S31 E4: Hello powerful woman | The Banned Teacher

Sea of Lies from Uncover

CBC

True Crime

4.6 • 10K Ratings

🗓️ 23 December 2024

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Robinson couldn’t help but think if she knew there were other victims, the outcome of the case would have been different. The investigation finds another survivor, Robinson reaches out and gets a response right away: “Hello Powerful Woman.” She finally meets the woman who got the teacher banned.

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0:00.0	Christine Heron was 15 years old in the spring of 1993 when she disappeared, and in over 30 years there has been no trace of her.
0:09.9	I did know before the night was over. She was dead, though.
0:13.0	A story of murder and heartbreak and investigative error.
0:16.9	He was 90% sure he was going to be convicted.
0:27.8	From CBC Podcasts, I'm David Rigen, and this is Someone Know Something, Season 9, the Christine Herron case.
0:29.1	Available now.
0:33.3	This is a CBC podcast.
0:39.3	And I would like to keep her name secret unless she wants to.
0:39.6	Yeah.
0:40.6	He wants to.
0:43.1	But I do think she has a lot to say.
0:52.3	Thanks to an old contact at the Royal Regiment of Canada band, Anne-Marie Robinson now has the name of the other student who reported Doug Walker.
0:54.5	This woman blew the whistle.
0:56.3	He was banned from teaching.
0:59.6	That anxious excitement is back in her voice.
1:01.8	So it was very emotional for me. It was like unbelievably comforting in a way to know that you're not alone.
1:14.6	Anne-Marie sits at the desk in her home office, talking to me by video. Her brown bangs brush the top of her glasses.
1:17.6	Every now and then I hear her little dog yipping.
1:21.6	Sorry about my musical dog in the background.
1:24.6	For the first time, since the criminal case against the former teacher was dismissed,
1:28.9	I see some hope in her eyes. I mean, what I want her to know is she's not alone. She wonders if
1:37.9	knowing this woman and maybe other survivors would have made a difference to her court case.
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