Speaker 1: Hi, listeners, I'm here to tell you about a new
Speaker 1: true crime podcast, Shadow of Truth, a mini series which
Speaker 1: explores a haunting murder that left investigators searching for a
Speaker 1: killer and on a mission for the truth. Police found
Speaker 1: Thai ear ratus dead body hidden behind a locked bathroom door.
Speaker 1: As investigators began to pull together evidence, one person of
Speaker 1: interest became their focus. Roman Zadorov quickly became the prime suspect,
Speaker 1: and within days he confessed to Thai Ear's murder. Police
Speaker 1: considered the case closed and Zadorov was locked up. However,
Speaker 1: new evidence recently revealed there was a lot more to
Speaker 1: this story. With new DNA results and shocking witness testimony,
Speaker 1: Shadow of Truth exposes never before heard evidence. I'm about
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Speaker 2: What you're hearing is a crowd of protesters in Tel Aviv.
Speaker 2: Unlike most protests in Israel, this one isn't about politics.
Speaker 2: It's about a verdict and a murder case that happened
Speaker 2: fifteen years ago. The murder of thirteen year old Tairada
Speaker 2: has become a national obsession here in Israel, unlike any other.
Speaker 2: Our story begins on the sixth of December two thousand
Speaker 2: and six, a data to IR's mother, Elana Rada will
Speaker 2: never forget. She just came home from work when she
Speaker 2: noticed something was off.
Speaker 3: I walk in and see that her backpack isn't there.
Speaker 3: I look into the sink and see that eating. I
Speaker 3: go through the homes and I realized that their didn't
Speaker 3: even come home.
Speaker 2: Ilana called Tyre's phone, but no one answered. She then
Speaker 2: called her husband, Schmuel, who left work immediately to start
Speaker 2: searching around town for the missing girl.
Speaker 4: And I called out to tear among the bushes, rocks, bolters,
Speaker 4: and I start crying.
Speaker 3: I came home empty ended.
Speaker 2: By then it was already dark outside. Rumors about the
Speaker 2: missing child spread like wildfire, and it wasn't long before
Speaker 2: people from throughout the community organized search parties. Sev a
Speaker 2: neighbor of the family, was in one of them.
Speaker 4: It was a very cold evening and I went out
Speaker 4: with a military coat.
Speaker 2: Svie and his friends decided to go into the school,
Speaker 2: the same one tai attended.
Speaker 4: When you go into an unfamiliar building, some of the
Speaker 4: rooms are dark and it's silent. I already had a
Speaker 4: strange feeling. We went through one hallway, then another, one classroom,
Speaker 4: then another until we reached the bathroom. When we went
Speaker 4: into the bathroom, there was no sign of anything. It
Speaker 4: was spotless. The first stall door looks normal, The second
Speaker 4: door looks normal. The third door, Eh, it's locked. My
Speaker 4: friend peaks through the door and says it, Wow, there's
Speaker 4: something here. I totally froze.
Speaker 2: Sevie climbed up on a toilet seat to peek into
Speaker 2: the locked stall. What he saw there almost made him
Speaker 2: fall off his feet.
Speaker 4: I saw a girl. It was clear to me that
Speaker 4: it's her.
Speaker 2: Taiir lived and died in Katarine, a small secluded town
Speaker 2: situated in the northern tip of Israel, not far from
Speaker 2: the Syrian border. It's an eerie place surrounded by lakes
Speaker 2: and forests, and has been known since this murder as
Speaker 2: the Israeli Twin Peaks. The whole town, as well as
Speaker 2: the rest of the country, was shocked to the core.
Speaker 2: The idea that a girl could be viciously murdered in school,
Speaker 2: which should be the safest place, was every parent's worse night.
Speaker 2: Mayor Tyl became everyone's child. The police commander of the
Speaker 2: Northern Region made it very clear he wanted the murderer
Speaker 2: arrested within twenty four hours.
Speaker 4: We paint the wolves and search for fingerprints and take
Speaker 4: blood samples. We take pictures of everything we sample, and
Speaker 4: we move forward from there.
Speaker 2: It didn't take long for the police to understand that
Speaker 2: their way forward led to a dead end.
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