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The Next Call with David Ridgen

The case of Melanie Ethier: Episode 5

The Next Call with David Ridgen

CBC

True Crime

4.81.6K Ratings

🗓️ 6 July 2021

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

“Cold Comfort”: The final regularly-planned episode. New information about Melanie’s case continues to come to light. What does this mean for Celine and the case? For transcripts of this series, please visit: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/podcastnews/the-next-call-with-david-ridgen-transcripts-listen-1.6056432

Transcript

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0:31.0

This is a CBC podcast.

0:34.0

The following episode contains difficult subject matter and references to sexual assault,

0:39.0

so please take care.

0:47.0

I was so afraid of him until he died.

0:50.0

I remember I would see people that would look like him and I would get like anxiety attack.

0:57.0

Hello Jason speaking.

1:07.0

Hi Jason, it's Dave Rigenkall and can you hear me okay?

1:10.0

Hey I have finally made a connection with Jason Chartron,

1:16.0

Dennis Levese Stepson, and one of the people who Dennis included in his alibi

1:21.0

for the weekend that Mel disappeared.

1:24.0

Jason was 15 when Melanie went missing and has never talked publicly about that time before.

1:30.0

Can he set the alibi straight?

1:33.0

Melanie and I, you know, we knew each other back to our childhood years essentially

1:39.0

because both of our moms knew each other really well, they were close friends.

1:43.0

So, you know, kind of circumstantial, but we were brought up together.

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