About this episode

The episode explores the unsolved murder of retired art teacher Joseph Gatto and the doubts raised by his son regarding the LAPD's theory of the crime.

When retired art teacher Joseph Gatto was shot to death inside his Silver Lake home in 2013, the LAPD theorized that a fleeing car burglar might be the killer. The victim’s son, a prominent California legislator, found that story increasingly hard to believe.

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: LAPD

Places: Silver Lake

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