Episode 176: Nadia Kajouji and Mark Drybrough | The Chatroom

Episode 176: Nadia Kajouji and Mark Drybrough | The Chatroom

Author: True Crime Couple April 7, 2024 Duration: 1:30:38
Today’s case spans three countries and the course of ten years. It begins as separate tragic cases of young individuals who are in crisis, but when a 64 year old self-admitted armchair detective got involved she slowly began to connect all the dots…something horrible was happening on the internet. 

Trigger Warnings: Today’s case deals with discussions surround suicide and suicide ideations

Resources:
Suicide Prevention resources
The national suicide prevention lifeline is now 988 (Suicide and Crisis Lifeline)
You could also call 1800-273- TALK (8255)
Learn the warning signs for suicide
International Suicide prevention hotline lists
Yourlifecounts.org

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Sources:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/kajouji-s-video-diary-shows-path-to-suicide-1.802270
https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/parents-plea-for-help-to-find-missing-daughter-1.282736
https://www.crimelibrary.org/notorious_murders/angels/melchert_dinkel/1.html
https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/mn-supreme-court/1660689.html
Newspaper.com archives from the Vancouver Sun, Ottawa Citizen, Windsor Star, Battle Creek Enquirer, and New York Times
Death on the Web miniseries
Web of Lies (ID)



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