A Yellow Chair in an Empty Field: The Novak Mistrial
A Yellow Chair in an Empty Field: The Novak Mistrial
A single yellow kitchen chair stood forty feet up a dirt lane, legs sunk an inch into dry earth, while thirty yards farther a dental hygienist lay dead for four days-why was an old chair moved into the road after the rain? Who placed it and why did it steer investigators toward the wrong suspect?
In this episode, we walk through the sequence of events from the July 2014 discovery to the eventual confession that upended a prosecution, following the physical clues, timelines, and investigative decisions that left a case precariously…
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