277. The Kalamazoo Uber Killer: Jason Dalton
Description
On Saturday, February 20th, 2016, Matt called for an Uber driver around 4:00 in the afternoon in Kalamazoo, Michigan. When the Uber driver arrived at about 4:20 p.m., Matt noticed a dog in the backseat..
The Uber driver began driving recklessly, ignoring stop signs and driving into the median. He sped into an oncoming traffic lane, blew through a stop sign, and sideswiped a Ford Taurus. But outwardly, the driver acted like nothing was wrong. Matt was terrified. “Dude, you just hit that car!” he yelled at the driver. But the driver just said, “I didn’t hit anything.” In the back seat, the family dog lunged for the floorboard where she stayed. Matt begged him to stop the car, but the driver wouldn’t.
Matt continued to plead with the driver for the next few minutes to let him out.
The man said, “Don’t you need a ride to your friend’s house?” Matt yelled, “Not anymore! Let me out! Let me out!” But still, the driver ignored his pleas. Finally, the driver pulled onto Iroquois Trail and asked, “Which one is your friend’s house?” Matt took that opportunity to jump out of the car and run. A couple was sitting outside having a cigarette break and saw what happened. They immediately called 911. According to the woman, the 911 operator blew her off.
By the end of the night, that Uber driver would go on to kill six people and severely injure 2 more.
Join Cam and Jen as they discuss "The Kalamazoo Uber Killer: Jason Dalton."
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Thank you to our team:
Written and researched by Lauretta Allen
Listener Discretion by Edward October of OctoberPod VHS
Executive Producer Nico Vitesse of The Inky Pawprint
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Kalamazoo_shootings
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