Fault Line: Haditha

Lance Corporal Justin Sharratt was charged with three deaths in House 4, charges the government later dismissed. Epstein sits down with Sharratt, presenting him with evidence from House 2, specifically a photograph of a 9mm shell casing in the back bedroom. Sharratt’s last words are the final, chilling epitaph of this groundbreaking investigative series.

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After nearly six and a half years, Frank Wuterich, a Marine staff sergeant charged with 18 counts of murder, finally goes to trial. But after three weeks of confusing and often contradictory testimony from his fellow Marines, prosecutors walk away from their own case, offering Wuterich a plea to a single count of negligent dereliction of duty. The longest, most expensive criminal investigation in U.S. military history ends with no one being held accountable.

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The testimony of the sole surviving witness from the back bedroom of House 2 is withheld from NCIS Special Agent Mike Maloney by Marine Corps prosecutors. Maloney is finally given Safa’s testimony while on the witness stand. For the very first time, he knows who the real killer is.

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On the eve of his court-martial, Epstein and Wuterich travel back to Haditha in the hopes that visiting the crime scene will finally jog Wuterich’s memory. What Wuterich tells the camera in the back bedroom of House 2 changes everyone’s understanding of the entire case.

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Frank Wuterich remembers the fort he built in the woods with his childhood best friend. He remembers having pea soup with his mother after coming home from Kindergarten. He can evenremember the name of the first girl he ever kissed. What he can't remember is whether or not he murdered a roomful of women and children in Haditha. This episode takes us back to Frank’s hometown as we explore the enigma that is Frank Wuterich.

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