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Good morning and thanks for joining me for Rise and Crime.

Your morning caffeine hit, all about crime.

I'm Mama Jules and I've got three stories for you today.

And it's the kind of podcast I like because they are all less publicized

stories. So first, we'll talk about a case in London where an American student has been convicted

of murdering his love interest. And then next, we'll cover another wacky Florida crime

committed by a sheriff's deputy, and then a tying up of loose ends

in the Alec Murdoch case. But it has very little to do with the actual Murdof family.

So let's get into it. Now let's jump across the pond to London for our first crime story today.

One trial my American listeners might not heard much about, but it does

involve an American, 26-year-old Joshua Michaels. And it also involves a Chinese national.

Now, the two were a couple, kind of on again, off again, and one of them ended up dead at a flat

in Manor Park. That's in southeast London. Okay, Joshua was

born and raised in Bloomingdale, Illinois. That's a Chicago suburb filled with just middle-class

homes and supportive families. Joshua was described as the, quote, chill dude, who had so much

going for him. He had graduated with a bachelor's in cinematography

and filmmaking at DePaul University, and then he moved to London to attend film school at

Goldsmiths. Joshua wasn't violent. He didn't even have any sort of a record. And he had a pretty

steady support system. His father, David, is vice president of sales at the French-owned lighting company, LeGrand, or LeGrand.

And his mother, Christine, is the communications manager of energy firm GTI.

And prior to that, she ran her own design company.

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