The Docket

The Docket

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The Docket episodes

  • Indictments Returned in Killing of San Antonio Baby

     

    San Antonio Express-News Courts and Crime reporter Elizabeth Zavala has new details on charges against Christopher Davila and other family members authorities say worked together to conceal the death of 8-month-old King Jay Davila. Read more at https://www.expressnews.com/author/elizabeth-zavala/?utm_campaign=podcast

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    19 min
  • Bond Reduced for San Antonio Air Force Major Suspected in Wife's Disappearance

     

    San Antonio Express-News Courts and Crime reporter Elizabeth Zavala breaks down what is currently known about the disappearance of twenty-nine-year-old Andreen McDonald, a San Antonio businesswoman went missing a month ago and is believed to be dead.  Read more at https://www.expressnews.com/author/elizabeth-zavala/?utm_campaign=podcast

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    16 min
  • Vanessa Cameron Convicted of Murder Again With Longer Prison Term

    San Antonio Express-News Courts and Crime reporter Elizabeth Zavala breaks down how a technicality allowed the daughter of a retired police officer to be sentenced twice for the same murder, with the final sentence now longer than her original sentencing. Read more at https://www.expressnews.com/author/elizabeth-zavala/?utm_campaign=podcast?utm_campaign=podcast

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    20 min
  • Civil Rights Group Marches Around Courthouse, Seeks Bail Reform

    San Antonio Express-News Courts and Crime reporter Elizabeth Zavala has details on the activity of a civil rights group trying to enact a cashless bail system for misdemeanor crimes in Bexar County. Read more at https://www.expressnews.com/author/elizabeth-zavala/?utm_campaign=podcast?utm_campaign=podcast

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    18 min
  • Retrial of Vanessa Cameron, Accused of Murder

     

    San Antonio Express-News Courts and Crime reporter Elizabeth Zavala has details on the retrial of Vanessa Cameron, the daughter of a retired San Antonio police officer, who was originally convicted in what was called a failed scheme to collect a hefty life insurance payout by orchestrating the death of her child's father, VIA bus driver Samuel Allen Johnson Jr. Read more at https://www.expressnews.com/author/elizabeth-zavala/?utm_campaign=podcast?utm_campaign=podcast

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    17 min
  • San Antonio Serial Killer Pleads Guilty in Rape, Strangulation Killings

     

    San Antonio Express-News Courts and Crime reporter Elizabeth Zavala gives details on the sentencing of confessed serial killer Johnny Joe Avalos for the rape and strangulation deaths of five women. Read more at https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/San-Antonio-serial-killer-who-raped-and-strangled-13629167.php?utm_campaign=podcast

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    19 min
  • ‘Angel of Death' Genene Jones Found Competent, Defense Wants Another Examination

     

    San Antonio Express-News Courts and Crime reporter Elizabeth Zavala has details on the competency of convicted child killer Genene Jones, who now faces five new charges of murder from the 1980s. Read more at https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/DA-moving-forward-on-new-murder-charges-as-San-13617246.php?utm_campaign=podcast

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    19 min
  • Looking Back on the Murder Trial of Christian Bautista

     

    San Antonio Express-News Courts and Crime reporter Elizabeth Zavala recalls the details of the "random" attack and murder of a San Antonio jogger. Read more at https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/crime/article/Bautista-guilty-of-murder-in-stabbing-death-of-6800786.php?utm_campaign=podcast

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    20 min

About The Docket

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Courts and crime reporter Elizabeth Zavala breaks down the most gripping trials in the Bexar County courthouse. With her decades of experience, Zavala expertly balances crime stories with the…