S6 Ep211: Deathbed Confessions: James Washington

Once Upon A Crime | True Crime

Esther Ludlow

True Crime, Crime, Truecrime, Criminology, History, Criminals

4.6 • 5K Ratings

🗓️ 19 July 2021

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

In this series I share cases where people on their deathbeds finally confess to terrible crimes. In his episode you’ll hear about a brutal murder that went unsolved for over a dozen years when the perpetrator confessed before meeting his maker. But, this story ends with a twist when fate intervenes.

Resources:
State of Tennessee v. James Murray Washington, Direct Appeal from the Criminal Court for Davidson County, July 15, 2014

The Crime Reel: A Brutal Murder and a Deathbed Confession, YouTube.com, May 26, 2021. https://youtu.be/5vD_KFlPbtw

https://blogs.findlaw.com/legalgrounds/2012/11/deathbed-confession-leads-to-conviction-after-man-gets-better.html

https://abcnews.go.com/US/inmate-james-washington-convicted-death-bed-murder-confession/story?id=17653264

https://criminallawyerwashingtondc.com/blog/tennessee-man-on-deathbed-confesses-to-murder-then-recovers-and-gets-life-sentence/

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0:00.0	This podcast details true crime cases.
0:03.0	It contains adult themes and may contain descriptions of violence.
0:07.0	It is not intended for children.
0:09.0	Listener discretion is advised.
0:19.0	Thank you for joining me for today's episode of Once Upon a Crime.
0:23.0	As we learned in last week's episode,
0:25.0	sometimes those who have committed a criminal act and gotten away with it
0:29.0	do suffer from a guilty conscience.
0:31.0	They may seek to unburden themselves by confessing,
0:34.0	but some do so only when it appears that death is imminent.
0:38.0	In this week's chapter of the series Death Bed Confessions,
0:41.0	I'll share a story about a brutal murder that what unsolved for 14 years
0:46.0	until a hospitalized inmate confessed to the crime.
0:49.0	But this story has a twist when fate intervenes
0:53.0	and justice is finally served.
0:56.0	This is the case of the murder of Joyce Goodner
0:59.0	and the confession of James Washington.
1:18.0	Just after 11 a.m.,
1:20.0	James Royce mothers the third and his 16-year-old stepson
1:23.0	were driving on Ashland City Highway north of Nashville, Tennessee.
1:27.0	They were heading into the city on a rural stretch of the highway
1:30.0	just before Briley Parkway.
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