Walk Softly Children
45 episodes - English - Latest episode: 11 months ago -Attorney Jessica Fritz-Aguiar continues the investigation of the Doreen Vincent case featured on Season 2 of the podcast Faded Out. Fritz-Aguiar was the lead investigator on that podcast, and has filed a FOIA request against the Wallingford CT police, to get to the bottom of this 32 year old missing persons case.
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Jessica Fritz Aguiar Radio Interview on WICC 600am Bridgeport, CT with Joe Aguiar
June 04, 2023 23:00 - 25 minutes - 35.4 MBJessica Fritz Aguiar was a guest on WICC 600am Radio in Bridgeport/Milford CT. The host of the show is also the producer of Walk Softly Children, Joe Aguiar. Jess gives a synopsis of the case of Doreen Vincent, and an update on the status of her father, and the prime suspect in her disappearance 34 years ago, who was just released from a halfway house on a gun charge.
Jessica Fritz Aguiar Radio Interview on 960am WELI with Vinnie Penn
June 04, 2023 22:00 - 18 minutes - 25.7 MBHost Jessica Fritz Aguiar was invited onto the Vinnie Penn Project to discuss the Doreen Vincent case as part of National Missing Children Week. Vinnie had not heard of the case and questions how an obvious crime could have gone so cold.
Update on Mark's Release from Prison/FOIA Request/Billboards
June 04, 2023 21:00 - 38 minutes - 53.2 MBExecutive producer Joe Aguiar joins host Jessica Fritz Aguiar to update you on the case of Doreen Vincent. Her father, Mark Vincent, has been released to a halfway house in Bridgeport, CT. Mark will be greeted each day with a billboard about Doreen's case just outside of his window. We are doing a GoFundMe to produce the $8700 dollars needed for two billboards in CT. Jess and Joe also discuss the status of their FOIA request, and the illegal way the Wallingford PD responded to it. I...
Mark Vincent Parole Hearing Update
May 03, 2023 18:00 - 36 minutes - 50.3 MBBONUS EPISODE: Listen to Jess and Joe discuss Mark Vincent’s parole hearing on April 26, 2023, and hear Jess’s plans for new episodes and new moves to find justice for Doreen and the alums of Milford Christian Academy, including new material being uploaded to Patreon.
S3 EP11 All Things to All Men
March 22, 2023 17:00 - 1 hour - 88 MBAt Milford Christian Church, Pastor Jim Loomer likes to portray himself as “All Things to All Men,” as putting aside his own desires, comfort, and pride so that he can bring people to Jesus as envisioned in First Corinthians. In doing so, Jim portrays himself as an average Joe, a man of the people, a happy go lucky man of God. But underneath that mask lies a craven soul marked by a penchant for twisting God’s words to serve his purposes, and using his church as a weapon to harm th...
S3EP10 Above Rubies
January 27, 2023 23:00 - 1 hour - 85.7 MBThe children of Milford Christian never had it easy. But after everything else – after isolation from the outside world and the insistence on conformity, after the humiliation, the beatings, the terror – the strict, draconian rules on appearance, relationships and sex took the largest toll. Learn about a different kind of abuse to which they were subjected, and the shame and scars it caused.
Special Announcement from Jessica
January 25, 2023 23:36 - 3 minutes - 4.34 MBSurprised by what just popped up in your feed where Sticky Beak should be? Listen to a special announcement from Jessica Fritz Aguiar about a whole new phase to finding Justice for Doreen Vincent and the escapees of Milford Christian. Make sure you subscribe to my Patreon and leave a review wherever you find your podcasts! https://www.patreon.com/stickybeak
S3 EP 9 Paideia
November 23, 2022 20:00 - 51 minutes - 70.9 MBWhile Connecticut banned corporal punishment in public schools in 1989, it’s alive and well at Milford Christian Academy. Under Pastor Jim Loomer and headmistress Susan Martin – who has her own personalized paddle – the school sought to impose paideia, or nurture from strike or sting, on its students to keep them in line, just like when Mark Vincent paddled Doreen on the day she disappeared. Get the latest update on Mark’s gun charge and learn another secret about Susan that binds ...
S3 EP 8 Child Of Destiny
October 09, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour - 84.4 MBLearn more about not only Susan Martin’s culture of fear and cruelty at Milford Christian Academy, but also the shocking secrets of what makes the woman herself tick. Hear how parents and teachers felt powerless to stand up in the face of Susan’s methods – especially with Pastor Jim Loomer in her corner. Learn a bit about what Mark Vincent has been up to all these years, and how Milford Christian escapees bear the scars of the church they left behind. Discover the first of many di...
Child Of Destiny
October 09, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour - 84.4 MBLearn more about not only Susan Martin’s culture of fear and cruelty at Milford Christian Academy, but also the shocking secrets of what makes the woman herself tick. Hear how parents and teachers felt powerless to stand up in the face of Susan’s methods – especially with Pastor Jim Loomer in her corner. Learn a bit about what Mark Vincent has been up to all these years, and how Milford Christian escapees bear the scars of the church they left behind. Discover the first of many disturbing ...
S3 EP 7 You Became Mine
October 01, 2022 04:00 - 47 minutes - 65.6 MBDividing Milford Christian children from their parents was only the first part of Susan Martin’s plan. Next came a personality that ruled with fear, didn’t take no for an answer, was not afraid to lie to your face with a sweet smile. Come deep into the dark culture of Berean Academy and Church, a place where Jim Loomer felt free to not only allow, but foster, a man like Mark Vincent in his lair. Learn about a culture that - on top of the Wallingford Police Department, the Meriden Wal...
S3 EP 6 MATTHEW 18:15 AND MRS. MARTIN’S DOGFIGHT
August 22, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 82.9 MBContinue your journey into the dark heart of Susan Martin, Pastor James Loomer’s right hand woman. Learn how, as Milford Christian Academy’s headmaster and head disciplinarian, Susan used spying, emotional humiliation, and the power of Matthew 18:15 – a Bible verse meant to help Christians lead their brothers away from sin – to weaponize children against each other.
S3 EP5 DONKEY SOULS ZIG ZAGS AND MRS MARTINS DREAM
August 15, 2022 18:00 - 36 minutes - 50.8 MBMark Vincent isn’t the only friend of Pastor James Loomer’s who’s got a questionable past. Get to know Milford Christian Academy’s headmaster and head disciplinarian, Mrs. Susan Martin. Listen to audio from students who survived Berean on how Mrs. Martin cultivated and perpetuated her power over the children with the fear of hell.
S3 EP 4 FATHER FIGURE, FAITH, AND THE SWORD OF THE SPIRIT
July 27, 2022 04:00 - 51 minutes - 70.4 MBLearn the history of Milford Christian Church, formerly known as Berean Assembly of God, its Pastor, James Loomer, and their connections to Mark Vincent. Explore the academics offered by Milford Christian Academy, or Berean Academy, as offered by Pastor Loomer and his team of teachers, including his right-hand woman Susan Martin, according to the Principle Approach. Hear the voices of former Berean students and begin to understand how their present might echo Doreen Vincent’s past,...
S3 Episode 3: Learning Patience
July 25, 2022 23:12 - 26 minutes - 36 MBJoin Jessica Fritz Aguiar and Joe Aguiar for an update session on the status of Mark Vincent’s gun charge, including news from his last hearing and what we can expect from the next, information on his attorney Michael Boynton, news on how Mark’s wife Kathy feels about recent events, and some good old-fashioned letters from Brad Vincent to his brother. Plus some spoilers for upcoming new episodes, dropping soon.
The Devil Goes to Church
May 04, 2022 20:00 - 56 minutes - 77.3 MBFollow Jessica Fritz Aguiar as she details Mark Vincent’s February 16, 2022 arrest at Milford Christian Church, the events surrounding it, and its potential implications for Doreen Vincent’s case.
An Interview with Josh Mankiewicz from Dateline NBC
May 02, 2022 00:00 - 46 minutes - 64.2 MBIn her quest to find justice for Doreen Jane Vincent, Jessica Fritz Aguiar has talked to and interviewed experts in all fields related to this case. When it comes to True Crime, Josh Mankiewicz of Dateline NBC is one of the best known voices. Jessica and Mank discuss the case and the possibility of being featured on Dateline should Mark Vincent for be arrested for murder.
S3 E1: Asking The Lord What’s Next
April 24, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour - 97 MBJoin Jessica Fritz Aguiar on a brand new season of Sticky Beak, as she uncovers more stories of Mark Vincent’s criminal past and explores his life at Teen Challenge’s campuses in New Haven, Connecticut and Johnson, Vermont, as well as his history with Pastor Rick Welch, all leading up to his recent arrest on gun charges in Milford, Connecticut, on February 16, 2022.
Breaking News: Mark Vincent Arrested On Gun Charge
February 18, 2022 07:57 - 38 minutes - 52.7 MBPolice Officers went to Milford Christian Church on Feb. 16th, 2022, to investigate a "suspicious incident." They found that Mark Vincent, who was recently asked to leave Teen Challenge Vermont, was in possession of a stolen firearm. Mark was arrested and charged with two counts of criminal possession of a firearm and one count of stealing a firearm, and his bail was set at $250,000.
S2 EP 12 From Hawleyville to Whirlwind
February 14, 2022 05:00 - 1 hour - 92.6 MBFor more than three decades, Sharon Rockwell Vincent and the choices she made, forever shaping the way the Wallingford Police Department and the media have approached the Doreen Jane Vincent cold case, have remained a mystery. Suddenly, the dam broke, with Sharon’s relatives getting in touch with Jessica Fritz Aguiar to reveal new information about Sharon’s family history, beginning with her father Jim Rockwell in Hawleyville and extending through to Sharon’s time in Danbury, New Yo...
S2 EP 11 Good and Faithful Servant
February 07, 2022 05:00 - 37 minutes - 51.8 MBFor more than three decades, Sharon Rockwell Vincent and the choices she made, forever shaping the way the Wallingford Police Department and the media have approached the Doreen Jane Vincent cold case, have remained a mystery. Suddenly, the dam broke, with Sharon’s relatives getting in touch with Jessica Fritz Aguiar to reveal new information about Sharon’s family history, beginning with her father Jim Rockwell in Hawleyville and extending through to Sharon’s time in Danbury, New Yo...
S2 Ep 10 All the Rockies
January 31, 2022 20:50 - 42 minutes - 59 MBFor more than three decades, Sharon Rockwell Vincent and the choices she made, forever shaping the way the Wallingford Police Department and the media have approached the Doreen Jane Vincent cold case, have remained a mystery. Suddenly, the dam broke, with Sharon’s relatives getting in touch with Jessica Fritz Aguiar to reveal new information about Sharon’s family history, beginning with her father Jim Rockwell in Hawleyville and extending through to Sharon’s time in Danbury, New Yo...
S2 EP 9 THE BLOOD & THE BUDDHA
December 01, 2021 21:12 - 42 minutes - 58.8 MBJoin Jessica Fritz Aguiar as she chronologically tracks the life of Mark Hunter Vincent, Doreen’s father and the prime suspect in her June 1988 disappearance from Whirlwind Hill Road in Wallingford, Connecticut in a special three-part episode. Hear from Mark’s family members as well as his acquaintances from over the years and learn new details about Mark before, during, and after Doreen vanished. Chapter One will be released on November 17, 2021, with Chapters Two and Three availa...
E2 EP 8 Snow Peas & Ashes
November 25, 2021 00:38 - 55 minutes - 75.9 MBJoin Jessica Fritz Aguiar as she chronologically tracks the life of Mark Hunter Vincent, Doreen’s father and the prime suspect in her June 1988 disappearance from Whirlwind Hill Road in Wallingford, Connecticut in a special three-part episode. Hear from Mark’s family members as well as his acquaintances from over the years and learn new details about Mark before, during, and after Doreen vanished. Chapter One will be released on November 17, 2021, with Chapters Two and Three availa...
E2 EP 7 Fireworks Wars
November 17, 2021 15:00 - 38 minutes - 52.9 MBJoin Jessica Fritz Aguiar as she chronologically tracks the life of Mark Hunter Vincent, Doreen’s father and the prime suspect in her June 1988 disappearance from Whirlwind Hill Road in Wallingford, Connecticut in a special three-part episode. Hear from Mark’s family members as well as his acquaintances from over the years and learn new details about Mark before, during, and after Doreen vanished. Chapter One will be released on November 17, 2021, with Chapters Two and Three availa...
Wood Frog: Part 2
September 09, 2021 04:00 - 50 minutes - 69.8 MBIn trying to understand why the Wallingford Police Department is ignoring the history and signs of sexual abuse in missing girl and homicide victim Doreen Vincent, Jessica Fritz Aguiar dives deep into the evidence of what Doreen experienced in her short life, speaking to Doreen’s aunts Debbie Pereira and Carol Murad, her uncle Joe Murad, her grandmother Jane Murad, and her cousin Mary Knapp - all the while trying to focus on Doreen the girl, not just the victim.
Wood Frog: Part 1
August 30, 2021 04:00 - 47 minutes - 65.9 MBIn trying to understand why the Wallingford Police Department is ignoring the history and signs of sexual abuse in missing girl and homicide victim Doreen Vincent, Jessica Fritz Aguiar dives deep into the evidence of what Doreen experienced in her short life, speaking to Doreen’s aunts Debbie Pereira and Carol Murad, her uncle Joe Murad, her grandmother Jane Murad, and her cousin Mary Knapp - all the while trying to focus on Doreen the girl, not just the victim.
Little Alice
July 27, 2021 04:00 - 59 minutes - 81.3 MBJoin Jessica Fritz Aguiar as she attempts to build a truce with the Wallingford Police Department, examining the impact of the department’s recent change in leadership on the investigation as well as its apparent unwillingness to examine the relevance of sexual abuse to Doreen’s case.
Don't Go Missing Forever
June 30, 2021 15:48 - 1 hour - 93.5 MBFollow Jessica Fritz Aguiar as she examines the possibilities of finding Doreen Vincent at a number of locations across Connecticut, including 1316 Whirlwind Hill and Huntington State Park. Joining her for the conversation are no-body expert Tad DiBiase and long-lost Huntington ranger Paul O’Connell, who saw Mark’s 1977 Chevy pickup in the park in the summer following Doreen’s disappearance.
A KEY THAT COULD USE A LITTLE TURNING
June 22, 2021 05:12 - 1 hour - 84.3 MBWe may think we know what happened to Doreen Vincent, but as in so many other cold cases involving so-called endangered runaways - like Alissa Turney and Aundria Bowman - we can’t know the truth unless and until the person responsible for her disappearance speaks. Listen as Jessica Fritz Aguiar unpacks the mystery of what really happened that night in June 1988 in Wallingford, Connecticut with the help of a private investigator hired by Doreen’s family, psychic Vanessa, and nationall...
Barn Sale
June 15, 2021 04:00 - 53 minutes - 72.9 MBOn June 15, 1988, Doreen Jane Vincent disappeared from the Connecticut farmhouse her career criminal father had rented the week before. At twelve, she had already lived 1,000 lifetimes. When her mother discovered her missing three days later, Mark Vincent told the cops she’d run away. Sounds simple, right? But that’s just the beginning of a long, twisted story – that maybe, in the end, holds answers and redemption. Join Jessica Fritz Aguiar as she dives deep into a thirty-three ...
S2 EP1: Barn Sale
June 15, 2021 04:00 - 53 minutes - 72.9 MBOn June 15, 1988, Doreen Jane Vincent disappeared from the Connecticut farmhouse her career criminal father had rented the week before. At twelve, she had already lived 1,000 lifetimes. When her mother discovered her missing three days later, Mark Vincent told the cops she’d run away. Sounds simple, right? But that’s just the beginning of a long, twisted story – that maybe, in the end, holds answers and redemption. Join Jessica Fritz Aguiar as she dives deep into a thirty-three year old ...
Season 2 Trailer
April 06, 2021 07:12 - 1 minute - 1.89 MBGet ready for an all new season of Sticky Beak, as Jessica Fritz Aguiar continues her quest to get justice for Doreen Vincent, who has been missing since 1988, and whose case has recently been changed to a homicide. Doreen's father, Mark Vincent, is the prime suspect in the disappearance of his daughter, who was just 12 years old when he claimed they had a fight and she ran away... never to be seen again. The walls are closing in, and experts are lining up to solve this case.
The Chatroom Episode 4: Jessica Fritz Aguiar (Sticky Beak Podcast)
October 09, 2020 21:04 - 22 minutes - 30.4 MBOn this episode of the Chatroom, Connor's guest is Jessica Fritz Aguiar, host of the #CMGPodcast Sticky Beak. Jess talks to Connor about working as a researcher on Faded Out, her job as a lawyer, being a mom of 4 kids, and what inspired her about Doreen Vincent's case to dedicate the past two years to trying to solve this 32 year old cold case.
Cooking Eggs
May 03, 2020 18:50 - 59 minutes - 81.7 MBThe following episode, as well as In the Cards, draw from the following articles: Missing Girls’ Cold Cases Turn 50, 45, Respectively, This Week, Chris Dehnel, July 24, 2018 Cold Case Squad Investigating 40 Year Old Missing Girl Cases Has Leads, David Owens, April 14, 2016, Hartford Courant http://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-tolland-missing-girls-0415-20160414-story.html Defrosting Cold Cases – The Vernon Tolland Three, Alice De Sturler, June 25, 2018 (website) https...
In The Cards
April 19, 2020 16:45 - 1 hour - 84.2 MBRECAP: Follow Jessica Fritz Aguiar through the history of the Connecticut Freedom of Information Act and her fight for records on Doreen Vincent’s cold case against the Wallingford Police Department. Learn about cold case units around Connecticut and hear what interest they might have in solving Doreen’s.
Lydia
March 31, 2020 19:30 - 1 hour - 87.7 MBJessica Fritz Aguiar examines Doreen Vincent's many signs of sexual abuse and the history of it as suffered by her aunts, Debbie and Carol, with the help of licensed clinical social worker Karen Calcaterra.
Freedom: The One Good Thing That I Got
March 24, 2020 06:30 - 1 hour - 87.2 MBListener questions: v Jamie – How did Mark get to California? Mimi – I want to know more about Brad. Did the police write him back? Has Mark responded to his letter? Kate – Has the mayor ever been asked his thoughts on a crime committed against a child in his town that has gone unsolved for so long? Margaret – Have any members of Doreen’s family submitted DNA to ancestry sites? I don’t expect they’d find her but might bolster the case that she’s not alive. Josh - You spoke...
Can't Keep From Crying Sometime
March 16, 2020 06:50 - 1 hour - 85.2 MBWhen it comes to Doreen Vincent, it's always been women's work. Since she became a cold case, billed as a runaway in 1988, and for a while it seemed like only the women in her life were there to pick up the pieces. They were there to pick up the pieces for Mark, too.
Silly Little Stones
March 09, 2020 07:50 - 58 minutes - 80.6 MBThe Wallingford Police gave Jessica some information about a 2003 plan for Mark to meet with detectives to offer information on Doreen's disappearance, but the State's Attorney wouldn't offer full immunity. What did the WPD miss, what happened at 1316 Whirlwind Hill Rd, what was going on with Doreen's "underwear model career" and more silly little stones that will blow this case wide open!
Raspberry Season
March 02, 2020 07:30 - 43 minutes - 58.3 MBSharon Vincent took a walk after Doreen was gone, to think and try out the neighborhood raspberries. Some might think she’s a victim; others a villain. Only Raspberry Season will tell.
The Lady in White
February 24, 2020 05:25 - 49 minutes - 68.3 MBDoreen was gone, and people were looking for her. Maybe not always the right people. But others would be there to watch them to challenge them and to call out for answers. And maybe a little justice, just like the Lady in White.
The Unreliable Narrator
February 17, 2020 09:30 - 46 minutes - 63.5 MBWhen you listen to a story, you want to trust the narrator. Well, you're not going to find that here. Come listen to the retelling of the night Doreen went missing. Make sure you take notes.
EPISODE 1: LOVE, DOREEN
February 10, 2020 02:25 - 30 minutes - 41.7 MBContinue the journey that began with my work as lead investigator on Sarah Dimeo’s Faded Out, Season 2, looking into disappearance of Doreen Jane Vincent. Doreen was twelve where she disappeared from her father’s rented farmhouse in Wallingford, Connecticut, in June of 1988. You can’t understand what happened to her without knowing who she was, and where she came from. Come get to know a little girl.
Love, Doreen
February 10, 2020 02:25 - 30 minutes - 41.7 MBEPISODE: LOVE, DOREEN Doreen Jane Vincent was twelve years old when she vanished from her father’s rented farmhouse in Wallingford, Connecticut in June of 1988. At almost that exact moment, in Wallingford’s neighboring town of Meriden, I was turning ten. I first heard Doreen’s name in December 2018, more than thirty years later, when Sarah Dimeo and Joe Aguiar, host and producer of the podcast Faded Out, asked me to be the lead investigator on her case. I thought it would be a s...