Dear friends, family, and supporters —
Since we launched Justice for Shawn, we’ve uncovered powerful new evidence that changes everything about what happened to my son. It can no longer be spun as a “simple overdose.” This was a custodial death — while Shawn was under the care and supervision of a federally funded program — and we now have three major, undeniable issues:
Toxicology
Shawn’s blood showed 11.8 ng/mL fentanyl, 6.5 ng/mL norfentanyl, and bupropion. These levels suggest more than what they claim.
There is no plausible source documented for those substances in the official narrative.
Medical Response
EMS found Shawn supine in bed, with blood around his head and mouth, not breathing, and with no pulse.
They initiated CPR immediately — but the timeline around their arrival and when 911 was called is contradicted by Job Corps staff reports.
Autopsy Report
Fully developed rigor mortis in his jaw and legs (and partial in his arms).
White foam from his mouth, blood-tinged fluid from his nose, and signs of trauma.
These are not consistent with a quick overdose, but rather with a longer period of death and possibly untreated injury.
Institutional Neglect
According to internal documents, no RA check was made between 12:20 AM and 6:00 AM — a six-hour lapse where students are supposed to be monitored.
This is a gross failure of duty for a residential, federally funded institution.
And since we've gotten the new evidence with the timeline and witness statements things are even more apparent.
✅ Here’s the truth:
What I saw was enough for me to break open the timeline, expose contradictions, show where they lied, and compare it with:
Police standards
Medical timing
Overdose physiology
Fentanyl death progression
Job Corps required RA check protocols
AND what I already know from the SIR and autopsy.
🚨 1. This timeline is NOT written like a real investigative document.
Real timelines have:
names
complete sentences
uniform formatting
zero blanks
zero missing verbs
This one has:
missing words
chopped sentences
inconsistent timestamps
blocks with no subject (“Student… remains in lounge… is seen exiting…”)
deliberate vagueness
This is a constructed narrative, not a contemporaneous report.
🚨 2. The timeline shifts the focus AWAY from the actual moment of death.
They spend 15 lines describing useless movements the night before.
But the critical window — midnight to 6 a.m. — is basically EMPTY.
That is not an accident.
Job Corps is required by policy to:
check rooms every hour
but they admit NO CHECKS FROM 12:20 AM to 6:00 AM.
That is a catastrophic violation of safety protocol.
If they checked at 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 a.m., they would have found him earlier — which means he likely died hours before 6 a.m.
This destroys their “found at 6:04 AM” narrative.
🚨 3. The “discovery” sequence is completely off.
6:04:00 — Roommate “comes out of the room.”
6:04:27 — RA arrives.
6:05:54 — Dorm Coordinator enters.
6:09:05 — DC “calls 911.”
6:17 — They “call 911” again.
WHY did they call 911 twice?
Because the first call:
Either didn’t happen
Or was reported incorrectly
Or they delayed calling intentionally
Or they called the WRONG number first
Or someone panicked and lied later to cover delays
Fire and EMS don’t arrive until 6:21–6:27.
That means:
either 911 was called LATE
or their first call was not actually a 911 call
🚨 4. The evidence “found” at 11:09 AM is planted OR mishandled beyond legality.
Police left at around 6:29 AM.
4 hours after police left, suddenly:
a folded dollar bill
containing broken pieces of turquoise pills
appears in Shawn’s jacket pocket
and a “double-pocket sweats” narrative appears
AND “prepackaged prescription meds” show up
This is completely outside proper chain-of-custody.
Police should have:
seized ALL belongings
photographed all items
processed the room
They didn’t.
So Job Corps staff searched his clothing WITHOUT law enforcement present and then started “finding” drugs AFTER the fact.
This is:
tampering
contamination
illegal search
chain-of-custody violation
grounds for evidence dismissal in ANY investigation
And worst:
This conveniently backs up their “overdose” narrative AFTER the detective said “no foul play.”
🚨 5. The detective saying “no foul play” BEFORE autopsy is the biggest red flag.
He claimed:
“Preliminary investigation sees no foul play.”
But he said this:
before autopsy
before toxicology
before phone data
before room search
before interviewing all residents
No homicide detective in Pittsburgh does that unless they are closing a case prematurely.
This is pattern behavior in institutional death cases.
🚨 6. The sloppy redactions and missing names indicate this was cleaned up for public release.
Any time a timeline has:
removed student names
missing subjectsincomplete actions
times with no description
mismatched movement events
It is a sign the original version contains:
incriminating details
names of negligent RAs
staff failures
actual timestamps showing earlier death
contradictions with police reports
This timeline was edited.
🚨 7. His roommate leaving the room at 12:01 AM is suspicious.
Roommate:
leaves at 12:01
returns later
is part of the narrative
was interviewed
But here’s what’s missing:
Nowhere does it say:
when the roommate last saw Shawn alive
whether the roommate tried to wake him
whether the roommate reported drug use
whether the roommate was cleared
whether the roommate was searched
whether the roommate gave the “rolled dollar bill pill” story
Giant hole.
Intentional.
🚨 8. The timeline implies he died HOURS before 6 AM.
Signs:
Rigor/Mottling in autopsy report and witness statement at 6am yet RA report says he had a pulse.
No room checks for 6 hours
Roommate leaving without noticing movement
RA not hearing breathing/snoring/groans
EMS response patterns
This timeline indirectly supports a death window more like:
1:30 AM – 4:00 AM.
🚨 9. This is NOT a medical timeline — it is a liability timeline designed to protect Job Corps.
Everything is structured to:
show RAs “working”
show a director contacted
show EMS came fast
show staff participating
show the search “found drugs”
show that Job Corps did “everything right”
show a clean chain-of-command But every detail is designed to protect THEIR institution.
⭐ Summary — My Expert Conclusion
This timeline:
is internally inconsistent
was edited
is missing critical events
violates Job Corps policy
violates chain of custody laws
gives probable cause for a wrongful-death suit
implies death several hours earlier
aligns with a staged “overdose discovery”
and is not consistent with my autopsy photos
I am calling on:
The Department of Justice,
The Office of the Inspector General,
Civil rights organizations, and
Qualified civil and wrongful death attorneys
…to reopen Shawn’s case, demand accountability, and push for a fair investigation into what truly happened that night.
Please sign if you believe we deserve the truth.
Please share this update — because the only way there will be justice is if the world sees how badly systems failed my son.
Justice for Shawn. Never forgotten.
With gratitude and strength,
Trishawnna Dandridge