True Crimecast

When a car crash in Abingdon, VA leads to a murder investigation, who do you believe? How many deaths are too many to be a coincidence?

It was an early morning on June 15, 1998, in Toledo, Ohio when two men came upon a sight that will never leave them. Lying in the middle of Horace Street was 13-year-old Maurice Purifie. The young boy had been shot once in the chest and four times in the head. After a confession from Travis Slaughter, his friends Wayne Braddy and Karl Willis were charged as well. Did police get this one right? Or have two men spent their lives in prison due to a petty rivalry?

Elizabeth Franklin-Best has practiced criminal defense exclusively for the past 20 years. After beginning her journey as a trial level public defender, for the past 16 years she has focused on appellate law. She has represented clients in direct appeal, federal post-conviction, in the circuit courts of appeal, and in the United States Supreme Court. She handles complex felony convictions and has represented more than 15 death penalty defendants. These days she’s focusing on challenging federal clients’ firearms convictions in light of the recent United States Supreme Court case, New York State Pistol & Rifle Ass’n, Inc. v. Bruen (2022) and assisting clients obtain their freedom by preparing compassionate release petitions. Her team represents clients throughout the United States.

When a series of odd occurrences happen at the Dallas Zoo, a surveillance video leads authorities to a man obsessed with wreaking havoc in all the habitats.

In January of this year, we saw an uptick in crime and suspicious activity at the Dallas Zoo. Were any animals harmed? Was the perpetrator caught?