The Trail Went Cold – Episode 245 – Crystal Champagne

The Trail Went Cold

Robin Warder

True Crime, Tv & Film

4.5 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 29 September 2021

⏱️ 47 minutes

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July 19, 1996. Westwego, Louisiana. After leaving her apartment to walk to a supermarket, 14-year old Crystal Champagne fails to return and is found strangled to death in a wooded area the following evening. When Crystal’s 22-year old step-cousin, Damon Thibodeaux, is interrogated by police, he confesses to her murder and is subsequently convicted and […]

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0:15.2	Thank you and enjoy the episode.
0:17.4	July 19, 1996.
0:19.7	West Wiggo, Louisiana.
0:22.5	After leaving her apartment to walk to a supermarket, 14-year-old Crystal Champagne fails to return
0:28.6	and is found strangled to death in a wooded area the following evening.
0:33.2	When Crystal's 22-year-old step-cars in Damon Tibido is interrogated by police, he confesses
0:39.2	to her murder and is subsequently convicted and sentenced to death.
0:43.5	However, Damon maintains that his confession was coerced and none other physical evidence
0:48.0	from the crime matches him.
0:50.8	After serving 16 years, Damon's conviction is vacated and he is released from death
0:55.6	row.
0:56.6	Crystal's real killer is never found.
0:59.4	So that, the trail in cold.
1:27.5	Hello everyone and welcome to our latest episode of the Trail Went Cold.
1:41.2	I'm your host Robin Warder and today we're going to be exploring a crime which led to
1:45.3	a wrongful conviction, the 1996 murder of Crystal Champagne.
1:50.4	That voice you just heard narrating our intro was Anne King, the latest winner of our trail
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