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Taboo Photos Murder Trial
S1, EP27 "The Alleged Fixer"What began as inquiries in Facebook messages led to incriminating texts. The state alleged that Jade Janks reached out to a so-called fixer to help kill her stepdad, Tom Merriman, and make it look like he died of an overdose. Finally, the state of California rested their case against her after stipulating to the jury that both the prosecution and defense teams tried to locate Jade Janks fixer in this murder plot.
Taboo Photos Murder Trial
S1, EP28 "Defense Begins Their Case"The first witness for Jade Janks defense was a medical toxicologist. Emergency room physician Dr. Charles O'Connell reviewed both the autopsy and toxicology reports of Tom Merriman. Here's where the jury learned more about his poor health and the different kinds of medications he was on at the time he died. As a medical toxicologist Dr. Connell explained to the jury on why Merriman shouldn't have been on the drugs.
Taboo Photos Murder Trial
S1, EP29 "Defendant Takes The Stand"Medical toxicologist, Dr. Charles O'Connell gave a summary on Tom Merriman's poor health in the lead up to his death. It included an enlarged liver, congestive heart failure and underlying lung problems. This was in conjuction to his alleged alcohol and prescription drug abuse. Next up, Jade Janks took the stand in her own murder trial. It was her attempt to clear herself from the first-degree murder in the death of her stepfather.
Deadly Parade Crash Trial
EP21 "A Mother Who Survived"Prosecutors kept bringing in witnesses who had been at the parade when an SUV came crashing into the crowd. The State's latest witness was a woman who had been hit, along with her 9-year-old daughter.
Deadly Parade Crash Trial
EP26 "Survivors Testify Through Emotional Trauma"A survivor of the deadly parade crash faces cross-examination by the same man accused of hitting her and her daughter with his car.
Deadly Parade Crash Trial
EP28 "Youth Baseball Coaches Testify"Traumatized and grieving survivors take the witness stand to tell jurors about the moment an SUV slammed into the crowd; two youth baseball coaches recall the traumatizing ordeal when one of their players was killed.
Deadly Parade Crash Trial
EP25 "Emotional Dance Team Coach"A dance team coach took the stand in the deadly parade crash trial and gave a harrowing account of how a red SUV hit many of the dancers in her group. They were among the sixty-one people injured. In the end, six people died.
Deadly Parade Crash Trial
EP27 "The Live Streamed Parade"A dance coach breaks down in tears remembering the moment she and her team faced the oncoming car that plowed into the Christmas parade; Darrell Brooks begins questioning the dance coach.
Taboo Photos Murder Trial
S1, EP21 "No Proof Of Suffocation"Under cross-examination Dr. Greg Pizarro answered questions about exactly how Tom Merriman died - a drug overdose but by homicide. However, this deputy medical examiner concluded that there is no proof of strangulation nor suffocation. A pivotal question that would most likely be raised with these jurors would be how exactly did Merriman lose his life? The cause of his death was a drug overdose but the state alleged he was suffocated by a plastic bag and strangled with a rope.
Taboo Photos Murder Trial
S1, EP22 "The Toxicology Report"The State's toxicologist took the stand. Ray Gary explained in more detail the medication Tom Merriman was on at the time of his death and whether they contributed to his demise. Gary performed the toxicology exam on the victim. He told jurors that high levels of a sleeping drug was found in Merriman's system when he died. It was central for Jade Janks' legal team to challenge the autopsy and toxicology reports in this case. Her defense team argued that she did not kill her stepdad.
Accomplice to Murder, With Vinnie Politan
S1, EP3 "MS v. Edmonds"Tyler Edmonds was just thirteen when he confessed to helping his half-sister Kristi Fulgham kill her husband, Joey; did he really commit murder, or was he just one more in a long line of men that Kristi had manipulated to do her bidding?
Accomplice to Murder, With Vinnie Politan
S1, EP4 "SC v. Robertson"Investigators compared the gruesome scene of Earl and Terry Robertson's death to that of the Charles Manson murders; how the quiet and mild-mannered Meredith Moon became an accomplice to one of South Carolina's most horrific crimes.
Suitcase Killer Murder Trial
EP41 "James Finn Under Cross Examination"The defendant's close friend testifies under cross-examination about his secretly recorded phone calls; New Jersey State Police convinces James Finn to have his phone tapped in order to help them in their investigation.
Suitcase Killer Murder Trial
EP48 "Defendant's Friend Wraps Up Testimony"The friend who had romantic feelings for Melanie McGuire recalls the time he helped police pin the murder of her husband, Bill, on her; the jury learns what was the role of James Finn in getting her arrested for the homicide.
Suitcase Killer Murder Trial
EP47 "Defendant's Friend Wraps up Testimony"Melanie McGuire's close friend tell jurors about the day police told him Bill was identified as dead; James Finn's testimony under cross-examination.
Suitcase Killer Murder Trial
EP46 "Former Lover on the Stand"The defendant's former lover testify to the jury; Dr. Bradley Miller allegedly had a three-year affair with Melanie McGuire while she was married to Bill; Dr. Miller confirms what other witnesses testified to.