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J. Joseph Curran Jr.

J. Joseph Curran Jr.

Lawyer and former Maryland Attorney General

Jun 4, 2026

13:40
He thought he'd just be taking care of baby Zion for one night, not a lifetime.
13:45
Jessie told us that when she, to come by Sunday morning, she might go to church with us.
13:52
But while I was there, there was Venetia and a few other girls that I didn't know, and they were talking about going somewhere.
13:57
And she was talking about going to Venetia's house to play cards.
14:58
Over the course of Sunday afternoon and into Monday, the Currans drive all over town, asking friends if they've seen Jessica.
15:06
She's 18, lived on her own in her own house.
15:09
You can't really turn them in as missing until so much time passed by.
15:14
We started checking around town, and everybody we thought that she might know or might have some information, and we didn't find her.
17:00
As time went on, those rumors would grow into a clamor as her critics united to try and reverse what was increasingly believed to be a gross miscarriage of justice.
17:19
I had talked to Quincy once on the phone.
17:23
I've met his mom, his sisters, and his dad, and I had talked with his dad several times, and he just wants the son to get help and get out of jail.
17:49
Today, one of the most vocal advocates for Quincy's innocence is perhaps one of the most surprising, Jessica Curran's father, Joe.
17:58
I would like for it to be on record that I do feel like that they got the wrong people.
18:04
I don't think that Quincy was involved in Jessica's murder.
18:10
I think Quincy was involved in drugs, and Susan knew that, and Susan didn't like him, and he was a newcomer to Mayfield.And so she put him in it, and they stayed with that story
14:10
He thought he'd just be taking care of baby Zion for one night, not a lifetime.
14:16
Jessie told us that when she, uh, to come by Sunday morning, she might go to church with us.
14:22
But while I was there, there was Venetia and a few of the girls that I didn't know, and they were talking about going somewhere and, uh, she was talking about going to Venetia's house to play cards.
15:28
Over the course of Sunday afternoon and into Monday, the Currans drive all over town, asking friends if they've seen Jessica.
15:36
She's 18, lived on her own, in her own house.
15:40
You can't really turn them in as missing until so much time passed by.
15:45
We started checking around town and everybody we thought that she might know or might have some information, and we didn't find her.

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