4. A Fragile Justice
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Welcome to This Doesn't Happen to People Like Me, a 10-part true crime series by the creators of Sword and Scale. If you like the show, you can subscribe to an ad-free version at swordandscale.com. Please take a moment to review and rate us at Apple Podcasts and Spotify. I'm your host, Mike Boudet. The show was written and produced by Michael Stabile.
On November 9th, 2021, 77-year-old Tina Lowman described to Illinois detectives the horrible details of the attack that she endured at the hands of two criminals who broke into her home. After speaking with Tina, detectives contacted the Adams County State Attorney's Office. This brought two prosecuting attorneys into the investigation.
Who were the key players in Tina's case?
My name is Josh Jones. I'm an assistant state's attorney for Adams County and lead trial attorney for the state's attorney's office.
My name is Laura Keck. I'm an assistant state's attorney for the Adams County state's attorney's office.
Between them, Josh Jones and Laura Keck have nearly four decades of experience as lawyers, and they've prosecuted countless cases, many of which are pretty horrific. Even so, they weren't unfazed when they learned about what happened to Tina Lohman.
The day that I first found out about it was the night that it happened. It was actually at the Quincy Community Theater. And in the middle of rehearsals, I got an urgent text message from the sheriff's office saying that there was a home invasion and sexual assault and they needed to speak with me.
How did the attack on Tina Lohman unfold?
So I stepped out of rehearsals, got an update on what was going on, and then went into the office the next morning, found out a little bit more about it, and met with Laura and started talking with her about the case.
I found out about the case the next morning when Josh shared the initial reports that we had about what had occurred. And quite frankly, I was horrified because this is the type of case that occurs in a person's nightmares. It occurs in movies, but thankfully does not generally occur in real life. In real life, you don't normally have 77, 78 year old women sexually assaulted, attacked on the side of the road and in their own homes by complete strangers.
As Josh and Laura began reviewing this case and the police reports, they learned how Tina encountered the two criminals who attacked her.
We know that she was coming home. It was getting dark. She wasn't sure how the lights on her car worked. There was some confusion about that. And so she pulled over to the side of the road where she was hoping that she was going to get some help. You know, it was one of those things that everybody's scared about. You know, you're on the side of the road and it's dark and she's a 77-year-old woman and she's like, you know, what's going to happen to me? You never really think that it's going to be a nightmare. You live in Quincy. Somebody's going to show up and somebody's going to help you. That's what we've come to expect. I mean, I've seen, I don't know how many stories of somebody's on the side of the road and somebody shows up and helps them to change a tire or brings them gas or things like that. That's what we would anticipate happening in Quincy, Illinois. And I think that's what Tina thought was going to happen.
The police reports went on to describe what happened to Tina after she was carjacked and kidnapped.
What was Tina Lohman's condition after the assault?
He forced her into the passenger seat as they were driving. The man began to force Tina to perform sexual acts on him. They then got to her house. She ran away from them. got into the house, locked the door.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the main topic of this episode?
0:42–1:55
2
Who were the key players in Tina's case?
1:55–2:42
3
How did the attack on Tina Lohman unfold?
2:42–4:34
4
What was Tina Lohman's condition after the assault?
4:34–7:27
5
How were Tina Lohman's attackers apprehended?
7:27–11:40
6
How did Tina Lohman and her family cope with the aftermath?
11:40–29:14