Forensic Files - Season 7, Episode 28 - Elephant Tracks - Full Episode

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  • Опубликовано: 9 дек 2021
  • The murders of an elderly couple leave police stumped until, two years later, they receive a major break. A jeweler looking through old newspaper clippings recognizes a necklace the female victim wore as having been pawned in her own shop.
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  • @terrysigmon3119
    @terrysigmon3119 2 года назад +432

    That girl that lied should have been in jail for at least the amount of time as the poor guy she lied about.

    • @DinoCism
      @DinoCism Год назад +37

      It never ceases to amaze how much trust the price put in sketchy dog shit informants who they would never take seriously as people if they weren't telling them exactly what they want to hear. They are so eager so close cases and move on to the next one that the truth is often an afterthought.

    • @UnpleasantKinnie
      @UnpleasantKinnie Год назад +3

      Precisely

    • @91rummy
      @91rummy Год назад +8

      If you punish such witnesses, next time such people might keep quiet and let an innocent like Ethan go to jail , because telling the truth by change of conscience might now invite punishment..At least now the innocent man escaped jail because of her changing her testimony.

    • @nathalie_desrosiers
      @nathalie_desrosiers Год назад

      I don't understand why police put so much faith in those lies. Do you really think someone who just murdered a couple will go to a party with blood on his shirt? That's a lousy police job! Ask her who were at the party and double check her story with the other party goers!

    • @amandac9294
      @amandac9294 Год назад +5

      She was an informant, so I'm guessing she went in for whatever her original crime was. She wasn't a regular "witness "... she had a deal to keep her nose clean and help the police and she had an innocent man arrested.

  • @amandafox5855
    @amandafox5855 2 года назад +460

    No Mr Prosecutor, the day you convict an innocent man of a darn murder he didn't do, is a bad, bad day.

    • @markpryor5019
      @markpryor5019 2 года назад

      I know that was so carzy just have to kill them

    • @WindDancer435
      @WindDancer435 11 месяцев назад +30

      I was just about to write the same thing. Some prosecutors, like this white male prosecutor had no problem trying to kill this innocent black man. That is a bad bad way to be a prosecutor.

    • @smontone
      @smontone 11 месяцев назад +4

      Amen

    • @gagejernigan5277
      @gagejernigan5277 11 месяцев назад +12

      @WindDancer435 has absolutely nothing to do with race

    • @gagejernigan5277
      @gagejernigan5277 11 месяцев назад +6

      It’s why I hate prosecutors more than defense attorneys

  • @aljabirxiju9475
    @aljabirxiju9475 9 месяцев назад +35

    the woman who lied needs to go to JAIL!

  • @samc8548
    @samc8548 2 года назад +302

    It’s a bad day when you try to convict an innocent man, not when the false case falls apart!!!! Wtf

    • @maddydow1217
      @maddydow1217 2 года назад +25

      Right!? No wonder there are so many (mostly black) innocent people sitting in prison. SMH

    • @johannas.l.brushane2518
      @johannas.l.brushane2518 2 года назад +9

      How the hell could they miss a handyman with a history of violent crimes?

    • @johannas.l.brushane2518
      @johannas.l.brushane2518 2 года назад +24

      Agree that sounded really awkward. And "a case you worked hard on"... really, the only *evidence* was a statement from a snitch and some messages on an answering machine...

    • @chuckydee2013
      @chuckydee2013 2 года назад +17

      I know that was so sickening. I could only imagine how many innocent folks are behind jail because of people like this prosecutor.

    • @johannas.l.brushane2518
      @johannas.l.brushane2518 2 года назад +3

      @@chuckydee2013 It's as if they forgot the reason behind the relatives of the victim and publics' expectation of it being solved is because they don't want the actual perp being able to go free and possibly repeat the crime.

  • @debbiegrasse3920
    @debbiegrasse3920 Год назад +174

    The Assistant DA, Tim Braun, plead guilty to sexual harassment toward 4 of his office staff & lost his job in January 2021 when he was 60 years old. He was totally humiliated & disgraced in Sandusky & Toledo, Ohio. Karma at its best.

    • @terriburroughs1660
      @terriburroughs1660 Год назад +11

      Good to know!

    • @VincentWilliams007
      @VincentWilliams007 Год назад +19

      He got easy after what he did. So itchy to prosecute that he was willing to kill a man. Evil creature.

    • @muffs55mercury61
      @muffs55mercury61 11 месяцев назад +5

      Thanks for that update.

    • @animerlon
      @animerlon 9 месяцев назад +7

      👍 Thanks muchly for the update. Good to know he got what he deserved. Just too bad it didn't happen sooner & it involved 4 women having a traumatic experience.

    • @conancrush864
      @conancrush864 6 месяцев назад +4

      i hope he suffers everything he made to that poor man!!

  • @MD-ew1xg
    @MD-ew1xg 2 года назад +556

    The prosecutor said "The day you dismiss a death penalty is a bad bad day because every thing you have been working on, for a long period of time just blown up on your face" He didn't even care he was about to kill an innocent man. Wow.

    • @ScarabChris
      @ScarabChris 2 года назад +31

      I think it was more about having to start over, not about wanting to close a case even if means knowing an innocent man is convicted. As time goes on it gets more difficult to solve these cases and they spent so much time and resources on the wrong person. At the time Ethan Walls was their only possible suspect. Believe me the police (99.9 % of police) don't want to put an innocent person in prison because they know if they do then they are giving an actual murderer a free pass. Thank god for forensics and DNA technology.

    • @sherrydouglas6252
      @sherrydouglas6252 2 года назад +4

      Damm!

    • @l.5832
      @l.5832 2 года назад +56

      I felt the same concern over that statement. Let's charge SOMEBODY ANYBODY!! Scary.....

    • @l.5832
      @l.5832 2 года назад +30

      @@ScarabChris The only time a murder case is closed is after a conviction. There was no risk of closing the case while they were still searching.
      It would have stayed open even as a cold case. Seems like they were overly anxious to GET the case closed, not really caring who they pinned it on.

    • @Kathy-kr1sv
      @Kathy-kr1sv Год назад +7

      Legal people
      PRACTICE LAW
      Interesting wording in an industry that uses words very exactly and precisely

  • @dramonmaster222
    @dramonmaster222 2 года назад +285

    15:24 I think it was very telling that the Prosecutor was more upset that they dropped the case rather than the fact their witness lied and an innocent man was arrested for a crime he didn't commit.

    • @VincentWilliams007
      @VincentWilliams007 2 года назад +49

      That prosecutor got his comeuppance. His evil deeds came back on him and he was disbarred.

    • @sameerolail
      @sameerolail Год назад +7

      The sooner they close a case,the less money, and time they spend.

    • @DocBree13
      @DocBree13 Год назад +8

      Yes - disgusting!

    • @DocBree13
      @DocBree13 Год назад +4

      @@VincentWilliams007 good!

    • @VincentWilliams007
      @VincentWilliams007 Год назад +9

      @@DocBree13 When I found out about it I was elated. Sadly, Ethan Walls died. I just hope he sued the crud out of them before he move on.

  • @remmegee9029
    @remmegee9029 2 года назад +187

    I hope Mr. Walls filed a huge lawsuit against this corrupt prosecutor!!

    • @kalanisplash
      @kalanisplash Год назад

      The witness said Walls did it. You will have to sue the Black Woman.

    • @mmcdonald1000
      @mmcdonald1000 Год назад +12

      I hope Mr Walls sued too! That s messed up what they put that poor man thru😩

    • @UnpleasantKinnie
      @UnpleasantKinnie Год назад +8

      Yes i cant imagine the fear and anxiety. I pity him. Thanks God that his name was cleared

    • @thesummerof1968
      @thesummerof1968 Год назад +5

      The guy did suspicious things that a normal tenant wouldn't do...like steal his own rent payment.
      Who does that?

    • @disontago5729
      @disontago5729 Год назад +16

      @@thesummerof1968 low life act yes, but suspicion alone isn’t proof of murder

  • @mariocrown1506
    @mariocrown1506 2 года назад +190

    The prosecutor has a record of putting innocent men behind bars and has actually been found guilty of sexual misconduct

    • @andiswasokhombela1237
      @andiswasokhombela1237 Год назад +8

      Sick man

    • @breeannalaman1799
      @breeannalaman1799 Год назад +15

      Where did u find that information so I can read up on it? He didn't sound like a good prosecutor to begin with I'm also curious what repercussions it had on his career.

    • @trixie9777
      @trixie9777 Год назад

      @@breeannalaman1799 probably he “failed upwards.” These criminal “white collar” people are NEVER held accountable & just get promoted higher & higher.

    • @Krspy2
      @Krspy2 Год назад

      @@breeannalaman1799 I'm interested in learning as a citizen how can you protect yourself from menace like him? Scary to think that at anytime you can be wrongfully accused of something. Screw that ill just stay inside and do the same things for 20 years so I have a clear track record I guess.

    • @johnnabuzby6103
      @johnnabuzby6103 Год назад +2

      @@breeannalaman1799 A previous comment states he was disbarred, but didn't state the reason for his disbarment. I'm speculating that perhaps the information you're looking for is available on Google or Wikipedia.

  • @maddydow1217
    @maddydow1217 2 года назад +299

    Anyone else a bit disturbed at the DA stating that the day a murder suspect is released is always a bad day? I thought he'd be happy he wasn't putting someone on trial who wasn't linked by evidence 🤔 What happened to seeking justice as opposed to just putting someone away for a crime regardless of evidence?

    • @erinmaree1987
      @erinmaree1987 2 года назад +25

      I mean, they basically arrested him based on 'gut feeling' about a second offender (?) despite him being ruled out by DNA evidence.

    • @potocatepetl
      @potocatepetl 2 года назад +16

      Well, they had to start working again. And they had no second path... Meaning, they knew the chance is high this will become a cold case. And it would have if that lady did not find the old paper. Sure it is stupid and cold saying you'd rather close your case no matter who you send to prison, but I assume after some years they see it as a business.

    • @KlusterFux
      @KlusterFux 2 года назад

      It's all about getting a conviction no matter if guilty or not. DA's are more criminal than the criminals. This IS America!!! One horrible F'd up place.

    • @remmegee9029
      @remmegee9029 2 года назад +25

      Of course! This prosecutor is evil!

    • @tyiaburley1706
      @tyiaburley1706 2 года назад +9

      Welcome to our world

  • @cassieblack1776
    @cassieblack1776 Год назад +62

    She didn’t flip and refuse to testify … SHE LIED!!

    • @synergisticcollusion134
      @synergisticcollusion134 6 месяцев назад +1

      She'd been COERCED into lying BY the detectives! 🙄🙄🙄🤦‍♀️🖕

    • @eirikastokes9652
      @eirikastokes9652 2 месяца назад

      I was so angry when he phrased it that way. She didn't decide she didn't want to testify, she RECANTED what you wanted her to testify about! She didn't just decide on a whim to recant and ruin your day, she was literally going to be put up on a witness stand to perjure herself! Of course she got cold feet! Ugh! 🤬

  • @melsop54
    @melsop54 2 года назад +271

    Pretty shocked they locked this dude up despite having zero evidence linking him to the crime in any way.

    • @babagandu
      @babagandu 2 года назад +6

      How we do in Ohiya

    • @kimmyfreak200
      @kimmyfreak200 Год назад +8

      this reminds me of roy brown's case..forensic files episode freedom fighter...zero evidence

    • @ileanamuntean7338
      @ileanamuntean7338 Год назад +7

      A witness who decided to lie.

    • @amysmiles9751
      @amysmiles9751 Год назад +5

      They thought there might have been 2 guys so maybe they thought he would give somebody up if they arrested him until that witness fussed up. what a B

    • @trixie9777
      @trixie9777 Год назад +10

      @@ileanamuntean7338 and the witness wasn’t even really a witness to any “action.” She just said she saw blood on his shirt.

  • @keishakilo
    @keishakilo 2 года назад +161

    I can’t believe he was upset that the case was dismissed, like dude wtf you damn there place a innocent person in jail like that person is somebody, fkin crazy

    • @stfuplsok
      @stfuplsok 2 года назад +4

      an* innocent

    • @myoung3411
      @myoung3411 Год назад +4

      And he could have died, too. If the case hadn’t been dismissed, he could have been given the death penalty.

    • @kalanisplash
      @kalanisplash Год назад

      A Black woman like you said Walls was the killer. Even you know that Black Democrats do not lie. Walls killed those White victims. Black Folk Do Not LIE

    • @user-dm7ik4uy4c
      @user-dm7ik4uy4c 7 дней назад

      Please avoid curse words.

  • @jordanalbano9780
    @jordanalbano9780 2 года назад +60

    Hope that witness who willfully gave false information ended up getting charged with obstruction of justice.

    • @mmcdonald1000
      @mmcdonald1000 Год назад +1

      Exactly!

    • @aurorefrench7592
      @aurorefrench7592 Год назад

      If that were the case no witness would ever tell the truth after having lied, by fear of ending up in jail.

    • @young.br0die384
      @young.br0die384 12 дней назад

      @@aurorefrench7592hopefully it would encourage them not to lie in the first place

  • @jamesl9371
    @jamesl9371 2 года назад +265

    Their handyman! And he wasn’t investigated!? They had the DNA! Unbelievable. That’s the problem with focusing on the wrong person and police having tunnel vision

    • @maramarxx2431
      @maramarxx2431 2 года назад +14

      Yes. This episode's unforgettable.

    • @bridgitseafus8236
      @bridgitseafus8236 2 года назад +20

      Poor police investing. That's sad.

    • @jknephew
      @jknephew 2 года назад +7

      Exactly

    • @BrenMurphy1
      @BrenMurphy1 2 года назад +13

      Bloody Elephant in the Room!

    • @markpryor5019
      @markpryor5019 Год назад +8

      First all the all the cops should have never arrested wrong person they was being hateful and wrong

  • @seanmcclure
    @seanmcclure 2 года назад +135

    If you talk to an honest prosecutor they will tell you that getting a conviction is all that matters. Doesn’t matter if the person on the other side is innocent. They are concerned with their reputations and careers and consequently money.

    • @raerae6422
      @raerae6422 2 года назад +5

      Same goes for defence attorneys

    • @partyhardplayhardgaming8106
      @partyhardplayhardgaming8106 2 года назад +4

      Pretty sad really.

    • @paulmoss4378
      @paulmoss4378 2 года назад +1

      Not true

    • @primosmith4866
      @primosmith4866 2 года назад

      SAD BUT TRUE.

    • @horsegirlb7120
      @horsegirlb7120 9 месяцев назад +2

      We've seen plenty of prosecutors and defense attorneys alike on FF who go above and beyond for what is right. Don't call them dishonest.

  • @TheTuttle99
    @TheTuttle99 2 года назад +103

    It's insane how the DA talks about having to dismiss the death penalty trial. Literally psychotic

    • @VincentWilliams007
      @VincentWilliams007 2 года назад +10

      That's the kind of behavior that got him disbarred.

    • @remmegee9029
      @remmegee9029 2 года назад +11

      Disgusting prosecutor willing to kill an innocent man just because of his freaking Ego!!!

    • @VincentWilliams007
      @VincentWilliams007 2 года назад +10

      @@remmegee9029 I'm not a violent person but that prosecutor makes me want to punch his lights out. He's the worst type of prosecutor.

    • @yvonniecline1639
      @yvonniecline1639 Год назад

      He needs to apologize for that ignorant statement. Or suspended for carelessly making unconstitutional remarks

  • @DocBree13
    @DocBree13 Год назад +17

    Arresting him was ridiculous! What malpractice!

  • @lovelykisharenee8035
    @lovelykisharenee8035 2 года назад +89

    Wow you mean to tell me the DNA didnt match and they still tried to convict him? We know what that was about smh

    • @vinceleaguedwithlove
      @vinceleaguedwithlove 2 года назад +10

      It's disgusting how blatant it is

    • @babagandu
      @babagandu 2 года назад +2

      How we roll in Ohiya

    • @GeorgiaWhisper
      @GeorgiaWhisper Год назад +5

      Sad and disgusting

    • @queenonyxbutterfly
      @queenonyxbutterfly Год назад +6

      Exactly! It made me think of those five young boys that they arrested in New York for that crime that they never committed and they were in jail until adults! 😡🤬

    • @VincentWilliams007
      @VincentWilliams007 Год назад +3

      Disgusting. That DA may set the whole thing up.

  • @chasingdemons7231
    @chasingdemons7231 2 года назад +110

    Everything you’ve worked for……..I don’t understand. What do you mean by that everything you’ve worked for, what putting an innocent man on death row is something to strive for maybe these prosecutors need to look into different professions because they clearly don’t value human life only their win ratios

    • @hunterchampion5433
      @hunterchampion5433 2 года назад +24

      Their main objective is to close a case. It's pathetic. Politics at its best.

    • @alyssag.5758
      @alyssag.5758 2 года назад +14

      Exactly. All he cared about was "his work" not the innocent person that was being railroaded 😬

    • @catherinesyme901
      @catherinesyme901 Год назад +3

      Well said!

  • @bradwolfe2993
    @bradwolfe2993 2 года назад +34

    How many innocent people have been convicted by such an arrogant narrow minded prosecutor ,even though the DNA test proving innocence and still arrested several months later , appalling , the false case rightfully dropped , but no remorse or apology ever admitted to the accused man , in a case like this the prosecutor should have stood trial and time , displaying no concience or sense of fairness , horribly wrong unbelievable

  • @AznRUs
    @AznRUs Год назад +65

    Did anyone find it weird that the daughter made sure to point out that it was Trudy who was probably the reason why the coupled was murdered?

    • @VincentWilliams007
      @VincentWilliams007 Год назад +26

      I picked up on that. You can read between the lines that she wasn't a fan.

    • @LeauxNBehold
      @LeauxNBehold Год назад +29

      Yes absolutely. That was the first thing that stood out to me. Then she went on to speculate/blame the low income tenants and question their character

    • @FatimahD444
      @FatimahD444 Год назад +9

      She seems like a pompous woman

    • @augustbernard3396
      @augustbernard3396 11 месяцев назад +16

      One of those rare cases when someone may be speaking honestly about the victim. Not the same “always smiling, everyone loved them, give you the shirt of their back” b.s.
      people don’t have to be nice or even good to NOT deserve to be murdered.

    • @AS-qg1xu
      @AS-qg1xu 2 месяца назад

      ​@@augustbernard3396 well said.

  • @remmegee9029
    @remmegee9029 2 года назад +39

    I am so sorry Mr. Walls for all the hell you went through because all the false testimonies❤️❤️

  • @f.j.f.
    @f.j.f. 2 года назад +87

    others have mentioned the assistant prosecuting attorney calling the release of an innocent man a “bad, bad day.” but notice how he condescendingly refers to the “little scientists” (11:37)-those pesky little scientists-who already knew his suspect was innocent. almost like a scooby-doo villian, he would have gotten away with it if it werent for the forensics! plus obviously the confession of his faulty witness that completely collapsed his bs case against the guy.

    • @VincentWilliams007
      @VincentWilliams007 2 года назад +7

      Karma came for him. He's a bad bad man.

    • @michelllepierce9701
      @michelllepierce9701 2 года назад +3

      I agree when the detective said it was a bad day like DNA didn't match I had to rewind it twice handsome police officers

    • @DocBree13
      @DocBree13 Год назад

      👏🏻 👏🏻👏🏻

  • @IwshIcldstrtover
    @IwshIcldstrtover 2 года назад +41

    How in the world could anyone carry on a conversation with an assistant prosecuting attorney who whispers instead of talks? That guy was driving me nuts during this program.

    • @VincentWilliams007
      @VincentWilliams007 2 года назад +2

      Same here his voice, ugh!
      He was perfectly happy to send a man to death row just to get a conviction. He has the most slappable face.

    • @bryonjackson3209
      @bryonjackson3209 2 года назад +1

      He's trying to sound serious and tough.

    • @VincentWilliams007
      @VincentWilliams007 2 года назад +2

      @@bryonjackson3209 Did you know he was disbarred. I don't like seeing people lose their job(s) but this guy, I have to make an exception. He should have never been in that position.

    • @IwshIcldstrtover
      @IwshIcldstrtover 2 года назад +1

      @@bryonjackson3209 It doesn't sound serious and tough to me. it sounds stupid.

    • @deefairbanks8197
      @deefairbanks8197 Год назад

      Ted Bundy used to whisper like that.

  • @seriousblakk
    @seriousblakk 2 года назад +20

    This prosecutor is what's wrong with the system I 🤬

  • @atomicskies_
    @atomicskies_ Год назад +9

    How can you convict someone without any evidence?

  • @stever6606
    @stever6606 Год назад +12

    The prosecutor was upset that he had to drop the case against an innocent man. He shouldn't even be taking orders at the McDonalds drive-through.
    What a horrible machine the criminal justice system is.

  • @donnacrozier1315
    @donnacrozier1315 2 года назад +24

    Blessed are some hoarders who saved this man's life. Thanks F.F. 👍 😊 👏

    • @jonpendragon2066
      @jonpendragon2066 2 года назад +5

      They didnt save the mans life the other guy was released cause the lady admited she lied about him

  • @dance7soccerr
    @dance7soccerr Год назад +30

    I don’t think it’s shady that he went back for his rent money. I would do the same . I’m not gonna pay and risk it getting stolen from the porch and then be accused of not paying smh they wanted to make that innocent guy guilty . How can you arrest him when dna don’t match.? Imagine how many wrongfully convicted people are in prison because of evil prosecutors

    • @thesongsyouwrote
      @thesongsyouwrote Год назад

      Yeah it’s not bizarre as the douchebag DA said it was!

  • @rs52594
    @rs52594 Год назад +7

    James Jordan died in prison in August 2004 of kidney failure before he could be executed.
    Ethan Walls died in 2016 at the age of 55.

  • @huromwangi6163
    @huromwangi6163 Год назад +12

    When DNA didn't match that of Ethan they argue that there were more than one suspect,wtf!!!

  • @hunna5849
    @hunna5849 Год назад +9

    I could never forget seeing his case on forensic files

    • @AS-qg1xu
      @AS-qg1xu 2 месяца назад

      Lead investigator so waa black

    • @AS-qg1xu
      @AS-qg1xu 2 месяца назад

      Lead investigator was black

  • @mr.c4p
    @mr.c4p 2 года назад +25

    $130 a month rent WOW

  • @GatCat
    @GatCat Год назад +13

    Ethan Walls should have been given financial compensation for his trouble. Anyone who is falsely charged should be compensated.

  • @ciarraleone2040
    @ciarraleone2040 Год назад +5

    The fact that you’re willing to kill an innocent man for your career. Wowza! Disgusting.

  • @fernandoorozco3751
    @fernandoorozco3751 2 года назад +20

    Don't encourage the hoarders!

  • @insertgoodchannelnamehere
    @insertgoodchannelnamehere 7 месяцев назад +4

    They find a bunch of evidence that points to someone other than the guy. So obviously…
    They come to the conclusion he did it anyways but someone else left the evidence.
    Unbelievable. The fact the prosecutor seemed disappointed he couldn’t send a completely innocent man to death row is shocking.

  • @bennieseverino2595
    @bennieseverino2595 2 года назад +21

    hoarders can be heroes too

    • @VincentWilliams007
      @VincentWilliams007 2 года назад +4

      Yes! So true because the "collector" helped solve the case. Just think if she hadn't sat down to read years old newspapers and to also remember the Elephant Pendant. I guess the pendant was good luck after all because it was instrumental in catching the real offender.
      P.S. I want to slap the taste out of that prosecutors mouth.

  • @Atlargein
    @Atlargein Год назад +6

    The criminal must have gone nuts after seeing so much hoarded stuff and not been able to find the dough!

    • @VincentWilliams007
      @VincentWilliams007 Год назад

      With a cracked out you know he was. I can see it now acting like a pissed off chimpanzee.

  • @Wiingashkikwe
    @Wiingashkikwe Год назад +6

    The only person in this whole episode that wasn’t trash in this entire episode was the poor man they tried to railroad.

  • @johnnyparker9928
    @johnnyparker9928 Год назад +7

    He who represents himself in court has a fool for a client. - Abraham Lincoln

  • @raquelamara4130
    @raquelamara4130 2 года назад +45

    Wow…They were big hoarders…So sorry what you went through Mr. Walls…God bless you🙏🏼

    • @agiraffe3673
      @agiraffe3673 2 года назад +10

      Sometimes if they grew up super poor or during the depression, they feel like they can’t get rid of anything, because they might need it.

    • @cinditittle224
      @cinditittle224 2 года назад

      Great job

    • @bridgetwatson1019
      @bridgetwatson1019 2 года назад +10

      I know right!? Well at least another hoarder helped solve it but I can't help but feel like that prosecutor seemed more interested in winning a conviction than truth and justice.

    • @Eye-it-azz
      @Eye-it-azz 2 года назад +4

      Welcome to America, some 16 year old dude would violate a federal law by traveling across state line with an assault rifle, kill someone, go to trial and get all charges thrown out.
      Welcome to America

    • @sherryhannah9262
      @sherryhannah9262 2 года назад

      @@agiraffe3673 yes like the country singer/banjoist Stringbean he grew up during the Depression so he didn’t trust banks he kept his money 💰 n his house in a box 📦 he had built Google him

  • @user-x57620fzmt
    @user-x57620fzmt Год назад +10

    Some people don't deserve to be working in the justice system.

  • @thl205
    @thl205 Год назад +9

    absolutely evil prosecutor, he would rather an innocent man be executed than admit his case was wrong

  • @jamesl9371
    @jamesl9371 2 года назад +20

    Really terrible police and prosecution work after the murder. Only science and an amazing turn of events solved the case

  • @garbizzi6868
    @garbizzi6868 Год назад +9

    They should have metioned that they had the wrong guy and they were glad they didnt put and inocent man in jail or on death row

  • @SuperNuclearUnicorn
    @SuperNuclearUnicorn 2 года назад +48

    I love how "I dropped off the money, went back a few days later and noticed they hadn't taken is so I grabbed it and used the money" becomes a "bizarre story"
    I would probably do something similar under the same circumstances. Probably needed the money and figured if they mentioned the rent money he could pay them then

    • @dance7soccerr
      @dance7soccerr Год назад +4

      Same! I would go get my money instead of risking an outsider coming to take it

    • @thesummerof1968
      @thesummerof1968 8 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@dance7soccerr
      Okay....
      It's one thing to pick up the rent check for safe keeping.
      He picked up the check and SPENT IT...there's a difference.
      He made several phone calls and left messages, he also wrote a note and left it, he made himself look suspicious.
      Detectives thought 2 people were involved, then you add the liar and what do you get:
      a suspect.

  • @ruelvillafranca1724
    @ruelvillafranca1724 Год назад +19

    The way that guy Ethan spoke, and looking at his eyes, I knew he did nothing wrong.

  • @Wholesomereads
    @Wholesomereads Год назад +6

    Trudy and Ed were definitely hoarding…

  • @bischnou
    @bischnou Год назад +4

    Prosecutors and police must make sure they are not arresting/convicting the innocent. This leaves the real criminal free to commit further crimes. It’s important to find the right person!!! Not to mention destroying the life of an innocent person.

  • @Me16768
    @Me16768 2 года назад +24

    Pro Tip: Elephant necklaces don’t always bring good luck.

  • @JL-ix5io
    @JL-ix5io 2 года назад +19

    15:23 Bad day? Shouldn't be in this case.

  • @karlay455
    @karlay455 Год назад +5

    So they arrested him without evidences against him - and the lair walked away without any charges.
    That DA needs to retire from that job

  • @elmer8107
    @elmer8107 2 года назад +17

    So they locked a guy up on hearsay is what I’m getting from this and then found out who the real murderer was. The entire department, prosecutor, and judge should have been fired and lost license.

  • @CGeeThompkins
    @CGeeThompkins 2 года назад +16

    Mr. Prosecutor, it should be a VAD VAD day when you have to admit that your work was incorrect! Such it up! You NEVER should have accepted to case from the police! I'm appalled that you are more concern with your work effort than you are about sending an innocent man to jail!

    • @VincentWilliams007
      @VincentWilliams007 2 года назад

      Karama came for him. If memory serves me right he was disbarred and had sexual harassment charges filed against him.
      Edit: I wouldn't be surprised if he was the one who put up that so-called witness to tell a lie.

    • @stfuplsok
      @stfuplsok 2 года назад

      Gee Thompkins *BAD

    • @stfuplsok
      @stfuplsok 2 года назад

      @@VincentWilliams007 *Karma

    • @babagandu
      @babagandu 2 года назад

      @@stfuplsok dharma

  • @ethanwallsjr9325
    @ethanwallsjr9325 2 года назад +11

    I wish they would tell the full story they left alot out

  • @monty9619
    @monty9619 2 года назад +42

    IT'S NOT A COINCIDENCE that it was the "good luck" pendant that Gertrude's father gave her as a small girl, solved this crime. I believe the pendant was so dear to her that her spirit could not rest until the murderer was caught and the pendent restored back to her family. Objects hold energy & attachments. For the jewelry store owner to pull an old random newspaper among many other newspapers and it happend to be the exact newspaper featuring the murders and picture of the pendant, was not a coincidence.

    • @vinceleaguedwithlove
      @vinceleaguedwithlove 2 года назад

      There's a specific psychic practice associated with this

    • @TheKnitch
      @TheKnitch Год назад +2

      *pendant, and there's no such thing as items holding energy. If you believe that crap, I have a bridge in Brooklyn for sale.

    • @catherinesyme901
      @catherinesyme901 Год назад +3

      Everything happens for a reason, there are no coincidence’s

    • @sir.636
      @sir.636 Год назад

      This is untrue. There is no scientific explanation to support your theory in any way

    • @kaedyngraham1860
      @kaedyngraham1860 Год назад

      That is the most idiotic thing I've heard

  • @daisyramos3870
    @daisyramos3870 Год назад +3

    justice is served for the elderly couple

  • @Grannyknockers
    @Grannyknockers 11 месяцев назад +3

    Gertrude might be the #1 least flattering name you could give a baby girl

  • @Eye-it-azz
    @Eye-it-azz 2 года назад +43

    I would sue the living hell out of the state of Ohio if i were Ethan Walls

    • @VincentWilliams007
      @VincentWilliams007 2 года назад +4

      Same here, I'd wouldn't sleep until I was supremely satisfied.

    • @babagandu
      @babagandu 2 года назад

      Ohiya corrupt

    • @ethanwallsjr9325
      @ethanwallsjr9325 2 года назад +2

      He did they didn't pay went to court for years nothing

    • @babagandu
      @babagandu 2 года назад

      @@ethanwallsjr9325 Ohiya corrupt

    • @catherinesyme901
      @catherinesyme901 Год назад

      @@ethanwallsjr9325 that’s disgraceful, he deserves compensation, the police are a corrupt gang!

  • @GlamRockCowboy
    @GlamRockCowboy 2 года назад +13

    James Jordan's appeal was denied by a unanimous vote of the Ohio Supreme Court. As far as I can find out, he remains on Ohio's Death Row.

    • @VincentWilliams007
      @VincentWilliams007 2 года назад +1

      Thanks for all the updates you supply Tom.

    • @GlamRockCowboy
      @GlamRockCowboy Год назад

      @@mastermirror1972 There are several cases involving murder where the last name "Jordan" is involved online these days, so it is possible that some sort of mixup has occurred. I frankly don't know what else to tell you!

    • @rs52594
      @rs52594 Год назад +1

      He died in prison on August 28, 2004 from kidney failure.

  • @wesleyholden8817
    @wesleyholden8817 Год назад +7

    Damn if the lady wouldn't have recanted her statement, a innocent man would have been in jail and possibly sentenced to death. Sad

  • @atashawright1515
    @atashawright1515 Год назад +5

    Why would you want to send an innocent person to the death penalty. Just ridiculous

  • @anglodoomer5995
    @anglodoomer5995 8 месяцев назад +2

    Shocking how their handyman wasn’t the prime suspect from the beginning

  • @AndiSplatterpunk
    @AndiSplatterpunk 2 года назад +6

    Score one for the hoarders!Yes!

  • @philthomas8351
    @philthomas8351 2 месяца назад +1

    One of the most disturbing episodes of Forensic Files. Glad the innocent man was let go.

  • @nzwakele
    @nzwakele Год назад +5

    I don’t think the pawn shop owner is as innocent as made out considering the guy worked for her.

  • @carmensaify
    @carmensaify 2 года назад +26

    i am from toledo ohio- and the nice guy /racist trying to prosecute tracks. he was not at all concerned about almost convicting an innocent man. also, trudy sounds like a piece of work!

    • @potocatepetl
      @potocatepetl 2 года назад +1

      What are you talking about? He sent that man to prison because an idiot told them he is the killer. When the wittness backtracked, he was freed. And the killer was a black person. Open you eyes and brain!

    • @carmensaify
      @carmensaify 2 года назад +1

      @potocatepetl im talking about the lack of concern or remorse for nearly imprisoning the wrong man - what are YOU talking about? clearly its not as real issue for u either

    • @potocatepetl
      @potocatepetl 2 года назад +1

      @@carmensaify No, you were talking about the guy being a racist. That was your first sentence. Your concern for imprisoning the wrong person came quite late. YOU are the one with wrong priorities.

    • @vinceleaguedwithlove
      @vinceleaguedwithlove 2 года назад +3

      @@potocatepetl tf are you on about? Do you not realize different people construct paragraphs differently? They were very clear about their concern of an innocent person being convicted.
      Don't make an elephant out of a fly.

    • @potocatepetl
      @potocatepetl 2 года назад +1

      @@vinceleaguedwithlove keep telling yourself that

  • @evosthunder
    @evosthunder Год назад +3

    Braun has been disbarred and Jordan and Walls have died (2004 & 2016, respectively) since airing.

  • @micah9096
    @micah9096 Год назад +4

    The cops are Morons for believing someone went to a party with a bloody shirt on? Come on!

    • @nathalie_desrosiers
      @nathalie_desrosiers Год назад +1

      Totally. And lazy because it was too hard to double-check with other people at that said party.

  • @samanthaprestley
    @samanthaprestley 2 года назад +13

    FINALLY SOME NEW FF

    • @robjk8876
      @robjk8876 2 года назад +1

      There is 13 or 14 seasons. Lots of episodes yet to be published. They were on Netflix before.

  • @tikibar1169
    @tikibar1169 2 года назад +16

    Did the police question the handyman in the beginning?

  • @Christina_320
    @Christina_320 2 года назад +6

    Is it weird that I’m addicted to this stuff ? 😬😐

    • @technojunkindatrunk
      @technojunkindatrunk 2 года назад

      Admittedly I am too…. Not sure why…. 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️

    • @godfreymcgarrell4412
      @godfreymcgarrell4412 2 года назад

      Lmao am guilty, but am doin a PHD human psychology

    • @Gleyi07
      @Gleyi07 2 года назад

      Same here!

  • @johnnythewalrus
    @johnnythewalrus 4 месяца назад +1

    "The day you dismiss a death penalty case as a prosecutor, is a bad, bad day."
    Me: "Probably not as bad as a day you get falsely accused of murder..."

  • @Talaysiaaaaa
    @Talaysiaaaaa Год назад +5

    Smh & anyone who tries to represent themselves is an absolute fool.

    • @StuartTheunissen
      @StuartTheunissen Месяц назад

      'He who represents himself has a fool for a client'

  • @amyagreen5363
    @amyagreen5363 Год назад +2

    It’s crazy watching this years later and seeing my grandpa that passed

  • @imawade
    @imawade Год назад +15

    Thank God that innocent man did not spend the rest of his life in prison for the crime of another. I sure hope Ethan Walls has lived a happy productive life being found innocent of this crime and I also hope the person who bore false witness against him was prosecuted. That is an awful thing to do to someone. God bless you Ethan, I hope the God of the Bible is at the forefront of your life. He is so wonderful, He gave us forensic science to allow you to enjoy your freedom. God bless you .

  • @amoshtael1844
    @amoshtael1844 2 года назад +5

    Great job to all who helped in solving this case!

  • @Eli-wr3xw
    @Eli-wr3xw 2 года назад +7

    Dang what are the chances of that let me just grab a newspaper article from 2yrs back and read it cause I’m bored

    • @geegstar
      @geegstar 2 месяца назад

      @Eli-wr3xw ill read the back of cereal boxes if there is nothing else there. I don't hoard newspapers, just books! So I can see reading old newspapers.

  • @ericerto8250
    @ericerto8250 Год назад +8

    It's crazy that they put innocent men away just on eyewitness account. There's another episode I watched a man went on death row because his bike pattern was similar no physical evidence tied him to it the hair was from a different person shoe size wasn't right. And because of forensic dentist didn't want to look bad because he made a mistake determining the bite pattern poor man went on death row for 10 years. Even after three other forensic dentist contradicted what the original dentist had said. In the jury was still convinced and put him away for 10 years on death row. Finally DNA advances in the law helped him to get acquitted. People still look at him like a murderer no amount of money could give him his life back. It makes you wonder how many people are in prison and are completely innocent.

  • @John-xeyvfkwieba
    @John-xeyvfkwieba Месяц назад +1

    Crazy how fate works...amazing that one lady who collects newspapers and owns a pawn shop, still had the deceased jewelry and broke this case for the victims.

  • @zuzellogan5613
    @zuzellogan5613 Год назад +2

    I like that elephant pendant, it is very beautiful.

  • @marilu3173
    @marilu3173 Месяц назад +2

    I would have sued the informant and prosecutor for nearly putting this man on death row. It's already bad that an innocent person could have gone to jail but death row too? We need better laws...

  • @blinkie1114
    @blinkie1114 Год назад +6

    Karma is alive and well and that prosecutor who is clearly selfishly stealing these innocent people’s lives will feel it at some point. Not everyone in our justice system is corrupt like that.

    • @karengarrison4237
      @karengarrison4237 Год назад +4

      The prosecutor who made that statement (Tim Braun) was arrested and charged in 2020 for sexual assaulting 4 different women and he ended up pleading guilty to receive less time. Sick excuse of a human being all around

    • @blinkie1114
      @blinkie1114 Год назад +1

      @@karengarrison4237 WOW. Somehow I am not surprised though. It’s a shame. It also what a lesson, you have to be on guard with everyone- regardless of the profession.

  • @123hgardner
    @123hgardner 2 года назад +5

    You know if I was accused of murder, but there wasn't any evidence against me, and someone lied to help convict me. I'm not sure what I would do. I might actually explode.

  • @rachelfarmer8563
    @rachelfarmer8563 2 года назад +13

    It's crazy that the female that lied didn't get charged nor jailed for reporting false information to the police. But they jailed an innocent black man smh. Too many cases like this with black men being falsely accused of a crime that they did not commit. Good they got the guy that actually killed them instead of someone that's innocent.

  • @audreymuzingo933
    @audreymuzingo933 2 года назад +8

    Wow, I'm used to noticing something in a RUclips video and coming down to comments to see that few or no other people noticed it, and if I post about it the replies say I'm making a big deal out of nothing. But hooray for fellow FF fans, noticing that HEINOUS thing the prosecutor said about it being a "bad bad day" when you have to dismiss a DEATH PENALTY case (his actual words!!!!). And what, he had all his "work" blow up in his face? Um, all the actual work showed ZE-RO evidence of Ethan being in the house; this prosecution relied ENTIRELY on a single witness saying they saw him with blood on his shirt!
    And look what else this prosecutor said about that, about how "we can't necessarily control all the pressures that come onto a witness" (like someone pressured her to "lie" and say she lied before). Um hello, maybe she lied about it in the first place because she just didn't like Ethan, it was some kind of revenge or something. This J-ASS is sitting there AFTER the case was solved, still talking like Ethan really got away with murder!

    • @VincentWilliams007
      @VincentWilliams007 2 года назад +4

      That prosecutor got his just rewards. He was disbarred and was charged with sexual harassment.

  • @zuzellogan5613
    @zuzellogan5613 Год назад +4

    Poor Ethan Walls, was picked as the perpetrator(s) for a crime he didn’t commit. The prosecutor was wrong arresting Ethan Walls knowing that all the evidences they collected from the victims home, did not match Ethan, and yet, arrested this man anyway. That was outrageous. Unbelievable injustice to Mr. Walls.

  • @moongoddess238
    @moongoddess238 2 года назад +7

    Oh wow I live in Toledo Ohio I never heard of this story smh creepy

  • @twohopwhistler
    @twohopwhistler 2 месяца назад +1

    I like to imagine the jewler brought this case up every single time any family member ever asked her to throw anything away again. "It could help solve a murder! You never know."

  • @NoShepardWithoutHawke
    @NoShepardWithoutHawke 8 месяцев назад +1

    > "... (rented) to mostly lower-income and students."
    > The daughter: "This happened because of the people they rented to."
    Brutal.

  • @blessedrightnw9733
    @blessedrightnw9733 Год назад +17

    This is America. The color of your skin makes a difference in this unjust justice system! I’m glad he was exonerated.

    • @monicadonnelly4991
      @monicadonnelly4991 4 месяца назад +2

      😂😂😂

    • @AS-qg1xu
      @AS-qg1xu 2 месяца назад

      It was a black man who murdered the couple.

    • @StuartTheunissen
      @StuartTheunissen Месяц назад

      Because even when whites are murdered, blacks are still the real victims right? 😂

  • @jackmumo6050
    @jackmumo6050 3 месяца назад +2

    that pendant seems truly powerful

  • @dianemakwela1335
    @dianemakwela1335 2 года назад +2

    A classical case of "the long arm of the law" coupled to forensics👏🏾👏🏾

  • @stoneysoraclechannel7839
    @stoneysoraclechannel7839 2 года назад +9

    See how quickly they throw a innocent black man in jail

    • @kimmyfreak200
      @kimmyfreak200 Год назад +3

      it happens to all people...steven avery, roy brown, sam shepard, Clarence Elkins, Kenny Waters... to name a few...and there has been a lot

    • @indycastletonjonahinarizon8380
      @indycastletonjonahinarizon8380 Год назад +3

      @@kimmyfreak200 some individuals only think they are the only target 😂

    • @indycastletonjonahinarizon8380
      @indycastletonjonahinarizon8380 Год назад +5

      Oddly enough the lead detective was also black

    • @AS-qg1xu
      @AS-qg1xu 2 месяца назад

      It was a black man who murdered the couple

    • @StuartTheunissen
      @StuartTheunissen Месяц назад

      Murder victims were white. Lead investigator was black and the real murderer also black... And yet black men are the real victims here 😂

  • @ThePrincessanni7
    @ThePrincessanni7 Год назад +4

    And this is why I wonder if some of these cases we look at, the persons who are held for the crime, are just held because they just want to solve the case quickly and they have a look like a suspect. I honestly find that in some of these cases, the evidence gathered seems all forced for it to point to this one suspect for them to solve a case. Look at this innocent man being charged for a crime he had nothing to do with! Smh

  • @Sunshine-rk5zl
    @Sunshine-rk5zl Год назад +9

    The Golden Hour. The First 48 hrs. The Golden 72 hrs. Then there are cold cases. I can't imagine how much energy goes into solving a case. Investigators are highly impressive.

  • @scottie781x
    @scottie781x 2 месяца назад +1

    Could you imagine if Annette hadn't saved that old newspaper or the old pawn tickets. Detectives would have never had a suspect

  • @Angle86
    @Angle86 10 месяцев назад +2

    That pendant was indeed lucky..