The Murder of Darien Richardson, Part 2 (Maine)

Dark Downeast

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True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.8 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 9 August 2021

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Since that night in January 2010 when a masked intruder fired several rounds into Darien Richardson’s bedroom, Judi Richardson and her family have waited for the call that would bring them closure and justice in Darien’s still unsolved murder. In Part 1, we got to know Darien through the eyes of her mother, and we heard about the painful, emotional road to recovery after suffering two gunshot wounds that was then unexpectedly cut short. Begin listening with Part 1 for the full story. In Part 2, with Darien’s passing, Portland Police had a homicide investigation on their hands. A clue still lodged in Darien’s hip would lead them to the first big break in the case, but a break that would only take them so far when a loophole left the investigation stalled at a frustrating dead end.

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0:00.0	I don't think people realize how hard it is to live without over your on your mind and in your life constantly.
0:10.0	People forget they just do. Family forgets even, you know, nobody thinks about it, but it's always on your mind.
0:18.0	Is today going to be the day? Is someone going to call me? Someone going to turn up?
0:24.0	Since that night, in January 2010, when a masked intruder fired several rounds into
0:30.7	Darien Richardson's bedroom, Judy Richardson and her family have waited for the call
0:36.6	that would bring them closure and justice in Darien's still unsolved murder. In part one of this two-part series, we got to know Darien through the eyes of her mother,
0:48.0	and we heard about the painful emotional road to recovery after suffering two gunshot wounds that was then unexpectedly cut short.
1:00.8	With Darien's passing, Portland Police now had a homicide investigation on their hands.
1:07.2	And a clue, still lodged in Darien's hip, would lead them to the first big break in the case, a break that would only take them so
1:17.0	far after a loophole left the investigation stalled at a frustrating dead end. I'm Kylie Lowe and this is
1:27.1	part two of Darien Richardson's story told by her mother Judy Richardson on Dark Down East. Darian Richardson was 25 years old when she passed away from complications relating to her
1:51.6	gunshot wounds from the home invasion and shooting in January 2010.
1:57.0	The wound on her hip was a complicated injury from the start.
2:02.0	Darien was at risk of bleeding out. complicated injury from the start.
2:05.0	Darien was at risk of bleeding out
2:09.0	and had a few scares while still in the hospital.
2:17.0	Doctors decided to leave that bullet in her hip and heal the wound from the outside. Ultimately, it caused a pulmonary embolism.
2:21.0	The media attention surrounding the death of their daughter only
2:25.5	amplified their pain. A young woman with a bright future dies as the result of a
2:31.4	shooting in Portland, Maine, and it instantly became a block headline news.
2:37.0	The rumors were the most challenging to cope with.
2:41.0	The reporters were all over asking anybody that was connected to anybody on social media,
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