What Really Happened to Shawn O'Brien?

Dark Downeast

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True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.8 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 31 January 2022

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

RHODE ISLAND, 2006: Was it a seizure or did somebody murder Shawn O'Brien? His daughter, Natalia St. Louis, just wants to know the truth, but the details of that July afternoon in 2006 don’t make any sense. It was labeled a medical call, an apparent seizure, but the autopsy report and blood evidence at the scene point to something much more violent than that. Over 15 years later, Shawn O’Brien’s case is still labeled a suspicious death.

She’s been told to keep quiet, but if she’s not asking questions, chasing down leads, and talking about father’s case, who will?

NOTE: At the time of this episode’s original release day in January 2022, no one has been arrested or charged with any crimes as it relates to the suspicious death of Shawn O’Brien. Names mentioned in this episode are in the public record, though no individuals have been publicly named persons of interest or suspects in this case.

If you have any information regarding the death of Shawn O’Brien in July of 2006, please contact Cranston Police Detective Rob Santagata at (401) 942-2211 or text the tip line at (401) 284-9555. For more information and updates in Shawn’s case, visit justiceforshawnobrien.com. Contact information and photos are listed at darkdowneast.com.

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0:00.0	I just want to know what happened. I just want to know. I just want to know like after 15 years
0:08.0	of imagining all these horrific things, I just I just want to know truth. That's it.
0:16.3	All Natalia St. Louis wants is the truth about what happened to her father.
0:21.7	The details of that July afternoon in 2006 don't make any sense. It was labeled a medical call
0:28.8	an apparent seizure. But the autopsy report and blood evidence at the scene
0:33.6	points to something much more violent than that. But over 15 years later,
0:38.9	Sean O'Brien's case is still labeled a suspicious death.
0:44.4	She's been told to keep quiet, but if she's not asking questions,
0:48.8	chasing down leads and talking about her father's case, who will?
0:53.2	I'm Kylie Lowe, and this is the case of Sean O'Brien, told by his daughter Natalia St. Louis,
1:01.1	on Dark Down East.
1:09.1	When Natalia St. Louis was a kid growing up in Cranston, Rhode Island,
1:24.5	she didn't really notice anything was missing in her life. She was close with her mother, Amy,
1:30.1	and had a big Italian family who supported and celebrated everything she did.
1:35.8	My mom always did the best by me. My whole family always did best by me.
1:41.3	I grew up Italian, so it was like Sunday dinners were our thing,
1:45.3	and going to church on Sunday mornings, and I loved school. I loved going to school.
1:50.4	I loved playing school. I always wanted to be a teacher. So I think I had a really good childhood.
1:54.8	I think despite, I don't remember ever realizing like, oh, I don't have a dad.
2:02.4	It didn't dawn on me that there was anything on this, like it didn't dawn on me that my dad
2:07.3	wasn't in my life at the time. Her parents were together when Natalia was born, but they split
2:14.0	when she was about two years old. For seven years, it was just mother and daughter.
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