Bill Baxley

Executive producers are Jason Flom, Jeff Kimpler, Kevin Wardus, and me, Beth Shelburne.

The investigative reporting for this series was done by me and Mara McNamara.

Producers are Mara McNamara, Hannah Beal, and Jackie Pauley.

Kara Kornhaber is our senior producer.

Britt Spangler is our sound designer.

Additional story editing from Marie Sutton.

Fact check help from Catherine Newhand.

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

You can follow the show on Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and Twitter at Lava for Good.

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

On June 11th, 1998, a deputy from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department went missing.

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