Testify

The Child Crisis Center of El Paso (CCCEP), a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization. Please visit http://www.childcrisiselp.org to learn how you can help support this great organization. In this episode we talk to Lorraine Gomez, Executive Director of the Child Crises Center of El Paso about their shelter services for children as well as preventive programs for families dealing with personal issues, and Project HOPES, Wrap Around Services, Respite Care, and The Child Crisis Center of El Paso’s Discovery Thrift Shop.  Emergency shelter services include individual beds/cribs, nutritious snacks and meals, clothing, toiletries, medical attention, transportation to/from medical appointments and to/from their home school, indoor/outdoor recreation, and case management for the entire family. Please listen and share this episode. Visit their website to donate, volunteer, or help by sharing their mission.  -------------------------------- Bonus episodes of Testify we call /SIDEBAR/ will feature local and national organizations that provide victim services, advocacy, community outreach & education.  

This is a discussion on Episode 2: DESERTED. We highly recommend you listen to that episode first! We spoke to GENEVIEVE CURTIS from KFOX-TV 14 to talk about Episode 02: Deserted. We discuss the evidence, the layers of factors that played such an important role in this case, and the media's coverage.  Visit our website at www.testifypodcast.com for more bonus content.  Want to support our podcast? Contribute on Patreon.com/testify or listen to our shows on RadioPublic.

In this episode of SIDEBAR we speak to Sandy Moody from CASA, the Court Appointed Special Advocates about the work they do for children involved in family court cases. hank you for listening to this episode of SIDEBAR. Please visit CASA at casaofelpaso.org and like their Facebook page, casaofelpaso Visit casaofelpaso.org for more to donate or volunteer. Bonus episodes of Testify we call /SIDEBAR/ will feature local and national organizations that provide victim services, advocacy, community outreach & education. These episodes will be released through our RSS podcast feed but also featured on this page as they become available. Please share and promote these great causes.

We visit a case of a military family stationed in Ft. Bliss, TX that goes missing from the Westside of El Paso, TX. We look at the evidence which takes us over 1,600 miles away and what terrifying secret they took with them and will never get back. This is a story of the unthinkable and a young family's life that would never be the same again. 

Bonus episodes of Testify we call /SIDEBAR/ will feature local and national organizations that provide victim services, advocacy, community outreach & education. In this episode we speak to Dr. Brenda Risch from the Borderland Rainbow Center about her background and the work provided by the organization. Visit them on facebook or their website, www.borderlandrainbow.org to learn how you can help!  Thank you for listening!  

A discussion on EP01: Stonewall. Please listen to that episode before this one. We discuss the defense strategy and closing arguments the jury hear before deciding on the murder of James Byers.

In our debut episode we look at the murder of James N. Byers in 1988. We talk to the responding officer, Lt. Cubillos, 30 years later, as she tells us about her first homicide call. We walk you through the evidence and discuss the behavior of the suspect with Master Social Worker, Dr. Brenda Risch. Be sure to listen to Closing Argument, our series of case discussion episodes for more details about the case to hear about our opinions and hear more about the case that didn't make it into the full episode. To learn more about the Borderland Rainbow Center please visit their website at www.borderlandrainbow.org Want to support our project? Sign up at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/testify for exclusive bonus content such as witness statements, raw audio, and exclusive photos. Heard the episode? Now hear the discussion.

TESTIFY debuts Oct. 21st 2018. Please subscribe to our RSS feed to be the first to get out episodes. Testify is produced by Charlie Moreno & Andra Litton in partnership with the El Paso Herald-Post. Sound Design & Editing by Charlie Moreno. Original Theme Music by Ross Ingram. Instagram: @rossmakesrecords Twitter: @rossmakesrecrds Follow TESTIFY on Twitter: @podcasttestify / Instagram: @testifypodcast / Facebook: /testifypodcast. Visit our website at www.testifypodcast.com. Episodes will be available on Apple Podcasts, iTunes, Google Play Music, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, and many other places you find podcasts.