The Case of George Jodoin

Dark Downeast

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True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.8 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 17 April 2023

⏱️ 26 minutes

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NEW HAMPSHIRE, 2001: On December 27, 2001, a friend arrived at 50-year old George Jodoin’s farmhouse in Auburn, New Hampshire, expecting to get a tutorial on caring for his animals ahead of George’s trip to Thailand. Instead, he found George dead in his bedroom.

In the early days of the investigation, the list of suspects could never be narrowed down to just one person. Investigators were frustrated, and the residents of Auburn, a small town just east of Manchester, feared there could be a killer on the loose. Despite a sizable reward offered by the Jodoin family and efforts by investigators, a year passed with dwindling leads, no arrests, and a lack of evidence. Eventually, the case went cold.

But in 2009, New Hampshire’s first-ever Cold Case Unit was established. Within two years, the Cold Case Unit had taken on over a hundred cases of unsolved murders and missing persons in New Hampshire. George’s brother, Robert Jodoin, made sure George's murder case was a priority to investigators. Fourteen years after George Jodoin was found dead in his home, New Hampshire’s Cold Case Unit landed their first conviction.

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0:00.0	On December 27, 2001, a friend arrived at 50-year-old George Joden's farmhouse in Auburn, New
0:11.2	Hampshire.
0:12.6	He was expecting to get a tutorial on caring for George's animals ahead of George's
0:16.7	trip to Thailand.
0:18.2	Instead, he found George dead in his bedroom.
0:22.6	Despite a sizable reward offered by the Joden family and efforts by investigators, a year
0:27.8	passed with dwindling leads, no arrests, and a lack of evidence.
0:32.6	Eventually, the case went cold.
0:35.1	But in 2009, New Hampshire's first-ever cold case unit was established.
0:40.1	Within two years, the cold case unit had taken on over 100 cases of unsolved murders and
0:45.3	missing persons in New Hampshire.
0:47.6	George's brother made sure George's murder was a priority to investigators.
0:52.8	Fourteen years after George Joden was found dead in his home, New Hampshire's cold
0:57.4	case unit landed their first conviction.
1:01.1	I'm Kylie Lowe, and this is the case of George Joden on Dark Down East.
1:07.5	50-year-old George Joden was described as a big brother, not only to his own siblings,
1:19.2	but to everyone.
1:20.8	The third of ten children, George lived on a 20-acre farm in Auburn, New Hampshire.
1:26.6	It was the same property where he and his nine siblings were raised.
1:30.6	In 2015, George's brother, Robert, told New Hampshire Public Radio, quote,
1:34.8	�George was our big brother to our family and friends.
1:37.8	We all looked up to him.
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