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David Charles Matte & Lingering Questions in Lafayette | Unsolved

Dustin Terry | True Crime Journalist Season 1 Episode 47

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In this emotional and revealing episode of TheColdCases.com Podcast, host Dustin Terry sits down with Lori Matte, the sister of 45-year-old David Charles Matte, who was brutally attacked and left for dead on the side of a Louisiana road in July 2004.

Nearly twenty-one years later, David’s murder remains unsolved — but Lori refuses to let her brother’s story be forgotten. In this powerful interview, she opens up about the night everything changed, her family’s decades-long struggle with unanswered questions, and the hope that someone still out there holds the key to justice.

Together, we revisit the details of the case, explore the evidence that went cold, and discuss how advances in forensics and public awareness might finally bring closure to the Matte family.

🕯️ This episode is a reminder that behind every cold case is a warm heart still beating for truth — and that justice delayed is never justice forgotten.

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