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48 Hours

Who Killed Jonelle Matthews? - Encore

48 Hours

CBS News

True Crime, Tv & Film

4.17.8K Ratings

🗓️ 7 August 2022

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

A former candidate for governor is accused of kidnapping a 12-year-old girl. Does his decades-long fascination with the case mean he’s a true-crime junkie or a murderer? "48 Hours" correspondent Richard Schlesinger reports.

Transcript

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0:00.0

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0:09.6

Hi, I'm Lindsay Graham, the host of Wondries Podcast American Scandal.

0:13.5

Our newest series looks at the Kids for Cash Scandal,

0:16.6

a story about two judges who stood accused of making millions of dollars

0:20.6

in a brazen scheme that shattered the lives of countless children.

0:24.2

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0:26.6

or wherever you get your podcasts.

0:30.0

Where's Janelle?

0:40.0

You know where Janelle is.

0:41.7

I wonder what happened to that 12-year-old little girl.

0:44.4

Everybody was looking for Janelle.

0:46.8

What happened and why?

0:51.0

Nearly 37 years after a young girl vanished from her home in Greeley,

0:54.2

the trial, under way in the Janelle Matthews murder case.

0:57.8

Ladies and gentlemen, for 37 years,

1:00.2

Justice for Janelle has been denied.

1:03.1

That change is beginning today.

1:06.9

Let's talk about December 20, 1984.

1:10.3

My mom was going to California to visit her family for Christmas,

1:14.4

and I had a basketball game that night.

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