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Laci Peterson and her unborn son, Conner, disappeared on Christmas Eve, 2002.  The community in Modesto, California rallied, organizing search parties and tip lines in hopes of finding Laci and her baby.  Her husband Scott’s attempts to avoid the media were unsuccessful and, shortly after Laci’s disappearance, Amber Frey contacted investigators and revealed that she’d been involved in an affair with Scott since November, 2002.   Over the next several weeks, Amber secretly recorded her phone calls with Scott, including a call Scott placed while at a vigil held for Laci that was held on New Year’s Eve.  In April, 2003, Conner and Laci’s bodies washed up on a beach in Richmond, California, in the same area of the San Francisco Bay where Scott was fishing on December 24, 2002.  When Scott was arrested near San Diego, his dark hair was brassy blonde and he’d grown a goatee and mustache.  He was carrying $15,000.00 in cash, a knife, three cell phones, pills, camping equipment, clothing, his brother’s driver’s license and directions to Amber Frey’s place of employment.  Join Michael Carnahan and Lisa O’Brien on Tuesday, August 28, 2018, at 8:00 p.m. CDT, for a discussion of the evidence against Scott Peterson, the defense claims and the status of his appeals.  We’re a live show and calls are always welcome at (347) 989-1171.

On June 16, 2008, Casey Anthony left her parents’ home in Orlando, Florida with her daughter, Caylee.  Caylee’s grandfather, George, was the last person, other than Casey, to see her alive.  For 31 days, Casey lied to her mother about where she and Caylee were, who they were with and what they were doing.  On July 15, 2008, Cindy Anthony tracked her daughter down and demanded that Casey take her to Caylee.  Eventually, Casey told her brother that Caylee had been kidnaped by a fictional “nanny.”  In response to Cindy Anthony’s frantic call, the Orange County Sheriff’s Department began their investigation by taking Casey around Orlando to places she claimed the babysitter had lived.  The next day, investigators returned, bringing Casey to her office at Universal Studios.  After leading investigators on a second wild goose chase, Casey finally admitted that she hadn’t worked there since shortly after Caylee’s birth in 2005.  In spite of blunt statements from investigators, Casey continued telling the kidnaping story.  She was arrested and jailed, yet continued claiming that her daughter had been kidnaped by a non-existent “nanny.”  When Caylee’s body was found in December, 2008 in a wooded area a half mile from the Anthony residence, Casey was charged with first degree murder.  Join Lisa O’Brien and Michael Carnahan on Tuesday, August 21, 2018, at 8:00 p.m. Central for a discussion of the facts surrounding Caylee’s disappearance, the evidence against Casey Anthony, the controversial verdict that resulted in her acquittal of all charges arising from Caylee’s death and the change in the law in Florida and other states that were spurred by this tragedy.

Join Lisa O’Brien and Michael Carnahan on Tuesday, August 14, 2018, at 8:00 p.m. Central for Part 2 of Clear and Convincing’s update episode.  We’ll be discussing new developments in some of the cases we’ve covered since we launched in February, 2018, including the U.S. Supreme Court’s denial of Rodney Reed’s DNA testing writ and new post-conviction claims raised in state court and the status of Jeffrey MacDonald’s appeal to the U.S. Fourth Circuit.  We’ll talk about additional information in the Kevin Cooper and Christopher Young cases and whether there have been new developments in some of the other cases, including Larry Swearingen and Hank Skinner and we’ll also discuss some of the cases we plan to cover the rest of our first season.  If you have any suggestions for future shows, please call us at (347) 989-1171.

Join Lisa O’Brien and Michael Carnahan on Tuesday, August 7, 2018, at 8:00 p.m. Central for Clear and Convincing’s first update episode.  We’ll be discussing new developments in some of the cases we’ve covered since we launched in February, 2018, including the issues raised in the direct appeals filed by Jodi Arias and Dalia Dippolito, the U.S. Supreme Court’s denial of the DNA testing writ and new post-conviction claims raised by Rodney Reed and the status of Jeffrey MacDonald’s appeal to the U.S. Fourth Circuit.  We’ll talk about additional information in the Kevin Cooper and Christopher Young cases and whether there have been new developments in some of the other cases, including Larry Swearingen, the West Memphis Three and Hank Skinner and we’ll also discuss some of the cases we plan to cover the rest of our first season.  If you have any suggestions for future shows, please call us at (347) 989-1171.

On December 31, 1993, Twila Busby and her sons, Elwin Caler and Randy Busby, were murdered in their home in Pampa, Texas.  Twila was strangled and then bludgeoned with an axe handle.  Elwin and Randy were stabbed to death.  Twila’s live-in boyfriend, Hank Skinner, was in the house, but claimed he was passed out on the couch at the time of the murders.  At around midnight, Elwin stumbled out of the house and collapsed on a neighbor’s porch.  Instead of summoning help, Skinner, wearing blood-stained clothes and socks, left the house and walked 3-1/2 to 4 blocks to the trailer of a former girlfriend and his NA sponsor, Andrea Reed.  In spite of pre-trial DNA test results that bolstered the state’s case against him, Skinner has waged a 25 year campaign to obtain additional DNA testing that he claims would exonerate him.  Join Lisa O’Brien and Michael Carnahan on Tuesday, July 31, 2018, at 8:00 p.m. Central for a discussion of the case against Skinner, his failed post-conviction challenges and the results of post-conviction DNA testing.  We’re a live show and calls are always welcome at (347) 989-1171.

Join us tonight as we are just 48 hours away from the single most important night in the history of the ASWF! This Saturday night live from the Valiant Arena ASWF will present “Fight For Freedom”. In action you will see in a submission match “The Nocturnal Flam”Leo Keegan take on “Insane Shane”. Also for the ASWF Tag Team Championship The Dirty Little Gang defends against Maxx Stone and A.D Sky! And the blood feud finally comes to a head in a Tuckerman Street Fight! It’s “The Mistress of Mayhem” Asa Morta defending against “The Suicide King” Ray Ray! Finally after months and months of trying to make it happen. We will see the #1 ranked challenger Steve-O get his shot against Mark Wolf! And the 30-Man “Rumble For Freedom” will take place. And one man will earn a shot at the ASWF Champion who ever that may be! And finally the big one for control of the ASWF it’s Team 99% vs Team ASWF in a six man elimination tag match. Join us as we break down all the action. And get you ready for the big event! To be apart of the action dial in at (347)989-1117

On November 21, 2004, Christopher Anthony Young entered the convenience store/dry cleaner of "Hash" Patel.  Video and audio surveillance captured Young, armed with a silver pistol, as he attempted to rob Patel, shooting multiple times when Patel didn’t move fast enough.  When the store’s alarm was triggered by Patel, Young left the store in a vehicle he’d stolen from a woman he sexually assaulted in front of her three children approximately an hour before Patel’s murder.   Young was convicted and sentenced to death.  His conviction and sentence were affirmed on direct appeal and his state and federal post-conviction challenges were unsuccessful.  Young’s appeal for clemency, although supported by Mitesh Patel, the victim’s son, was denied and he was executed by the State of Texas on July 17, 2018.  Young was the eighth person executed in Texas this year.  Join Lisa O’Brien and Michael Carnahan on Tuesday, July 24, 2018, at 8:00 p.m. Central as we discuss Young’s case, the issues he raised to challenge his conviction and sentence and the allegations of racial bias made after his bid for clemency was denied by the Texas Board of Pardon and Parole.  We’re a live show and calls are always welcome at (347) 989-1171.

On February 19, 1985, after a trial that lasted five months, Kevin Cooper was convicted of the June 4, 1983 murders of Doug and Peggy Ryen, their daughter Jessica and family friend, Christopher Hughes. Cooper was also convicted of the attempted murder of the Ryen’s 8-year old son, Josh, who was the sole survivor of the brutal attack. On March 1, 1985, the jury recommended that Cooper be sentenced to death and, on May 15, 1985, after denying post-trial motions filed by Cooper, the judge sentenced Cooper to death. Through his direct appeal and numerous post-conviction claims made in state and federal courts, Cooper has alleged that authorities manipulated and tampered with evidence and that exculpatory evidence was withheld or destroyed. In May, 2001, the parties agreed to limited DNA testing of evidence Cooper's expert identified as crucial to the question of guilt, or innocence. When the DNA results did not exonerate him, Cooper and his attorneys claimed that authorities in San Bernardino County planted evidence to frame him. On the eve of his scheduled execution on February 10, 2004, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals stayed Cooper’s execution to permit him to return to federal district court to develop his tampering claims and to perform additional testing. Join Lisa O’Brien and Michael Carnahan on Thursday, July 19, 2018, at 8:00 p.m. Central, for a discussion of Cooper’s post-conviction claims, the results of testing and the status of his case.

People v. Kevin Cooper (Part 1 - 1983 to 2001)

On June 2, 1983, Kevin Cooper escaped from the Chino Institution for Men (CIM) in Chino, California.  Cooper, who had a long history of escape from prison facilities and mental hospitals, was using the alias “David Trautman” and prison officials were unaware of his true identity.  While hiding in a vacant house in the Chino Hills area, Cooper tried and failed to get money from two girlfriends so that he could leave the area.  During the night of June 4, or early on the morning of June 5, Cooper entered the home of Doug and Peggy Ryen through a sliding door leading into the master bedroom.  By the time Cooper left the Ryen house, Doug, Peggy, their daughter Jessica and family friend Christopher Hughes were dead.  Josh Ryen, the Ryens’ 8-year old son, was the only survivor.  Cooper stole the Ryen family’s station wagon and made his way to Long Beach, California, where he abandoned the car and headed to Tijuana, Mexico.  Cooper, using the alias “Angel Jackson,” got a job on a boat and returned to California.  On July 30, 1983, while in Santa Barbara, California, Cooper raped a 26-year old woman at knifepoint and attempted yet another escape when authorities tried to arrest him. Authorities in Santa Barbara soon discovered his true identity and he was returned to San Bernardino County, California to face charges related to the Ryen murders and his escape from CIM.   Join Lisa O’Brien and Michael Carnahan for a discussion of the evidence against Cooper, his claims of evidence manipulation and tampering and initial request for DNA testing. We’re a live show and calls are always welcome at (347) 989-1171.

Join us this week as we prepare you for the action this Saturday night in the Valiant Arena. One week ago Team “Bad” Brad was revealed. And their actions at the contract signing left the ASWF fans in shock! Also it may very well have thrown the ASWF’s future in jeopardy. What will Joey Britt, Rockin’ Rickey Roland, and the “Infamous One’s” response be? Speaking of team “Bad” Brad two of its members, Maxx Stone and A.D. Sky were able to pull the upset. And unseat the favorited Mercury Brothers for the #1 Contendership. What will be the Mercury’s  response? And after an all out battle that absolutely no one could contain. What is going to happen this week between “The Suicide King” and ASWF Evolution Champion Asa Morta. Heading into the 28th ya gotta wonder if Ray is will send another message to management and the Champ! To be apart of the action feel free to call in (347)989-1171