Mystery Murder & Mayhem · Andrea Lea

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·13 min·1 clip
New Haven police tried to get James Vandervelde fired from his Navy contract even after DNA evidence cleared him.
The host recounts the 1998 unsolved murder of Yale student Suzanne Jovan, detailing the botched police investigation that wrongly accused professor James Vandervelde while ignoring other leads, including a potential suspect who later committed suicide. The episode criticizes the New Haven Police Department's handling of the case and highlights the lack of justice for the victim's family.
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