Introducing Raynella Leath | Married to Death
My Life of Crime with Erin Moriarty
CBS News
4.4 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 14 June 2023
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
In May of 2017, then 68-year-old Raynella Leath went on trial for the third time for the murder of her second husband, David Leath, in a Knox County, Tennessee courtroom. She has always claimed David committed suicide. How did Raynella Leath, who had been amongst the elites of Knoxville as a hospital nursing director and wife of a county District Attorney General, end up here? Join 48 Hours’ correspondent Erin Moriarty as she revisits the murder investigation of Raynella Leath.
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| 0:29.0 | Like a John Grisham novel come to life. |
| 0:31.6 | Real lives. |
| 0:33.6 | He pointed a gun to me and said, this is the day you die. |
| 0:36.8 | And he shot me. |
| 0:37.9 | Real justice. |
| 0:39.7 | There's some questions that have to be asked and need to be answered. |
| 0:42.9 | I'm an innocent man and all the whole world can see it now. |
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| 0:50.8 | A quick note. |
| 0:52.2 | This six episode, many series revisits one of the most interesting cases |
| 0:56.8 | I've ever investigated. |
| 0:58.7 | The prosecution of Raynella Leith for the murder of her husband, David. |
| 1:04.0 | Though this series first aired in 2017, the case still lingers in my mind to this day. |
| 1:13.8 | Not counting that one one. |
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