This week, we’re focusing on two crimes: the shooting of National Guard members last week in Washington, D.C. and the ongoing case of Luigi Mangione, the alleged killer of late UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
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TRUE CRIME ROUNDUP: It’s all about the evidence
This week, we’re talking about evidence. Fingerprints, Ring doorbell camera footage, witness testimony, DNA, all those clues that eventually lead investigators to perpetrators – and alleged perpetrators of crimes.
Finding the evidence and using it to piece together how crimes were committed is complicated in and of itself. Things get even more complicated in the courtroom, where prosecutors, defense attorneys, judges and jurors pore over it. And administrative issues like DNA testing backlogs can snarl the process.
We’ll cover several cases today where we can see how evidence, or the lack of evidence, has played a role in the search for justice.
We’ll also focus on one type of evidence in particular -- DNA evidence – and efforts to improve how it’s collected and how it’s tested.
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TRUE CRIME ROUNDUP: Abusers in our midst
This week, we’re covering stories that touch on red flags of abuse that are overlooked. In one case, alleged warning signs may have been glossed over due to a family connection. In another, a faith community reportedly allowed a system of abuse to go unchecked.
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TRUE CRIME ROUNDUP: Teens who kill
Today, we’re taking a look at teens who kill, in particular teen mass shooters. Since teen assailants Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold killed their fellow Columbine High School students in 1999, these criminals have faced increased public attention.
According to the Violence Prevention Project at Hamline University, shooters between the ages of 11 and 19 have conducted 19 mass shootings in the US since 1966, killing 162 people and injuring 145.
This episode will address four of these shooters: Payton Gendron, Salvador Ramos, Colt Gray and Ethan Crumbley, and the devastation they have left behind.
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TRUE CRIME ROUNDUP: Crimes you may have missed
This week, we are catching up on several cases you may have missed this month.
First, we’ll get an update on the case of a nurse in the Detroit area who has been accused of sexually abusing patients for years after a whistleblower complaint.
Then, well look into two cold cases – one in Minnesota that’s still open and one in Pennsylvania that authorities say has been solved after more than 60 years.
Finally, we’ll return to both of those states to check in on a number of cases currently under investigation, from two bodies found dead in a Best Buy parking lot to a shooting on the campus of Historically Black College.
A story about how the mayor of one of America’s largest towns – Detroit -- got connected by rumor to the death of an exotic dancer. Tamara ‘Strawberry’ Greene’s murder remains unsolved.
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