Vladimir Duthiers
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It's great to be here. Thanks, Anne-Marie.
It's great to be here. Thanks, Anne-Marie.
It's great to be here. Thanks, Anne-Marie.
It's probably one of the most confounding questions of this investigation that we did. First of all, the DA from back in 1987 has died. So we can't understand or know why he didn't charge Reginald. But we do know that Lieutenant Barry Ward, who helped solve the case... admits that even with the evidence that you just cited, there was really no smoking gun back in 1987.
It's probably one of the most confounding questions of this investigation that we did. First of all, the DA from back in 1987 has died. So we can't understand or know why he didn't charge Reginald. But we do know that Lieutenant Barry Ward, who helped solve the case... admits that even with the evidence that you just cited, there was really no smoking gun back in 1987.
It's probably one of the most confounding questions of this investigation that we did. First of all, the DA from back in 1987 has died. So we can't understand or know why he didn't charge Reginald. But we do know that Lieutenant Barry Ward, who helped solve the case... admits that even with the evidence that you just cited, there was really no smoking gun back in 1987.
And the lawyers who represented Reginald explained that they thought that the eyewitness who wrote down the license plate number of the car that she thought was a suspicious vehicle the night of the murder might have been coached. There was something in the way that the notes were written by this eyewitness that were suspicious, according to them. So there was that.
And the lawyers who represented Reginald explained that they thought that the eyewitness who wrote down the license plate number of the car that she thought was a suspicious vehicle the night of the murder might have been coached. There was something in the way that the notes were written by this eyewitness that were suspicious, according to them. So there was that.
And the lawyers who represented Reginald explained that they thought that the eyewitness who wrote down the license plate number of the car that she thought was a suspicious vehicle the night of the murder might have been coached. There was something in the way that the notes were written by this eyewitness that were suspicious, according to them. So there was that.
And also something that we all found incredibly fascinating is when there was a photo array, a photo lineup of the potential suspects, all of the photos that were used were pictures of either Reginald Reed Sr. 's brothers or the Barnes twins' siblings. And somehow this eyewitness picked out Reginald. So we don't know why in 1987 there were no charges brought.
And also something that we all found incredibly fascinating is when there was a photo array, a photo lineup of the potential suspects, all of the photos that were used were pictures of either Reginald Reed Sr. 's brothers or the Barnes twins' siblings. And somehow this eyewitness picked out Reginald. So we don't know why in 1987 there were no charges brought.
And also something that we all found incredibly fascinating is when there was a photo array, a photo lineup of the potential suspects, all of the photos that were used were pictures of either Reginald Reed Sr. 's brothers or the Barnes twins' siblings. And somehow this eyewitness picked out Reginald. So we don't know why in 1987 there were no charges brought.
But again, this was all speculation because the district attorney in 1987 has long died.
But again, this was all speculation because the district attorney in 1987 has long died.
But again, this was all speculation because the district attorney in 1987 has long died.
So first of all, until I, and I've been a reporter now for over a decade, this was the first that I knew that identical twins shared identical DNA. I didn't know that. And so when I discovered that, that was sort of a moment for me, you know, head explode moment.
So first of all, until I, and I've been a reporter now for over a decade, this was the first that I knew that identical twins shared identical DNA. I didn't know that. And so when I discovered that, that was sort of a moment for me, you know, head explode moment.
So first of all, until I, and I've been a reporter now for over a decade, this was the first that I knew that identical twins shared identical DNA. I didn't know that. And so when I discovered that, that was sort of a moment for me, you know, head explode moment.
And that became a huge complication in figuring out who was ultimately the responsible party for that Winston cigarette that was found in the car.
And that became a huge complication in figuring out who was ultimately the responsible party for that Winston cigarette that was found in the car.