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Podcast: The FOX True Crime Podcast w/ Emily Compagno
Episode: Suicide Or Shotgun Murder: The Case Of John Rafter Jr.
Description: In 2016, John Rafter Jr. filed for divorce from his wife, Karina, for the second time. The separation split their family apart, and John lived with his 13-year-old son. One morning, John's son woke up late for school to discover his father's lifeless body in bed with a shotgun. Though John had struggled with mental health and suicidal ideation in the past, this was not a case of suicide - it was homicide.
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Henrico Deputy Commonwealth Attorney Matthew Ackley and Assistant Commonwealth Attorney Susan Parrish discuss their prosecutorial work on the case and share how they were...