Making the Case

She would have been the next victim of an elusive serial killer who hunted and murdered at least three other teenage girls, but Kara Robinson Chamberlain saved her own life by using a survival instinct that she didn't know she had. Taken at gunpoint from in front of a friend's home, Kara was tied up, put into a container and then sexually assaulted for more than 18 hours before her daring escape.  How to protect children at school, camps and other youth-serving organizations: https://sosthreesixty.com/home/www.kararobinsonchamberlain.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

At age 11, Angel Gates became a child sex worker and involved with drugs - forced into this life by a mother who also suffered generational trauma and drug abuse. Angel is now a survivor despite everything that was stacked against her. She's also an activist, actor and mother, using her life’s experiences to educate affected families, and to help victims involved in the sex industry and the drug trade.   How to protect children at school, camps and other youth-serving organizations:https://sosthreesixty.com/home/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ed Smart faced every parent’s worst nightmare when his 14-year-old daughter was kidnapped from their home in the middle of the night. Never giving up, Ed talks about the nine-month search for Elizabeth, and how their family’s work now helps prevent child abduction and educates the public about the child sexual predators who roam freely among us. How to protect children at school, camps and other youth-serving organizations:https://sosthreesixty.com/home/ Personal Empowerment Safety Educationhttps://www.radkids.org/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this special episode, Avery speaks to the new host Elizabeth Vargas and showrunner/EP John Ferracane of the re-launched "America's Most Wanted." They discuss similarities of the iconic, original show and the modern technology used in the new version of the true crime hit. Americas Most Wanted airs Mondays at 9/8c on FOX. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jennifer Ritchie has spent her career in the state of Washington prosecuting criminal sex offenders including child predators. How to protect children at school, camps and other youth-serving organizations: https://sosthreesixty.com/home/ Search for Convicted Sex Offenders in your community: https://www.nsopw.gov/ Special Commitment Center: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Commitment_Center Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 1994 in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma (14 miles from Tulsa), Kellye was 7-years-old when her soccer coach Michael Schwarz assaulted her and other girls on the team. He was also convicted of assaulting a relative. Schwarz was prosecuted in 1997 How to protect children at school, camps and other youth-serving organizations: https://sosthreesixty.com/home/ National Sex Offender Registry https://www.nsopw.gov/ Bridge 33 Media LLC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Master Sketch Artist Michael Streed’s 40 year police career of creating spot-on sketches of suspects, wasn’t the career he had envisioned for himself; he had planned on being a Disney Animator. But as the creator of “Sketchcop,” Streed reveals that when interviewing child victims or witnesses, it’s not drawing talent that makes an accurate sketch – it’s great interviewing skills and knowing how to get children to dig deep into their memories. How to protect children at school, camps and other youth-serving organizations: https://sosthreesixty.com/home/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

While sleeping soundly in her Texas bedroom, then 8-year-old Jennifer Schuett was kidnapped, taken to a deserted road, strangled, raped and her throat slashed. Left for dead, Jennifer was discovered nearly 12 hours later and taken to hospital. Told that she might never speak again or be able to have children, Jennifer says that she is “victorious” now, speaking to audiences all over the country about the 18-year hunt for her attacker and about the life she now shares with her husband and children. How to protect children at school, camps and other youth-serving organizations: https://sosthreesixty.com/home/ Legislative Change for DNA-Upon-Arrest Initiatives: www.dnasaves.org Connecting with local ChildAdvocacy Centers: https://www.nationalcac.org/find-a-cac/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

An All-American teenager, Natasha Herzig was flattered when a woman approached her in a California mall, complimented her on her appearance and make up then asked if she would be interested in interviewing for a fashion job that would take her around the country working with models. But when the interview seemed to take a weird turn and she tried to leave, Natasha was kidnapped, sexually assaulted repeatedly and was then sex trafficked for nearly a year before her incredible rescue. How to protect children at school, camps and other youth-serving organizations: https://sosthreesixty.com/home/ How to protect children at school, camps and other youth-serving organizations:https://sosthreesixty.com/home/Providing a Sanctuary for Recovery for Child Sex Trafficking Victims:https://beautyfromashesranch.org/Help for victims of Human & Sex Trafficking:https://polarisproject.org/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After graduating high school, American Alex Villamayor took off to a beautiful ranch in the Paraguayan countryside. But the trip didn’t go as planned, when Alex was raped and murdered – and by the hand of his own friends! Thousands of miles away, his aunt sparked an international campaign that involved the highest levels of the American & Paraguayan governments, in the search for answers and justice. How to protect children at school, camps and other youth-serving organizations: https://sosthreesixty.com/home/ Coping with Grief:https://optionb.org/category/grief-and-loss/resourcesNational Center for Victims of Crime:https://victimsofcrime.org/leadership/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When David dropped off his wife and 4-year-old son for a two-week visit to Brazil, he never imagined that he was about to become the left-behind-dad of an international parental child abduction. Through many court hearings that would ensue in both Brazil and in the United States, it would take David five long years to get his son back home. How to protect children at school, camps and other youth-serving organizations: https://sosthreesixty.com/home/ Bring Sean Home Foundationhttp://bringseanhome.org/ Statistics on International Child Abductions of U.S. Children:https://travel.state.gov/content/dam/NEWIPCAAssets/2020%20Annual%20Report%20and%20Appendices%201MAY2020.pdf Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Child Sexual Predators are on the hunt for kids every day, all day - but would-be predators beware: it may be the police on the other side of that chat, waiting for you to show up. One such cop - Eric Davis - talks about one of the most successful undercover sting operations ever - netting more than 45 men in just days, who thought they were meeting a child for sex. How to protect children at school, camps and other youth-serving organizations: https://sosthreesixty.com/home/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lori Alhadeff's 14-year-old daughter Alyssa was one of 17 murdered at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School shooting on Valentine’s Day 2018 in Parkland, Florida. Lori cried out to the President on national television, pleading with him to do something about school violence. She then helped change laws in Florida and New Jersey to give students and staff a better chance of surviving school violence with a “panic button” app – and she’s taking her crime-fighting quest nation-wide in Alyssa’s name. How to protect children at school, camps and other youth-serving organizations: https://sosthreesixty.com/home/ Alyssa’s Law and Lori’s foundation: https://makeourschoolssafe.org/ FBI: Violence Prevention in Schools: https://www.fbi.gov/file-repository/violence-prevention-in-schools-march-2017.pdf/view Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rescuing kidnapped children was a major part of Linda Krieg’s 20-year career at the FBI. Having helped start the bureau’s Child Abduction Rapid Deployment Team – “CARD” – Linda goes inside some of the toughest cases she helped crack, and reveals what parents and kids today need to know to be safe from predators. How to protect children at school, camps and other youth-serving organizations: https://sosthreesixty.com/home/ FBI: Crimes Against Children: https://www.fbi.gov/investigate/violent-crime/cac Reporting suspected child sexual exploitation online: https://report.cybertip.org/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As the man responsible for INTERPOL’s Crimes Against Children Unit, Robert Shilling helped rescue more than 5,500 children from around the world from sexual abuse – and bring their predators to justice. Robert talks about his 35+ year career and what the public should be doing when sex offenders are released from prison and re-enter society. How to protect children at school, camps and other youth-serving organizations: https://sosthreesixty.com/home/ INTERPOL Crimes Against Children Info: https://www.interpol.int/en/Crimes/Crimes-against-children/ International-Child-Sexual-Exploitation-database Data and child safeguarding information: https://www.keepingchildrensafe.global/the-data-is-shocking/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Founded in 1976 - CRIMESTOPPERS successfully operates in cities and schools worldwide. Former cop Myrle Carner is the longest-serving CRIMESTOPPERS coordinator. He reveals how some of the toughest cases were solved by anonymous tips, and how the public remains one of law enforcement’s greatest crime fighting assets. How to protect children at school, camps and other youth-serving organizations: https://sosthreesixty.com/home/ Crimestoppers of Puget Sound: http://www.crimestoppers.com/ Reporting a crime anonymously worldwide: https://www.p3tips.com/Drill.aspx Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After her college-age daughter was brutally raped and murdered – and with only DNA evidence left by her killer - Jayann Sepich travels the country working with states to pass DNA-Upon-Arrest legislation, which helped nab the man who killed her daughter. This is how thousands of cases are being solved and how the wrongfully accused – and convicted - are being exonerated. How to protect children at school, camps and other youth-serving organizations: https://sosthreesixty.com/home/ DNA-Upon-Arrest Laws Nationwide: http://www.dnasaves.org/ Surviving Parents Coalition: http://www.spcoalition.org/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With youth gangs now part of cities and towns across America, internationally renowned gang expert Keiron McConnell talks about how gangs operate and how today’s youth can escape “the life.” How to protect children at school, camps and other youth-serving organizations: https://sosthreesixty.com/home/ Keiron McConnell’s Book: http://crookpublishing.com/2019/09/21/stop-gangs-your-part/ Preventing gang violence & getting out of gangs: https://www.nationalgangcenter.gov Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kidnapped at 9-years-old and kept in a neighbor’s dungeon for 17 days, Katie Beers talks about her abduction, her days and nights in that underground cage and the work police did to find her – alive. How to protect children at school, camps and other youth-serving organizations: https://sosthreesixty.com/home/ Katie Beers’ Book: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=buried+memories+by+katie+beers&ref=nb_sb_noss_2 FBI Information about protecting children: https://www.fbi.gov/scams-and-safety/protecting-your-kids Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices