Spiral | 2. Wrong Place, Wrong Time?

About this episode

The episode explores the arrest of a man near a crime scene and the implications of his lies to the police as his defense team uncovers crucial evidence.

A man seen breaking into cars near the crime scene is arrested, and he lies to police about what he’s been up to. But does that make him a killer? As the case builds against him, his defense team uncovers a piece of evidence that could change everything. --- Become a paid subscriber to The Free Press to binge the full series today, and with reduced ads. Click here to subscribe ---- Host: Frannie Block Producer: Poppy Damon Executive Editor: Emily Yoffe --- Contact us at: spiral@thefp.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Frannie Block

Topics covered

• crime
• investigation
• defense
• evidence
• legal system

Keywords

• crime scene
• arrest
• defense team
• evidence
• police lies

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