Courtney Dubois (Episode)

The Death of Courtney DuBois was the title of the fourth episode of Season 1 of True Cold Case Files.This episode is notable for being the only episode in the series to be widely criticized, as well as the only episode to have been permanently removed from the lineup. It was in response to information that Jason had received from numerous news sources that proved to be false.

Courtney's case was resolved in 2019, after the arrest of Terrick Robinson, a drug dealer from Georgia.

Synopsis
In August of 2018, bags of human body parts were recovered in a landfill outside of Cartersville, Georgia, The Georgia Bureau of Investigation and the Bartow County (GA) Sheriffs Office launched a full-scale investigation into who they belonged to and how they ended up in the landfill. Efforts to identify her reached to the point of releasing her tattoos to the public to help identify her.

A month later, she is identified as Courtney DuBois of Fairmont, West Virginia; and a murder investigation begins.

Jason (at the time) discussed with viewers the case and possible motives and connections; however, because the case was recent, the video was brief and discussed several points in the case.

After the Episode and Reception
After the episode was released, within hours people close to Courtney reached out to Jason with disdain for the episode. There were numerous parts of the episode that Jason had incorrectly discussed, however it was of no fault to Jason or the producer at the time, Jeff Jamison. Jason was able to provide viewers with all the sources he used in the episode; sources that included local newspapers, stations and from the Bartow County Sheriffs Office. It is believed that the anger also stemmed from how fresh the case was at the time and that Jason had never covered a more recent case like Courtney's

A month after the episode aired, Jason received a message from a Facebook user threatening him. It was then that Jason made the decision to pull the episode from the lineup. Jason initially locked the episode, with a possible idea to re-release it at a later date or until he could clarify the resources he used. In 2020, as part of revamped efforts to work on remastering the series, Jason made the decision to destroy the episode. It is the only episode to date that has been permanently removed from the lineup.

To date, this case is also the only case Jason featured that was more recent.

On June 1st, 2019, authorities arrested Terrick Robinson, a resident of Cartersville, Georgia on charges relating to Courtney's death. Terrick was apprehended in Fairmont, West Virginia; the same city that Courtney was last known to have lived. It is believed that Robinson provided a deadly dose of fentanyl to Courtney, causing her to overdose and die. An associate, Seddrick Banks, may have been responsible for covering up the death and also orchestrated Courtney's dismemberment.

On January 17th, 2020, Terrick Robinson was found guilty of several drug charges, as well as a charge of providing drugs to an individual that resulted in death. All of the participants in her death have yet to be sentenced due to the COVID-19 outbreak hindering the courthouses in Georgia from opening. Additionally, a number of appeals have been made for a re-trial.