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The Murder of Gwendolyn Taylor (Massachusetts)

2024/1/25
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Kylie Lowe: 本集讲述了Gwendolyn Taylor谋杀案,以及Thomas Rosa Jr.历经34年冤狱后最终获释的曲折过程。案件始于1985年12月7日,Gwendolyn Taylor在公寓楼外被袭击,目击者描述了袭击者的特征,并指认Thomas Rosa Jr.为嫌疑人。尽管有目击证词和血迹证据,但Thomas Rosa Jr.一直坚称自己无罪。案件中存在诸多疑点,包括目击证词的可靠性、血型证据的局限性以及关键证人Olga Gomez证词的矛盾之处。2001年和2017年的两次DNA检测结果相互矛盾,最终2017年的检测结果排除了Thomas Rosa Jr.的嫌疑。法院在2023年9月推翻了所有对Thomas Rosa Jr.的定罪,但检察官仍在审查是否提起新的诉讼。 Sherita Offley, Sharon Aray: 作为目击者,Sherita和Sharon在案发后不久就从警方提供的照片中认出了Thomas Rosa Jr.,为警方锁定嫌疑人提供了关键证据。然而,她们对袭击者体貌特征的描述与Thomas Rosa Jr.存在一些出入,这引发了对目击证词可靠性的质疑。 Olga Gomez: 作为Thomas Rosa Jr.的妻子,Olga Gomez的证词对案件至关重要。然而,她的证词前后矛盾,给案件的审理带来了诸多困难。她的证词在不同阶段的审理中发挥了不同的作用,甚至影响了最终的判决结果。 Thomas Rosa Jr.: Thomas Rosa Jr.始终坚称自己无罪,并积极寻求法律途径为自己辩护。他经历了多次审判,最终在新的DNA证据和对目击证词可靠性重新评估的基础上获得无罪释放。 其他证人:Charles Ferguson, Kevin, Donita等证人提供了案发当晚的情况,为案件的调查提供了补充信息。 检察官和律师:检察官和律师在案件的不同阶段都发挥了重要作用,他们的策略和辩护都对案件的走向产生了影响。

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On the night Gwendolyn Taylor was attacked just outside her apartment building in Dorchester, Massachusetts, witnesses watched helplessly as an unknown man grabbed the 18-year old, demanded money, and told everyone within earshot not to call the police. 

When her body was discovered hours later, those same witnesses found themselves at the heart of the investigation. Their recollections of the man they saw that night pointed authorities to a suspect, and blood evidence left no room for doubt: Thomas Rosa Jr. was their guy. 

But no matter how self-confident, it’s possible investigators got it wrong, and Thomas Rosa Jr. is fighting to prove it. 

View source material and photos for this episode at darkdowneast.com/gwendolyntaylor)

 

Dark Downeast is an audiochuck and Kylie Media production hosted by Kylie Low.