Hi, listeners, I'm here to tell you about a new true crime podcast, Shadow of Truth, a mini series which explores a haunting murder that left investigators searching for a killer and on a mission for the truth. Police found Thai ear ratus dead body hidden behind a locked bathroom door. As investigators began to pull together evidence, one person of interest became their focus. Roman Zadorov quickly became the prime suspect, and within days he confessed to Thai Ear's murder. Police
considered the case closed and Zadorov was locked up. However, new evidence recently revealed there was a lot more to this story. With new DNA results and shocking witness testimony, Shadow of Truth exposes never before heard evidence. I'm about to play you a preview of Shadow of Truth while you're listening. Make sure to follow Shadow of Truth on Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, or wherever you're listening right now.
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What you're hearing is a crowd of protesters in Tel Aviv. Unlike most protests in Israel, this one isn't about politics. It's about a verdict and a murder case that happened fifteen years ago. The murder of thirteen year old Tairada has become a national obsession here in Israel, unlike any other. Our story begins on the sixth of December two thousand and six, a data to IR's mother, Elana Rada will never forget. She just came home from work when she noticed something was off.
I walk in and see that her backpack isn't there. I look into the sink and see that eating. I go through the homes and I realized that their didn't even come home.
Ilana called Tyre's phone, but no one answered. She then called her husband, Schmuel, who left work immediately to start searching around town for the missing girl.
And I called out to tear among the bushes, rocks, bolters, and I start crying.
I came home empty ended.
By then it was already dark outside. Rumors about the missing child spread like wildfire, and it wasn't long before people from throughout the community organized search parties. Sev a neighbor of the family, was in one of them.
It was a very cold evening and I went out with a military coat.
Svie and his friends decided to go into the school, the same one tai attended.
When you go into an unfamiliar building, some of the rooms are dark and it's silent. I already had a strange feeling. We went through one hallway, then another, one classroom, then another until we reached the bathroom. When we went into the bathroom, there was no sign of anything. It was spotless. The first stall door looks normal, The second door looks normal. The third door, Eh, it's locked. My friend peaks through the door and says it, Wow, there's something here. I totally froze.
Sevie climbed up on a toilet seat to peek into the locked stall. What he saw there almost made him fall off his feet.
I saw a girl. It was clear to me that it's her.
Taiir lived and died in Katarine, a small secluded town situated in the northern tip of Israel, not far from the Syrian border. It's an eerie place surrounded by lakes and forests, and has been known since this murder as the Israeli Twin Peaks. The whole town, as well as the rest of the country, was shocked to the core. The idea that a girl could be viciously murdered in school, which should be the safest place, was every parent's worse night.
Mayor Tyl became everyone's child. The police commander of the Northern Region made it very clear he wanted the murderer arrested within twenty four hours.
We paint the wolves and search for fingerprints and take blood samples. We take pictures of everything we sample, and we move forward from there.
It didn't take long for the police to understand that their way forward led to a dead end.
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