Hello and welcome to the sidebar presented by True Crime Daily

taking you inside the courtrooms of high-profile and notorious cases

from across the country.

I'm your host, Joshua Ritter.

I'm a criminal defense lawyer based in Los Angeles and previously an LA County

prosecutor for nearly a decade. You can find me on all social media at Joshua Ritter

ESQ or at Joshua Ritter. com. We are recording this on Friday, May 3rd

2024. In this week's episode a father who allegedly forced his six-year-old son to

run on a treadmill because he believed the boy was too fat,

faces a first-degree murder charge following the boy's death,

plus a Tik-Tok star charge with the double murder of his wife and her male companion.

But first, trial begins for a woman charged with murdering her police officer boyfriend in a case

where her defense cries conspiracy and cover-up. Today we are joined by

Natalie Wittingham Borough, a public defender, legal analyst, and

you tuber you can find at Natalie Lawyer Chick.

Natalie, welcome back.

Thank you so much for having me, Josh.

It's nice to be here.

Absolutely.

I've been looking forward to this because I know I've watched your show on

YouTube a few times and I know that you follow these cases very closely especially this Karen Reed one which I want to jump into first because it's amazing to me that a case that I feel like trials like this are taking place across the country all the time and for some reason this one caught fire and it's really got both that local community but now even on a national level

people really interested in this case and we'll get into a little bit why that

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