Murdered in The Woods: The Complex Case of Attorney Ronald Hughes | True Crime Documentary

About this episode

The episode explores the unsolved death of attorney Ronald W Hughes and its impact on his community.

Ronald W Hughes, an American attorney hailing from The Golden State, was a free spirit and open-minded lawyer from Los Angeles, California. His dedication to public defense and interest in the counterculture movement were cut short by an unsolved death in the autumn of 1970, leaving all who knew him across the city of stars, and the entirety of his hometown in Southern California at large, grasping for answers. As a hope to provide more substantial reasoning built upon observable evide...

Topics covered

• true crime
• unsolved cases
• legal profession
• counterculture movement
• public defense

Keywords

• Ronald W Hughes
• unsolved death
• California attorney
• public defense
• counterculture

Mentioned in this episode

Places: California, Los Angeles

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