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I was like, promise me, you're going to call me back, and

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she said I promise and click. That

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was it. That was the last I spoke to her.

0:10

In twenty seventeen, Libby

0:12

Caswell was found dead in a motel

0:14

room in Independence, Missouri. She

0:17

was twenty one years old, a young mom

0:19

working hard to get by. The police

0:21

investigation was brief, this

0:24

is not a promicide. This is

0:26

a suicide. But Libby's mom

0:28

doesn't believe the official story. I

0:30

thought, well, they must have missed this fingernail.

0:33

It wasn't till much later, and I thought, why would

0:35

they not search the car. She

0:38

assembled a team of experts who

0:41

looked at the evidence and think Libby

0:43

was murdered. We have a term called

0:46

JDLR, which means just don't

0:48

look right. Libby's case stands

0:50

out in my mind and keeps you awake

0:52

at night. Sooner or later, somebody

0:54

talks.

1:00

My name is Melissa Jelson. I'm

1:02

a reporter who covers violence against women.

1:05

On season two of my podcast What

1:07

Happened To I take a closer look

1:09

at Libby Caswell's life and death.

1:12

She was just like a bright,

1:15

happy person. Libby don't

1:17

get me and said Nathan, I don't know. Something

1:20

just seems off right now. I've

1:22

spent the last year talking to Libby's friends

1:24

and family, uncovering details

1:27

of her life and the secrets that

1:29

may have endangered it. I knew

1:31

she was doing something, but she just wouldn't admit

1:34

it to me at birth and so I

1:36

was like, you know, kind of like

1:38

what did he just hit her? She

1:40

told me like she was done, Like she's done going

1:42

back and forth. You now she's finally going to do what she

1:45

needed to do for her. This is a

1:47

podcast about the systems that are supposed

1:49

to help women, but don't.

1:52

We have very strong stereotypes

1:54

about the ways that victims of domestic

1:57

violence are supposed to act. I think

1:59

the law is set up up to punish

2:01

families. Those agencies are

2:03

failing to do the right thing, And

2:05

it's about one mom's search for justice.

2:08

She started advising me, get your records,

2:11

get your stuff together, because

2:13

this is going to be the fight of your life.

2:28

Join me on a journey to uncover

2:31

what really happened to Libby Caswell.

2:34

Everyone deserves to know the truth and if

2:36

there was something that was not right

2:38

and someone should be held accountable,

2:41

somebody dropped the ball. The medical

2:43

examiner ruled Libby's death undetermined.

2:47

They go, what do you mean, they're undetermined?

2:49

I wish I could go back in time and go

2:51

stay with her at that hotel.

2:54

It was crying, and I said, and I was like,

2:56

man, what happened. If

2:58

this was powerful woman

3:01

with status, this case would have been resolved

3:03

by now and the killer would be in jail. But

3:06

Libby Caswell didn't have status. What

3:09

happened to her is

3:11

unknown, and it's something

3:14

that I need to know. Listen

3:20

to What Happened to Libby Caswell starting

3:22

November two on the iHeartRadio

3:25

app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever

3:27

you get your podcasts