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The Case of Robert McClendon
📻 Episode #293
🎙️ Hosted by Jason Flom
📅 Sep 22, 2022
About This Episode
On April 25, 1990, a 10 year old girl was allegedly abducted from her backyard in Columbus, OH. She said that a man grabbed her, pulled her over a fence, tied a sock around her eyes and put her in his car. He then drove to a nearby abandoned house, took her inside and sexually…
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The Case
On April 25, 1990, a 10 year old girl was allegedly abducted from her backyard in Columbus, OH. She said that a man grabbed her, pulled her over a fence, tied a sock around her eyes and put her in his car. He then drove to a nearby abandoned house, took her inside and sexually assaulted her on a couch. Afterward, the man took the girl in his car to a convenience store and went inside. While he was inside, the girl jumped from the car and ran home. She told her mother about the attack the next day when her mother noticed that she was acting strangely. According to the mother, the girl said at this time that her biological father, 34 year old Robert McClendon, had abducted and assaulted her the previous day. Based largely on the testimony of the 10 year old girl, McClendon was convicted of kidnapping and rape and sentenced to 15 years in prison.
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00:04:17“Speaker 1: she didn't want you in your daughter's life. And at Speaker 1: that time, you were already helping to support your other Speaker 1: two daughters while working for the Columbus Parks in a Speaker 1: recreation department. Speaker 2: Yeah, City of Columbus, But. Speaker 1: You became a known entity the police with your side hustle, right,”
00:17:18“Speaker 4: testing and had been denied or nothing had happened, and Speaker 4: they ended up choosing thirty cases, and Roberts was one Speaker 4: of those. There was a whole series of articles in Speaker 4: the Columbus Dispatch that came out in two thousand and Speaker 4: eight called test of Convictions. So the Ohio Innocence Project”
00:30:40“Speaker 1: Network conference this year. I met him several times before Speaker 1: in the past, and it sounds like the work you're Speaker 1: doing just keeps the spirit of the conference, you know, Speaker 1: the camaraderie alive all year and just being a witness Speaker 1: being a part of that incredible energy. I wish I”
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