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Making the CaseJayann Sepich, Mother of a Murdered Child Turned AdvocateAfter her college-age daughter was brutally raped and murdered – and with only DNA evidence left by her killer - Jayann Sepich travels the country working with states to pass DNA-Upon-Arrest legislation, which helped nab the man who killed her daughter. This is how thousands of cases are being solved and how the wrongfully accused – and convicted - are being exonerated.
How to protect children at school, camps and other youth-serving organizations: https://sosthreesixty.com/home/
DNA-Upon-Arrest Laws Nationwide: http://www.dnasaves.org/
Surviving Parents Coalition: http://www.spcoalition.org/
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True Crime DEADLINE30 - MURDER: The Labor Day murder of Katie Sepich. Victim's mother Speaks OutNEW INTERVIEW with Jayann Sepich, mother of murdered college student Katie Sepich.Katie Sepich was a loving sister, friend and daughter when she was attacked, raped and murdered Labor Day weekend in 2003.On August 31, 2003, New Mexico State University College student Katie was walking home after going to a party near campus. She had gotten into a big fight with her long-distance boyfriend.While walking home, the suspect Gabriel Avila [who was on drugs] almost hit Katie with his car, then followed her home where he attacked her and strangled her.2020-08-3135 min
Dateline NBCThe Woman Who Couldn’t ScreamAfter hearing someone break into their apartment, two women call 911 and barricade themselves in the bathroom until help arrives. Little do they know, their call for help holds the key to solving the mysterious murder of a young graduate student named Katie Sepich.Twenty years after Katie’s murder, her mother Jayann sits down with Josh Mankiewicz to talk about grief, faith and the national impact she’s made advocating to broaden law enforcement’s ability to gather DNA evidence.After the Verdict is available now only by subscription to Dateline Premium on Apple Podcasts. LINK...2020-02-251h 21
Just ScienceJust the Impact of Lawfully-Owed DNA Collection_DNA_117In the final episode of the DNA season, Just Science interviews Jayann Sepich, co-founder of the non-profit organization DNA Saves, about lawfully owed arrestee DNA. In 2003, 22-year-old Katie Sepich was raped and murdered within five blocks of her home in New Mexico. Using skin and blood found under her fingernails, investigators were able to produce a full DNA profile and uploaded it to CODIS. Her killer was identified three years later. Now, in 2019, her mother Jayann Sepich continues to advocate for lawfully owed DNA. Listen along as she discusses expanding the DNA Database and the importance of arrestee DNA collection...2019-11-0639 min