Episodes

  • S7 Update: More Medical Examiners to the State

    S7 Update: More Medical Examiners to the State
    Jul 14 2025

    Following KXAN’s reporting on Texas’ death investigations, lawmakers look at ways to modernize the state’s system amid legislative challenges and cost concerns.
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    9 mins
  • S7 Bonus: Patchwork of Death Investigations (Analysis)

    S7 Bonus: Patchwork of Death Investigations (Analysis)
    Dec 9 2024
    KXAN’s Josh Hinkle, David Barer, Arezow Doost, Eric Henrikson and Dalton Huey discuss challenges they faced while investigating Texas’ death inquest system.
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    13 mins
  • S7 E3: Wanted an Autopsy on that Child

    S7 E3: Wanted an Autopsy on that Child
    Dec 2 2024
    While Texas’ justice of the peace system has evolved since its start in 1824, counties are slowly replacing the death inquest part of their role with medical examiners.
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    20 mins
  • S7 E2: Murdered Down by Backbone Creek

    S7 E2: Murdered Down by Backbone Creek
    Nov 25 2024
    As Texas’ population grows, so do critics’ concerns over elected officials investigating death. As Daynon Lewis’ case unfolds, state lawmakers look to the future.
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    14 mins
  • S7 E1: Found Hanging by a Jump Rope

    S7 E1: Found Hanging by a Jump Rope
    Nov 18 2024
    A teenager’s mysterious death in 1965 resurfaces in the Texas Hill Country, prompting a new review of her case and the inquest system still used across the state.
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    19 mins
  • S7 Trailer

    S7 Trailer
    Nov 11 2024
    Hear the death inquests trailer now.
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    3 mins
  • S6 E3: Can’t Hide Who You Are

    S6 E3: Can’t Hide Who You Are
    Nov 13 2023
    KXAN newsroom leaders and Francisco Vara-Orta of Investigative Reporters & Editors discuss overcoming blind spots and personal bias when covering controversial topics.
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    14 mins
  • S6 E2: Part of Your Identity

    S6 E2: Part of Your Identity
    Nov 13 2023
    KXAN journalists share the inner challenges they face when reporting on issues intersecting with their identities and the communities to which they belong.
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    20 mins