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Michael Finkel

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271 total appearances
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48 Hours
The Pretender

partly guilty.

48 Hours
The Pretender

He admits killing his wife and their youngest child, Madison.

48 Hours
The Pretender

But he maintains his innocence in the deaths of his older children, Zach and Sadie, confounding everyone who is following his case.

48 Hours
The Pretender

For now, the defense leaves that a mystery.

48 Hours
The Pretender

But prosecutors say the evidence is clear.

48 Hours
The Pretender

Longo alone murdered all four victims and dumped their bodies in the water.

48 Hours
The Pretender

Oregon District Attorney Josh Marquis followed the case closely.

48 Hours
The Pretender

He says Longo is a sociopath who deserves the death penalty.

48 Hours
The Pretender

At trial, truck driver Dick Ho testifies that he met a man he believes was Longo on the Waldport Bridge late one night.

48 Hours
The Pretender

Ho offered help, but was turned away.

48 Hours
The Pretender

Jurors also hear about the diver's grim discoveries, and they're shown graphic images.

48 Hours
The Pretender

5, do you recognize this?

48 Hours
The Pretender

The medical examiner says Mary Jane and Madison were strangled, but he cannot determine how Zach and Sadie died.

48 Hours
The Pretender

It was those photos, especially like the bruises that... Finkel is disgusted, both with Longo and his own bad judgment.

48 Hours
The Pretender

Did you feel duped by him?

48 Hours
The Pretender

Suckered in?

48 Hours
The Pretender

In his defense, Longo takes the stand and tells the same life story he rehearsed on Finkel.

48 Hours
The Pretender

his downward spiral, his excuses for stealing and lying.

48 Hours
The Pretender

Up until the trial, when Longo told his story, he stopped just short of revealing how and why his family was murdered.

48 Hours
The Pretender

But now in court, he finally continues.