The Snare, Episode 1: Peacekeeper
episodePreviously titled “The Snare: Peacekeeper” — renamed by the publisher on Aug 2, 2026
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This is Debra Roberts. You are about to hear the first episode of the latest original true crime podcast from 2020 and ABC Audio, a shocking six-part series called The Snare. It's a story about loyalty, persistence, and a decades-long fight for justice. In 1996, 18-year-old Angie Dodge was found brutally murdered in her apartment in Idaho Falls. The police soon identified a suspect and put him behind bars. But some evidence still didn't line up, and doubts lingered about who was really responsible. For years, Angie's mom continued to search for answers. And two decades later, a surprising revelation changed everything. Hear the true story of what happened to Angie Dodge on our new podcast, The Snare.
We'll be sharing weekly episodes on Wednesdays right here on the 2020 podcast feed over the next six weeks, starting right now with episode one. But if you don't want to wait, you can get new episodes early by following The Snare on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, or wherever you're listening now. Now, here's Episode 1 of The Snare. On a quiet Saturday morning, five women walked into a Lane Bryant store and never came home. The man responsible for their deaths was heard and even described by the lone survivor. But despite nearly being caught, he vanished into thin air. In the years since, new technology, new investigators, and new questions have changed what's possible. But the families are still waiting for answers.
The evidence is still there.
What tragic event sets the stage for the story?
And this case isn't cold. It's unfinished. Listen to CounterClock Season 8 wherever you get your podcasts.
On a cold winter night in 1997, police in a small city in Idaho have brought a young man to the station to help answer some questions. His name is Chris Tapp. He shifts around in his chair inside a spare interrogation room, propping a baseball cap on the knee of his faded blue jeans. Chris is 20 years old. The detective asks if he's comfortable and says he can leave anytime. You're not under arrest. You're not in trouble.
You can get up and say, hey, I'm done. Take me home. You just want to kind of pick your grade and kind of go from there.
The detective seems to think Chris knows something about the death of a young woman he knew, the brutal murder of 18-year-old Angie Dodge, who'd been found stabbed and sexually assaulted in her apartment more than six months before. Chris is confused about why police would want to talk to him.
What more can I say? I mean, I'm going to be helpful. I'm going to try to do everything I can. But I really don't know that much.
But the detective doesn't appear to believe him. He shifts gears, saying if Chris is lying, he's going to pay a heavy price.
Starting to shape up that some heads are going to probably roll for a little bit. And it appears yours is probably on the chopping block.
He says things will only get worse if it turns out Chris is hiding something. But if he cooperates and fesses up now, then maybe police can throw him a lifeline.
Okay.
Chris thought he was here to help the police, but now he's starting to realize this might not be a friendly conversation. He tries bargaining with the detective.
I'll take a lie detector test. I will find anything that would just verify what I said. You can take it to court.
I'm being a scared little man.
Chris has just said he's a scared little man. He's also volunteered to take a lie detector test. Soon, detectives will take him up on that offer. And it will set him and others on a dark path. A path they could never have predicted. From ABC Audio and 2020, I'm Maggie Rulli. This is The Snare. Episode 1, Peacekeeper.
In June 1996, young people in Idaho Falls, Idaho, were starting to settle into summer. Jeremy Sargis, Angie Dodge's classmate all through high school, was one of them.
It's an outdoorsy place. It was a good place to grow up. We all were dorks back in the day. You know, we all had good times and hooky-bobbing and water fights and, yeah, driving around with your feet hanging out the window.
Idaho Falls is a town of around 50,000, not far from the Grand Tetons and Yellowstone National Park.
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