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Taboo Photos Murder Trial
S1, EP6 "The Welfare Check"The man who found himself in the middle of an alleged murder plot wrapped up his testimony. Nex, the deputy who received the initial call about Merriman took the stand. He told jurors how police did a welfare check to look for him, but they did not find him. Jurors in the taboo photos murder trial heard about the initial stages of the investigation into Tom Merriman's death. It began with claims that Jade Janks was responsible for drugging and suffocating him.
Sex, Cyanide And A Doctor On The Run Case
S1, EP97 "Leave Emotion Out"Yazeed Essa's lawyer was in the middle of their closing arguments. With a graphic checklist displayed for jurors, defense attorney Steven Bradley implored the jury not to judge Yazeed's alleged role in his wife, Rosemarie's death, with emotion and disdain for him as a cheating husband. According his defense, Yazeed giving his wife calcium pills was not evidence that he was looking to fatally poison her.
Sex, Cyanide And A Doctor On The Run Case
S1, EP98 "Lacking Direct Evidence"The long closing arguments by the Defense continued. Defense attorney Steven Bradley continued to stress the lack of physical evidence the state needed to link Yazeed to his wife, Rosemarie's death. Yazeed Essa's lawyer played back court testimony during his closing arguments. The Defense wanted jurors to dismiss the testimony of his alleged fixer who testified against him.
Sex, Cyanide And A Doctor On The Run Case
S1, EP99 "The Long Final Remarks To Jurors"Jurors listened to Yazeed Essa's attorney during closing arguments trying to implicate one of his mistresses as the possible killer in Rosemarie's death. Just like they did in their opening statements, the defense team gave a long closing arguments to jurors. They outlined what they believed were holes in the state's case that left enough reasonable doubt for the jury to acquit Yazeed for his alleged role in his wife's death.
Sex, Cyanide And A Doctor On The Run Case
S1, EP100 "Closing Rebuttal"Yazeed Essa's attorney wrapped up his long closing arguments to jurors in his murder trial. Steven Bradley stressed the importance of keying on reasonable doubt, which he believed is littered all through the state's case accusing the defendant of killing Rosemarie, his wife of five years. Next, the lead prosecutor, Steven Dever, claimed in their rebuttal argument to jurors that his team began their case as a product tampering one only to tear it down to prove intentional murder.
Sex, Cyanide And A Doctor On The Run Case
S1, EP101 "The Incomplete Marriage"In the State's closing arguments, Steven Dever, the lead prosecutor, explained why Yazeed all of abandoned his two kids to flee the U.S. as police began looking at him as a murder suspect. This was just a few weeks after his wife, Rosemarie, died. Emotions were high during closing arguments especially among Rosemarie's side of the family. This 6-week trial divided both sides of the family in the Essa marriage. Testimony pointed out to lies, manipulation, betrayal, dishonesty and heartbreak.
Accomplice to Murder, With Vinnie Politan
S2, EP7 "FL v. Malarik - The Winn Dixie Murder"When Sherri Malarik is found dead in a Winn-Dixie parking lot, police suspect her husband Greg is involved; but it takes twenty years and the confession of his accomplice and former lover Jennifer Spohn to finally charge him with murder.
Accomplice to Murder, With Vinnie Politan
S2, EP8 "FL v. Larzelere :The Root of Evil"After a masked man shot dentist Norman Larzelere who dies in the arms of his hysterical wife Virginia, police initially suspect a robbery gone wrong; a friend of Virginia's oldest son Jason reveals a twisted plot.
Cheerleader on Trial for Baby's Murder
EP35 "Dependent Personality Disorder"A mental health evaluation of the defendant gets outlined for jurors; according to the defense's psychologist, Skylar Richardson submits to authority.
Sex, Cyanide And A Doctor On The Run Case
S1, EP85 "Just Sex And Nothing Else"The defendant's main mistress testified that the two of them during their months-long sexual affair were never exclusive and not emotionally involved. During cross-examination, the Defense wanted to point jurors to the idea that Marguerita Montanez wanted Rosemarie dead so she could be with him. Years before Rosemarie lost her life, Yazeed had an on-and-off sexual relationship with at least two women, both of whom he ended up hiring and becoming his children's nanny.
Sex, Cyanide And A Doctor On The Run Case
S1, EP86 "Criminal Behavior"A police interview was read out loud in court. It happened weeks after Rosemarie Essa was killed and Yazeed was a wanted suspected who fled the country. Two of the defendant's mistresses were considered suspects in the poisoning murder. So, law enforcement brought them in for questioning. Next, prosecutors called in a retired special agent of the FBI. He happened to be a criminal behavior expert who reviewed Yazeed's actions leading up to and after Rosemarie was poisoned to death.
Sex, Cyanide And A Doctor On The Run Case
S1, EP87 "The Narcissist"An expert in criminal behavior explained to the jury the nuance in this case that involved Rosemarie Essa, a healthy mom who suddenly died by an undetected and rare poison. The judge allowed prosecutors to bring in this expert to speak on why a person would taint his wife's nine calcium pills and try to evade police. Greg McCrary called Yazeed's behavior leading up to Rosemarie's poisoning death as narcissistic. Next, another homicide detective working this case took the stand.
Sex, Cyanide And A Doctor On The Run Case
S1, EP88 "Following The Poisoned Trail"The second detective who investigated the murder of Yazeed Essa's wife continued his testimony. Detective Dennis Matejcici explained to the jury on how his team eliminated the possibility of Rosemarie's calcium bottle being contaminated with cyanide poisoning. Investigators needed to paint the full picture on why and how Rosemarie's husband could plan her death, attempt to get away with it, and then flee the country as a fugitive as police zeroed in on him as a prime suspect.
Interview With a Killer
S2025, EP11 "Murder in Absentia"In 2015, Halford conspires with her boyfriend to rob her great uncle; both men end up dead in a blitz of gunfire and Halford would be convicted of capital murder; Halford questions the fairness of a legal system while serving life in prison.
Interview With a Killer
S2025, EP12 "The Code Killer"David Scott follows Delgadillo into the criminal underworld as he explains how a thousand-dollar robbery of crystal meth kicked off an evening of mayhem that ended with the drug thief branded with a tattoo gun and left for dead.
Interview With a Killer: A Double Life
A gruesome video on a stolen SD card exposes Brian Steven Smith's secret double life. David Scott confronts this soft-spoken husband, and serial killer, about his nighttime hunts for vulnerable Alaskan women.