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Thursday, October 13th of 1994 was a big day for New Orleans. On one side of town, their new police superintendent, Richard Pennington, was being sworn into office. On the other side of town, a beloved mother of three was being murdered. This mother was 32-year-old Kim Marie Groves. As a result of Kim’s unfortunate death at the hands of dirty police officers, the New Orleans Police Department’s rampant corruption would be exposed, and Superintendent Pennington’s reign as the head of the NOPD would be forever changed.

 
 

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Hosted and produced by Erica Kelley

Researched and written by Gemma Harris

Original Graphic Art by Coley Horner

Original Music by Rob Harrison of Gamma Radio

Edited & Mixed by Brandon Schexnayder & Erica Kelley

Sources:

  1. https://www.nola.com/news/crime_police/len-davis-sentenced-to-death-for-murder-of-kim-groves/article_72b8b9a4-059a-5b2c-8ee5-252c398925d1.html

  2. https://www.nola.com/news/crime_police/city-to-pay-1-5m-to-kim-groves-children-24-years-after-nopd-officer-had/article_1185dd83-18ba-5742-b0a4-c03c3c2b4c20.html

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  18. https://www.nola.com/news/courts/new-orleans-to-pay-1-5m-to-children-of-kim-groves-whose-murder-ordered-by/article_a431f724-7ae3-57c4-96af-aee6d8093af6.html

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