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Court Junkie

Ep 282: The Murder of Journalist Jeff German (Robert Telles Trial)

Court Junkie

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True Crime, News, Talk Radio, Government

4.88.6K Ratings

🗓️ 26 November 2024

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

After Jeff German, a well-respected journalist with The Las Vegas Review Journal is murdered, an investigation leads police to a local politician.  Please subscribe to our other podcast, CIVIL, which covers civil cases and trials. Listen to the trailer here - https://link.chtbl.com/CivilPodcast Sponsors in this episode: AquaTru - Get 20% OFF any AquaTru water purifier when you go to AquaTru.com and use code COURT. SKIMS - Shop SKIMS Holiday Shop at SKIMS.com. If you haven't yet, be sure to let them know I sent you! After you place your order, select "podcast" in the survey and select my show in the dropdown menu that follows.  Jon Keur of Wayfare Recording Co. provides post-production for the show. Gabrielle Russon researched and wrote this episode.  Please support 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

Jeff Gehrman wrote about violent mobsters and the hidden dark side of Las Vegas in the Las Vegas Review Journal.

0:09.0

He also wrote about government employees and politicians, too.

0:13.6

He was an investigative reporter with a knack for uncovering the truth and making shockwaves.

0:20.1

Most people who dealt with Jeff, the journalist, knew him to be no nonsense, no nonsense,

0:26.3

a straight shooter who always searched for the truth.

0:31.0

He had a nose for sniffing out, the corrupt, the nefarious.

0:34.7

We knew him to be those things, too, but we were very proud of his many years of

0:40.3

service to the community and as numerous accolades as a newspaper reporter.

0:45.9

In a tragic turn, Jeff's own story would be covered in the headlines. On September 2nd,

0:52.5

2022, his longtime neighbor grew concerned because Jeff's garage door

0:58.1

remained open, and Jeff didn't respond to text messages or calls. Roe Bailey finally went to the house

1:06.1

across the street around 9.15 a.m. on September 3rd to see what was going on. He went to the side of Jeff's

1:14.0

house. The bushes were bloody. I saw Jeff. You saw Jeff. Was he on the ground? Yes, he was. Okay. So you saw

1:24.3

him, and based on that, what did you do? I called 911.

1:30.4

69-year-old Jeff German had been fatally stabbed in the neck and in his torso.

1:37.1

Doctor, how many stab wounds were on the body?

1:43.1

Sorry, I have to do some math in my head.

1:45.2

I believe there are six stab wounds.

1:50.3

And how many slicing, you know, slicing wounds, slashing wounds?

1:57.4

Seven incised wounds.

1:59.5

Okay, so we have six and seven, 13.

2:02.0

Yes.

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