Dee Dee Dawkins case | Brutal murder of girl in Hickory, N.C. back under the spotlight
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[{'start': '0.400', 'end': '4.400', 'text': 'Tonight, a family is still searching for'}, {'start': '2.560', 'end': '6.160', 'text': 'any type of answers. More than 30 years'}, {'start': '4.400', 'end': '8.240', 'text': 'after their loved one was found dead,'}, {'start': '6.160', 'end': '11.200', 'text': '13-year-old DD Dawkins body was found'}, {'start': '8.240', 'end': '12.880', 'text': 'back in 1992 in Hickory. But no arrests'}, {'start': '11.200', 'end': '14.719', 'text': 'have ever been made. Well, now the chief'}, {'start': '12.880', 'end': '16.960', 'text': 'of police is hoping a fresh set of eyes'}, {'start': '14.719', 'end': '18.880', 'text': "could change things. WCNC Charlotte's"}, {'start': '16.960', 'end': '20.720', 'text': 'Traisha Woodard is joining us right now'}, {'start': '18.880', 'end': '23.279', 'text': 'to talk about this push to provide the'}, {'start': '20.720', 'end': '25.600', 'text': 'Dawkins family some answers here. Yeah,'}, {'start': '23.279', 'end': '27.359', 'text': 'guys. So, for more than 30 years, Dee'}, {'start': '25.600', 'end': '29.519', 'text': "Dawkins family say they've been waiting"}, {'start': '27.359', 'end': '31.599', 'text': "and begging for answers. Now they're"}, {'start': '29.519', 'end': '34.440', 'text': 'hoping a fresh look at the case could'}, {'start': '31.599', 'end': '37.680', 'text': "bring the answers they've been longing"}, {'start': '34.440', 'end': '39.360', 'text': 'for. The name Dee Dawkins. I call her'}, {'start': '37.680', 'end': '41.920', 'text': "the county's dirty little secret. It"}, {'start': '39.360', 'end': '44.879', 'text': 'carries weight here in Hickory. They'}, {'start': '41.920', 'end': '46.879', 'text': 'thought it was a grown prostitute. They'}, {'start': '44.879', 'end': '49.440', 'text': 'had no idea it was a child. A'}, {'start': '46.879', 'end': '50.280', 'text': '13-year-old girl lost to violence back'}, {'start': '49.440', 'end': '54.079', 'text': 'in'}, {'start': '50.280', 'end': '56.160', 'text': '1992. Her case faded from the headlines,'}, {'start': '54.079', 'end': '58.399', 'text': 'but never from the hearts of those who'}, {'start': '56.160', 'end': '61.520', 'text': 'loved her. raped and murdered her and'}, {'start': '58.399', 'end': '64.720', 'text': 'threw her into a river like she was a'}, {'start': '61.520', 'end': '65.799', 'text': 'piece of trash. No, no one ever figured'}, {'start': '64.720', 'end': '68.320', 'text': 'out what'}, {'start': '65.799', 'end': '70.000', 'text': "happened. It's It leaves you It's a lot"}, {'start': '68.320', 'end': '72.720', 'text': 'of trauma that our families had to go'}, {'start': '70.000', 'end': '75.119', 'text': 'through for 33 years. For her cousins,'}, {'start': '72.720', 'end': '77.920', 'text': 'Kesha and Stephanie Young, it still'}, {'start': '75.119', 'end': '79.200', 'text': 'feels like 1992. Everyone just trusted'}, {'start': '77.920', 'end': '81.600', 'text': 'that they would do what they needed to'}, {'start': '79.200', 'end': '84.320', 'text': 'do. All trust is gone. The case has been'}, {'start': '81.600', 'end': '85.840', 'text': 'unsolved for more than three decades,'}, {'start': '84.320', 'end': '88.159', 'text': "but now it's coming back to the"}, {'start': '85.840', 'end': '89.439', 'text': 'spotlight. I never never seen anything'}, {'start': '88.159', 'end': '92.079', 'text': 'like it in my life. The town of'}, {'start': '89.439', 'end': '94.119', 'text': 'Brookford Chief of Police Will Armstrong'}, {'start': '92.079', 'end': '97.280', 'text': 'reopened the case back in August of'}, {'start': '94.119', 'end': '100.079', 'text': '2023, hoping to provide justice,'}, {'start': '97.280', 'end': '101.439', 'text': 'something he says is long overdue. I'}, {'start': '100.079', 'end': '102.560', 'text': 'opened the case because it really'}, {'start': '101.439', 'end': '104.079', 'text': 'touched my heart to think that a'}, {'start': '102.560', 'end': '107.200', 'text': '13-year-old child was killed in my'}, {'start': '104.079', 'end': '109.040', 'text': 'community and that there was really no'}, {'start': '107.200', 'end': '110.640', 'text': "news media or press or anything that I'd"}, {'start': '109.040', 'end': '112.159', 'text': "ever heard about it. I don't feel that"}, {'start': '110.640', 'end': '113.680', 'text': 'this family was done justice at the'}, {'start': '112.159', 'end': '114.720', 'text': 'beginning when they opened the case. I'}, {'start': '113.680', 'end': '116.880', 'text': "don't feel they're getting done the"}, {'start': '114.720', 'end': '119.119', 'text': 'proper justice now. An issue he says'}, {'start': '116.880', 'end': '122.640', 'text': "he's working to change. All in hopes"}, {'start': '119.119', 'end': '126.000', 'text': 'that this family and Dee Dawkins could'}, {'start': '122.640', 'end': '128.160', 'text': 'finally rest. Dee was uh an amazing'}, {'start': '126.000', 'end': '130.319', 'text': 'athlete. She was passionate about her'}, {'start': '128.160', 'end': '133.200', 'text': "life. I'm never going to stop fighting"}, {'start': '130.319', 'end': '135.040', 'text': 'for my cousin.'}, {'start': '133.200', 'end': '137.120', 'text': 'And the family is encouraging the'}, {'start': '135.040', 'end': '139.120', 'text': 'community or anyone with any additional'}, {'start': '137.120', 'end': '140.720', 'text': 'information about what happened to'}, {'start': '139.120', 'end': '144.480', 'text': 'contact their tip line. We have that for'}, {'start': '140.720', 'end': '144.480', 'text': 'you on our website. Back to you.'}]