Anastasia Nicolazzi
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last heard Jun 2025
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As we've discussed before, it's always risky for a defendant to put themselves on the stand and open themselves up to cross-examination. And even Nicole was surprised by the defense's decision. But she was even more surprised by what Fisher said when he testified.
Fisher went on to testify that they had plans for Bedore to file for divorce, then take the children with him to the West Coast where he'd grown up. But most importantly, that Bedore Alyassari had nothing to do with the murder.
But was this the truth or was it merely an effort to protect this woman he seemed to love, a woman that had potentially manipulated him into committing murder and now taking all the blame?
In January 2020, Jacob Fisher was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. While Fisher admitted he killed Amar, the jury rejected his assertion that he didn't intend to kill Amar, that it was self-defense, that Amar had first attacked him, and that the attack wasn't premeditated.
In her opening statement, Nicole told the jury that the pair not only plotted, planned, and worked together, but that Badar Alyassari knew how to fuel Jacob Fisher's hatred to manipulate him into killing her husband.
Prosecutors also presented evidence that a neighbor of the Alyassari's, between 5.30 and 6 on the day of the murder, had seen a man on their street in a dark hoodie fitting Fisher's build. They watched as he entered the Alyassari's front door, likely left unlocked by his accomplice.
The prosecution team did have the evidence to show that Bedor Alyassari was guilty, but would they be able to convince a jury, a jury they feared might be sympathetic to the widowed mother of two young children? The short answer? They did.
In securing the two convictions, Nicole was quick to give credit where credit is due.
Despite the dual courtroom victories, Nicole's thoughts on the case still center on Ammar Alyassari, son, brother, friend, and father, as well as those he left behind.
Ammar Alyassari walked in from work, likely thinking he'd have dinner and spend some time with his family before going to bed. Instead, he was met with a brutal death. How is it that someone who once either loved him, or at least said that she did, can so callously arrange for him to die? And how can the person in a relationship with her so violently murder another human being?
Those are questions I've often asked myself about many cases over the years, but clearly neither I nor anyone really has that answer. With his murder, Amar was taken from both his kids, two young girls who will never again have the love they deserve to be shown from their dad.
As we remember Amar, our thoughts are, of course, also with his daughters, and we hope they are surrounded with kindness and with love. So, what do you think, Chuck? Do you approve? I approve!
I'm Anastasia Nicolazzi, former New York City homicide prosecutor and host of Investigation Discovery's True Conviction.
Let's talk about confessions. For detectives, eliciting an admission of guilt from a suspect can be a dramatic and satisfying conclusion to any criminal investigation.
And of course, there's that classic good cop, bad cop. Although honestly, in my experience, I will say that the adversarial approach is definitely more common in TV and movies than real life.
No matter the approach, the goal is always the same. Keep the suspect talking. But to accomplish that, every investigator must lean into his or her particular strengths and personality traits in order to make a connection with the suspect. Because without that connection, without that feeling of trust, the truth may refuse to surface. And that failure can sometimes be a matter of life or death.
In his signature bow tie, Ray's approachable demeanor was often a comfort to the victims of crimes. But as a homicide investigator, he was also forced to confront the dark side of some people in his community as well.
In August of 2017, 21-year-old Savannah Gold was living with her parents and her older brother in a comfortable home in Jacksonville, Florida.
For the last two years, Savannah and her brother had been working as servers at the Bonefish Grill, a popular restaurant in the Mandarin neighborhood south of downtown Jacksonville. And so at about 5.15 on the afternoon of August 2nd, she left her family's home wearing her white chef-style uniform shirt and drove herself to the restaurant to report for work.
Moments later, Savannah's brother received a similar message, one that was both suspicious and completely out of character.
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