Show Notes
When 23-year-old Taunja Bennett disappeared from Portland, Oregon, her family feared the worst. Days later, her body was discovered in the Columbia River Gorge, brutally murdered and left hidden along an isolated road.
Then investigators received a tip naming a suspect.
What followed was a disturbing investigation filled with accusations and eventually confessions that led to two convictions. Even so, questions about what really happened to Taunja refused to disappear.
Were the right people brought to justice, or had everyone been looking in the wrong direction?
Sometimes the most plausible explanation is also the wrong one.
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A Question of Guilt - Los Angeles Times
Laverne Pavlinac | National Registry of Exonerations
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