S04E03: THE MURDER OF DAVID ROMAN

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11/09/22 • 49 min

David Roman was just 15-years-old when his parents decided to send him to a for-profit foster home in Barrie, Ontario after he began skipping school and experimenting with marijuana. His arrival at the Expanding Horizons foster home coincided with the arrival of another young teen boy with a history of violence and run-ins with the law, and it's not long until trouble arises.
Due to alleged negligence by the foster-care owners (including four teen boys being in the care of one inexperienced 24-year old with no training), a series of events take place that leads to the morning of February 19, 2019- a morning that no one inside the home will ever forget. The horror results in David Roman's murder which instigates an investigation into Expanding Horizons and the for-profit foster care system, with shocking results.
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"Foster teen killed in Ontario home run by for-profit company" (CBC News):
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/private-foster-care-ontario-david-roman-1.5916480

"MANDEL: Teen who killed boy in foster home gets maximum — 10 years" (Toronto Sun):
https://torontosun.com/news/local-news/mandel-teen-who-killed-boy-in-foster-home-gets-maximum-10-years

"Fatal Care: How a teen was killed in his foster home" (CBC's 'The Fifth Estate'):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zU1Kdpn9w4&tParents, foster parent launch lawsuits in teen's 2019 death at Barrie foster home (The Toronto Star):
https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2021/03/09/parents-foster-parent-launch-lawsuits-in-teens-2019-death-at-barrie-foster-home.html"A 14-year-old boy stabs a boy, 15, to death brutally..." (The Toronto Star):

https://www.thestar.com/opinion/star-columnists/2022/08/19/a-14-year-old-boy-stabs-a-bo

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"Foster teen killed in Ontario home run by for-profit company" (CBC News):
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/private-foster-care-ontario-david-roman-1.5916480

"MANDEL: Teen who killed boy in foster home gets maximum — 10 years" (Toronto Sun):
https://torontosun.com/news/local-news/mandel-teen-who-killed-boy-in-foster-home-gets-maximum-10-years

https://www.thestar.com/opinion/star-columnists/2022/08/19/a-14-year-old-boy-stabs-a-bo

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S04E02: THE MURDER OF DARRIEN HUNT

Darrien Hunt ran for his life before he was tragically gunned down in 2014 by Utah police officers. Darrien's story is another example of the justice system falling short. In this case, there are suspicious circumstances that look like a coverup, and there have been no charges or punishments brought down upon the officers involved, fueling the pressure from the public to re-open the investigation into Darrien's death.
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True Life Crime - Season 2, Ep. 10 - Justice for Darrien – MTV:
https://www.mtv.com/vma/episodes/d8c8xp/true-life-crime-justice-for-darrien-season-2-ep-10
Surveillance footage released in Darrien Hunt's shooting . Daily Herald: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsMxUb5REnw
ABC 4 News:
https://www.abc4.com/news/local-news/petition-to-reopen-darrien-hunts-death-investigation/
The Salt Lake Tribune:
https://www.sltrib.com/news/courts/2016/02/23/utah-judge-susan-hunt-must-accept-settlement-over-death-of-son-darrien-hunt/https://www.sltrib.com/news/crime/2014/11/05/investigation-officers-justified-in-killing-darrien-hunt/
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S04E04: THE DISAPPEARANCE OF THE MILLBROOK TWINS

On March 18, 1990, twins Dannette and Jeannette Millbrook disappeared after a walk to a local convenience store not far from their home. Earlier that day, the girls expressed concerns to family members that a white van was following them.
Shortly after the girls disappear, it becomes clear that not a lot is being done to help locate them as a series of missteps and oversights have caused the case to go cold. A misleading call to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children saying the girls have been found (which they weren't) and a missing case file are just a few oversights and mistakes that have left their family with many questions, very few answers and absolutely no closure. This is the story of the only active missing person's case in America involving a set of twins and the three-decade's long pursuit for justice.
Anybody with information regarding the case are asked to call the Richmond County Sherriff's Office at (706) 821-1000.
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"Could John Millbrook Have Known What Happened To His Missing Daughters Jeannette And Dannette Millbrook?" (Oxygen.com):
https://www.oxygen.com/the-disappearance-of-the-millbrook-twins/crime-news/disappearance-of-the-millbrook-twins-who-isThe 'Unresolved' Podcast:
https://unresolved.me/millbrook/

"The Devastating Story Behind The Disappearance of the Millbrook Twins" (E News):
https://www.eonline.com/ca/news/1096358/the-devastating-story-behind-the-disappearance-of-the-millbrook-twins"The Curious Case and Disappearance of 15-Year-Old Dannette and Jeanette Millbrook from Augusta, GA" (Youtube Interview):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCh7v6B5EaQ&t=5s

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Crime Family - S04E03: THE MURDER OF DAVID ROMAN

Transcript

AJ: Coming up on this episode of Crime Family.

It's the sad story of David Roman, who was only 15 years old when he was sent away to a foster care home in Barrie Ontario after he became too much for his parents to handle. Little did they know that this decision would set off a series of events that placed David in great danger and ultimately his death.

What they didn't know at the time of the incident was that inside Jordan's bedroom, he kept a series of k