The Cheat Sheet: Skillets and Screwdrivers
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🗓️ 3 January 2025
⏱️ 70 minutes
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This episode was originally published on The Murder Sheet's main feed on January 3, 2025.
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, we'll talk about cases from Louisiana, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Ohio.
On this week's episode we used information from:
CNN’s coverage of the murders of Archie Harris and Betty Ramcharan and the latest news from outgoing District Attorney Mimi Rocah: https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/31/us/new-york-new-suspect-double-killing/index.html
New York Post’s coverage of the murders of Archie Harris and Betty Ramcharan and the latest news from outgoing District Attorney Mimi Rocah: https://nypost.com/2024/12/30/us-news/ny-da-drops-bombshell-about-new-suspects-in-mysterious-case-of-murdered-millionaire-aide-after-30-years-5-trials/
We also relied on reporting from the Journal News accessed via Newspapers.
MyCentralJersey.com's reporting on Kenneth Saal's failed appeal in the murder case of Carolyn Byington: https://www.mycentraljersey.com/story/news/crime/2023/01/23/south-jersey-man-gets-55-years-in-murder-of-plainsboro-co-worker/69826425007/
NJ.com's reporting on Kenneth Saal's failed appeal in the murder case of Carolyn Byington: https://www.nj.com/middlesex/2024/12/lunch-break-killer-denied-appeal-of-55-year-sentence-in-nj-co-workers-murder.html
WKYC's coverage of the successful of Sydney Powell in the murder of Brenda Powell: https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/local/akron/sydney-powell-appeals-court-reverses-conviction-2020-murder-mother-akron/95-0f69b07e-4869-4d5e-b25a-ecc3bad80c07
The Trace's coverage of the arrest of Maurice Byrd in the shooting death of Stephen Strassburg: https://www.thetrace.org/2024/07/shooting-gun-self-defense-pennsylvania/
NBC Chicago's coverage of the arrest of Maurice Byrd in the shooting death of Stephen Strassburg: https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/barrington-man-accused-of-killing-lake-county-doctor-claims-self-defense/3624128/
PhillyBurbs.com's coverage of the arrest of Maurice Byrd in the shooting death of Stephen Strassburg: https://www.phillyburbs.com/story/news/local/2024/07/13/hatboro-maurice-byrd-stephen-strassburg-razor-reeses-york-road-horsham-murder-self-defense-mongomery/74350477007/
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