Beth Shelburne

Kara Kornhaber is our senior producer.

Britt Spangler is our sound designer.

Additional story editing from Marie Sutton.

Fact check help from Catherine Newhan.

Special thanks to Gracelyn Presswood for playing the part of Yolanda Chambers.

Brett Knight for playing Judge Alfred Bayhackle.

And attorney Richard Jaffe for playing himself in the courtroom scene of this episode.

And special thanks to Taforist Johnson's legal defense team.

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To see behind-the-scenes content from our investigation, visit lavaforgood.com slash earwitness.

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Within days, tips started flooding into the Sheriff's Department.

Valley of Shadows, a new series from Pushkin Industries about crime and corruption in California's high desert.

Do you have any advice for us while looking into this disappearance?