Chapter 5: The Informant

A man goes missing. Fifteen months later, his family finds a fresh concrete slab poured in his backyard. What's buried underneath changes everything. Five years ago, journalist Justine van der Leun started sending letters to Kwaneta Harris, a convicted murderer in a Texas prison. She was also a gifted writer, "Mama Detroit" to the women around her. She swore the story wasn’t what it seemed. So Justine went digging. What she found was a decade-long relationship curdled, a body under a concrete slab, and a trail of stolen identities and lies. Who is Kwaneta Harris? From the team behind Borderlands, What She Buried⁠ is available now on ⁠The Binge Cases⁠ feed, wherever you get your podcasts. If you don’t subscribe to The Binge+ on Apple or Patreon where you get all episodes instantly and ad-free, follow the show so you get every Monday release. 🔗 Keep listening: Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-binge-cases-what-she-buried/id1525807626?i=1000779124055 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0cdIKmN9cBexBSv4XxVd8T?si=81574241cd0a4dc0 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheBinge/posts/what-she-buried-165458293?collection=2044948 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As law enforcement starts to sniff around, Robert steps into the shoes of a legendary drug lord. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Beloved local sheriff Rick Thompson takes on a starring role as an anti-narcotics crusader in the Reagan Administration's War on Drugs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nothing really ends in the borderlands. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The tall-but-true tale of a charismatic outlaw, an iconic small-town sheriff, and the record-setting drug bust that ensnared them both. Set in the rugged Texas borderlands, host Rob  D’Amico transports listeners back to the U.S. side of the border for the opening salvo of the War on Drugs … where so much dirty money was swirling across the Rio Grande that even the most incorruptible citizens would be tempted. In the tradition of films like No Country for Old Men and Charles Portis novels, Witnessed: Borderlands mashes up the shockingly real and the deeply surreal, chronicling not just the events  of a crime, but digging deep into the mystery and aura of one of  America’s most myth-soaked regions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Recently arrived federal agents Dale and Kelly team up to finally get Robert Chambers — then find an unexpected source of help. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sheriff Thompson tightens his grip on power in Far West Texas, but rumors swirl his reach is even greater than that. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's the 1970s in Far West Texas, and local bad boy Robert Chambers has always found his way to trouble — women, drugs, rock stars, mountain lions. And when cocaine starts flowing across the Mexican border like never before, Robert dives in headfirst. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As a federal trial comes to a swift end, the community in Far West Texas grapples with the truth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dale and Kelly hit the jackpot, make their first arrest, and close in on their second. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices