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Truth & Justice with Bob Ruff

S6 Ep25: Where's the Beef?

Truth & Justice with Bob Ruff

Bob Ruff

Documentary, Society & Culture, True Crime

4.57.8K Ratings

🗓️ 3 February 2019

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Bob breaks down Harris County Homicide Detective, Shawn Carrizal's trial testimony. We find out what the lead investigator charged with finding Jim Melgar's killer did . . . and didn't do.

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In last week's episode we walked through some of the supplemental reports

0:53.9

outlining detective duet say and carrizol's investigation into Jim's murder.

0:58.5

On the surface the investigation seemed somewhat superficial.

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Quick canvas of the neighborhood, an interview with one of Jim's co-workers,

1:05.6

a check-up of some surveillance camera footage and a bunch of forensic testing that didn't

1:09.2

yield any inculpatory evidence. To this day I still find myself baffled by the fact that

1:14.4

Sandy was charged and indicted for Jim's murder. As I said last week,

1:18.8

charges were denied in 2012 due to a lack of evidence.

1:22.4

And the next year and a half of investigation left carrizol and duet say,

1:26.2

in the exact same situation. They didn't find anything to help them build their case against Sandy.

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But the fact of the matter is that Sandy was charged, arrested, and indicted.

1:36.4

Then she was taken a trial and convicted a few years later. I want to know what exactly

1:42.1

went on with the investigation over those 19 months. What did the lead investigator discover?

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And the best way to figure that out is to review detective Sean Carrizol's trial testimony.

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