Donald E. Phillips was living in a one-bedroom flat in a rooming house in Camden, New Jersey. On November 13, 1988, he was found dead on the floor by his only friend and neighbor. His door was slightly ajar when the friend stopped by for what was supposed to be a visit. There would be no visit that day.

Police were called, and because the death was unattended, homicide detectives were dispatched to the scene. It appeared that Phillips had fallen and struck his head on an old-school heat radiator. The death was ruled an undetermined accidental death.

But there was an untold secret—something just didn’t sit right.

In 1989, Detective Gavel, brand new to the homicide unit, reviewed the case paperwork and crime scene photographs. What he saw didn’t look right. What he read didn’t sound right. Details overlooked at the time raised serious questions about what really happened inside that flat.

Tune in as Detective Gavel walks you through the homicide investigation he conducted in 1989—an investigation that proved beyond a reasonable doubt that this was no accident.

You’re Right… I Killed My Friend.