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Larry Altman on his role in the Viens case

February 02, 2014 / 03:35

This episode discusses a missing woman case, the role of journalist Larry Alman, and the challenges faced during the investigation.

The host shares their experience covering a case where the police seemed inactive regarding a missing woman. They highlight the frustration of writing multiple stories without any progress in the investigation.

The conversation shifts to an interview with David, the husband of the missing woman, where he reveals personal details about their life, including struggles with drugs and alcohol.

The host recounts the moment they learned about blood found in the couple's home and the implications for the case, including David being a person of interest.

Journalist Larry Alman is praised for his persistence in keeping the story alive, his tenacity in pursuing leads, and his efforts to engage with the police and community.

TLDR

A journalist discusses a missing woman case and the challenges of getting answers while highlighting Larry Alman's persistence in the investigation.

Episode

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this is a unique case for me I mean for the most part I cover a crime that happens the police do their
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investigation I write a story saying they arrest somebody and that's it but this case sort of started where nobody
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seems to really be doing anything and I'm writing story after Story saying look at this case there's this missing
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woman I'm interviewing people related to it and really nobody else is is doing anything
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I remember at one point kind of looking at him going this is off the Record right um and he said yeah well
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absolutely we're just two people talking and it was really nice because I wanted
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him to look at me as a a person a normal regular person who's having a really bad
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day and not a story that he's going to write for his paper and um we talked for over an hour and he got a better insight
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to the reality of the lives that had been affected by that night I parked outside and I just I
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walked in there was somebody there I said I'd like to speak to David he comes out he's a big man so he's sort of
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towering over me and he tells me that he's not doing any interviews um and I should go but I
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don't I don't do that um I still asked a qu some questions and and they were just
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basic questions like what happened to your wife uh and he told me the same thing
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that his wife had walked away and I asked him why and he said it was related to drugs and
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alcohol as I'm standing there I know that every question um could be my last one but I
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asked him uh if if he loved her and if he wanted her to come back and he said yeah I loved her and I hope
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she's safe they called me and asked me if I was going to be around I didn't know why I just figured it it
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was going to be either hey we have a development we're making an arrest we'd like to take you
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along or they plan to use me in some way they told me three things uh uh first that they had found blood in the house
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where uh Dawn and David had lived and they said we believe she is dead and thirdly they believe he was a
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person of interest in the case larryman was he played an amazing role in this whole thing because on his
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own I mean he he knew how to keep things alive the fact that he's so tenacious and didn't let um people
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forget because just when things kind of quieted down he would write another article and he's not afraid of things I
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got to tell you he he got kicked out of that restaurant he walked into that restaurant a few times I wouldn't go in
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there he was the one that kind of was the poker you know calling the detective you know hey anything new you got
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anything to tell me he did what he had to do to help us and and he com at us by doing it Larry alman's a good guy he's
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he's amazing

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Episode Highlights

  • The Missing Woman's Case
    A reporter reflects on the challenges of covering a case where no one seems to care.
    “This case sort of started where nobody seems to really be doing anything.”
    @ 00m 13s
    February 02, 2014
  • A Heartfelt Conversation
    A husband shares his love and hope for his missing wife during an emotional interview.
    “I loved her and I hope she's safe.”
    @ 02m 00s
    February 02, 2014
  • Larryman's Tenacity
    Larryman played a crucial role in keeping the case alive through his relentless pursuit of the truth.
    “He did what he had to do to help us.”
    @ 03m 32s
    February 02, 2014

Episode Quotes

  • This case sort of started where nobody seems to really be doing anything.
    Larry Altman on his role in the Viens case
  • I loved her and I hope she's safe.
    Larry Altman on his role in the Viens case
  • He was the one that kind of was the poker, you know, calling the detective.
    Larry Altman on his role in the Viens case

Key Moments

  • Lack of Action00:13
  • Emotional Interview02:00
  • Tenacious Reporter03:19

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