Blunt Force Trauma

7 | What Does It Matter?

The investigation takes a side step when Amanda shares shocking information about an assault - and the series of unfathomable events that followed, as she and Kaitlynn find themselves on the bumpy road toward accountability and justice for the second time in as many months. Listener Note: Today's episode of Blunt Force Trauma contains references to sexual assault and may be triggering to some listeners. If you or someone you know needs support, please reach out to an organization in your area: United States: National Sexual Assault Hotline (RAINN): 800-656-HOPE (4673). Free, confidential, 24/7 support in English and Spanish. Text "HOPE" to 64673, or chat online at rainn.org/hotline. Australia: 1800RESPECT: 1800 737 732. Australia's national domestic, family and sexual violence counselling service. Free, confidential, 24/7 by phone, text (0458 737 732), online chat or video call. Canada: Assaulted Women's Helpline: 1-866-863-0511 (24/7, multilingual). Talk4Healing (for Indigenous women, available in 14 languages): 1-855-554-HEAL (4325). Support Service for Male Survivors of Sexual Assault: 1-888-887-0015 (24/7). New Zealand: Safe to Talk / Kōrero Mai: 0800 044 334, or free text 4334. Available 24/7 with interpreters for 44 languages. Webchat at safetotalk.nz. United Kingdom: Rape Crisis England & Wales — 24/7 Rape & Sexual Abuse Support Line: 0808 500 2222. Free and confidential, with online chat also available. For anyone aged 16+. Rape Crisis Scotland: 0808 801 0302, every day 5pm to midnight. Text 07537 410 027. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

6 | Dobermann

The investigation of a new threat is thwarted by a disappearing witness as Amanda begins piecing together a profile on just who may have been behind the threatening phone call to her Aunt. A discovery by Rosemarie offers a potential new angle for the investigation, and Troy takes a call from someone who knows Ryan almost as well as he knows himself, leading to a number of shocking revelations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

5 | Without Question

Rosemarie sends Troy a copy of the Medical Examiner's report - and what's in it raises enough red flags to send the investigation outside the State of Oklahoma for an independent review. What comes back is a version of Faithe's last thirty minutes that doesn't match anything that's been said about her death. Buried in the file is a decision someone made that suggests, even at the time, this case wasn't as closed as it looked. And on the same call where Troy starts pulling that thread, another voice patches in - with a story she's been carrying since January, and a question about who, exactly, has been listening. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

4 | Not At This Time

Five years after Faithe’s death, attention turns to the agencies that were supposed to investigate it — and runs straight into the same wall Amanda’s been hitting since 2021. Records that won’t be released. Officers who won’t talk. A case nobody will quite agree they own. As the institutional silences deepen, a discovery surfaces that may crack open one of the strangest details of the night Faithe died — a phone call that, on paper, makes no sense, and on closer inspection, may not have happened at all. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

3 | All Muddled Up

A single phone call changes everything. As we work to pinpoint exactly when Faithe’s family was told she was dead, the timeline begins to fracture in ways that are difficult to explain, and even harder to ignore.   As the known events of that night are broken down and tested against distance, sound, and witness accounts, a troubling pattern starts to emerge. On paper, the official version of events may be possible, but when placed against the full weight of the evidence, it begins to feel increasingly unlikely… and dangerously incomplete. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]