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Network and has spent much of her career studying crime, victimization and wrongful convictions. Organizers said her work examining both criminal cases and the human impact behind them made her a natural fit to guide the live discussions featured throughout the tour.Her work and leadership in Indiana have also earned statewide recognition, including the Sagamore of the Wabash and the Torchbearer %u201cHeart of Indiana%u201d Award, two of the state%u2019s highest civilian honors.%u201cAs host of Crime Unfiltered, Dr. Jackson serves as both guide and guardian, creating space for context and emotion while ensuring these conversations remain grounded in ethical storytelling,%u201d organizers said in a release.According to organizers, the live event is intended to give audiences a deeper look into the personal experiences behind several of the country%u2019s most widely followed criminal investigations and documentaries.Among the featured guests is John Ramsey, whose daughter JonBen%u00e9t Ramsey was killed in 1996 in one of the country%u2019s most wellknown unsolved murder cases.%u201cMy daughter was the most important thing in my life,%u201d Ramsey said in a statement. %u201cAnd the only way this chapter closes for my family is if we find who did this to her.%u201dThe event also includes Nichole Schmidt and Tara Petito, family members of Gabby Petito, whose 2021 disappearance and death drew national attention as millions followed the investigation across social media and news outlets.%u201cGabby was just a normal girl with dreams like every other young person,%u201d Schmidt said. %u201cIf sharing her story helps even one family recognize warning signs or avoid what we went through, then her voice is still making a difference.%u201dThe lineup also features Denise Huskins and Aaron Quinn, whose 2015 kidnapping case became the subject of the Netflix documentary %u201cAmerican Nightmare.%u201d Authorities initially questioned whether the kidnapping had actually occurred, publicly comparing the case to the fictional plot of %u201cGone Girl%u201d before later confirming the crime was real.%u201cWhen I was finally released, I hadn%u2019t even had a chance to catch my breath before my life was taken from me again by accusations repeated across the media,%u201d Huskins said. %u201cPeople believed a story that simply wasn%u2019t true.%u201dQuinn said the tour allows audiences to hear directly from people whose stories were filtered through headlines, documentaries and public speculation.%u201cMillions of people watched our story unfold,%u201d Quinn said. %u201cBut there%u2019s always a filtration between what actually happened and what people hear. This is a chance to talk about the reality of living through it.%u201dThe event will also include speakers featured in Netflix%u2019s %u201cUnknown Number: The High School Catfish,%u201d which became one of the streaming platform%u2019s most watched documentaries in 2025.The documentary examined a years-long cyberstalking campaign targeting Shawn Licari%u2019s family that investigators later connected to a member of the family itself. Licari and relative, Melissa Perry, are scheduled to appear during the Indianapolis stop. %u201cWhat happened changed our lives in ways I never could have imagined,%u201d Licari said. %u201cIt%u2019s one thing to watch a story like this in a documentary. It%u2019s another to live through it.%u201dAlso appearing on the tour is Sean Ellis, whose wrongful conviction case was highlighted in the documentary series %u201cTrial 4.%u201d Ellis spent more than two decades in prison after being convicted in the killing of a Boston police officer before his conviction was later overturned.%u201cWhen you spend twenty years in prison for something you didn%u2019t do, it changes how you see everything,%u201d Ellis said. %u201cIf my story helps people understand how easily the system can fail, and why fighting for justice matters, then telling it is worth it.%u201dJackson said the event focuses not only on the investigations themselves, but also on the lasting impact public cases can have on the people at the center of them.%u201cThese are the people behind some of the biggest headlines in crime,%u201d Jackson said. %u201cThis tour gives audiences a rare opportunity to hear the humanity behind those headlines. It%u2019s something you can only truly understand when you hear their voices directly.%u201dAdditional tour stops include Chicago, Milwaukee and Detroit. Organizers said more cities are expected to be announced later this year.Tickets for the Indianapolis stop are available through crimeunfiltered.com/home#tickets.Contact Health & Environmental Reporter Hanna Rauworth at 317-762-7854 or follow her on Instagram at @hanna.rauworth.we are referring, that those are viable resources to mitigate not only the crisis, but making sure that we%u2019re connecting our neighbors to long-term viable resources,%u201d Brown said.Calls commonly involve welfare checks, suicidal ideation and nonviolent situations involving unhoused residents or people experiencing substance use disorders.According to Brown, the program has responded to nearly 3,000 calls since launching in 2023. Fewer than 2% of those calls required additional enforcement or detention.%u201cSo, I think our city leaders are looking for actual numbers and data,%u201d Brown said. %u201cAnd I think we have proven that, and also being able to expand countywide within less than three years.%u201dThe expansion comes after years of community calls for alternative crisis response options in Indianapolis. Public demand intensified following the 2022 death of Herman Whitfield III during an encounter with police.Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett previously said the program helps both residents and officers by ensuring behavioral health emergencies receive specialized care.%u201cThanks to the Clinician-Led Community Response team, hundreds of our residents in IMPD%u2019s Downtown and East districts are getting the care they need when experiencing a behavioral health emergency,%u201d Hogsett said during a previous district expansion announcement on WRTV Indianapolis. %u201cThey are not only helping individuals in crisis, but they are also helping keep neighbors safe by ensuring law enforcement can focus on public safety issues while trained clinicians attend to calls related to mental health crises.%u201d Brown said clinicians approach situations differently than traditional emergency responders because they are trained specifically in mental health intervention and crisis stabilization.%u201cWe understand that everyone who was experiencing a mental health crisis or who is battling with substance use disorders are not a threat, are not a danger to society,%u201d Brown said. %u201cSo, we already come in with a level of understanding and wanting to know how we can be (of) assistance to the neighbors, as opposed to trying to enforce something.%u201dThe program also aims to reduce unnecessary incarceration and emergency room visits connected to behavioral health crises.%u201cWe%u2019re able to assist with people who do not necessarily need to be entangled with law enforcement because they are having a mental health crisis as well as not flooding our emergency rooms at our hospitals,%u201d Brown previously told WFYI. Brown said the long-term goal is to make mental health support accessible and equitable for all Indianapolis residents.%u201cMental health crisis and mental health issues and concerns affect one in five people,%u201d Brown said. %u201cSo, it%u2019s important that everyone have access to this type of service, because it could be me one day, or it could be someone that I love.%u201dThis reporting is made possible by a grant from the Indianapolis African-American Quality of Life Initiative, empowering our community with essential health insights.%u00a0https://iaaqli.org/Contact Health & Environmental Reporter Hanna Rauworth at 317-762-7854 or follow her on Instagram at @hanna.rauworth.