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Bates Investigates

25 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 449 ratings

Season One: The most in-depth serialized look into the case of Oklahoma vs. Daniel Holtzclaw, as told from the perspective of the prosecution, but with the scrutiny of the defense.

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24 | Daniel Holtzclaw: Shardayreon Hill Allegations

February 18, 2021 22:39 - 2 hours - 228 MB

Bates Investigates, Season One, "In Defense of Daniel Holtzclaw." Episode 24: Shardayreon Hill Allegations. Investigative Timeline - Sept 19, 2014: In this episode, 22 year old Shardayreon Hill contacts the Oklahoma City Police, Sex Crimes Unit, and claims that she too is a victim of Officer Daniel Holtzclaw. In this episode you hear the never before published interview Hill gave with Det. Rocky Gregory. In that interview, Hill alleges that she was sexually assaulted and raped by Officer H...

23 | Daniel Holtzclaw: Kala Lyles Allegations Scrutinized

May 12, 2020 11:22 - 39 minutes - 73 MB

Bates Investigates, Season One, "In Defense of Daniel Holtzclaw." Episode 23: Kala Lyles Allegations Scrutinized. Investigative Timeline - Sept. 16, 2014: In this episode I take a closer look at the allegations of 29 year Kala Lyles against Oklahoma City police officer Daniel Holtzclaw. Lyles claims that she encountered officer Holtzclaw while walking in NE Oklahoma City. Lyles claims that Holtzclaw drove her to the same abandoned school or park, that Holtzclaw previously took accuser Elli...

22 | Daniel Holtzclaw: Kala Lyles Allegations

March 15, 2020 20:22 - 30 minutes - 55.4 MB

Bates Investigates, Season One, "In Defense of Daniel Holtzclaw." Episode 22: Kala Lyles Allegations. Investigative Timeline - Sept. 16, 2014: In this episode we take a listen to the allegations of 29 year Kala Lyles against Oklahoma City police officer Daniel Holtzclaw. Lyles claims that she encountered officer Holtzclaw while walking in NE Oklahoma City. Lyles claims that Holtzclaw drove her to the same abandoned school or park, that Holtzclaw previously took accuser Ellis. Like Ellis, L...

21 | Daniel Holtzclaw: Charges Filed & Bond Posted

March 14, 2020 20:34 - 29 minutes - 55.1 MB

Bates Investigates, Season One, "In Defense of Daniel Holtzclaw." Episode 21: Charges Filed & Bond Posted. Investigative Timeline - August 29 - Sept. 5, 2014: In this episode, Oklahoma City police officer Daniel Holtzclaw is formally charged with 16 felony counts, ranging from stalking and burglary to procuring lewd exhibition and rape. You can see get more details and see the discovery evidence used to compile this episode at this episode's home page or at HoltzclawTrial.com. You can wat...

20 | Daniel Holtzclaw: Rosetta Grate Wrap-Up

February 26, 2020 12:57 - 41 minutes - 76.9 MB

Bates Investigates, Season One, "In Defense of Daniel Holtzclaw." Episode 20: Rosetta Grate Wrap-Up. Investigative Timeline - August 27, 2014: In this episode, I take an in-depth look at accuser Rosetta Grate's allegations against Oklahoma City police officer Daniel Holtzclaw. I identify what gives her allegations credibility and what doesn't appear to ring true. You can see get more details and see the discovery evidence used to compile this episode at this episode's home page or at Holtz...

19 | Daniel Holtzclaw: Rosetta Grate Allegations

January 22, 2020 13:57 - 1 hour - 143 MB

Bates Investigates, Season One, "In Defense of Daniel Holtzclaw." Episode 19: Rosetta Grate Allegations. Investigative Timeline - August 27, 2014: In this episode, Oklahoma City patrol officer Daniel Holtzclaw has been sitting in the Oklahoma County Jail with a $5-million bond for about a week. Oklahoma City Sex Crimes Detectives Kim Davis and Valarie Homan locate another potential victim on their infamous "list." That individual is identified as 38-year old Rosetta Grate. In this episode,...

18 | Daniel Holtzclaw: Lots Of Liars

January 15, 2020 18:24 - 46 minutes - 85.6 MB

Bates Investigates, Season One, "In Defense of Daniel Holtzclaw." Episode 18: Lots of Liars. Investigative Timeline - August 22, 2014: In this episode, Oklahoma City patrol officer Daniel Holtzclaw has been arrested and is being held on a $5-million cash bond. At the same time his arrest is breaking news around the country. With the news comes a flood of accusers, many of which not even the prosecutors are willing to believe. This episode takes a closer look at a couple of those accusers: S...

17 | Daniel Holtzclaw: The Arrest

December 23, 2019 15:50 - 35 minutes - 66.6 MB

Bates Investigates, Season One, "In Defense of Daniel Holtzclaw." Episode 17. *Originally published 12/23/2019 at 9:45am. There is an audio issue around the 19:00 minute mark. I will correct this issue and upload a new file later today or tomorrow. If you subscribe, you will need to delete the original file and download again. Investigative Timeline - August 21, 2014: In this episode, Detective Kim Davis prepares a probable cause affidavit to present to Oklahoma County Judge Cindy Troung, ...

16 | Daniel Holtzclaw: Carla Raines Allegations (Part 2)

November 30, 2019 16:24 - 29 minutes - 54.1 MB

Bates Investigates, Season One, "In Defense of Daniel Holtzclaw." Episode 16 Investigative Timeline - August 15, 2014: In this episode, I wrap-up the allegations of NE Oklahoma City resident Carla Raines. According to Oklahoma City Sex Crimes Detective Rocky Gregory's official investigative report, Raines immediately comes forward with allegations she was sexually assaulted by then Oklahoma City Police Officer Daniel Holtzclaw. But, does she really? Or, does she deny being a victim at lea...

15 | Daniel Holtzclaw: Carla Raines Allegations (Part 1)

November 11, 2019 13:26 - 35 minutes - 65.7 MB

Bates Investigates, Season One, "In Defense of Daniel Holtzclaw." Episode 15 Investigative Timeline - August 15, 2014: In this episode, I introduce you to the allegations of NE Oklahoma City resident Carla Raines. According to Oklahoma City Sex Crimes Detective Rocky Gregory's official investigative report, Raines immediately comes forward with allegations she was sexually assaulted by then Oklahoma City Police Officer Daniel Holtzclaw. But, does she really? Or, does she deny being a vict...

14 | Daniel Holtzclaw: Carla Johnson Allegations

November 10, 2019 20:09 - 39 minutes - 31.9 MB

Bates Investigates, Season One, "In Defense of Daniel Holtzclaw." Episode 14 Investigative Timeline - August 14, 2014: In this episode, I take a close look at the events that allegedly occurred on May 26, 2014. Carla Johnson alleges that then Oklahoma City Police patrol officer Daniel Holtzclaw, fondled her breasts and then placed his hand inside her pants and touched her vagina.   Johnson changes her story with each telling. Including claiming there was a voicemail from the night of the...

13 | Daniel Holtzclaw: Tabitha Barnes Allegations Scrutinized (Part 2)

November 03, 2019 23:49 - 56 minutes - 51.5 MB

Bates Investigates, Season One, "In Defense of Daniel Holtzclaw." Episode 13 Investigative Timeline - August 13 - 17, 2014: In this episode, I take a close look at the events that allegedly occurred on March 25th and 26th, 2014. Tabitha Barnes alleges that then Oklahoma City Police patrol officer Daniel Holtzclaw, for a second time, coerced her into exposing her breasts. Barnes also alleges that Holtzclaw illegally entered her home and then harassed her boyfriend. The next day, Holtzclaw...

12 | Daniel Holtzclaw: Tabitha Barnes Allegations Scrutinized (Part 1)

October 13, 2019 19:30 - 58 minutes - 110 MB

Bates Investigates, Season One, "In Defense of Daniel Holtzclaw." Episode 12 Investigative Timeline - August 13 - 17, 2014: In this episode, I take a close look at the events that occurred on February 27, 2014. Tabitha Barnes alleges that then Oklahoma City Police patrol officer Daniel Holtzclaw stopped her in front of her house. During the stop, Barnes alleges that Holtzclaw forced her to expose herself and then touched both of her bare breasts. Later that same day, Holtzclaw responded ...

11 | Daniel Holtzclaw: Tabitha Barnes Allegations

September 23, 2019 16:59 - 48 minutes - 90.4 MB

Bates Investigates, Season One, "In Defense of Daniel Holtzclaw." Investigative Timeline - August 13 - 17, 2014: In this episode, Oklahoma City Police Sex Crimes Detective Rocky Gregory has identified 41-year old Tabitha Barnes as a possible victim of patrol officer Daniel Holtzclaw. Det. Gregory's first attempt to interview Barnes on Aug. 13th is cut short after Barnes is unable to remain conscious and coherent.  Det. Gregory continues his interview of Barnes just four days later. While ...

10 | Daniel Holtzclaw: Florene Mathis Allegations

September 15, 2019 23:40 - 41 minutes - 76.8 MB

Investigative Timeline - August 13, 2014: This episode starts with Oklahoma Sex Crimes Detective Rocky Gregory contacting "Shannon", a 23-year old bikini fitness model whom patrol officer Daniel Holtzclaw had run through the police department's databases on a couple of occasions.  Det. Kim Davis identifies 53-year-old Florene Mathis as a potential 'victim' of Daniel Holtzclaw. After learning Mathis is currently in the Oklahoma County Jail on a assault with a deadly weapon complaint, she and...

9 | Daniel Holtzclaw: Sherry Ellis Allegations - Wrap-Up

September 03, 2019 00:41 - 1 hour - 116 MB

Investigative Timeline - August 5, 2014: This episode reflects back on Episode 8 and the telephone and in-person interviews conducted by Oklahoma City Sex Crimes Detective Kim Davis with Daniel Holtzclaw accuser Sherry Ellis. Ellis alleges she was stopped by Oklahoma City police officer Daniel Holtzclaw, in the early morning hours of May 7, 2014, near NE 17th and N. Highland Dr. and forced to perform oral sex. She says she was then transported a couple of blocks away and vaginally raped in ...

8 | Daniel Holtzclaw: Sherry Ellis Allegations

August 20, 2019 12:05 - 54 minutes - 99.6 MB

August 8, 2014: This episode has Oklahoma City Police Sex Crimes Detective Kim Davis identifying Sherry Ellis as a possible victim of then Oklahoma City patrol officer Daniel Holtzclaw. Ellis is contacted and agrees to come to the Oklahoma City police headquarters for an interview. In this episode, you will hear Det. Davis and Sherry Ellis' telephone conversation and their in person interview. In those conversations, Ellis describes her attacker as a "short black male police officer." Mo...

7 | Daniel Holtzclaw: Criminal Charges To Be Filed and 'The List'

August 18, 2019 20:27 - 39 minutes - 73.6 MB

July 16 - July 24, 2014: This episode has Oklahoma City Police Sex Crimes Detectives Rocky Gregory and Kim Davis presenting their 'Blue Sheets' to the Oklahoma County District Attorneys office. Assistant District Attorney Gayland Geiger agrees to file one count each of forcible oral sodomy against then Oklahoma City Police officer Daniel Holtzclaw, in response to allegations of sexual assault by Jannie Ligons and Terri Morris.  Host and private investigator Brian Bates interviews former Okl...

6 | Daniel Holtzclaw: The Terri Morris Allegation Wrap-Up

August 08, 2019 22:54 - 1 hour - 136 MB

July 10, 2014: This episode wraps-up the sexual assault allegations of 43-year old Terri Morris against 27-year-old Oklahoma City police patrol officer Daniel Holtzclaw. Last week we detailed Morris' initial allegation that she was raped by a police officer in downtown Oklahoma City on either May 20th or 21st, 2014. In this episode, Morris has changed her allegations significantly. After Oklahoma City Police Sex Crimes Detective Rocky Gregory suggested to Morris that the assault actually h...

5 | Daniel Holtzclaw: The Terri Morris Allegation

August 01, 2019 23:30 - 52 minutes - 98.4 MB

May 24, 2014 - June 24, 2014: This episode introduces the audience to the sexual assault allegations of 43-year old Terri Morris. Morris' allegations are the first ever reported against then Oklahoma City police officer Daniel Holtzclaw. In this episode you will hear the 911 call that start the investigation. A 911 call that was not played during Holtzclaw's criminal trial. More information at HoltzclawTrial.com. This episode was researched, written, produced and edited by Brian Bates. ...

4 | Daniel Holtzclaw: Wrapping Up The Jannie Ligons Traffic Stop

July 17, 2019 05:13 - 35 minutes - 66.8 MB

June 18, 2014 - June 23, 2014: This episode wraps up the Jannie Ligons off-the-clock traffic stop.  Oklahoma City police patrol officer Daniel Holtzclaw has been interrogated and placed on administrative leave after a 57-year old black female accused him of sexually assaulting her after he pulled her over. Detectives begin to dig in to Holtzclaw's personnel file and the results of the forensic testing comes back.  The only witness, footage from security camera #21 , is analyzed by the OSB...

3 | Daniel Holtzclaw: Interrogation Reflection

July 10, 2019 14:39 - 43 minutes - 80.6 MB

June 18, 2014: In this episode, I reflect back on the full interrogation that was published last week.  You can read the transcript of this episode and watch the video recorded version at this season's home page at www.HoltzclawTrial.com. This episode was researched, written, produced and edited by Brian Bates. Season one of Bates Investigates: The Daniel Holtzclaw Case is a Bugstomper production

2 | Daniel Holtzclaw: The Interrogation

July 02, 2019 22:10 - 1 hour - 202 MB

June 18, 2014: This episode covers the formal interrogation of then Oklahoma City patrol officer Daniel Holtzclaw by OCPD sex crimes detectives Kim Davis and Rocky Gregory. The two hour interrogation is an awkward combination of "good cop, bad cop", discussions over which hand one masturbates with and whether or not Holtzclaw tried to have sex with his then girlfriend after he got home. All of this while the focus was supposed to be on whether or not Daniel Holtzclaw sexually assaulted a 57-...

1 | Daniel Holtzclaw: The Jannie Ligons Traffic Stop

June 25, 2019 23:59 - 46 minutes - 87.5 MB

June 18, 2014: This episode covers day one of the investigation into then Oklahoma City police officer Daniel Holtzclaw. An investigation that began after Jannie Ligons, a 57-year-old grandmother, is pulled over at 2am and allegedly sexually assaulted. Within hours of her complaint, up to 20 employees of the Oklahoma City Police Department are all actively following up on leads and gathering evidence. Very quickly officer Holtzclaw is identified as their prime suspect. Sex Crimes Detectives ...

0 | Daniel Holtzclaw: Preface

June 14, 2019 19:56 - 5 minutes - 10.5 MB

On June 18, 2014 Oklahoma City police officer Daniel Holtzclaw pulled over a 57-year-old African American grandmother. Later the driver would claim that she was sexually assaulted by Holtzclaw during the traffic stop. An investigation was opened that subsequently led prosecutors to believe they had uncovered a serial rapist with a badge, victimizing those most vulnerable in NE Oklahoma City. Holtzclaw (half white and half Japanese) was subsequently criminally charged with 36 counts stemming ...

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