The After Show: Lost in the Night (Who Killed Jessica Currin?)

20/20

ABC News

True Crime

4.0 • 8.9K Ratings

🗓️ 27 October 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Deborah Roberts sits down with 20/20's Susan Welsh and ABC News legal contributor Brian Buckmire to break down the murder case of Jessica Currin. Currin was a young mother whose body was found beaten and burned behind the local middle school in Mayfield, Kentucky. Now, explosive new updates in the case call into question if Quincy Cross, the man convicted of the crime, deserves a new trial while the commonwealth continues to stand by the conviction. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:32.6	Hello everybody and welcome to 2020 the After Show. I'm Deborah Roberts, and once again, it is
0:40.3	really intriguing and exciting to be with you today to talk about one of our latest 2020 stories,
0:45.7	which I think just captivated so many of us. This was a story that is just so beyond sad.
0:52.8	An 18-year-old by the name of Jessica Curran in 2000 was found dead.
0:57.9	Her body was found behind a middle school in Mayfield, Kentucky.
1:01.7	Now, Jessica was a new mom, a teen mom.
1:04.7	She had gotten her GED, and she was sort of planning for a future with her infant son.
1:09.9	And her future was obviously cut short by murder.
1:13.0	Her body was found beaten and burned. After many twists and turns in the case, a guy by the name
1:20.4	of Quincy Cross was actually convicted of kidnapping, murder, and rape. He said he never knew the victim. And today, there are still
1:29.9	big questions about whether he is the actual culprit. Did he do it? This is a question that has
1:35.6	divided this small town. In fact, the victim's father even has questions about whether the right
1:41.1	man has been convicted. And now there's a groundbreaking update in the case.
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