Jeanie Childs Part 2

Jeanie Childs Part 2

From Truer Crime by Celisia Stanton

November 10, 2025 · 36 min · Season 3 · Episode 13

About this episode

The episode discusses the breakthrough in Jeanie Childs' unsolved case and the implications of new technology on justice and privacy.

For more than 25 years, Jeanie’s case stayed unsolved. Investigators had fragments—a DNA profile appearing across key items, a set of bloody footprints—but not a name. Then, a new technology entered the picture with the potential to blow the whole case wide open. In Part 2, we follow the quiet breakthrough that put a suspect in focus, the messy, very human work of proving it, and the questions that still remain about privacy, power, and what “justice” really means for a grieving family. Want early access to every episode, all at once? Tenderfoot+ subscribers get the full case at the start of each month—plus ad-free listening and exclusive content from over 30 shows. Sign up at ⁠tenderfootplus.com⁠. Find all action items, sources, and resources in the show notes at ⁠truercrimepodcast.com⁠. Follow @truercrimepod on ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠X⁠⁠⁠. Follow me @celisiastanton on ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠. Sign up for my weekly Substack newsletter, ⁠⁠⁠Sincerely, Celisia⁠⁠⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Celisia Stanton

Topics covered

  • unsolved case
  • DNA technology
  • investigation
  • justice
  • privacy
  • grieving family

Keywords

  • Jeanie Childs
  • unsolved case
  • DNA profile
  • investigation
  • justice
  • privacy
  • Tenderfoot+

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