S17 Ep14: Detective Donald

Truth & Justice with Bob Ruff

Bob Ruff

True Crime, Documentary, Society & Culture

4.6 • 7.2K Ratings

🗓️ 19 October 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

After hearing Chris' version of the events that led up to him signing a confession, this week we hear Detective Louis Donald's side of the story through his trial testimony.

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1:13.5	and ultimately confessed to being involved in the murders of Liz, Sheila, Anthony, Suzanne, and Angela.
1:21.2	From his perspective, we had heard that his name was being thrown around as being involved.
1:27.0	We never actually hear anything
1:28.7	about an alleged anonymous tip in any of the reports or interviews. Chris then, because he and
1:34.9	everyone else from the Etna neighborhood, knew how the Gary PD operates, tried to stay hidden from the
1:40.3	police. This lasted for about 24 hours until his girlfriend, Shenita, was picked up by officers, and called Chris to help the police. This lasted for about 24 hours until his girlfriend, Shanita, was picked up by
1:45.4	officers, and called Chris to help the police find him. Once he was located at around noon on
1:51.5	Friday the 18th of February, he was taken to the station and placed in an interrogation room
1:56.7	by Detective Louis Donald. Over the course of about eight hours, Chris was denied anything to eat, drink, or even a bathroom break.
2:06.2	Donald continually pushed him to make a statement about the murders while Chris refused and kept
2:10.9	asking for a lawyer.
2:12.9	Donald not only refused him his right to an attorney, but also threatened him, both physically as well as threats made to incarcerate Shinita, which Donald claimed would land Chris's small child and child protective services.
2:26.2	At around 9 p.m. that night, Chris was taken out into the bullpen of the station so that he could see that Donald wasn't bluffing.
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