Ep 142: The Janitor (David Dooley)

Court Junkie

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True Crime, News, Talk Radio, Government

4.8 • 8.6K Ratings

🗓️ 25 January 2021

⏱️ 43 minutes

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After 42-year-old Michelle Mockbee was found dead at her work in May 2012, investigators zeroed in on the janitor, David Dooley. He was convicted of murder just two years later, and sentenced to life in prison. But in 2016, David would be granted a new trial. Would new evidence come to light and prove his innocence, or would he be convicted again? Sponsors in this episode: Madison Reed - Get 10% off plus free shipping on your first Color Kit when you go to Madison-Reed.com and use code COURT. Best Fiends - Download Best Fiends FREE on the Apple App Store or Google Play. Talkspace - Get $100 off your first month and show your support for the show by using the code COURT at talkspace.com. Straight Talk Wireless - With Straight Talk Wireless, you can get a Samsung Galaxy A51 for just $199. Plus, get the $45 unlimited talk, text, and data plan with NO contract on America’s best networks for up to 50% less. The Jordan Harbinger Show - Subscribe anywhere you listen to podcasts. This episode was researched and written by Gabrielle Russon. Please consider supporting Court Junkie with as little as $3 a month via Patreon.com/CourtJunkie to receive ad-free episodes. Help support Court Junkie with $6 a month and get access to bonus monthly episodes. Follow me on Twitter @CourtJunkiePod or Instagram at CourtJunkie.

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0:00.0	42-year-old Michelle Machbee was brutally murdered early one morning in May 2012.
0:08.5	She had just arrived at her job as an HR employee at Thermo Fisher Scientific, a Northern
0:14.7	Kentucky plant.
0:16.8	A supervisor named Ed and a janitor stumbled onto the horrific scene.
0:22.6	Michelle had been beaten, her wrists cut, her skull fractured, a plastic bag around her
0:30.4	head.
0:31.4	Yes, ma'am, I'm calling for Thermo Fisher Scientific.
0:34.7	And I just walked into her office and I think somebody had killed somebody upstairs
0:38.7	in her office.
0:39.7	Okay, what makes you think somebody killed somebody?
0:42.5	He's laying there on the ground, covered up and there's blood all over it, the floor
0:46.8	in the office.
0:47.8	Okay, and you said there's blood outside the office door?
0:50.7	Yes, ma'am.
0:51.7	And you followed blood.
0:53.5	Ed's voice trembled on the phone with the 911 dispatcher.
0:57.5	She urged him to send the janitor to block off the path so nobody would disturb what was
1:02.2	clearly a crime scene.
1:04.5	Okay, that's the janitor that went upstairs with you?
1:09.9	Yes.
1:10.9	And he's the one that said that the steps found out not let anyone go upstairs?
1:14.7	Yes, ma'am.
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