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Dateline Originals

13 Alibis - Ep. 2: 1000 Miles Away

Dateline Originals

NBC News

True Crime

4.6773 Ratings

🗓️ 23 August 2024

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

The murder case against Richard Rosario was based on two eyewitnesses. But Rosario claims there are more than a dozen people who can prove he was nowhere near the scene of the crime. Dan Slepian packs his bags and heads to Florida to speak with some of those alibi witnesses. Along the way, he also meets Rosario’s wife and two children. This episode was originally published on May 16, 2019.

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0:00.0

So last episode, I visited the Bronx Street where 17-year-old George Colosso was murdered

0:09.2

to learn the details of the 1996 crime.

0:12.7

And he turns and shoots the kid point-blind.

0:15.3

He goes, what's up, man?

0:16.2

And it's bang.

0:17.5

Where was he shot?

0:18.2

Shot in the face.

0:19.0

Shot right above the lip.

0:20.1

And I visited Richard Rosario in prison, the man who was convicted of killing George.

0:24.5

Rosario insisted he was completely innocent and that he gave the police the names and numbers of 13 people,

0:31.4

who he said could confirm he was in Florida, not the Bronx during the murder.

0:35.4

I'm innocent, and I'm going to always innocent, no matter what the justice system does.

0:42.6

I'm Dan Slepian, and this is 13 alibis.

0:48.6

I'm Dan Slepian, and this is 13 alibis. In the months after I met Richard Rosario, I start collecting as much as I can about his case,

1:04.5

thousands of pages of trial transcripts and court filings.

1:08.8

Here's what I learn.

1:11.5

The case was based entirely on those two eyewitnesses, the victim's friend Michael Sanchez

1:17.2

and the porter Robert Davis.

1:19.9

No physical or forensic evidence was ever found against Rosario, and neither was a murder

1:24.8

weapon.

1:26.1

I also learned Rosario was telling me the truth about at least two things.

1:30.9

He did turn himself in that night, and he did give a statement to police, naming 13 people

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