338: But First, Meth!

Update: 2025-04-15

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This week Erin tells us about Chad MacDonald Jr., a 17-year-old from Yorba Linda who became a police informant after a meth arrest, but was murdered by drug dealers who suspected him of cooperating with police, leading to new laws restricting the use of juvenile informants.

Sources:

https://www.nevadaappeal.com/news/2001/dec/20/jury-convicts-two-men-and-a-woman-in-killing-of-17/

https://web.archive.org/web/20200803142523/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-apr-05-mn-36322-story.html

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-apr-05-mn-36403-story.html

https://web.archive.org/web/20240907140658/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-jan-08-me-52029-story.html

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