Stuck

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11/21/23 • 54 min

“The Windshield Murder” is regarded as one of the most bizarre and sensational crimes in Tarrant County. The details of the case, which inspired Stuart Gordon’s Stuck (2007), illustrate the fine line between murder and deliberate inaction.

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