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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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.
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Chapter 2: 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.
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Chapter 3: Who is Chris Tapp and what role does he play in the investigation?
You would have thought she was moving into a mansion. She was super excited. It was the best house in the world. Just pure joy when she had her own place.
On the morning of June 13th, Angie was supposed to clock into her shift at Beauty For All Seasons at 7 a.m., but she didn't, which was unlike her. So by 7.30, her coworkers tried calling her home phone. No answer. They left a message on her answering machine. They tried calling her again a few hours later. Still no answer.
That's when two of her co-workers decided to go to her house and check on her. They checked the front door, which was closed but unlocked. They made their way up the carpeted stairs and walked to her bedroom. But instead of finding that Angie had overslept, her co-workers found Angie's body lying on the floor, covered in blood. They rushed to Angie's home phone to call 911.
Around 11.15 that morning, Detective Jeff Pratt was sitting at his desk following up on some case reports when he got a call from his sergeant.
And he basically told me, we have a suspicious death. I want you to come and process this crime scene.
Pratt had first joined the Idaho Falls Police Department as a patrol officer. By the time he was promoted to detective in 1996, he'd been on the force for 15 years. As part of his new detective assignment, he'd taken some photography classes to learn how to document crime scenes.
After hanging up the phone, Pratt grabbed his personal camera, a 35 millimeter Pentax, and drove over to Andrew's apartment in an unmarked car. Pratt was familiar with Angie's address, 444 I Street. He'd lived nearby when he was starting out as a rookie cop.
It's what we call the lettered streets. They follow the alphabetic letters, and it had seen better days.
By the time Angie moved in, the neighborhood was kind of dilapidated and had a reputation for being unsafe. there were reports of drug dealing and other crime. When Detective Pratt pulled up to Angie's house, he was met by a handful of law enforcement officers who'd already been inside.
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