Madison McGhee

That's not what happened to my dad. In a way, I almost still feel like I do know what it's like to lose someone to a heart attack because for 10 years, that was what I experienced. I grew up also in church. It's like, okay, God, why did you let my dad have a heart attack? Now it's like, well, why'd you let my dad get murdered?

That's not what happened to my dad. In a way, I almost still feel like I do know what it's like to lose someone to a heart attack because for 10 years, that was what I experienced. I grew up also in church. It's like, okay, God, why did you let my dad have a heart attack? Now it's like, well, why'd you let my dad get murdered?

That's not what happened to my dad. In a way, I almost still feel like I do know what it's like to lose someone to a heart attack because for 10 years, that was what I experienced. I grew up also in church. It's like, okay, God, why did you let my dad have a heart attack? Now it's like, well, why'd you let my dad get murdered?

I do wonder what my life would have been like had I not found out at that moment or not found out at all. My life is forever altered, not just emotionally, but also in a career kind of way. Anything that I felt like I wanted to do or was drawn to do really was now filtered through this. My dad was murdered and now I have to solve it.

I do wonder what my life would have been like had I not found out at that moment or not found out at all. My life is forever altered, not just emotionally, but also in a career kind of way. Anything that I felt like I wanted to do or was drawn to do really was now filtered through this. My dad was murdered and now I have to solve it.

I do wonder what my life would have been like had I not found out at that moment or not found out at all. My life is forever altered, not just emotionally, but also in a career kind of way. Anything that I felt like I wanted to do or was drawn to do really was now filtered through this. My dad was murdered and now I have to solve it.

I went to school then for communications instead of going for medicine. I decided that I wanted to work in film and television eventually with the hope of making a documentary about my dad's case in order to solve it. My career goals changed. I was always very funny. I was always making funny videos in high school and really, really comedic focused. And that also took a bit of a shift.

I went to school then for communications instead of going for medicine. I decided that I wanted to work in film and television eventually with the hope of making a documentary about my dad's case in order to solve it. My career goals changed. I was always very funny. I was always making funny videos in high school and really, really comedic focused. And that also took a bit of a shift.

I went to school then for communications instead of going for medicine. I decided that I wanted to work in film and television eventually with the hope of making a documentary about my dad's case in order to solve it. My career goals changed. I was always very funny. I was always making funny videos in high school and really, really comedic focused. And that also took a bit of a shift.

I had a really strong knack for digital content. And so if I could get people to care, I knew that there would be power in that. But I wasn't sure how to achieve that at the time. I found out about my dad's murder 12 years ago now. So it took a long time for me to really figure out the medium in which to do this. I first started racking my brain around, how do I tell this story?

I had a really strong knack for digital content. And so if I could get people to care, I knew that there would be power in that. But I wasn't sure how to achieve that at the time. I found out about my dad's murder 12 years ago now. So it took a long time for me to really figure out the medium in which to do this. I first started racking my brain around, how do I tell this story?

I had a really strong knack for digital content. And so if I could get people to care, I knew that there would be power in that. But I wasn't sure how to achieve that at the time. I found out about my dad's murder 12 years ago now. So it took a long time for me to really figure out the medium in which to do this. I first started racking my brain around, how do I tell this story?

I wasn't sure what it was going to be. I just knew that I needed to start diving in whenever I felt ready. And that happened to be during COVID, the shutdown, April, May of 2020. And I was like, okay, I have all of this spare time on my hands. I could probably read through a case file or two if I only had access. So I need to do that first. to get access to the police files.

I wasn't sure what it was going to be. I just knew that I needed to start diving in whenever I felt ready. And that happened to be during COVID, the shutdown, April, May of 2020. And I was like, okay, I have all of this spare time on my hands. I could probably read through a case file or two if I only had access. So I need to do that first. to get access to the police files.

I wasn't sure what it was going to be. I just knew that I needed to start diving in whenever I felt ready. And that happened to be during COVID, the shutdown, April, May of 2020. And I was like, okay, I have all of this spare time on my hands. I could probably read through a case file or two if I only had access. So I need to do that first. to get access to the police files.

I called the county that handled the case. I called them to get access. I had heard of FOIA, which is Freedom for Information Act, allowing you access to files. I don't know how it all works. I will say that when I called, I was like, this is my dad. I found out about his murder significantly later. I was a child. I'm just very curious what happened.

I called the county that handled the case. I called them to get access. I had heard of FOIA, which is Freedom for Information Act, allowing you access to files. I don't know how it all works. I will say that when I called, I was like, this is my dad. I found out about his murder significantly later. I was a child. I'm just very curious what happened.

I called the county that handled the case. I called them to get access. I had heard of FOIA, which is Freedom for Information Act, allowing you access to files. I don't know how it all works. I will say that when I called, I was like, this is my dad. I found out about his murder significantly later. I was a child. I'm just very curious what happened.

I still don't even really know beginning to end what transpired that morning. Would just love access to the case file. The front desk said, we send over the request immediately. to the prosecutor's office. They redact the file. They send it back to us. We send it to you. It takes about two and a half weeks. I was like, okay, cool. Sounds great.

I still don't even really know beginning to end what transpired that morning. Would just love access to the case file. The front desk said, we send over the request immediately. to the prosecutor's office. They redact the file. They send it back to us. We send it to you. It takes about two and a half weeks. I was like, okay, cool. Sounds great.