Ep. 190 A Mother's Love

In this week’s Murder in the Rain episode, we’ll discuss a case with a complicated list of players. When the body of a 33-year-old father is discovered in the brush off a residential road in Gig Harbor, Washington, an unlikely list of suspects is developed and you’ll end up asking yourself, where is the line when protecting someone you love? Would you lie in court for a friend? For your brother? For your child? Would you lie for your mother? Just how far does a mother’s love go?

Episode Host: Emily Rowney

Leon Baucham JR with his Wife Umeko Roberts, photos from Facebook and IMDb

Crime scene photo of packing peanuts and Dora card, photo from Snapped

Jacqueline Ray and Luis Barker, photos from IMDb, KIRO 7, and Meet an Inmate

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Sources

Snapped - S24 E5 “Jackie Ray” | Newspapers.com - The News Tribune - 07.14.2012 | Newspapers.com - The News Tribune  08.12.12 - 2 Suspected | OregonLive - Washington Woman Gets 18 Years | Daily Mail - Mother Hired Hitman |  Oxygen - Mother Jacqueline Ray Hires Hitman | Key Pen News - Two Charged in murder for hire plot | Seattle Times - Man Pleads Guilty  |  Fox13 - Man Gets 34 Years | Justia - Washington Court of Appeals - Jacqueline Ray | The Conversation - Psychology Behind Why Your Mother | Neuroscience News - Maternal Protection | https://www.kiro7.com/news/murder-hire-suspect-identified/246556040/ | Newspapers.com - South Sound 10.30.2013 | lmtribune -Gig Harbor Woman Sentenced | Mountain View - Obituary for Leon Dwayne Baucham Jr. |  Clinic Barcelona - How does pregan;cy affect a woman's brain. | Birth Psychology | Newspapers.com - The News Tribune 08.20.2013 | BeenVerified - Luis Barker | BeenVerified - Richard Thomas Roberts | BeenVerified - Jacqueline Ray | LA Times - Murder for Hire | WA.gov - No Contact Order |