Crimes and Consequences - EP141: Extreme Tunnel Vision

EP141: Extreme Tunnel Vision

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06/20/22 • 49 min

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When a woman is murdered, the usual suspect is her boyfriend or husband, right? But what happens when police believe there has been a domestic dispute with the victim dead and her boyfriend still alive with serious injuries on his face? Do the police have tunnel vision and try to fit a square peg into a round hole, or do they continue to investigate all possible suspects? One such instance of severe tunnel vision that a detective for the Phoenix, Arizona police department in December of 2006. Ryan Waller is taken to the police station to be questioned in connection with the shooting death of his girlfriend, Heather Quan. But what happens when the suspect is actually a victim? Listen to today’s episode to hear about a severe instance where justice isn’t served fully, and a surviving victim’s severe brain injuries are ignored for hours.

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Wondery Presents: The Execution of Bonny Lee Bakely

On May 4, 2001, Bonny Lee Bakley was found fatally shot in a car on a dark North Hollywood street. The prime suspect was her husband, famed actor Robert Blake. But Bonny, a longtime con artist, had plenty of enemies. She left behind a trail of men she’d scammed, and she had a volatile relationship with Christian Brando, the troubled son of movie star Marlon Brando.
Not since the O.J. Simpson case had the eyes of the nation been so fixated on a homicide. The search for Bonny’s killer took detectives on an eleven-month odyssey across the country and through Hollywood's underbelly of hustlers, drug addicts, and would-be hitmen. It would be the most expensive murder investigation in LAPD history to date.
This is the story of Robert and Bonny’s toxic relationship, her shocking murder, and his chaotic trial. Did actor Robert Blake kill his wife? Or was the murder someone else's vendetta?
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EP142: Voodoo, Black Magic and Murder

On September 19th, 2009, a cloud of unimaginable violence and darkness shrouded the city of Naples. It was a crime described as the worst of the worst - Mesac Damas had murdered his wife Guerline, and their five children.
After the killings, he fled to Haiti, where he was eventually captured. He confessed to the murders but blamed his mother-in-law for "voodooing his ass" and casting a bad spirit in him.
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Sources:
1) Accused killer Mesac Damas wants to represent himself - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92VVwOyoFHw
2) Mesac Damas to judge: May my blood be upon your shoulders - https://www.naplesnews.com/story/news/archive/2017/03/09/changed-man-confessed-family-killer-mesac-damas-claims-new-creature-christ/98973172/
3) A changed man? Confessed family killer Mesac Damas claims to be 'a new creature in Christ' - Naplesnews
4) State vs Mesac Damas
5) Mesac Damas sentenced to death after murdering family in 2009 brother -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwGLX6RN9Fw