Charlie Kirk Case: Judge Tosses Edited Video at Tyler Robinson's Hearing, the "God's Light" Cop-Killing Competency Fight, a Landlord Killer'
About this episode
This episode covers three criminal cases involving a high-profile shooting, a competency hearing for a woman charged with murder, and a landlord murder case.
A three-case roundup. In Provo, Utah, the preliminary hearing for Tyler Robinson — the 23-year-old charged in the September assassination of Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk — opened with Judge Tony Graf rejecting a state video exhibit that had been enhanced, zoomed, and circled by the prosecutor's office, because no one who made the edits was called to authenticate them. Robinson has not entered a plea; the hearing decides only whether the case proceeds to trial, not guilt. In Lake County, Florida, Julie Sulpizio — charged in the 2024 shooting death of Master Deputy Bradley Michael Link during what prosecutors call a planned attack on neighbors — faces a competency hearing; defense psychologists say she shifts identities and believes Lucifer directed the killings, while prosecutors argue a religious delusion is not legal incompetence. Judge Brian Welke will rule after July 17th. And in Olympia, Washington, Timothy Burke, 47, was sentenced to two life sentences without parole for murdering his landlords, chiropractor Karen and her husband Davido, during an eviction — then attempting to clean the scene, including vacuuming the blood, before dumping their bodies in the…
Topics covered
- court hearings
- mental illness
- homicide
- competency
- legal proceedings
- true crime
Keywords
- Charlie Kirk
- Tyler Robinson
- competency hearing
- homicide
- mental illness
- court case
- Judge Tony Graf
- Julie Sulpizio
- Timothy Burke
Mentioned in this episode
Places: Provo, Utah, Lake County, Florida, Olympia, Washington
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