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This episode contains descriptions of violence, including sexual assault. In 19 82, a teresa and jessie perone were living in newport news, virginia. They had three little kids, all under five years old. Teresa went inside and locked her doors. She later said she thought back to earlier that day and remembered that a sailor on the side of the road had cursed at her for not giving him a ride. And then that evening, after her kids fell asleep, and she took them upstairs to bed. That's the entrance that her husband, jesse, usually came home in.

In 1982, forensic dentists examined the teeth of thousands of sailors stationed on an aircraft carrier called the USS Carl Vinson in Newport News, Virginia. It’s been called “the largest dental dragnet likely in U.S. history.”

Chris Fabricant’s book is Junk Science and the American Criminal Justice System.

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