The Sandra Hemme Story Ep. 1: Old Case, New Light
Ozarks True Crime
editaudio, Anne Roderique-Jones
4.4 • 813 Ratings
🗓️ 25 January 2024
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Who is Sandra Hemme and how did she end up in prison for the murder of Patricia Jeschke — despite no solid evidence she committed the crime? In this episode, we dig into Sandy’s previous trial and how police practices may have impacted her sentencing—along with new details that have recently come to light.
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| 0:00.0 | Edit Audio. This episode mentions violence and suicide. Take care while listening. |
| 0:10.5 | It's January 16, 2004, the first day of the evidentiary hearing for 63-year-old Sandra Hemmy. |
| 0:18.5 | I'm here in Chilicothe, Missouri, to attend the hearing, alongside our producers from Edit |
| 0:23.1 | Audio. |
| 0:24.5 | We're all a little nervous feeling this morning, to attend a court hearing and to be so invested |
| 0:29.7 | in this case. |
| 0:31.9 | Oh, that's... |
| 0:32.1 | Oh, that's... |
| 0:32.4 | She is definitely... |
| 0:34.4 | Well, on the right, isn't that Sean O'Brien? |
| 0:37.1 | The kitchen where we made our morning coffee had a tense energy about it. |
| 0:41.9 | This morning's air was so crisp and cold I could see my breath. |
| 0:45.9 | As we walk up to the courthouse, I remember seeing it as a kid. |
| 0:49.8 | The building, it was historic and pretty. |
| 0:53.0 | It feels different now. Smaller. |
| 0:56.1 | Let's just go in and see and if they're like, you can't come in yet. We'll come back out. |
| 1:04.7 | We've been through the security checkpoints, asked to show our identification, and we're sitting in the |
| 1:09.8 | courtroom's wooden pews, |
| 1:11.7 | not a whole lot different from those of my childhood churches. |
| 1:15.2 | We weren't allowed to bring recording devices into the courthouse, |
| 1:18.5 | so we've each got a pen and a notepad on our lap. |
| 1:21.4 | And I forget that my handwriting is nearly impossible to read. |
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