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The Case of Elmer Daniels
📻 Episode #414
🎙️ Hosted by Guest Host John Huffington
📅 Dec 21, 2023
About This Episode
On January 15, 1980, in Wilmington, DE, a 15-year-old girl, "G.S," reported she had been raped alongside the railroad tracks. The victim and her young male friend, "K.C.", said they were together on the tracks when a young black man approached them and assaulted G.S. After giving numerous inconsistent statements, K.C. told police he recognized…
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The Case
On January 15, 1980, in Wilmington, DE, a 15-year-old girl, "G.S," reported she had been raped alongside the railroad tracks. The victim and her young male friend, "K.C.", said they were together on the tracks when a young black man approached them and assaulted G.S. After giving numerous inconsistent statements, K.C. told police he recognized the attacker from school and that his name was Elmer. 18-year-old Elmer Daniels was ultimately sentenced to life in prison for the rape despite scant physical evidence and a strong alibi that was corroborated by several witnesses.
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00:05:13“Speaker 3: some guy named Elmer. I don't know his last name, Speaker 3: but I was in the same eighth grade math class Speaker 3: with him. That's going to turn out to be significant Speaker 3: because the name of the middle school was called Bayered Speaker 3: Middle School. Elma had in fact attended by a middle school,”
00:20:24“Speaker 2: communicate with people, becomes stagnated. We're around the same people Speaker 2: every day. We do the same thing twenty three twenty Speaker 2: four hours a day and didn't turn around repeat it tomorrow. Speaker 2: It's just like getting up going to work. I guess Speaker 2: that's why I like going to work. It's a process.”
00:35:02“Speaker 1: like you said, your freedom day is December the thirteenth, Speaker 1: twenty eighteen. They removed the charges but didn't recognize your Speaker 1: innocence to mitigate their civil liability. So are you suing. Speaker 3: Yeah, we sued the FBI, which is United States government, Speaker 3: and we sued the city of Wilmington and that police department.”
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