DNA SPEAKS: Deadly Web of Lies

Cold Case Files

A&E / PodcastOne

True Crime, Society & Culture, History, Talk Radio

3.8 • 8.1K Ratings

🗓️ 26 November 2024

⏱️ 38 minutes

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When gambler Scott Martinez, 47, is found eviscerated by a sword in his La Mesa, CA home, investigators can’t tell who is telling the truth within his inner circle.. It will take 13 years and an advance in DNA analysis to find his killer. IQBAR - Text COLD to 64000 to get 20% OFF all IQBAR products, plus get FREE shipping! Quince - Go to Quince.com/coldcase for 365-day returns, plus free shipping on your order! Shopify - Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at SHOPIFY.com/coldcase This episode is brought to you by Progessive Insurance! Qualia - Go to Qualialife.com/COLDCASE for up to 50% off and use code COLDCASE at checkout for an additional 15% off!

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0:00.0	Hi, Cold Case listeners. I'm Marissa Pinson. And before we get into this week's episode, I just wanted to remind you that episodes of Cold Case Files, as well as the A&E Classic Podcasts, I Survived, American Justice, and City Confidential, are all available ad-free on the new A&E Crime and Investigation Channel on Apple Podcasts and Apple Plus for just $4.99 a month or $39.99 a year. And now on to the show.
0:25.6	The following episode contains intensely disturbing accounts of violence. Listener discretion is advised.
0:33.9	My mom said, Angie, your daddy's dead, that he was killed.
0:38.3	I just kept saying over and over, you're lying, you guys are lying, you're wrong.
0:42.3	It was a very shocking and grisly scene.
0:47.3	There was a lot of blood.
0:49.3	He was stabbed over 30 times.
0:51.3	Mr. Martinez did not go down easy.
0:53.3	He did fight for his life.
0:55.7	I don't think I really understood
0:57.5	that I was really never going to see him again.
1:00.6	It became more and more frustrating
1:02.6	that we still had not been able to solve the murder.
1:05.6	He was the first one to ever deny giving me DNA.
1:08.6	He was very suspicious of that.
1:10.7	It was important to me to find that closure
1:13.0	that these people desperately need.
1:15.1	I was not going to give up.
1:17.3	I wanted justice for my dad.
1:20.3	There are over 100,000 cold cases in America.
1:24.1	Only 1% are ever solved.
1:27.2	This is one of those rare stories.
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