Orbit Media presents Death and Deceit in Alliance. I'm Maggie Freeling, a Pulitzer winning producer and reporter. But one of the worst things that could happen as a journalist happened to me, and it nearly broke me. And it's all told in my podcast, Death and Deceit in Alliance. This was a story from a few years ago, a real time investigation
I did with private investigators in twenty twenty one. Back then, we were looking into the brutal murder of a young woman, the murder of a mother of five in her own home stunt the small town of Alliance, Ohio.
Twenty six year old is von Lane, a beautiful, vivacious woman found in a pool of her own blood.
Her case was solved quickly by a confession.
They chained him to the wall and they told him that they wanted him to confess, And I.
Was sure the police got the wrong people.
This case has absolutely consumed just about everyone who has touched it. The case is haunting.
It's haunting, but as I dug, I was not ready for what I found.
If you slid her throat right here, there would be blood. More blood on.
That, yeah, on that sofa.
I mean, it's just on the arm really, And that's what broke me. Were my instincts totally off? Like I'm just like, I don't know, I feel like I got like that.
I feel like I got emotional. I don't know, I'd feel really confused.
Or was there something actually wrong with this case?
You guys have got them.
I'm going to stay.
What's I listened to me?
Here?
My god? I had eight or nine names of officers who were potential sexual partners.
She had so many secrets.
This case has a cemetary sex tray. It seems like everyone in her life had a motive to kill Yvonne.
Everyone in this town seems to have some kind of secret or interest in this victim, whether it be drugs, sex or both.
Now, nearly five years later, I'm looking back at that time in my life and that case with a new lens.
What really happened to Yvonne Lane and to me?
The first four episodes of Death and Deceit in Alliance premiere December second, with a new episodes dropping every Tuesday and Friday. Listen on Apple or wherever you get your podcasts, and be sure to follow us on TikTok, Instagram and YouTube at orbit Media FM,