The Podcast
A Remarkable Fight To Uncover The Truth
How the investigation into Tiffany's death began.
The Meetings
March 12, 2022
IT WAS a Saturday when Marie McGovern first sat down with Tiffany's parents Stephen and Dianne. It had been years since Tiffany's body was struck by a train on an isolated stretch of railroad tracks, but the pain was still raw. Not only were Stephen and Dianne still grieving the loss of their daughter, but were angry and frustrated at authorities, who, they say, had never fully investigated the background of Tiffany's death.
The more Marie listened, the more determined she became to help. She thought it might make a story. But it soon became far more than that.
The Investigation
IN MARCH 2022, Marie was also introduced to their attorney, Paul D'Amato. South Jersey's most prominent personal injury attorney had been working on the case since Tiffany died, as convinced as Stephen and Dianne that their daughter had not taken her own life. He allowed Marie access to his entire case files. Marie became deeply involved in his investigation, which he hoped would change the determination of Tiffany's death from suicide. Together, they began to explore different avenues never explored by police in July 2015.
The Last Picture: July 12, 2015
THE image is black-and-white, grainy, but haunting. Caught on a surveillance camera in the driveway, it shows Tiffany, dressed for her cousin's graduation party, striding away from her home shortly before 9.30PM on the night of July 12, 2015. In her hand, she's carrying her cell phone - a phone that would later be found in the nearby brush. Surveillance photographs and the information from the phone would become key in exploring what happened to Tiffany that fateful night.
.
Chapter 1: Into the Night
For Tiffany Valiante the summer of 2015 was about enjoying the beach, the pool and parties before she left for college. But after a family gathering, she was found dead on railroad tracks. Marie retraces her steps that last night and uncovers new, deeply troubling questions.
Chapter 2: Summer of Silence
Tiffany was popular, with a wide circle of friends. Marie is given unprecedented access to Tiffany's social media and reaches out to those who knew her best. She is shocked by what happens next.
Chapter 3: Secret Friend
There was a secret someone special in Tiffany's life. She breaks her silence to reveal her friend's state of mind and cast more doubt on the decision to label her death a suicide.
Chapter 4: The Download
Like any teenager, Tiffany's cell phone was the center of her life. Marie and digital
detectives unlock Tiffany's phone. What they discover is frightening and begins to
reshape the entire investigation.
Chapter 5: Rule Out Homicide
The spotlight turns onto the original investigation as someone at the scene comes forward to reveal what she saw that fateful night. Her account shocks everyone as other experts dispute everything in the official reports.
Chapter 6: How Do You Lose An Axe?
Marie examines how potentially vital evidence goes missing, as Tiffany's mother finds herself at the center of a shocking development. And Marie finds an inexplicable call on Tiffany's cell phone.
Chapter 7: Cell Phones Don't Lie
How could Tiffany's cell phone be moving when she was miles away at railroad tracks? And that's not the only mystery. Why would she be making arrangements to meet friends at exactly the time she vanished into the night, supposedly to take her own life?
Chapter 8: Run, I Say Run
What did the surveillance cameras at Tiffany's home capture the night she vanished? And, for the first time in more than a decade, the investigation into Tiffany's death takes dramatic steps forward.