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Jan 2024
42m 22s

The Murder of Gwendolyn Taylor (Massachu...

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On the night Gwendolyn Taylor was attacked just outside her apartment building in Dorchester, Massachusetts, witnesses watched helplessly as an unknown man grabbed the 18-year old, demanded money, and told everyone within earshot not to call the police. 

When her body was discovered hours later, those same witnesses found themselves at the heart of the investigation. Their recollections of the man they saw that night pointed authorities to a suspect, and blood evidence left no room for doubt: Thomas Rosa Jr. was their guy. 

But no matter how self-confident, it’s possible investigators got it wrong, and Thomas Rosa Jr. is fighting to prove it. 

View source material and photos for this episode at darkdowneast.com/gwendolyntaylor

 

Dark Downeast is an audiochuck and Kylie Media production hosted by Kylie Low.

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