Sam Mandez

Truer Crime

Celisia Stanton

True Crime

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 22 December 2023

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Sam Mandez was just 14 years old when his elderly neighbor, Frida Winter, was found murdered in her home, the same home Sam had painted with his grandfather just a few summers prior. It would be years before they set their eyes on Sam as their main suspect. And while he was just a kid when the crime took place, Sam was tried as an adult and eventually sentenced to life in prison for first-degree murder. Despite maintaining his innocence, he now faced a future behind bars. But what would that future *actually* look like? Today, we’re starting where a lot of other true crime stories end – in prison. Please be aware that today’s episode discusses incarceration, solitary confinement, severe mental illness, suicide, and self-harm. Please take care while listening. Action Items Related to Today’s Episode: If you’re in the United States and you or someone you know is contemplating suicide, please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 800-273-8255 or visit their website at https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/. To learn more about solitary confinement and the movement to end its practice, I highly recommend checking out Solitary Watch at https://solitarywatch.org/. A full list of sources, resources mentioned, and photos related to the case are available in the show notes of today's episode, https://truercrimepodcast.com/sam-mandez. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:49.5	Please be aware that today's episode discusses incarceration, solitary confinement, severe
0:55.0	mental illness, suicide, and self-harm. Please take care while listening.
1:02.0	Picture an entirely gray room, not calming or soothing, think cement and everywhere, well, almost everywhere.
1:14.0	Because where there isn't gray, there's metal.
1:17.0	In the corner, cold to the touch, there's a silver-colored toilet that distorts your face
1:21.0	before reflecting it back to you.
1:23.6	Did I mention how small the room is?
1:25.9	So small.
1:27.5	The size of a four-door sedan, if you're lucky.
1:31.0	Everything is a wash in the light beaming down from the fluorescent fixture overhead.
1:36.6	Picture high school.
1:38.1	Except this light, it never goes out.
1:41.4	You're fed, of course, and your meals are delivered through a tray size slit in the wall.
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