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Truth & Justice with Bob Ruff

S5 Ep8: Re-Tracing Steps

Truth & Justice with Bob Ruff

Bob Ruff

Documentary, Society & Culture, True Crime

4.57.8K Ratings

🗓️ 7 January 2018

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

This week, Bob further analyzes all of the sightings of Stevie, Michael and Christopher.  We assess each sighting for credibility and develop that information into a hypothetical timeline.

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Transcript

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0:30.0

Today is the day.

0:49.3

This is the day that we finally begin working on an actual investigation into the murders

0:55.0

of Michael Moore, Christopher Biers, and Stevie Branch.

0:59.1

Up to this point, we've simply been in the evidence gathering phase, focusing mostly

1:04.3

on victimology.

1:05.3

We've been trying to retrace the boys' steps by gathering any and all sightings of

1:09.9

the boys in the afternoon that they went missing and were ultimately killed.

1:13.8

As with any investigation, at some point you have to make a shift from evidence gathering

1:19.8

to evidence analysis.

1:22.3

Then you have to use that evidence to develop your first hypothesis of how the crime was

1:26.8

actually committed.

1:28.6

At this point, we're about two months in to this re-investigation.

1:32.2

And I think regarding victimology, we've gathered as much information as we can.

1:37.4

And now it's time to start analyzing it.

1:46.1

In today's episode, we're going to go back to the beginning.

1:49.7

Back to 255, when the school bell rang, and Michael, Stevie, and Christopher were

1:54.7

let out of class.

1:56.6

I want all of you to understand as we move forward that what we're working on here today

2:00.8

is what we refer to as a hypothesis.

2:03.1

It's not even to the point of being a theory.

2:06.4

The way this process works is we use the information at hand to try to develop the narrative

2:11.4

that I just mentioned.

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