Episode 1: Jen Sainato reported a rape to Louisville police in January 2018. She didn’t feel like they believed her. Jen’s case puts a spotlight on police response to rapes, the prosecutors’ unusual role in rape cases here in Louisville, and ho

Dirty Business

Sep 14th, 2023 55m 33s

In July 2022, floods killed 45 people and caused more than a billion dollars of damage in eastern Kentucky. Then, the people who were supposed to help clean up actually made things worse for a lot of survivors. There’s big money in disaster rec

6: 'Who's Gonna Be Next?'

Oct 18th, 2021 26m 29s

So much has changed since Louisville first proclaimed itself a model city for policing reform: the police chief was fired. The city was upended by protests and grief over Breonna Taylor, and David McAtee. But some things are the same: The anger

5: Say Her Name: Breonna Taylor

Oct 18th, 2021 33m 25s

“Early this morning, we had a critical incident involving one of our officers who was shot and another person at the scene who was killed.”When LMPD Chief Steve Conrad first described what happened in Breonna Taylor’s apartment on March 13, 2

4: Might As Well Appeal

Oct 18th, 2021 33m 38s

For LMPD to become the police department it claimed to want to be, the department would have to recruit the best of the best, retain experienced officers, and effectively discipline and remove problem one. But LMPD’s disciplinary system makes t

3: People, Places and Narcotics

Oct 18th, 2021 32m 18s

Even as city leaders were making big promises about the model city they claimed Louisville was going to become, they were making decisions that undermined those policing reform goals. In 2016, there were 117 homicides in Louisville — at that po

2: Promises

Oct 18th, 2021 23m 4s

In 2016, the police chief laid out his vision: Louisville was going to become the kind of place where everyone across the city, no matter what neighborhood they lived in, would get the same treatment from the police — policing that’s about your

1: The Eye of the Storm

Oct 18th, 2021 25m 58s

Barbecue chef David McAtee, the man they called Yaya, was a staple at 26th and Broadway in Louisville’s predominately Black West End. He was a friend to everyone who stopped by for a meal — including many police officers.For years, Louisville

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Available Now... Dig Season 2

Oct 6th, 2021 3m 20s

Louisville, Ky., the city now known for the police killing of Breonna Taylor, once made ambitious promises to transform its police department and mend its relationship with the Black community. Just five years before they killed Breonna Taylor

The Hearing

Mar 6th, 2020 26m 50s

Jen Sainato had been waiting for this day for a long time. She’d woken up early, put on her black striped suit, and drove five hours to attend the Louisville Metro Council’s public safety committee meeting. The council had called the police to

Update: Prosecution... Declined?

Feb 21st, 2020 18m 57s

It’s been two months since we released the first season of Dig. And a lot has changed: city leaders are calling the police department to account, and there have been some changes in Jen Sainato’s rape case that we did not see coming. Visit kyd

Cleared By Exception

Dec 5th, 2019 18m 33s

Episode 4: In the final episode of this investigation, we learn more about Jen Sainato’s rape case - why it was closed, and how much evidence the police really had against the man she says raped her. (Note: This episode includes description of

Harder to Prove

Dec 5th, 2019 21m 22s

Episode 3: Louisville officials say rape cases are hard to prosecute. They are not wrong. But we talked with police, prosecutors and experts from around the country who told us it’s not impossible — you just have to be willing to lose a few tri

The Wizard of Oz

Dec 5th, 2019 21m 52s

Episode 2: Jen Sainato reported a rape to Louisville police in January 2018. In this episode, we hear about her attempts over the next two years to follow up on her case. And we ask LMPD why cases like Jen’s seem to be taken to the prosecutor’s

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Dig Season 1 Trailer

Nov 20th, 2019 1m 35s

A woman told Louisville police she was raped in January 2018. She expected them to quickly try to arrest the suspect. But an officer on the scene that night didn’t seem to believe her. The detectives weren’t convinced that a crime occurred. And