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09/12/23 • 11 min

Dr. Robert Hadden was a trusted OB-GYN at Columbia University. Friendly, caring, unassuming... and behind the closed door of exam rooms, one of the most prolific sexual predators in New York City. During his 25-year career, he assaulted hundreds, perhaps thousands, of patients, under the guise of medical exams. Those who tried to warn Columbia were ignored or not believed. When it appeared that no one — not Hadden, not Columbia — would be held to account, it was the survivors who undertook a decade-long fight for justice.

From Wondery, Exposed: Cover-Up at Columbia University is a story about power: who has it, who loses it, and what it takes to get it back.

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From Wondery, Exposed: Cover-Up at Columbia University is a story about power: who has it, who loses it, and what it takes to get it back.

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Mitrice Richardson Part 2

In the summer of 2009, 24-year-old Mitrice Richardson was living in Los Angeles, California. She had recently graduated from Cal State Fullerton with a degree in psychology and was searching for the perfect doctorate program to continue her studies and pursue her dream of becoming a psychologist.

On the night of September 16, she went to a restaurant in Malibu, where she began exhibiting some strange behavior. While some people thought maybe Mitrice was drunk or on some type of drug it became apparent that she was actually struggling with her mental health.

Mitrice didn’t pay her bill, but the workers weren’t really concerned about that. They even discussed pulling their money together to help her. They were more concerned that she was obviously going through some type of crisis. So, they called the police, who then made the call that she did not need to be evaluated by a mental health professional. She was instead arrested and taken to jail. Her car was impounded, along with her cell phone and wallet.

A few hours later, at 12:38 a.m., Mitrice was released without any of her belongings, no money, no phone, and no car.

Almost a year later, in August 2010, Mitrice’s remains were located. Since then, the cause of her death has become a major topic of debate for her loved ones, the city, and across true crime. Almost immediately, investigators said no foul play was involved in Mitrice’s death.

But her loved ones and even certain members of law enforcement have voiced their concerns that the evidence suggests otherwise.

Mitrice’s mentor, Dr. Ronda Hampton, joins us this week to discuss the case in a very candid interview.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Los Angeles Police Department at (213) 486-6900.

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Cindy Guido

On April 12, 2017, 60-year-old Evelyn Lucinda "Cindy" Guido was reported missing from Gilbert, Arizona. No one had seen or heard from her for almost a week. According to Cindy’s roommate, she was picked up on the evening of April 6. She didn’t say where she was going but said she’d be back.

After months of investigating, it became clear to detectives that some of the men in her life were pointing fingers at each other, and then a search of her apartment confirmed her family’s worst fears.

Cindy’s family reached out to me in hopes of sharing her story, generating leads, and finally getting some answers.

Evelyn Lucinda “Cindy” Guido was last seen on April 6, 2017, in Gilbert, Arizona, near the 200 block of Juniper Avenue. when she was 60 years old, she is white, 5’4”, and 115 pounds. She has brown eyes and brown shoulder-length hair. She sometimes wore blond extensions. She has a full set of dentures a burn scar on her left arm, and wears wire-rimmed reading glasses.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Gilbert Police Department at 480-503-6500.

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