Judgment of the "Sleepwalking Killer"

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🗓️ 16 March 2023

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

What would motivate a man to brutally stab his wife, and the mother of his children, forty-four times and then drown her in their swimming pool? In 1997 Scott Falater was accused of doing just that but claimed he had no memory of doing so because he was sleepwalking. This week’s episode dives deeper into his story with an audio edition of the original series Judgment with Ashleigh Banfield. Would he be able to convince a jury that he did not kill his wife in cold blood? This is Judgment of the “Sleepwalking Killer.”

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0:00.0	The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are simply that opinions all are presumed innocent until proven otherwise in a court of law
0:09.7	Sensitive topics are discussed. Discretion is advised.
0:13.4	Hi, I'm Vinny Politan and welcome to the Court TV Podcast.
0:21.0	What would motivate a man to brutally stab his wife and the mother of his children 44 times and then drown her in their swimming pool?
0:30.0	This week we dive deeper into this question with an audio edition of our original series
0:35.6	Judgment with Ashley Banfield. This week's episode tells the story of
0:40.0	Scott Pallator who was accused of doing just that but claimed he had no memory
0:44.7	of doing so because he was sleep walking. Would he be able to convince a jury
0:50.2	that he did not kill his wife in cold blood. This is judgment of the sleepwalking killer.
0:57.0	This is the Court TV Podcast. fast. Stand her and drug her over to the pool. I'll drive me to water in the pool.
1:14.0	And I'd like to go why.
1:16.0	Something had to set this thing off.
1:18.0	I'm sorry, I don't remember doing it. Domestic violence that results in murder
1:24.0	tragically is all too common.
1:36.0	In Phoenix, Arizona, it didn't even make headlines when Scott Philator stabbed his wife 44 times and then drowned her in the backyard swimming pool.
1:47.1	What did make headlines was his defense for the brutal killing, that he was sleepwalking.
1:53.0	Scott and Yarmilla seemed to have fairly typical marriage.
2:02.0	This was a seemingly idyllic couple. to have fairly typical marriage.
2:03.0	This was a seemingly idyllic couple
2:05.4	with a happy family.
2:06.6	High school sweethearts.
2:07.9	They converted to the Mormon faith together.
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