On June 9, 2026, ABC Audio and 20/20 announced the upcoming release of The Snare, immediately shifting the true-crime spotlight back to the relentless efforts of Carol Dodge. On Dateline NBC, host Keith Morrison reflected on the early, messy resolution of the murder of Angie Dodge, describing it as "a partial victory. Some justice for Angie Dodge and her mother, Carol" even as local police left the town playing a public guessing game about the real killer's identity.
Morrison detailed how the tragedy completely transformed her life into a singular, grueling crusade. He explained that "a decades-long obsession took over Carol's every waking minute to find the man who killed Angie", pushing her to demand a highly improbable sort of justice that alienated local authorities but kept the case alive.
That demand meant doing the unthinkable: fighting to free the man the police claimed was the killer. Morrison noted that Carol Dodge "was convinced those detectives had blown the case completely, and had browbeaten an innocent man into a false confession", ultimately leading her to seek out independent experts to prove Chris Tapp was innocent.
As The Snare prepares to re-examine the case, the podcast world is gearing up for a fresh look at how one mother's refusal to accept a convenient lie exposed deep flaws in the justice system. The upcoming series will test whether media narratives can finally capture the full, exhausting scope of her decades-long battle.