Love, Lies, and the Ultimate Betrayal: The Murder of Claudette Ficik

In this weeks heartbreaking true crime case, we will discuss.. Claudette Ficik, the 20-year-old woman who went missing in 1994, leading to a frantic search with many people worrying that there was an active serial killer in Georgia. Six weeks later, her body was discovered in the Oconee River, weighted down with steel and showing signs of asphyxiation.Autopsy results later showed that Claudette was four months pregnant at the time of her death, intensifying the tragedy for her family. Initial suspects included several men.. one that did seem promising because.. he had even failed a polygraph test, but.. in a Shyamalan twist! the focus soon shifted to Claudette’s boyfriend, Jason Ragland.Jason, who had been in a secret relationship with Claudette while still involved with another woman, was arrested and charged with murder and feticide. Despite claiming he was innocent, and the case against him being largely circumstantial, he ultimately accepted a plea deal to avoid the death penalty, pleading guilty to Claudette's murder but never giving the specifics of what happened which left her family with more questions than answers.