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The Cheat Sheet: Recusals and Reprisals

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True Crime, Murder, Unsolved Case, Killing, Murderer, Cold Case

3.82.8K Ratings

🗓️ 17 May 2024

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

The Cheat Sheet is The Murder Sheet's segment breaking down weekly news and updates in some of the murder cases we cover.

In this episode of The Cheat Sheet, we will talk about several cases, including a number of murder conspiracies.

NBC News on the arrest of middle school principal Keante Harris for the brutal murders of Cheryl Colquitt-Thompson, Quinones King, and Rodney Cottrell in Georgia: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/alabama-middle-school-principal-arrested-charged-2013-cold-case-murder-rcna152229

The Daily Mail on the Keante Harris case: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13418411/alabama-Keante-Harris-middle-school-principal-arrested-cold-case-murder.html

11 Alive on the Keante Harris case: https://www.11alive.com/article/news/crime/cold-cases/family-knew-who-allegedly-killed-loved-ones-all-along-clayton-county-cold-case-murder-unsolved/85-f31f3336-7ec2-43fe-b9b3-83a99a4e282e

WBRC on the Keante Harris case: https://www.wbrc.com/2024/05/14/montgomery-families-getting-answers-after-arrests-cold-case-including-jefferson-county-assistant-principal/

WSFA on the Keante Harris case: https://www.wsfa.com/2024/05/13/central-alabama-crimestoppers-speaks-arrests-11-year-old-cold-case/

Clayton County's press release on the arrests in the formerly-cold torture-murders of Cheryl Colquitt-Thompson, Quinones King, and Rodney Cottrell: https://nixle.us/FJBBR

KSDK on the arrest of Thomas E. Gamble in the disappearance and presumed murder of John Paul Parton in Missouri: https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/crime/murder-charge-missing-high-ridge-19-year-old/63-e2b1f4b6-6006-498c-92ab-a216f430af06

News On 6 on the recent release of Muhammad Aziz, the man convicted of plotting to murder Neal Sweeney in Oklahoma: https://www.newson6.com/story/6643f1febf33fc23319cd0f2/mastermind-in-murder-for-hire-in-tulsa-set-to-be-released-from-prison

Fox 19 on the bizarre case of accused shooter Gregory Guilfoyle and the subsequent recusal of Judge J. Steven Cox of the Franklin County Circuit Court: https://www.fox19.com/2024/05/15/prosecutor-refiles-attempted-murder-charges-wants-judge-removed-case/

The latest court filings in the Steven James Weis case in Wisconsin: https://wcca.wicourts.gov/caseDetail.html?caseNo=2023CF000334&countyNo=66&index=0&mode=details

The Miami Herald's coverage of the murders of mother-and-son Carmen Harris and DeMarco Harris, decades apart: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/crime/article288449059.html

Local 10's coverage of the murders of mother-and-son Carmen Harris and DeMarco Harris, decades apart: https://www.local10.com/news/local/2024/05/15/family-mourns-death-of-24-year-old-whose-mother-was-murdered-21-years-ago/

The WSVN on the murder Carmen Harris: https://wsvn.com/news/carmen-harris/

The Cold Case Project's filing on Carmen Harris: https://database.projectcoldcase.org/?age=&city=Miami&county=&gender=&lea=&more=&name=&offense=&page=98&race=&reported_max=&reported_min=&state=Florida&status=&weapon=&year=&zip=

This episode also cited reporting from the Tulsa World, which was accessed on Newspapers.com.

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0:00.0

Content warning. This episode includes discussion of domestic violence, murder, suicide, and sexual crimes against children.

0:10.0

Today on the cheat sheet will be taking you through six different cases. We're going to be going to be going to Georgia, Florida, Oklahoma, Missouri, Wisconsin, and our own home state of Indiana, we'll be talking about several

0:26.4

coal cases, some cases that have not yet been solved, and more than one murder

0:31.0

conspiracy case.

0:34.3

My name is Anya Kane.

0:35.3

I'm a journalist.

0:36.8

And I'm Kevin Greenley. I'm an attorney.

0:38.1

And this is the Murder Sheet.

0:39.9

We're a true crime podcast focused on original reporting, interviews, and deep dives into

0:45.2

murder cases.

0:46.2

We're the murder sheet.

0:48.2

And this is the cheat sheet, recusals and reprisals. So, Oh, Let's start with a case from down in Georgia and this one has several resources that we used.

1:47.0

Okay.

1:48.0

Including NBC News, The Daily Mail, 11 Alive, WRC, W.S.F.A, as well as a press release from the Clayton County Sheriff.

2:02.0

You went all out on this one.

2:03.7

Yes.

2:05.7

And it's a very sad case.

2:10.6

And it begins all the way back in 2013 or more specifically on January 13th, 2013.

2:19.0

When the bodies of Cheryl Colquit Thompson, Quinones King, and Rodney Kottrell were all found in Clayton County, Georgia.

2:30.8

More specifically, they were found inside a 2010 Dodge Charger that it looked like it had been abandoned.

2:40.0

And when police investigated, it became pretty clear that these people not only had been murdered, but they'd actually been tortured before they were murdered. A couple of the victims, it's come out, they were beaten

2:58.9

and then were smothered and strangled. That's horrible, jeez.

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