Ep 73: Joanna Madonna: Self Defense Or Premeditated Murder?

Court Junkie

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Government, True Crime, News

4.8 • 8.8K Ratings

🗓️ 12 May 2019

⏱️ 87 minutes

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In the 2015 murder trial of Joanna Madonna, one thing was for certain - Joanna killed her husband. But was it self-defense as she claimed, or was it calculated murder? NOTE: To listen to the Twisted Podcast's interview with Joanna that I mentioned towards the episode, go here - http://twistedpodcast.libsyn.com/interview-with-joanna-madonna. Sponsors in this episode: PROcure - PROcure's Hydrocortisone Cream with Calendula is fast-acting, healing itchy, irritated skin with maximum strength 1% cortisone. It's enhanced with organic calendula extracts, a natural botanical that has been used for centuries to reduce inflammation. It gives you all the medicine you need + skin-loving ingredients like organic coconut oil. Go to procureheals.com/JUNKIE to be directed to Amazon where you'll get a special $3 discount with the code 3JUNKIE. Book of the Month - Visit bookofthemonth.com for the best new thrillers and get your first book for just $5 with code JUNKIE. Care/of - Care/of is a subscription service that makes it easy to get vitamins, protein powders, and more, personalized just for you and delivered straight to your door. For 30% off your first order, go to TakeCareOf.com and enter code JUNKIE30. Simple Contacts - Simple Contacts lets you conveniently renew your contact lens prescription and reorder your contacts from anywhere in minutes. Get $20 off your contacts at simplecontacts.com/junkie20, or enter code JUNKIE20 at checkout. 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. 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	On June 16, 2013, the body of 64-year-old Jose Perez was found face-down in a ditch about
0:09.6	two to four feet from the side of Old Bailey Road near Falls Lake in Wake County, North
0:15.2	Carolina.
0:16.8	An agent from the county bureau of identification, or CCBI, was called to the scene shortly
0:22.4	after Jose's body was found by a man out walking his dog.
0:27.0	She saw three areas of suspected blood right there in the road, then on the woodline
0:31.7	was a pair of men's shoes, and then a little further down was a knife sticking out of
0:37.0	the ground.
0:38.9	She walked over to the body and started examining him, taking photographs of what she saw.
0:44.7	The man was wearing a sleeveless cotton t-shirt that appeared to be pulled up over his head
0:50.0	and khaki-colored pants.
0:52.3	He was lying face-down with his hands underneath his chest.
0:56.7	He felt the back of his head but didn't feel any injuries.
1:00.2	She moved down and examined his back, noting multiple puncture marks that appeared to be
1:04.9	stab wounds.
1:07.1	Here she is testifying in court about what she found.
1:10.2	I then rolled him over so I could examine the front of his body.
1:15.5	And then rolling him over, what did you observe?
1:20.5	A term that we use called rigor mortis, which is the tightening of muscles.
1:26.2	So basically it occurs shortly after death.
1:29.4	He was in full rigor, which means that I could not open his hands very well because his
1:35.1	muscles were tight.
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