Unforgotten · Alabama Cold Case Advocacy

S3, E3: An Inside Look with Lt. Darren Versiga - Part 1

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True crime podcast hosts sit down with Lt. Darren Versiga, a 33-year law enforcement veteran and Pascagoula PD cold case investigator, to dig into the 1978 murder of Deborah Gunner — a 20-year-old convenience store worker abducted in Mississippi and found dead in Alabama. Versiga explains his investigative thinking, the suspects he ruled out, and the systemic failures — evidence kept in car trunks, untrained deputies releasing crime scene details — that have kept this case unsolved for 46 years. The episode also covers the psychology of deathbed confessions and how publicizing cold cases can shake loose information after decades of silence.

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A measured cold-case conversation built on local detail, careful reasoning, and unfinished answers.

This cold-case conversation stays close to the ground. It follows family ties, small Alabama towns, and custody status without overreaching, and the local geography is handled with care: McIntosh, Leroy, Spark, and the abandoned drive-in theater all feel like places the speakers…

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Follow a cold-case conversation that keeps the map, the alibi, and the witness memory in play.

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