FROM CRIME SCENE TO COURTROOM-Dawna Kaufmann and Dr. Cyril Wecht

True Murder: The Most Shocking Killers

Dan Zupansky

True Crime, News Commentary, Documentary, News, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 7 February 2014

⏱️ 96 minutes

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In March 2009, Michael Jackson stood before the world press and announced that he would be doing a series of live concerts at London's Grand Concourse stadium, beginning in July. The shows would be called "This Is It," and he referred to them as his "final curtain call.". But Michael would never make any of the dates. In June "The King of Pop" died at his Los Angeles home.

In 2004, a San Diego jury convicted Richard Tuite of fatally stabbing a 12-year-old Escondido girl named Stephanie Crowe. He was originally charged with murder in the case, but jurors rejected that and lowered the conviction to voluntary manslaughter when they decided he didn't act with malice, a necessary ingredient for a murder count. He was given a new trial and prosecuted for voluntary manslaughter, due to double jeopardy attached to the murder charge. Tuite was acquitted by a second San Diego jury.

Dr. Cyril H. Wecht is an expert in Forensic Medicine. His expertise has been utilized in high profile cases involving the assassinations of both President John F. Kennedy and Senator Robert F. Kennedy, the death of Elvis Presley, the O.J. Simpson case, and the JonBenet Ramsey case.

Dawna Kaufmann is an investigative journalist and co-author of 3 books with Dr. Wecht. A Question of Murder (2009) which includes chapters about the deaths of Anna Nicole Smith and the trials of Richard Tuite and From Crime Scene to Courtroom (2011) examining the deaths of Michael Jackson, Caylee Anthony and Rolling Stone Brian Jones.

FROM CRIME SCENE TO COURTROOM and A QUESTION OF MURDER-Dawna Kaufmann and Dr. Cyril Wecht

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0:00.0	Locke Torque Radio.
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0:13.0	the most shocking killers in true crime history
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0:26.5	talking about the most shocking and infamous killers in true crime history.
0:30.5	True Murder, with your host, journalist and author, Dan Zufansky.
0:46.5	Good evening.
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0:56.5	In March 2009, Michael Jackson stood before the world press
1:01.5	and announced that he would be doing a series of live concerts
1:04.5	at London's Grand Concourse Stadium beginning in July.
1:08.5	The shows would be called This Is It
1:10.5	and refer to them as his final curtain call.
1:14.5	The Michael would never make any of the dates in June
1:17.5	the King of Pop died at his Los Angeles home.
1:20.5	In 2004, San Diego Jury convicted Richard Tuit
1:24.5	a fatally stabbing a 12-year-old Escondito girl named Stephanie Crow.
1:29.5	It was originally charged with murder in the case,
1:31.5	but jurors rejected that and Lord hit the conviction to voluntary manslaughter.
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