Introducing Accused Season 4: The Impending Execution of Elwood Jones

Accused

Cincinnati Enquirer

True Crime, Documentary, Exhibit C, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 25 January 2022

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Summary

When Rhoda Nathan's lifeless body was discovered in her hotel room, it was assumed she'd had a heart attack. The autopsy proved otherwise: Nathan, 67, had been viciously beaten to death, punched so hard by her assailant that two of her teeth had been knocked out. Days later, a hotel employee went to the hospital to be treated for an infection in his hand, which was teeming with a bacteria most often found in human mouths. That, plus a pendant an officer said was discovered in the trunk of his car, sealed the fate of Elwood Jones, who awaits execution on Ohio's death row. For nearly 30 years, Jones has maintained his innocence -- and accused police of straight-up framing him. The journalists of Accused are reexamining the case to learn if Jones truly belongs on death row, or if a botched investigation let someone else get away with murder.

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0:00.0	In September 1994, lifelong friends Elaine Schube and Rhoda Nathan traveled from New
0:08.2	Jersey to a Cincinnati suburb for a family celebration.
0:12.5	But the morning after they arrived, Elaine found Rhoda unconscious in their shared hotel
0:17.3	room.
0:18.3	At first police thought Rhoda had suffered a heart attack, but the autopsy soon revealed
0:23.3	that this was no natural death.
0:25.3	You're kidding me, so this is a homicide.
0:36.3	This was never going to be an open and shut case.
0:42.3	Edward is wrongly convicted.
0:44.3	They planted that.
0:45.3	Nearly 30 years later, the man convicted of killing Rhoda still maintains his innocence
0:51.5	as he awaits execution on Ohio's death row.
0:54.9	Does he a stone cold killer like prosecutors say?
0:58.3	Or could he be the second victim of that brutal attack so many years ago?
1:03.8	I'm not proud of what I've done in the past, but I have to kill him.
1:10.5	For more than two years, we've re-investigated the heart-breaking case, talking to witnesses,
1:16.0	lawyers, hotel workers, police, family members, who might be able to shed more light on who
1:22.0	killed the loving New Jersey grandmother that fateful, labor day weekend.
1:26.9	Accused season 4, the impending execution of Elwood Jones premieres February 8th wherever
1:32.5	you listen to podcasts.
1:34.3	You can binge all seven episodes early and ad-free starting January 25th when you subscribe
1:40.1	to Wendry Plus an Apple Podcast or the Wendry app.
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