The Murder of Barbara Jean Hegadorn Part 1: When You Stop Breathing

Murder In The Rain

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🗓️ 19 March 2024

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Part 1: "When You Stop Breathing"

When a woman’s body was discovered partially undressed, strangled, and abandoned near the Green River in Washington, it was quickly assumed she had been yet another victim of the Green River Killer. Thankfully, witnesses came forward and gave accurate accounts of what happened to Barbara Jean Hegadorn that night. That information led to the arrest of a man who wasn’t the Green River killer, but a man who was out on parole for another violent attack. This is the story of Barbara Jean Hegadorn.

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0:00.0	Attention listeners in the Bellingham, Washington area. This coming Thursday, March 21st,
0:09.9	I, Alicia, will be at Village Books from 6 to 7 p.m. for a reading, Q and A and meet and greet.
0:17.0	Not only will I be reading a selection from my story about the horrible killing of John Price in Australia,
0:22.4	my newest installment in Mitzi Soreto's
0:24.4	recently released anthology Women Who Murder, but I will be joined by Mitzi herself,
0:29.3	author Tom Larson, and Mike Brown, author and host of the Dark Poohteen Podcast.
0:35.0	Tickets start at just $5 and can be found at Village Books.com under the Event
0:40.0	tab. That's this Thursday, March 21st, from 6 to 7 PM at Village Books, located at 1211th Street in the Rain, where each week Emily Rowney, Alicia Holland and Josh McCullough tell true crime stories of the Pacific Northwest. Murder in the Rain contains graphic content,
1:16.0	listener discretion is advised. So, When a woman's body was discovered partially undressed, strangled, and abandoned near the Green River in Washington,
1:49.7	it was quickly assumed she had been yet another victim of the Green River Killer.
1:54.3	Thankfully witnesses came forward and gave accurate accounts of what happened to Barbara Jean
1:58.8	Hecadorn that night. That information led to the arrest of a man who wasn't the Green River killer, but a man who was out on parole for another violent attack.
2:08.0	As we learned from Emily and Nick's conversation last week, the Green River Killer wasn't just a killer of dozens of women.
2:18.5	He was also a scapegoat. Men who heard of the murders realized how easy it was to get away with murdering and dumping the body of a woman, especially if she was a sex worker.
2:28.0	Not only did this lead to copycat killings, but it distracted detectives, even if a case like today's accidentally resembled the Green River Killer
2:36.5	it was sent to the task force.
2:38.5	Over a year ago, maybe even longer,
2:42.0	I was contacted by Patrick Hecadorn via Facebook, where he asked
2:45.7	me to look into his mother's murder, a murder that was initially believed to have been connected
2:50.2	to the Green River killer. Today I'll be sharing case details surrounding Barbara's murder,
2:55.2	Washington's mistake of letting the perpetrator out of prison early for previous offenses
2:59.4	against a teenager named Jeanette, and how the violent and preventable loss of his mother shaped Patrick's life.
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