'Everyone was suspect. And I suspected everyone': Karina Vetrano's dad reveals heartbreak, Part 1

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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🗓️ 8 April 2019

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Karina Vetrano was sexually assaulted and murdered while out for a jog in Queens, New York. Her killer, Chanel Lewis, finally convicted less than four months after the jury deadlocked at his first trial. Hear Nancy's emotional interview with Karina's father, Phil. Our panel of experts are also on the case: Joseph Scott Morgan, forensics expert and author of "Blood Beneath My Feet" Kenya Johnson, Atlanta prosecutor Dr. Brian Russell, psychologist, lawyer and host of Investigation Discovery's "Fatal Vows" David Mack, Syndicated Radio Host

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0:00.0	The
0:01.0	Crime
0:06.0	Stories with Nancy Grace
0:07.0	Surveillance video taken just moments before the 30-year-old New York City woman was beaten
0:17.0	and strangled to death while on the late afternoon run.
0:20.2	We need to find this predator.
0:22.7	Now, more than six months after the grisly murder, police say they found the need
0:29.9	to be killed in the haystack.
0:31.4	Tracking down the man they believe is responsible.
0:33.9	20-year-old Chanel Lewis lived three and a half miles away from the crime scene with
0:39.0	his mother.
0:40.0	Follow-up investigation developed forensic evidence linking him to the crime.
0:44.1	Lewis was interviewed by detectives and made detailed, incriminating statements and
0:48.6	admissions.
0:49.6	You are hearing our friend at ABC World News Tonight.
0:52.6	That's Maria.
0:53.6	She of a Compo.
0:54.6	Is that how it all started?
0:58.3	The murder of a beautiful, brilliant girl, Karina Vattrano.
1:08.4	Is this where it started?
1:11.0	And today has it ended in a court of law.
1:16.2	I'm Nancy Grace.
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