Episode 207: Evidence? 

Kevin Moore joined the program to talk about his documentary, after listening to an interview with Jo-ann Richards Kevin had reached out and wanted to share more information about the other side of the case. Kevin fully believes Jo-ann is not being genuine about the Mark Richards story. In what turned out to be a highly explosive interview, it was a good reminder that there are always two sides to the story.

On July 6, 1982, Richard Alexander Baldwin, 36 were murdered at the hands of Mark Richards and teenager Crossan David Hoover. Richard Baldwin was Beaten with a baseball bat and Stabbed with knife and screwdriver In Marin County, California. Mark and Crossan were arrested three days later. The Story made headline news throughout July 1982 and with the convictions of Mark and Crossen Hoover in 1984.

In both separate trials, they were found guilty of murder. Mark Richards was sentenced to life without parole for the murder of his friend Richard Baldwin. Crossan Hoover was sentenced to twenty-six years with the possibility of parole. Throughout this period, the crime made headlines as a bizarre tale of an Arthurian kingdom called Pendragon began to emerge. Another teenager present in Mr. Baldwin’s house, who helped dispose of the body, was Andrew Campbell. Campbell later turned and gave the state’s evidence against both Mark Richards and Crossan Hoover resulting in immunity from prosecution.

The victim of this horrendous murder was Richard A. Baldwin. Baldwin was the owner of a vintage-auto restoration shop, The Classic Car, on 36B Front Street in San Rafael. At the time of the murder, Richards, Hoover, and Andrew were remodeling Baldwin’s home. Hoover stated Richards and he lured their victim, Mr. Baldwin, to the auto shop on the pretext of looking at his inventory of classic cars.

After the murder, Richards purchased a boat used to dump the body of Mr. Richard Baldwin into San Pablo Bay with the help of Crossan Hoover and Andrew Campbell. Baldwin’s body did not stay anchored to the bottom. The body was discovered by the skipper of “The Little Sampson,” floating at the mouth of the San Pablo Bay at 5 pm, July 13th, 1982. Mr. Richard Baldwin’s body was then transported to the Solano County Morgue.

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Luke Prophet & Lee Austin joined the program, both started off in a collision but near the end, things seemed to get straightened up.