This is just sad🏠

The abuse in general wasn't what shocked me about this case, though, don't get me wrong, DISGUSTING. But it was the manual he wrote encouraging the abuse, and the journal he kept boasting about it! That's what shocked me the most. Because regular pedos just go to chris hansen, chris hansen sings the same old song, and they're arrested. This case wasn't like that, which is what's so interesting about it! :D

This case was eerily similar to the Darlie Routier of Rowlett Texas case. In both cases the mothers brutally stabbed their sons to death then staged the scenes to make it appear that an intruder had committed the crimes, they both self-inflicted superficial wounds, and claimed to have fought off the intruders. In both cases, the evidence was overwhelming that there had been no intruders. As always, the claims of shoddy police work by the defense team were used but in the Julie Rea case, Richard Caudell, the Illinois State Police Crime Scene Investigator was a lawman with decades of outstanding service and was considered to be one of the top criminal investigators in the region. Contrary to claims that he did not do a thorough investigation, Caudell spent hundreds of hours on the case, leaving no stone unturned, and like the Routier case, all of the evidence pointed to Julie Rea as the killer of Joel Kirkpatrick. Caudell died of cancer in January of 2003, so he was not there for the retrial of Julie Rea after Tommy Lynn Sells confessed to the killing. If you do your research, you will find that Sells confessed to around 70 murders but about 50 of them were found to be false confessions. Many suspect the author Dianne Fanning of sending Sells descriptions of various murders that he would confess to in order to beef-up his body count to sell books about Sells. Sells' version of what took place was physically impossible unless he was able to run at 50mph for several miles, it was beyond ridiculous. The phony confession of Sells and the jury's inability to believe that a meek, innocent looking little woman could have butchered her own son won Julie Rea an acquittal, so she walked free. When she divorced her second husband that had stood with her during her retrial, he was made to sign an agreement that he would not disclose any personal information about Julie that she had revealed to him during their marriage. I am sorry but I could not listen to this further than 45:41 because it was quite obvious that you are not looking at this case objectively. A good investigator must not go into an investigation with their mind closed or allow themselves to let their emotions sway them from the path leading to the truth. Yes, Julie is quite good at putting on an act and she probably has convinced herself by now that she did not murder her son, but all of the real and overwhelming evidence says otherwise.

This was the dunbest white girl thing! Just stop

His wife said SHE lost the gun while out shooting with visiting friends . Left it on the bank of some beach..

She was a killer. She had a really messed up childhood, just horrible. It’s no excuse for what she did but more than one thing can be true about someone. Her life was a tragedy and she destroyed a lot of lives. Sad all around.

And no, the ammunition was not the same. The gun was the same TYPE but the grandfather had hollow point bullets in it and the one Travis was shot with was NOT a hollow point bullet.

To be hydrated, one should have some Salt in the water...😢

You destroy your own job! Not much to say!

When reporting a murder take the comedy out of your voice. This case is serious and extremely sad and what's with the sexy music at the beginning? 🤔

I grew up in Colbert County & remember this terrible case. I'd bet good money that dehydration is a strategy of DR inmates &/or their counsel/advisors.

creepy crawler.

I meant new subscriber for some reason i cant edit.

w sunscriber. I guess i will go back and listen to the last show, lol. You girls remind me of me and my three sisters. I subscribed nefore the story even started because of the familiar banter. ❤❤❤❤

You so pretty

Wi doo. You have no comment

scotts car camera is a pedophile, a known kiddie fucker.

I am a first time listener, and you both have lovely fun chemistry together. But perhaps if you are focusing on serious cases you might make a point of being a bit more serious before engaging with topics of death and child abuse. I don't think you meant any harm but initially I thought I had clicked on the wrong podcast because of the fun lighthearted and humorous tone at the beginning. I had to read the description again to make sure I had the correct podcast. Your audio sounds excellent and you two have a wonderful rapport but I could definitely see others taking great offense by the lighthearted tone at the beginning and what might have been nervous giggles during the recounting of the life and crimes of R H. I hope you take this as constructive criticism as it was given with good intentions-- and you did ask at the beginning. I wish you both the very best you definitely have great potential

This is Randy Triplets x-wife and I'm not sure if either 2 of you know shit you are talking about is true ..I also spoke to Randy April 7 bc that was our Anniversary and Leonard was my parte er of 19 yrs. ...he also died in police custody...hum....I know that you don't care to feel bad about Randy or Leonards kids hearing your bullshit....but I do..Nobody kn9ws forsure how all this happened,I know what Randy told me. and it does not sound like the story you told......and it doesn't mean that I am saying it was ok .I just would like for people to consider what his daughter goes through already and to hear this she will be totally upset and so would Leonards kids.....You ever thought if it were your family and how would you live a life with all the talk and wish it were not true ...or you could go back and start over with the part where your dad was still here and si was your grandparents......never will that happen....and talk will forever be ....

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Thank you, thank you, thank you for this episode! From the moment I first watched the Dateline episode ("Suspicion" - Season 20, ep.21), I had sooooooo many doubts about Chris's "guilt." When you watch the opening of that episode, the neighbor couple talk about how "close" all those folks were and were constantly in and out of one another's units for coffee/wine/cookouts/et al. (or as you point out the key thing). There would be multiple (if not daily/weekly) opportunities for Dave to snag the gun from Chris & Bianca's apartment, no voice analysis matches the vm to Chris (or Dave), and as Elise points out, all Dave had to do was leave his own cell phone at home, take the prepaid with him, and them shoot Ken himself (again...just a theory, but just as plausible as Chris's "conviction"--the murder for hire made no sense either). Seriously, WTF was that jury thinking... and, yeah, Lee should never have been allowed to testify. The only other thing that you didn't mention here (that I think matters) was in that special is when the other Dave (the neighbors in the opening) had a conversation (during one of their socials) with Novak about how to get away with crime/murder, he said you set up a fall guy, then the cops stop all investigating/searching (and you get away with it). I'm just as outraged as y'all are. This transcends "reasonable doubt" by leaps and bounds. It's the epitome of "reasonable doubt."

Apologizing is def an awful southern thing. I apologized for everything even if it was not my fault. I never knew i did it until a northern friend of mine pointed it out to me. I was shocked 😲 between my chilhood trauma and being raised in the deep south, it took lots of therapy to start changing that thought process. ❤

What do we have here? 🍿 ive never been here before ❤

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He’s guilty obviously

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Your podcast was well done.👍

Stacey Kananen was the new girl at my school in 4th grade in Clarissa Minnesota. They had moved there from Maine. I went to 2 of her birthday parties at the farm they rented. Looking back, knowing what I know now, I’m surprised she got to have birthday parties. We moved in August of 1977 and I guess they fled town a few months later in October. I didn’t see her again until I was 29 and was visiting EPCOT where she was working. She told me her dad had left, probably went back to Maine, but that her mom still lived close by. The next time I saw her was when I happened to turn on Court TV during her trial. I contacted Diana Tennis to find out how to contact her and she put me back in touch. I knew before the trial was over that she did not do this but I also found out how terrible her childhood was, which was heartbreaking. She was a very sweet girl and watching her on tv, she was EXACTLY the same as she was at age 10 and 11. The book was difficult to get through because it describes what she was going through during the time I knew her.

42:00 Wasn't Harvey Jewish raised? why would he have a christian burial? 57:00 maybe that is why so many of us are depressed :) 58:56 why the hell weren't the sentences the same length? yeah the math wasn't hard to get to and makes no sense; doesn't the judge hand out the sentence? 1:01:27 yeah me too; lack of accountability is an epidemic 1:06:27 very poetic final written words. made it through and didn't cry so am I banned now?

Yeah middle of the night pods are always good time ;)

Why is this so underrated. 😢

Haven't Watched the Film Yet Just to say I was First 🎞️🎥😆😂😅 Kudo's 🪂

I never got the fear of public speaking. I'd rather speak in front of a group of people I don't know than people I do. Comment fun emoji b/c I win; seems like that can't be true though

7:40 yeah I have many students who were wearing hoodies in the middle of Summer. We're in the Midwest its 90F and miserable and you're wearing a hoodie? Yeah made no sense to me either. 13:05 is where to pick back up as they said ;) 26:00 are you sure? ;) 35:30 you have it backwards :) 55:50 you can have hearings last *weeks* as seen with this case 56:20 new viewer I don't' get the reference, why don't you like Jury sentencing recommendation? 1:00:10 you sure about this by now ;) I don't think you confused me too much and *Blondie*

my theory is they were actually playing truth or dare and she dared him to crawl in the suitcase for however long ("i'll leave the zipper open enough so you can get out if you want")

Hello. Scott Purk is my father and I'd just like to say that neither I nor the rest of my family were "in on it". We were all traumatized by what my dad did. What he did is on him but don't place any fault on the rest of my family. Thank you.