81. Making Noise: The Murder of Lori McConnell

“All my mom could think about while this was happening, was to get his DNA under her nails. Because she thought he was going to kill her that night.”

After years of being terrorized by her abusive boyfriend, 53-year-old Lori McConnell made a plan and left him in June of 2018. She asked her daughter Lora to promise to make some noise if anything ever happened. 

Emerson “John” Tohafjian made it clear that if he couldn’t have Lori, nobody would. And on July 10th, 2018, he kept his promise.

Tune in to hear from my special guest, Lora Bennett, who tells her mother’s story.

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Method & Madness is researched, written, hosted, & produced by Dawn Cate

Sound Editing by Brogan Molloy

Music by Tymur Khakimov from Pixabay

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Sources for this episode:

Man Convicted of Killing 2 In Waterloo Facing Life Sentence (spectrumlocalnews.com)

Shooting survivor: 'John Tohafjian ... shot all of us' | News | fltimes.com

Police: Two dead, one injured in Waterloo shooting; suspect in custody (13wham.com)

Statistics (ncadv.org)

Jul 12, 2018, page A3 - Democrat and Chronicle at Newspapers.com

Dec 20, 2018, page A5 - Democrat and Chronicle at Newspapers.com

Jul 13, 2018, page A6 - The Citizen at Newspapers.com

Feb 17, 2019, page A14 - The Journal News at Newspapers.com

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