Into The Dark

64. The Coerced Confession - Marcus Golike

04.03.2024 - By Oh No MediaPlay

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In this episode, Payton dives into the dark case of Marcus Golike. When a body is discovered along the riverbank, authorities hastily assign blame, yet the true culprit may not be the one the police initially suspect.

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Case Sources:

Courthouse News Service - https://www.courthousenews.com/seventh-circuit-rules-for-teens-in-coerced-confession-case/ 

Courier Press - https://www.courierpress.com/story/news/local/2021/08/10/evansville-family-police-settle-wrongful-imprisonment-lawsuit/5561804001/

The United States District Court For the Southern District of Indiana, Evansville Division - https://loevy-content-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2021/08/Hurt-v.-Vantlin-et-al-LR.pdf 

14 News Evansville - https://www.14news.com/story/21344627/william-hurt-murder-trial/

https://www.14news.com/story/18958639/murder-charges-dropped-against-16-year-old-evansville-girl/ 

https://www.14news.com/story/18913156/two-arrested-on-murder-charges-in-evansville/ 

The Indiana Lawyer - https://www.theindianalawyer.com/articles/siblings-secure-settlement-against-evansville-kentucky-police-in-false-confession-case 

13 WTHR - https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/murder-charge-against-indiana-teenager-dropped/531-49393ff5-ddfe-4350-83a1-b78af9db0d83

WDRB - https://www.wdrb.com/news/evansville-foster-siblings-charged-with-murder/article_8210efc7-5463-5713-89d9-4c4b248b30ac.html

Seattle Times - https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/court-lawsuit-alleging-coerced-confessions-can-go-to-trial/ 

TriState Homepage - https://www.tristatehomepage.com/news/family-responds-to-lawsuit-centered-on-loved-ones-case/  

https://www.tristatehomepage.com/news/burden-of-proof-will-be-hard-to-reach-in-federal-lawsuit/ 

Crime Vault - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIOuCD54wjM&t=2s 

FindLaw - https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/us-7th-circuit/1886741.html 

Dignity Memorial - https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/evansville-in/mark-golike-5158905

The Innocence Project - https://innocenceproject.org/police-deception-lying-interrogations-youth-teenagers/ 

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