MURDER AT THE U Episode 2: An Execution

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4.3 • 9.8K Ratings

🗓️ 12 February 2026

⏱️ 40 minutes

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ESPN Investigative Reporter Paula Lavigne and the team take a closer look at The Miami Hurricanes’ 2006 season, including the events that led to Bryan’s murder. They find a team beset by violence: from a player who was shot by an intruder in the preseason, to a brawl that colored Miami’s performance for the rest of the season. But what, if any, did these events have to do with Bryan’s murder? Next episode coming Tuesday, February 17th Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Previously on Murder at the U.
0:05.0	I just remember the feeling of this kid is so happy with his life.
0:09.0	He knows that the best is yet to come.
0:11.0	Brian Patta, senior defensive lineman from Miami,
0:14.0	gunned down yesterday at the age of 22.
0:17.0	For the weeks and months after the shooting,
0:20.0	police really... Tight-lipped.
0:21.6	Tight-lipped.
0:22.6	Not telling you much?
0:23.6	Not talking about until this goddamn day.
0:25.6	Tight-lipped.
0:26.6	How ultimately do you guys think this case is going to get solved?
0:31.6	By somebody coming forward and having first-hand knowledge of whoever the perpetrator is.
0:46.3	November 7, 2006, was a midterm election night in Miami.
0:51.0	Well, thank you very much, and we have much more coming up on South Florida tonight.
0:58.2	We'll have a live report from Washington with the latest information on the key U.S. House and Senate races. At the state attorney's office, prosecutor Herbert Irving Walker
1:03.2	III was finishing up his day when his pager started to beep. You know, the call was like,
1:09.9	hey, you got this homicide scene you need to go to on more
1:14.4	complicated cases and high-profile cases. The prosecution will work alongside law enforcement,
1:20.3	which is what we did in this case. So instead of heading home, Walker drove 14 miles south from the
1:26.4	prosecutor's office downtown to the crime
1:28.7	scene. He pulled into the parking lot of a complex called the colony apartments. Already, a crowd
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