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#537 - The Ballad Of Bambi - Nixonville, South Carolina

2024/10/24
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James Petrigallo和Jimmy Wissman:详细讲述了南卡罗来纳州尼克松维尔发生的双重谋杀案,以及案件调查过程中出现的各种转折和疑点,包括凶手身份的转变、关键证人的证词、DNA证据的分析等。他们对案件的复杂性和调查过程中的不确定性进行了深入探讨,并对案件中涉及的人物关系和动机进行了分析。 Gloria Diane Mills Parker和Charlie Parker:作为被害者,他们的死引发了整个案件的调查。他们的死因是枪击,现场有明显的搏斗痕迹,这暗示了凶手可能与被害者之间存在某种联系。 Bambi Bennett:作为被害者的女儿,她与母亲和继父之间存在长期的财产和监护权纠纷。她最初被怀疑为凶手,但由于缺乏证据,指控被撤销。她与男友Richard Gagnon的同居生活以及他们贫困的生活状况,也成为了案件调查中的一个关注点。 Richard Gagnon:作为Bambi Bennett的男友,他最初被指控为凶手,并被判处终身监禁。然而,由于新的证据出现,他的定罪被推翻,指控最终被撤销。他与被害者家庭的复杂关系以及他的一些言行,都成为了案件调查中的关键线索。 George Carrick:作为MirrorTech公司的员工,他提供了关于被害者家庭关系和生活状况的重要信息。他的证词在案件调查中起到了关键作用。 Stephen Stanko:作为当地一名连环杀手,他最初被怀疑为凶手,但最终被排除嫌疑。 Jennifer Parker:作为被害者的亲属,她提供了关于被害者家庭关系和生活状况的重要信息,也表达了她对案件的看法。 James Moore和Eric Sides:作为Coastal Glass公司的员工,他们提供了关于Richard Gagnon行为和情绪状态的重要信息。 Ava Mae Offerman:作为Richard Gagnon的母亲,她在法庭上作证,提供了关于她儿子行为和生活状况的重要信息。 Charlie Parker Jr.:作为被害者的儿子,他在案件发生后提供了重要的现场信息,但他的证词也存在一些矛盾之处。 Robert Lee Mullins:作为Richard Gagnon的狱友,他提供了关于Richard Gagnon自供的证词,这成为了案件调查中的关键证据。 Tim Johnson:作为Bambi Bennett的叔叔,他表达了他对Bambi Bennett的担忧,并请求法官拒绝保释。 Bruce Antoine Hill:作为案件的最终凶手,他的DNA证据与案发现场的血迹相符。他与Richard Gagnon以及被害者家庭的关系,成为了案件调查中的一个重要疑点。 Khalil Moore:作为MirrorTech公司的前员工,他与Bruce Antoine Hill的联系,成为了案件调查中的一个重要线索。 Robert Troy Taylor:作为Richard Gagnon的狱友,他提供了关于Robert Lee Mullins证词虚假的证据,这导致了Richard Gagnon的指控被撤销。 Carolyn Chapman:作为被害者的亲属,她表达了她对Richard Gagnon的担忧,并请求法官拒绝保释。 Alexander Young:作为Bambi Bennett儿子的父亲,他请求法院解除他对孩子的监护权。 Greg Hembree:作为检察官,他负责案件的起诉和调查工作。 Bill Grammer:作为Richard Gagnon的辩护律师,他为Richard Gagnon的辩护工作做出了努力。 Ron Hazard:作为Bruce Antoine Hill的辩护律师,他为Bruce Antoine Hill的辩护工作做出了努力。 Robert Dudek:作为Richard Gagnon的上诉律师,他为Richard Gagnon的上诉工作做出了努力。 Brent Ryder:作为Richard Gagnon杀害的受害者,他的死因是枪击。 Deborah Gagnon:作为Richard Gagnon的母亲,她提供了关于她儿子行为和生活状况的重要信息。 Ricky Childress:作为警官,他参与了案件的调查工作。

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Why did Bambi deed her property to her mother?

To keep it away from her husband during a divorce.

Why did Diane Parker seek custody of Bambi's sons?

She was concerned for their safety due to Bambi's erratic behavior and drug use.

Why was Dickie Gagnon fired from his job at MirrorTech?

He was a poor employee and caused issues.

Why did the community initially suspect Stephen Stanko for the murders?

He was a known serial killer in the area.

Why did the police initially arrest Bambi and Dickie Gagnon for the murders?

They had motive, were present at the scene, and had blood evidence linking them.

Why did the prosecutor drop charges against Bambi?

Lack of DNA evidence linking her to the crime.

Why did Richard Gagnon's mother testify against him?

She was angered by his call detailing the crime scene.

Why did the defense attorney not present any witnesses or evidence during Richard Gagnon's trial?

They believed the prosecution did not make a strong enough case.

Why was Bruce Antoine Hill's DNA found at the crime scene?

He was involved in a home invasion and left blood behind.

Why did the prosecutor dismiss charges against Richard Gagnon in 2015?

He was not comfortable with the evidence to retry him.

Chapters
The episode begins with the brutal double murder of Diane and Charlie Parker in Nixonville, South Carolina, and the initial suspicion falling on a local serial killer, Stephen Stanko.
  • Diane and Charlie Parker are found murdered in their home.
  • Initial suspicion falls on serial killer Stephen Stanko.
  • Attention shifts to the Parkers' troubled adult daughter, Bambi, and her criminal boyfriend, Richard Gagnon.

Shownotes Transcript

This week, in Nixonville, South Carolina, when a nice couple are found, horribly murdered, in their nice home, everyone thinks it must be the serial killer, who was on the loose, in the area. Until they find out it wasn't him. Attention is then turned to the couple's troubled, adult daughter & her criminal boyfriend, who live in a tent, on the couple's property. There's a conviction & all seems right... until blood from the scene matches up to a stranger! Who did it???

Along the way, we find out that a multi day chili festival sounds like a dangerous idea, that no matter how guilty someone seems, you still need evidence, and that some names just seemed doomed to be a murderer!!

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