13: The Expert

Veteran forensic expert Karen Smith joins Maggie to look at the crime scene and give her opinion on who could have done this and how. Karen is a retired major case detective with the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office. During her career, she conducted 500 death investigations and worked 20,000 in other cases. She serves as a lecturer at the University of Florida, Florida State University and Florida Gulf Coast University for various forensic courses. Karen has appeared on Dateline, 20/20, CNN's Inside Man with Morgan Spurlock, the PBS documentary How Sherlock Changed the World, CNN's Special Investigation into the Missy Bevers Case, HLN's Murder Board, and she currently appears regularly on Crime Stories with Nancy Grace on SiriusXM as a resident forensic expert. You can find Karen's podcast "Shattered Souls" by visiting https://www.crimecon.com/podcast or wherever you get your podcasts. Do you have information about who murdered Yvonne Layne? Call our anonymous tip line at 888-863-9550. All tips are anonymous and confidential. This Week's Sponsors: IPVanish - Go to ipvanish.com/mia to get 65% off their usual offering Purple - Go to purple.com/mia and use code MIA for 10% off any order of $200 or more Better Help - Get 10% off your first month at betterhelp.com/MAGGIE

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On April Fools Day 1999, 26-year-old Yvonne Layne was found murdered in her Ohio home. David Thorne, her ex-boyfriend and father of one of her children, was instantly a suspect. David was eventually tried, convicted, and sentenced to life without parole for the murder of Yvonne. But the entire investigation may have been botched, or even worse, covered up. Now, after 22 years journalist Maggie Freleng investigates Yvonne’s murder alongside Jason Baldwin (himself wrongfully convicted as a member of the West Memphis Three) and his organization Proclaim Justice. Is David actually innocent? And if so, who did kill Yvonne Layne?