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The Unexplained Death of Shawn O'Brien, Part Two

2022/8/30
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亚历山大·切尔科夫医生
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侦探中士Michael Gates
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克兰斯顿警察局长McGrath
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娜塔莉亚
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帕克·加维根记者
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播音员
主持著名true crime播客《Crime Junkie》的播音员和创始人。
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施平宝医生
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肖恩的姐妹们
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侦探中士Michael Gates：警方的调查显示，肖恩头部受到的创伤程度与癫痫发作导致的跌倒不符，现场的血迹证据也与跌倒的场景不一致。这表明肖恩的死因并非意外，而是他杀。 播音员：本案中，肖恩的死因成谜，警方调查受阻于关键证据在案发后四天内被污染。阿曼德和琳恩的证词前后矛盾，且存在串供和隐瞒信息的嫌疑。 亚历山大·切尔科夫医生：警方提供的报告与肖恩的伤势不符，因此他将死因判定为未定。肖恩的伤势表明他可能是被殴打致死。 娜塔莉亚：作为肖恩的女儿，她一直相信父亲是被谋杀的，但她之前没有时间和资源去调查。她积极寻求警方和法医的合作，以获得更多信息并推动案件重新调查。她认为警方和法医不愿将肖恩的死定性为凶杀案，可能是为了避免影响部门声誉和引发进一步调查。她认为如果肖恩在案发现场死亡，案件可能会有不同的结果。 克兰斯顿警察局长McGrath：警方最初未将肖恩的公寓视为犯罪现场，因为最初的报警是癫痫发作。阿曼德和琳恩是案件中的嫌疑人，警方拥有大量的调查材料，但缺乏关键证据。 肖恩的姐妹们：她们对警方对肖恩案件的回应不足表示不满，并认为警方调查不力。 帕克·加维根记者：独立法医病理学家蒂莫西·加拉格尔博士认为肖恩的钝器外伤不太可能是意外造成的，而是袭击造成的。 蒂莫西·加拉格尔博士：肖恩的钝器外伤不太可能是意外造成的，而是袭击造成的。 施平宝医生：肖恩的伤势不可能是意外造成的，而是凶杀。 阿曼德·鲁洛和琳恩·哈拉尔：两人均拒绝接受采访。

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Police and medical examiner's initial findings suggest Shawn O'Brien's injuries were inconsistent with a seizure-related fall, raising questions about the cause of his death.

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2006 - Cranston, Rhode Island.

The case was doomed from the start.

In July of 2006, when paramedics arrived at the apartment of 34-year-old Shawn O'Brien, they believed it was for a medical emergency. It wasn't until after he passed away—and the police consulted with the medical examiner—that they realized the magnitude of his injuries were not consistent with what allegedly happened: a fall from a seizure. His cause of death was blunt force trauma. By the time police got a search warrant, it had been 4 days and the crime scene was contaminated.

What's worse, the medical examiner didn't have a clear story from police about how his injuries occurred, and ruled the manner of death as undetermined, beginning an uphill battle with the police (to investigate as a homicide) that continues to this day.

16 years later, the family is still asking themselves the same questions they did in 2006, and pushing even harder for the answers. His only daughter, Natalia St. Louis, remains determined to find out the truth about what happened to her father... and won't stop until she does.

This is part two of the unexplained death of Shawn O'Brien.

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