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True Crime Vault: New Year's Evil

March 10, 2026·1h 23m·5-min readnarrativetrue crime
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The 2020 True Crime Vault episode investigates the 2009 death of Shelley Kovlin, a 47-year-old mother and finance professional in Manhattan, initially ruled an accidental bathtub drowning but later reclassified as a homicide after a decade-long fight by her family for justice. New forensi

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Shelley KovlinRod KovlinDr. Jonathan HayesMike SwainDebra Ohls

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Cold CasesCriminal Justice ReformForensicsInvestigative JournalismTrue CrimeWrongful Convictions

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