Killinois With Bird and Cam

Cam and Bird are back to examine the death of Molly Young, the Carbondale Police Department and Jackson County's inability to hold person-of-interest Ritchie Minton accountable, and how new developments may give the Young family long-awaited justice.  

This week, Cam and Bird cover the tragic, unexplained 2012 death of Molly Young,  a woman from Carbondale, Illinois found shot to death in the home of her on-and-off again boyfriend, Richard "Ritchie" Minton. Police promptly ruled out foul play; however, Molly's death presented far too many questions than answers,  with many believing that Minton knows a lot more than he is letting on. In the first of two parts, we examine the timeline leading up to Molly Young's untimely death and Ritchie Minton's possible capability. 

In part 2, Bird and Cam tackle the fall of Rod Blagojevich, convicted in 2011 after a levy of corruption charges. Hear how the disgraced politician found a savior in President Donald Trump, leading to Blagojevich's release from federal prison in early 2020.  

This week, Bird and Cam discusses the story  of Rod Blagojevich, who rose from obscurity to become the governor of Illinois, only to fumble the bag, being President Barack Obama's vacant United States Senate seat, in epic proportions!

On August 22nd 2016, Deborah Dewey, a native of Spring Valley, Illinois, disappeared without a trace. Three weeks later, she would be found dead, the victim of a gruesome murder, before being senselessly buried under 13 inches of manure. A prompt investigation ensued, leading down the path of her brother-in-law, Clifford Anderson. What caused Clifford to commit such a heinous crime?

In light of recent events involving systematic brutality faced by POC concerning law enforcement, this week's episode covers former Chicago Police Commander Jon Burge. Burge supervised the mental and physical torture of over a hundred of criminal suspects, resulting in a plethora of wrongful convictions between the 1970's and 1990's. We look back at how the misdeeds of Burge and his officers contributed to a prevailing  aura of distrust within minority communities towards the Chicago Police Department.