S6: The Botched Execution of Tony Carruthers: Future COTC?
About this episode
The episode discusses the mysterious disappearance and murder of three individuals in Memphis, the conviction of Tony Carruthers, and the unresolved DNA evidence related to the case.
Three people vanished from a Memphis home in February 1994. A week later, they turned up in a local cemetery, buried in a grave dug for someone else's funeral — held the day after they disappeared, with mourners who had no idea what was beneath the casket. Tony Carruthers was convicted of the murders in 1996, representing himself after burning through six court-appointed attorneys. Thirty years, one botched execution, and one recanted medical examiner later, Tennessee still hasn't tested the DNA that might resolve the crime.
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