UPDATE: Laura Sweetman
4/18/20261 hr 44 min
On the heels of our investigation into Laura Sweetman’s death, the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office fulfilled our FOIA request, providing new audio files—including recordings of Laura arguing with her estranged husband, Dave, and deputies’ interview with him. Laura was found dead in her Gilbert, Arizona bathtub in December 2013, and despite early red flags, her case was ruled undetermined and quietly closed. Now, these newly obtained materials raise fresh questions. Listen to our update on Laura Sweetman now.
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First 90 secondsAshley Flowers· Host0:00
Happy Friday, crime junkies. I feel like someone down at the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office might have listened to our most recent episode, or maybe the timing is just a crazy coincidence. But a couple of hours ago, this Friday, the sheriff's office finally fulfilled our records request and got us the audio from Dave and Laura Sweetman's domestic violence incident, and I wanna do something a little out of the ordinary. While this episode is still top of mind for everyone, I wanna share it with you. There are three things that you're gonna be hearing, and I'm gonna pop in between each. First, I'm gonna play for you sound from the body cam footage of a deputy responding to Laura's call that she made to the sheriff's office. Then I'm gonna play you the entire audio file that she turned over to them of the incident that she was reporting. This is the almost hour and a half long recording she has of her and Dave inside their house when she says he refused to let her leave, and then I'm gonna play you some audio from when the deputy arrested and questioned Dave. This audio answers so many questions and brings up a million more, and I think for those of you who have been in a volatile or abusive relationship,