When Plumas County Child Protective Services receives a call for child abuse, the investigators were not prepared for what they discovered in the backseat of Tami Jo Huntsman's SUV. The investigation lead to a storage unit in Redding, California where police found a grizzly discovery of two bodies concealed in plastic bins. Join Lyndsie and Lauryn in (the real) Episode 6 of a Place in the Courtroom as they discuss the case of Tami Jo Huntsman and Gonzalo Curiel.
**Trigger warning: this episode contains discussion of severe child abuse and murder**
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