Raised by neglect, punished by the system: Lincoln Tarrow-Lynch Pt. 1
6/20/202656 min
What happens when the system meant to protect a child chooses to punish them instead? Lincoln Tarrow-Lynch's earliest memory is watching his father being arrested. By five, his mother was in prison. By twelve, he was committing petty crime, living on the streets, and being abused by adults, yet the system kept sending him back to the danger it knew was there.
In this episode of I Catch Killers, Gary sits down with Lincoln to trace the fault lines of a childhood shaped by neglect, abuse, and a justice system that criminalised a child who simply needed care. Lincoln's story challenges everything we think we know about youth crime.
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First 90 secondsGary Jubelin· Host0:00
[upbeat music] The public has had a long-held fascination with detectives. Detectives see a side of life the average person is never exposed to. I spent 34 years as a cop. For 25 of those years, I was catching killers. That's what I did for a living. I was a homicide detective. I'm no longer just interviewing bad guys. Instead, I'm taking the public into the world in which I operated. The guests I talk to each week have amazing stories from all sides of the law. The interviews are raw and honest, just like the people I talk to. Some of the content and language might be confronting. That's because no one who comes into contact with crime is left unchanged. Join me now as I take you into this world. [upbeat music] Lincoln Taro Lynch's earliest memory was watching his dad get arrested and fight with police. When he was just five years old, police raided his home and his mum was put in prison. At 12, he was arrested for the first time. How do you think this story is gonna end? Well, today, I sit down with the man himself, and we find out. Lincoln Taro Lynch.
Lincoln Taro Lynch· Guest1:10
Yep.
Gary Jubelin· Host1:11
[laughs] Welcome to I Catch Killers.
Lincoln Taro Lynch· Guest1:12
Oh, thank you. Yeah, good to be here.
Gary Jubelin· Host1:14
Well, I, I'm- I made it [laughs] ... y- you made it [laughs].
Lincoln Taro Lynch· Guest1:18
Yeah, I made it, yeah.
Gary Jubelin· Host1:18
There's a lot of times that you wouldn't have- Yeah ... uh, been thinking that you're gonna be, uh, sitting down talking on a true crime pod- No, definitely not ... podcast.
Lincoln Taro Lynch· Guest1:24
Definitely not, yeah.
Gary Jubelin· Host1:25
Well, I, I saw you talk a, a couple of years ago at the, um, I think it was