A 30-Year-Old Cold Case Reopened, And Why It’s Still Relevant Today
By Meha AhmadA 30-Year-Old Cold Case Reopened, And Why It’s Still Relevant Today
By Meha Ahmad
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Investigators in Benton Harbor, Mich. are reopening the 30-year-old cold case of Black teen Eric McGinnis’s death, following the emergence of a new eye witness. Chicago author Alex Kotlowitz detailed the case in the 1998 book The Other Side Of The River. He joins Reset for the latest on the case and why it continues to resonate today.
GUEST: Alex Kotlowitz, author of The Other Side Of The River: A Story of Two Towns, a Death, America’s Dilemma and An American Summer: Love And Death In Chicago