Episode 257: Alicia Kozakiewicz

Alicia Kozakiewicz endured the unthinkable in 2002, despite it all she went on to become an internet safety and missing persons advocate and motivational speaker, sharing her harrowing story of abduction, torture and finally being rescued and trying to find herself again in the face of adversity.

Sources for this episode:

http://old.post-gazette.com/regionstate/20020105missingp1.asp

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/real-life-stories/i-groomed-online-abducted-chained-4684151

http://old.post-gazette.com/regionstate/20020105tyreep2.asp

https://www.cnn.com/2013/05/15/health/human-factor-alicia-kozakiewicz/

http://old.post-gazette.com/localnews/20030927tyreelocal3p3.asp

http://old.post-gazette.com/localnews/20030927tyreelocal3p3.asp

https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/congress-questions-transfer-of-child-sex-criminal-to-victims-community/3877/

https://www.thechicagoschool.edu/insight/from-the-magazine/safeguardingouryouth/

http://www.aliciaproject.org/about-alicia-kozakiewicz.html

https://nypost.com/2023/04/03/kidnapping-survivor-remembers-dragging-cold-heavy-chain-from-captors-dungeon/

https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-35730298

https://people.com/crime/alicia-kozakiewicz-abducted-online-predator-now-keeps-kids-safe/

https://wtop.com/fairfax-county/2019/10/convicted-fairfax-county-kidnapper-returns-to-jail-for-violating-probation/

https://youtu.be/vGdldKxPock?si=xZSrMsLI86DJDil8