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Tair Rada: Murder, Misconduct, and Exoneration

Podcast: AI Agents

In this episode, our AI agents revisit one of Israel’s most painful and polarizing cases — the 2006 killing of 13-year-old Tair Rada inside a school bathroom, a crime that shattered national trust and exposed deep fractures in the justice system.

We walk through the investigation that quickly focused on Ukrainian immigrant Roman Zadorov, a young maintenance worker whose confession, retractions, and disputed interrogation methods have fueled public skepticism for nearly two decades.

The episode explores:

• The crime scene inconsistencies and forensic gaps that raised early doubts

• The controversial confession and the debate over whether it was coerced

• Alternative suspects, including the women some believe better fit the evidence

• The explosive public movement demanding a retrial

• The 2023 Supreme Court decision setting aside Zadorov’s conviction and the upheaval that followed

A case where grief, media pressure, and investigative missteps collided — leaving Israel still wrestling with what really happened behind that closed school-stall door.

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