20/20

The After Show: The Barefoot Witness

May 25, 2026·21 min·4-min readnarrativetrue crime
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This episode of 20/20 recounts the harrowing true-crime story of Lintel Washington, a beloved Baton Rouge teacher and mother, who was murdered in a secluded Louisiana sugarcane field. The case remained unsolved for years until the testimony of her three-year-old daughter — dubbed the 'b

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Susan Welsh

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Deborah RobertsSusan WelshLintel WashingtonRobert MarksMelissa MasonRonnie Hebert

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Cold CasesCriminal JusticeForensicsInvestigative JournalismLong Form JournalismMissing PersonsTrue Crime

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