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Who is Amy Dempsey Raven and what is the premise of the Harrisons investigation?
Hi, I'm Amy Dempsey Raven, an investigative journalist at the Toronto Star. I want to tell you about a story I've been following for 13 years. In 2013, when I was a young news reporter on the city desk, my editors came to me one morning in the newsroom and said, There's something strange going on at this house in Mississauga. Three people had died there over the course of five years. I untangled a story unlike any I had ever heard before. It involves a drunk driving crash, a custody battle, a child abduction, a house fire, and some wild undercover police operations. In a new seven-episode podcast series, What Happened to the Harrisons, I trace the catastrophic police and coroner's office failures that contributed to the Harrison family tragedy, and I ask why so many warning signs were missed.
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Uh my husband, I just came home from work and I found him collapsed on the bathroom remote. I beg your pardon? What city? Mississauga. What's the address? 3635 Pitch Pine Crescent.
It's after dark on April sixteenth, two thousand and nine, and Bridget Harrison has just arrived home from a meeting. Бритт і систі т. A slight woman with green eyes and a graying pixie cut. She works a lot in education. And her husband Bill usually has dinner ready when she gets home.
Okay, is your husband awake? No, he's not. Is he able to speak for new tones? He's not.
Бриджит і Бил биєр свертінс. Пип се оретен, like two parts of the same person. Бриджит і пасне и интересно.
What happened when Bridget Harrison arrived home on April 16 2009?
Bill is calm. He keeps her grounded.
Is he breathing normally? I don't know. I just opened the door and found him here.
That night she expects to find Bill waiting for her.
She came home and the door was The the lights there were no lights on in the house or outside.
Right away, Bridget knows. Something is wrong. She gets out of her car. She walks across the stone pathway to the front door of the house where they've lived for thirty-five years. It's a beautiful place, an elegant mid-century home with a dramatic roofline that slopes downward from a high peak. Bridget opens the front door and steps inside. The foyer іm. The only sound is the low hum of the television in the living room. On the coffee table, she sees a half-eaten takeout meal from the Portuguese restaurant around the corner.
She started calling his name and and she went and looked everywhere.
Bill doesn't answer. Back on the main floor, something catches her eye. The door to the small bathroom just off the foyer. Is closed. She tries the knob. It won't open. She had to go and get something to unlock the door. She works a piece of wire into the lock. It clicks and the door opens. Inside Bill is lying motionless on the floor.
She realized knew it was too late. It was stiff. And um Pushed into the corner next to the toilet.
Он на кол урі брит струнти. He's a tall, athletic man, and it's a small room. Гезбаді. It feels rigid.
He's not breathing. Okay. He's not breathing. He's not breathing. Okay. Oh my god.
Police and paramedics arrive and they confirm what Бриget already knows. Her husband of forty years is gone. Bill's sister Elizabeth Galant was at home that night when Bridget called. She said, uh
Are you sitting down? And I said no. And she said, Well, maybe you should And I said, Why? You know. And she said Well, Bill's dead. Like I didn't accept it right away. I just thought okay. Something's wrong.
Лиз і за ретирлейне, со ще' кризис. She calmly got in her car and drove the familiar ten minute route to Pitch Pine.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
Who is Amy Dempsey Raven and what is the premise of the Harrisons investigation?
0:02–2:53
2
What happened when Bridget Harrison arrived home on April 16 2009?
2:53–7:51
3
Why did the locked bathroom door and missing lights raise suspicions for the family?
7:51–19:37
4
What injuries did the coroner discover on Bill Harrison’s body?
19:37–31:30
5
How did forensic experts interpret the isolated sternum fracture?
31:30–35:31