I know Jacob is not in his crib, so I look in and say, oh, she's not there, so I'm

like, okay, they're not there.

Unrestorable is a new true crime podcast that investigates the case of Catherine Hoggel,

a mother accused of murder.

I'm thinking, you know, like, what's going on?

Like, this is insane, like, where are my kids?

But despite signs that Catherine Hoggel took her tiny children one by one into the night,

never to come home again, she has yet to stand trial.

Because soon after her children went missing, she was declared incompetent to stand trial.

You know, when I would ask her, her engagement was, I've been invited to remain incompetent.

And then I would say, well, who advised you should throw you know, I can't tell you that.

In Maryland, if the defendant is found incompetent and can't be restored to competency, their

felony charges are dismissed after five years.

So as the clock counts down, Catherine's charges on the verge of being dismissed will

aggrieving dad ever get justice.

Listen to Unrestorable on the I Heart Radio app, Apple podcasts, or wherever you get

your podcasts.

This is In Retrospect, a podcast about pop culture from the 80s and 90s that shaped us.

I'm very much a product of the pop culture I consumed, and I don't think that's a bad

thing.

I'm Jessica Bennett, a New York Times writer and bestselling author.

I'm Susie Beta-Caram, an award-winning TV producer and filmmaker.

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