Who Killed CJ Davis? (Pt 5) - "How do we solve this?"
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The Times
3.9 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 1 September 2021
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
On the third anniversary of CJ Davis' death John speaks to the lead investigator in the 14-year-old's murder and reviews the evidence considered in the case.
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This episode was first released on 4th September, 2020.
Host: John Simpson, the Times' crime correspondent.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, it's Manvine here. Just a reminder that today's episode of the award-winning series |
| 0:07.1 | Who Killed CJ Davis was first published last summer. |
| 0:12.1 | A warning, just before we begin, some listeners may find some of what we're about to hear |
| 0:18.1 | distressing. Also, this episode contains some strong language. |
| 0:23.9 | It's time one. Who Killed CJ Davis? |
| 0:27.4 | All these things that were supposedly keeping my son out of danger was putting him in |
| 0:31.7 | harm's way. I told him that I'm not going to let him go. I told him that his mom's |
| 0:35.7 | coming soon. |
| 0:36.7 | Other people who were sitting or standing right beside CJ, why can't we hear from them? |
| 0:41.5 | I believe that there are people out there who knew what happened. No one's speaking. |
| 0:54.8 | I'm standing by barking tube station in East London with my producer, Poppy. We're going |
| 0:59.4 | to do an interview with someone we've been waiting months for. We're at a busy street. |
| 1:04.3 | There's police tape. The main road is cordoned off, re-routing traffic. I'm distracted. |
| 1:11.2 | Wondering why they've got a forensics team there. When a man in plain clothes gets out of |
| 1:14.8 | an unmarked car and approaches us. |
| 1:17.5 | I'm John Simpson, the crime correspondent for the Times. This is episode five of Who Killed |
| 1:29.0 | CJ Davis. Today marks three years since 14-year-old CJ was killed beside a playground in Forest |
| 1:41.3 | Gate in Newham, East London. There will be a ceremony of sorts at that spot. Cards and |
| 1:47.4 | candles. Friends have gathered there every years of the shooting on the 4th of September |
| 1:52.2 | back in 2017. And to mark the anniversary, police have launched a new appeal. |
| 1:59.5 | So today, how do we solve this? |
| 2:12.2 | Now back to that street corner in barking. Poppy and I are on route to meet the detective |
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