The Unlikely Suspect | Fifteen
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4.1 • 7.8K Ratings
🗓️ 1 January 2026
⏱️ 36 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Before we begin, just a trigger warning. The following episode does include mentions of graphic physical violence and suicide. So please listen with care. |
| 0:13.0 | Hey, so, I think you're in a please format, okay? So I have to read this stuff to you. |
| 0:22.1 | Okay, you understand? |
| 0:23.2 | Yeah, all right. |
| 0:24.3 | On June 17, 2013, almost two months after Chip Northup and Claudia Mopin were found dead inside the safety of their bedroom. |
| 0:35.9 | Investigators asked the police officer who worked at Daniel Marsh's school to bring |
| 0:41.1 | the teenager into the station. |
| 0:44.1 | You have the right for me in silent? |
| 0:45.7 | Do you understand? |
| 0:46.7 | Yes. |
| 0:47.4 | Anything you say, new use against you in court. |
| 0:49.4 | Do you understand? |
| 0:50.4 | Yep. |
| 0:51.3 | Daniel would be questioned alone. |
| 0:54.0 | Even though he had just turned 16, California law states that minors can be questioned without parents present |
| 1:02.2 | if law enforcement has reasonable belief that they were involved in a crime. |
| 1:09.0 | At no point did Daniel request his parents' presence. |
| 1:13.4 | When the officer read him as Miranda rights, Daniel waived his right to an attorney. |
| 1:20.1 | And then, Detective Ariel Panetta began the interview. |
| 1:25.9 | I'll sit there, okay, I'll sit right here for you. |
| 1:28.3 | I'm right. |
| 1:29.3 | I'm all right. |
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