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The consequences of poor police investigations part 4: Anthony DiPippo speaks about how bad policing cost him years in prison
19/10/2026 | 47 mins.In November 1995, a hunter found 12-year-old Josette Wright’s body in Putnam County woods. Three days later, 19-year-old Anthony DiPippo was arrested for her murder. Wrongfully convicted in 1997 and sentenced to 25 years to life, he was exonerated in October 2016 after three trials.
Detective Pat Castaldo, lead investigator, framed Anthony by shaping testimony from his former girlfriend, who became the prosecution's star witness. Friends’ statements obtained after Castaldo lied to them were later recanted.
In this episode, Anthony speaks about his case.
** To hear Anthony’s story in full listen Bone Valley Season 5: Devil’s Quarry **- For 25 years, Paul Solotaroff has written for Rolling Stone and investigated cases that helped free innocent men serving life without parole. In Season Five of the Bone Valley podcast, *Devil’s Quarry*, he narrates the investigation into the 1995 murder of 12-year-old Josette Wright, whose body a hunter found in Putnam County woods.
In this episode, Paul discusses Anthony DiPippo’s wrongful arrest and conviction, and why the investigation affected him so deeply. The consequences of poor police investigations part 2: Healthcare settings, the police perspective.
19/10/2026 | 34 mins.Dr Steve Watts has over 42 years of operational and strategic Policing and security experience, having served at the highest level in one of the largest non-metropolitan police forces in England and Wales. Steve was the national lead for the Investigation of Deaths in Healthcare settings and the author of national police guidelines for investigating deaths in healthcare settings. He has been a prominent critic of Cheshire Police's investigation into Lucy Letby in the context that it suffered from confirmation bias and failed to explore alternative medical explanations.- Nineteen Nurses is a collective of dedicated nurses advocating for healthcare reform and patient safety. Its members bring expertise from across nursing and seek to ensure healthcare professionals’ voices inform key decisions. The group is currently campaigning for an independent review of the Lucy Letby case, arguing that transparency and accountability are vital to public trust and patient safety. The case has raised concerns about police investigations into healthcare misconduct, particularly the use of hospital staff as investigation assistants rather than treating them as persons of interest.
In this episode, I’m joined by a Nineteen Nurses member speaking anonymously. We’ll call her Jane. T
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