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John Woodrow Cox

“I Want It to Stop”

At 15, Ruben Urbina couldn’t bear his depression and anxiety anymore. So he called police with a chilling threat.

John Woodrow Cox Washington Post Dec 2017 15min Permalink

Twelve Seconds of Gunfire

The story of a school shooting in Townville, S.C. and what happened to the first-graders who saw it all happen.

John Woodrow Cox Washington Post Jun 2017 20min Permalink

Crime

"Did Your Father Die?"

To be a second-grader contending with violence.

John Woodrow Cox Washington Post Apr 2017 20min Permalink

Crime Sex

A Marine's Convictions

After a flawed sexual assault investigation, a Naval Academy instructor made it his mission to prove he did nothing wrong. The discovery of a lost cell phone told a more complicated story.

John Woodrow Cox Washington Post Mar 2016 30min Permalink

Science

Telling JJ

The delicate process of telling a ten-year-old she is HIV-positive.

John Woodrow Cox Washington Post Sep 2015 Permalink