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The Case of Ronald Jacobsen
📻 Episode #229
🎙️ Hosted by Jason Flom
📅 Oct 27, 2021
About This Episode
On January 6th, 1990, a 21 year old woman was working at a convenience store in Covington, Georgia. At around 4am, this woman, who we'll refer to as "BT," was abducted, forced into a truck, and sexually assaulted until she managed to escape 90 minutes later. Despite BT’s insistence that she hadn’t known the perpetrator,…
The Case
On January 6th, 1990, a 21 year old woman was working at a convenience store in Covington, Georgia. At around 4am, this woman, who we'll refer to as "BT," was abducted, forced into a truck, and sexually assaulted until she managed to escape 90 minutes later. Despite BT’s insistence that she hadn’t known the perpetrator, police ultimately persuaded her to believe a story that her ex-boyfriend Ronald Jacobsen was her attacker. There was no physical or forensic evidence pointing to Ron who was out of the state at the time with his pregnant fiancee and her family. Nevertheless, Ronald was convicted and sentenced to life in prison. In 2017, the Innocence Project used DNA evidence to exclude him from the possible list of assailants, and it took until 2021 for the state to finally acknowledge it.
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00:04:27“Speaker 3: We talked, and when she got off for work, we Speaker 3: drove back to Atlanta, went out to Little five Points Speaker 3: to the Irish pub, and we started seeing each other. Speaker 3: I want to say over October. Speaker 1: So you dated her for approximately how long run?”
00:16:58“Speaker 3: he shaved his beard. Off so basically everything my trial Speaker 3: attorney did was. Negative when he HAD bt on the witness, Speaker 3: stand he popped the question off as, well watch your relationship. Speaker 3: Tonight the district Attorney JOHN i you, know he jumped”
00:29:00“Speaker 3: Right, Yes, Yes in twenty thirteen when first came on. Speaker 3: Board that was such a relief over the years talking Speaker 3: on the, phone getting the information about my case and Speaker 3: learning more and seeing how the process. Works it's, amazing Especially, Speaker 3: vanessa and now That i'm out have access to needing”
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