Who Killed CJ Davis? (Pt 1) - "Meet Corey Junior"
The Story
The Times
3.9 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 28 August 2021
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
In the first of an award winning series on Stories of our times, the Times' crime correspondent John Simpson attempts to work out who killed a 14-year-old boy in broad daylight back in September 2017 in Newham, east London. CJ Davis' murder has never been solved but the case remains active.
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This episode was first released on 7th August, 2020.
Content warning: Description of suicidal ideation.
Host: John Simpson, the Times' crime correspondent.
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| 0:33.8 | Hi, it's Manvine here. Over the course of the next six days, we're putting out the stories of |
| 0:39.5 | our time series, Who Killed CJ Davis, about the death of a 14-year-old boy from East London. |
| 0:46.7 | This is an award-winning series that we first published last August. If you missed it the first time, |
| 0:53.1 | I really hope you'll give it a listen. It's presented by the Times Crime Correspondent, |
| 0:58.4 | John Simpson. |
| 1:05.7 | A warning just before we begin. Some listeners may find some of what we're about to hear |
| 1:10.4 | distressing. Also, this episode contains some strong language. |
| 1:21.2 | That's Corey Jr. Davis, CJ, beaming at the camera as he presents an award-winning dance |
| 1:26.8 | routine on a sunlit rooftop for a YouTube video. |
| 1:35.8 | Just four years later, CJ is dead. |
| 1:41.2 | Shot in the head at point blank range with a shotgun just outside a children's playground in |
| 1:45.2 | Newham, East London. It was 2017 and he was 14 years old. |
| 1:51.7 | His killers have never been caught, but the prevailing theory is that he was killed during a ride-out, |
| 1:59.3 | slang for gang members touring rival territory to seek out victims. Despite clear CCTV footage |
| 2:05.4 | showing a blacked-out stolen Range Rover with fake number plates approaching and |
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