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Sarah CaileanA former police officer with a decade of service in federal and municipal law enforcement agencies, Sarah also served as co-creator, executive producer, and host of the four-part docu-series Hell in the Heartland: What Happened to Ashley and Lauria on HLN. She is a correspondent for HLN and contributes regularly to programming and investigative specials, as a consultant on breaking or ongoing cases in the news. Sarah is currently serving as a special investigator with the Mobile County Sheriff’s Office Major Crimes Division in Mobile, Alabama, primarily tasked with cold case rape and homicide investigations with a serial component.
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Sarah is also a consulting committee member of the American Investigative Society of Cold Cases (AISOCC). Sarah presented at Crime Con in New Orleans and the Death Becomes Us true crime festival in NYC in 2019, and will return as a presenter for the Austin Crime Con in 2021, giving a new lecture on the reemerging prevalence of domestic violence portrayal in true crime. In addition to these, Sarah hosts a series of true crime lectures at a number of locations throughout the city of Philadelphia. She recently joined forces with Dr. Ann Burgess at Boston College to lead a multi-university research project in which the impact of using forensic psychology/psychiatry nursing expertise in approaching cold cases can be utilized by law enforcement to more effectively solve cold case homicides.
Sarah Cailean began her law enforcement career in 1998 as an agent for the National Park Service. In 2001 she transitioned to municipal/state level policing, and trained at the Ohio Peace Officer Training Academy. An alumna of Tiffin University, she studied both Criminal Justice Administration and Criminal Behavior, with a specialization in serial sexual predators and serial killers. Her master's thesis work involves the escalation of sociopathic predatory behavior and training patrol-level officers and small department detectives to recognize these behavior patterns more effectively. During her decade as a commissioned police officer, she became certified as an instructor for both the Ohio Peace Officer Training Academy and the National Ranger Tranining Institute (seasonal federal academy), teaching new officers and agents in areas that include Domestic Violence Response, Dynamic Building Searches, and Firearms Training. Cailean holds additional certification for advanced training in Urban Defensive Rifle Tactics, and Advanced Vehicle Crash Investigation. While working at the Groveport (OH) Police Department, Sarah served as a key member of an investigative task force with a focus on online sexual predators that target juveniles. Sarah lives in Philadelphia with her husband and their children, and a house full of pets-- most importantly, a Corgi named George.
Sarah Cailean began her law enforcement career in 1998 as an agent for the National Park Service. In 2001 she transitioned to municipal/state level policing, and trained at the Ohio Peace Officer Training Academy. An alumna of Tiffin University, she studied both Criminal Justice Administration and Criminal Behavior, with a specialization in serial sexual predators and serial killers. Her master's thesis work involves the escalation of sociopathic predatory behavior and training patrol-level officers and small department detectives to recognize these behavior patterns more effectively. During her decade as a commissioned police officer, she became certified as an instructor for both the Ohio Peace Officer Training Academy and the National Ranger Tranining Institute (seasonal federal academy), teaching new officers and agents in areas that include Domestic Violence Response, Dynamic Building Searches, and Firearms Training. Cailean holds additional certification for advanced training in Urban Defensive Rifle Tactics, and Advanced Vehicle Crash Investigation. While working at the Groveport (OH) Police Department, Sarah served as a key member of an investigative task force with a focus on online sexual predators that target juveniles. Sarah lives in Philadelphia with her husband and their children, and a house full of pets-- most importantly, a Corgi named George.