About this episode

The episode discusses the shocking murder of Jerene Matta during a police department Christmas party and the mystery surrounding her security cameras.

An Anatomy of Murder programming update plus an episode of The Deck. During the Yakima Police Department’s annual Christmas party, the news of 62-year-old Jerene’s murder shocked every officer and their plus ones. Jerene’s house was known for its security cameras – there were so many that you basically couldn’t enter the property without being filmed. Why was Jerene targeted? And who was she watching on her cameras? Or maybe the better question is, was someone watching Jerene?

Topics covered

• murder
• true crime
• security cameras
• investigation
• police

Keywords

• Jerene Matta
• murder
• Yakima Police Department
• security cameras
• true crime

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Yakima Police Department

Places: Washington

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