1986 Rita French Murder
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For our first episode I'll be discussing the murder of Rita French. REFRENCES: YouTube Links Why Did Johnny Kill https://youtu.be/r0PA5MPES6U https://youtu.be/Du3qfICfy2A https://youtu.be/qiCS4t4PRc4 https://youtu.be/TYOhi2gI7Vw Broomfield Police Department Case/ Incident Report obtained via Freedom of Information Act Request News Articles Rocky Mountain News 20 Apr 1986 “Three teens held in slaying of Broomfield woman” -Marlys Duran Denver Post 4 Jul 1986 “14 year-old to be tried as adult” -Uncredited Denver Post Staff Writer Rocky Mountain News 4 Jul 1986 “2 teens face trial as adults Defendant’s mom victim in slaying” - Bernie Morrison Denver Post 22 Jul 1986 “Teens reherarsed mom’s murder, transcript says” -John Diaz Denver Post 27 Jul 1986 “Killing of Broomfield teen’s mom impossible to label”- John Diaz Denver Post 4 Dec 1986 “Teen pleads guilty in murder of mother, gets 5 year sentence”-John Diaz Rocky Mountain News 4 Dec 1986 “French facing 32- year term after plea in mother’s murder” - Charlie Brennan Rocky Mountain News 29 Jan 1987 “French sentenced to 16 years in prison in mother’s slaying”- Charlie Brennan Rocky Mountain News 15 Jul 1987 “Boy convicted of mom’s murder seeking life insurance payment” - Charlie Brennan Denver Post 16 Aug 1991 “Teenage murderer gets new sentence” - Tracy Seipel Rocky Mountain News 16 Aug 1991 “Judge cuts slaying sentence Man gets adult portion of term set in ‘86 torture-killing of friend’s mother in Broomfield” - Kevin McCullen Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearisburg,_Virginia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broomfield,_Colorado https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_types_of_killing Other 1967 Narrows High School yearbook Narrows, Virginia Genealogy searches provided dates of birth, marriages, divorces and standard vital statistics https://www.almanac.com/weather/history/zipcode/80020/1986-04-18# https://sunrise-sunset.org/us/smith/1986/4 https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/when-a-child-can-be-tried-as-an-adult.pdf
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