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Court Junkie

Ep 53: The Fall From the Bedroom Window (Roger Desilets Trial)

Court Junkie

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Government, True Crime, News

4.88.8K Ratings

🗓️ 13 May 2018

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

On December 6, 2011, police officers in Princeton, Massachusetts responded to a 911 call from a prominent dentist's home. When they arrived, they found the dentist's wife lying on the ground, underneath a broken third-floor window.  Was it suicide, murder, or a tragic accident? Thank you to Melissa Hanson from MassLive.com for her help with this episode. Follow Melissa on Twitter - Twitter.com/Melissa__Hanson.  Please consider supporting Court Junkie with as little as $3 a month via Patreon.com/CourtJunkie. Help support Court Junkie with $6 a month and get access to bonus monthly episodes. Follow me on Twitter @CourtJunkiePod or Instagram at CourtJunkie. Music in this episode: Feathered by Blue Dot Sessions - http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Blue_Dot_Sessions/The_Cabinetmaker/Feathered machinery by Kai Engel - http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/Caeli/Kai_Engel_-_caeli_-_05_machinery_1506 Waves by Podington Bear - http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Podington_Bear/Textural/Waves_1535 Tarnish by Podington Bear - http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Podington_Bear/Textural/Tarnish Human by Borrtex - http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Borrtex/Creation/Borrtex_11_Human Moon by Borrtex - http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Borrtex/Creation/Borrtex_09_Moon Sun by Borrtex - http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Borrtex/Creation/Borrtex_08_Sun See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0

If you lived in Princeton, Massachusetts in 2011, chances are you weren't accustomed to

0:06.8

any sort of crime happening in your neighborhood.

0:09.9

Let alone a possible homicide.

0:11.6

So they lived in Princeton, which is just this beautiful town in the northern part of

0:16.7

Worcester County.

0:17.8

It's very rural, long, flat roads kind of sprawling through, you like great little neighborhoods,

0:24.5

full of trees and nature and everything like that.

0:27.2

It houses a tiny, tiny little town, common kind of an area.

0:32.2

And it's not highly populated at all.

0:34.9

You can see the mountains.

0:36.0

They mean it's just beautiful, but not somewhere where you expect someone to wind up dead.

0:41.7

Melissa Hansen is a reporter at Mass Live, where she covers breaking news, crime, and the

0:47.0

courts.

0:48.4

In December 2011, she covered a tragic and mysterious death that occurred on 20 Worcester Road in Princeton

0:55.6

at Massachusetts.

0:57.4

A prominent dentist's wife was found lying on the ground.

1:01.6

Underneath a broken window of the home she shared with her husband, she was barely alive.

1:08.2

What followed was a question of accident, suicide, or something more sinister that would

1:13.8

pit members of the community and members of a family against each other.

1:19.6

This is Jillian and you are listening to Court Junkie Episode 53.

1:26.3

At about 2.45am on December 6, 2011, a 911 call came into the Princeton Police Department.

1:36.9

It was 69-year-old Dr. Roger Desilitz, who was calling to report that his wife had jumped

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