TRIGGER WARNING:::
This episode contains graphic details that most will probably find difficult to hear. Death of an infant is involved.
This is the first episode in a series on lynchings in America.
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DOUGLAS J BECKER, 45 years old, went missing on 08/31/94. If you have any information regarding his whereabouts, please contact the ISLAND COUNTY Police Department at (360) 679-7310
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Sources:
https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Documents/Race_and_Wrongful_Convictions.pdf
https://bjs.ojp.gov/content/pub/pdf/bvvc.pdf
https://naacp.org/find-resources/history-explained/history-lynching-america
https://pacificnorthwestadventures.weebly.com/blog/the-horrific-death-of-mary-turner
https://calendar.eji.org/racial-injustice/may/19
https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/mary-turner-1899-1918/
https://www.valdostadailytimes.com/news/vandalized-mary-turner-marker-to-be-displayed-in-atlanta/article_669ed62c-a5ec-11eb-9d49-4b2361c97b52.html