The latest episode of the Detroit Free Press podcast, “Where Secrets Die: The Disappearance of Derrick Henagan,” will be available to subscribers only on Tuesdays at freep.com/secrets.
This is the fourth installment in an eight-part true crime series built on feature-length investigative reporting.
Episode 4: father's sins
Michigan State Police Officer David Morgenborg's internal affairs file spans more than 400 pages and includes allegations of abuse from multiple family members.
And on the day Derrick Henagan disappeared, he responded to Deanna Maddox's trespassing complaint.
In this episode, Meghan Megan Borg, the daughter of a police officer, talks about a terrifying walk in the woods with her father, what she saw there, and how her father threatened her if she spoke about it.
Who is who: Officer David Morgenborg of the Michigan State Police. Megan Morgenborg, his daughter. Amy Asher, Meghan Markle's mother and her first wife. Renae Botville, Trooper's second wife. Hunter Majulin, Renae's son from a previous marriage.
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credit: John Wisely, Darcy Moran, Tad Davis, Elisha Anderson, Gina Kaufman, Garrett Tiedemann, Robin Cheung, Kathleen Galligan, Adrian Roberts, Kathy Kieliszewski, Jim Schaefer, Anjanette Delgado. Nicole Avery Nichols is an editor at the Detroit Free Press.
The theme music is the original song “Abyss” by Camila Cantu and Brian Castillo. External audio in the episode is courtesy of 9&10 News, WLUC TV 6, and Megan Morgenborg.
