-year crime spray and detectives never-ending pursuit to find him.

0:31.2

Umpal Wagner, host of WTOP's American Nightmare Podcast series, available October 4th on

0:37.4

all podcast platforms.

0:39.6

Hi guys, it's Megan Chlorety, Jack Moore, and Julia Ziegler is joining us our content

0:51.5

advisor for this unanswered questions episode.

0:54.6

We teased it a couple times asking you guys to send in your questions.

0:58.7

And you did, thank you very much.

0:59.9

We got a bunch of them.

1:01.8

And we're going to start, hopefully, with the questions that are kind of the most pressing,

1:05.9

Jack.

1:06.9

Yeah, so we've got questions from the live blog that we've had set up our Twitter account

1:10.8

and also through voicemail.

1:13.0

And we looked through, tried to pick questions that there was a lot of interest in or a lot

1:16.6

of people had similar questions around.

1:18.3

And then also ones that using our knowledge of the case, using the evidence that we can

1:22.7

answer, even though there are some of those questions that are unanswerable, but using

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