Month: March 2018

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People treated by Michigan State Police as suspects and persons of interest, according to the report, are covered in this episode.

MUSIC CREDITS:

Ben McElroy – Raggedy Bob, Pt. 3; Free Music Archive

Blue Dot Sessions – Stillness; Free Music Archive

Joni Void – To Alter Realities – Free Music Archive

Ben McElroy – Pale Rider; Free Music Archive

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“Knowledge will forever govern ignorance, and a people who mean to be their own governors, must arm themselves with the power knowledge gives. A popular government without popular information, or the means of acquiring it, is but a prologue to a farce, or a tragedy, or perhaps both.” Ray v Turner, supra, p 304, fn 10 (Wright, J., concurring)

In this episode is an interview with one of the EMTs who responded to Gambles that day, as well as my city council appearance to get previously unreleased police reports from Reed City Police department.

Next week, Episode 4 – Buckboard Bar Assault, Prop B, & Tensions in Law Enforcement, will build upon what you learn in this episode so that you have a basic understanding of the related issues before we get to the suspects and persons of interest in the following episode. All of this backstory is important to your understanding of Janette’s case, and why it may be where it is today, which is what my podcast specifically focuses on –understanding why each individual case goes cold.

MUSIC CREDITS:

Blue Dot Sessions – Closing Shop; Free Music Archive

Ben McElroy – Pale Rider; Free Music Archive

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Janette Roberson was murdered in the basement pet department of the Gambles store downtown Reed City, Michigan in 1983.

In the coming season, I will go over what we know about that day, take a look at the people that police treated as suspects, and what may have been going on in the community at the time that could be related to the case going cold.

Follow along on the Down & Away Facebook page

MUSIC CREDITS:

Ben McElroy – Pale Rider; Free Music Archive

Marcel Tiemensma – Tchaikovsky 5th symphony (2nd movement)

Send for the Horses – Kevin Macleod; Incompetech