A Mom Spent 23 Years Doing What Police Couldn't. She Found Her Daughter's Killer
From I Wish You Were Here by Michelle Cuervo
March 23, 2026 · 31 min
About this episode
The episode discusses a mother's relentless pursuit to find her daughter's killer after a wrongful conviction led to 20 years of imprisonment for an innocent man.
🎙️ A Mom Spent 23 Years Doing What Police Couldn't. She Found Her Daughter's Killer In this episode: In June 1996, 18-year-old Angie Dodge was found murdered in her Idaho Falls apartment — just three weeks after moving in on her own. Her mother Carol had rocked her in her arms the night before and said goodbye. Police zeroed in on Chris Tapp, a 20-year-old with no DNA match to the crime scene, and after 28 hours of interrogation over 23 days, extracted a confession experts would later call the worst case of police fact-feeding they had ever seen. Tapp spent 20 years in prison for a murder he did not commit. The real killer — Brian Dripps — lived directly across the street from Angie the entire time. It took a grieving mother, a DNA expert, and 23 years of fighting to finally put the right man behind bars. #TrueCrime #TrueCrimePodcast #Podcast #CrimeStory #AngieDodge #AngieDodgeStory #Convicted #TrueStory #IWishYouWereHerePod #UnsolvedMystery #TrueCrimeStoryteller 🎧 Listen to the Podcast Apple Podcasts:I Wish You Were Here on Apple Podcast Spotify:I Wish You Were Here on Spotify All Platforms: https://hoo.be/mshellllly 🤝 This Episode Is Sponsored By COZY EARTH Go to…
People in this episode
Host: Michelle Cuervo
Topics covered
- murder
- wrongful conviction
- DNA evidence
- true crime
- justice
- grief
Keywords
- Angie Dodge
- Chris Tapp
- Brian Dripps
- murder case
- true crime
- wrongful conviction
- DNA evidence
Sponsors
COZY EARTH
Mentioned in this episode
Places: Idaho Falls
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