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In this episode, retired agent Jerome Lorrain reviews the investigation of the BDSM murder of Sarah Willard, a 29-year-old escort/sex worker from Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.
Sarah disappeared in November 2019 and the Pascagoula, Mississippi Safe Streets Task Force (SSTF) worked with Detective Lieutenant Shane Bozeman of the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office to investigate her disappearance. Phillip York, a 54-year-old man residing in Ocean Springs, Mississippi, was subsequently arrested and charged with Willard’s murder.
York hired Willard to be his BDSM sex slave and killed her when it appeared the arrangement was not going to work out.
FBI CAST cell phone analysis was crucial to Jerome and Shane’s resolution of this case.
Special Agent (Retired)
Jerome Lorrain
1/1991 – 3/2021
Jerome Lorrain served in the FBI for 30 years. Assigned to the Jackson Division’s Pascagoula, Mississippi Resident Agency, he led a Safe Streets and High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Task Force which investigated drug trafficking organizations, street gangs and violent crimes.
Lorrain was also the team leader for FBI hostage negotiators in Mississippi. Currently, he works as an investigator with a Sheriff’s Office and is writing a memoir. He can be reached via his LinkedIn profile.
Detective Lieutenant Shane Bozeman began his law enforcement career in 1998 and worked at a few other police departments before joining the Jackson County Sheriff’s Department in 2010.
Shane was promoted to the Criminal Investigation Division in 2014, where he is currently assigned. His duties include supervising other investigators, assisting his captain, overseeing the day-to-day activities of the Criminal Investigation Division, as well as investigating felony cases against persons and property.
The following are images and links to articles about the Sarah Willard BDSM murder investigation and the arrest and sentencing of Phillip York:
Gulf Live – 2/20/2020: Victim in St. Martin murder identified
6-WLOX (VIDEO) – 02/21/2020: Florida woman found buried in Jackson Co. backyard had history of leaving home
District Attorney News – 614/2023: Phillip Allen York – Pled Guilty to Murder of Sarah Jane Willard and Possession of a Weapon by a Con
WLOX/Gray News – 09/19/2022: Man gets life in prison for murder of woman found buried in his backyard, officials say
Click here to check out Jerome’s other FBI Retired Case File Review 262: Jerome Lorrain and Joe Nicholson – Miss-A-Bama Murder
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