Behind the Investigation with Atlanta News First

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Behind the Investigation with Atlanta News First

Atlanta News First has the largest team of investigative reporters in the city. Now, in this series of podcasts, we take you behind the scenes of our most recent investigations. 

  1. JAN 16

    Danyel Smith's two-decade fight: A new trial on the horizon? | Behind the Investigation

    The state’s highest court will soon decide whether a man convicted of killing his infant son more than 20 years ago will get a new trial.The case involves the controversial medical diagnosis, shaken baby syndrome. In 2003, a Gwinnett County jury convicted Danyel Smith of murdering his two-month-old son, Chandler. The state’s medical examiner ruled the boy’s death a homicide, caused by blunt force trauma. Prosecutors told the jury it was a “shaken baby” case.In April 2024, Smith pleaded ...

    13 min

  2. JAN 15

    Elderly man scammed out of life savings | Behind the Investigation

    Loris Sinanian is a deacon at St. Francis of Assisi’s in north Georgia’s town of Blairsville. At age 93, he still leads mass, but these days, he needs his faith more than ever.A few months ago, Sinanian lost his wife, Peggy. Just before that, he lost his life savings to an internet scam.“Somehow, they got into my computer,” Sinanian said. “When they got into my computer, they also got into my bank account.”In October 2023, Sinanian said he he received a call from a man who claimed to be “an o...

    16 min

  3. JAN 13

    Family of missing woman found dead speak out | Behind the Investigation

    When Patricia Miele’s family moved her into Greenwood Place Assisted Living and Memory Care in Marietta this past October, they trusted the 89-year-old was in good hands, adding the facility came highly recommended.Miele moved from Connecticut to Georgia years ago to be closer to her family and two grandchildren. The former schoolteacher and devout Catholic lived by her routines, which involved prayer and meals. She didn’t even have a television in her room.“Pat was a voracious reader a...

    12 min

  4. 12/26/2024

    Scammers impersonate owners, trick agents, try to sell Ga. land | Behind the Investigation

    A rural county south of Atlanta has become a target for scammers trying to make tens of thousands of dollars off people’s vacant property through local real estate agents.Atlanta News First Investigates discovered a growing issue of sham sellers near Barnesville, where a significant amount of growth is taking place. Real estate agents say the scammers are all impersonating property owners who live out of state. READ MORE: https://www.atlantanewsfirst.com/2024/12/19/scammers-target-rural-...

    10 min

  5. 12/20/2024

    Homeowners battle insurance for roof replacements after Helene damage | Behind the Investigation

    While metro Atlanta didn’t see widespread damage from Hurricane Helene, some Woodstock, homeowners filed insurance claims for significant wind damage. But not everyone’s insurance is paying for new roofs.More than a dozen homeowners in the Oakhurst neighborhood filed claims for roof damage with a very specific type of construction shingle that roofers say cannot be “fixed” without a full replacement. READ MORE: https://www.atlantanewsfirst.com/2024/12/12/metro-homeowners-battle-insurance...

    9 min

  6. 12/20/2024

    Medical center faces lawsuit for ‘understaffed and unsecured’ conditions | Behind the Investigation

    A Clayton County hospital is accused in a lawsuit of putting vulnerable patients at risk. Darryl Lynn Fussell II was having a mental health crisis and escaped the Southern Regional Medical Center, even though he was on an involuntary 1013 hold. Our Atlanta News First investigation found 44 patients have been reported missing from the location in the last three years. Read the full investigation here: https://www.atlantanewsfirst.com/2024/12/18/dozens-patients-reported-missing-this...

    16 min

  7. 12/20/2024

    Experts warn of looming threat to nation’s GPS | Behind the Investigation

    Jamming and spoofing of navigation and timing signals threaten the American economy, according to experts. Developed half a century ago for the military, GPS is now used daily by more than seven billion devices worldwide. It’s inside your phone; inside your car; and in the cockpit of every airliner.

    13 min

  8. 12/19/2024

    In Plane Sight: The Fix | Behind the Investigation

    Drug agents are no longer allowed to seize cash from innocent passengers at US airports as a direct result of this two-year investigation by Atlanta News First Investigates.The Department of Justice ordered the Drug Enforcement Administration to suspend its ‘cold consent encounters’ at departure gates nationwide because of a single video that would never have been recorded had a traveler not watched the 2023 ‘In Plane Sight’ investigation.That innocent passenger followed the legal advice repo...

    41 min
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    Atlanta News First has the largest team of investigative reporters in the city. Now, in this series of podcasts, we take you behind the scenes of our most recent investigations. 

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