#350 Guest Host Lauren Bright Pacheco with Lamar Johnson

Murder in Illinois

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True Crime, Society & Culture

3 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 20 April 2023

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

On the evening of October 30, 1994, Marcus Boyd and Greg Elking were sitting on Marcus’s front porch in St. Louis, MO when two men, wearing ski masks and armed with guns, ambushed them and shot Marcus several times leading to his death. Police gathered that 20 year old Lamar Johnson may have had a conflict with Marcus, so Lamar became a prime suspect. Based on fabricated identifications and the word of a jailhouse snitch, Lamar was convicted and sentenced to life without parole. Lauren Bright Pacheco talks to Lamar Johnson and Lindsey Runnels, Lamar's attorney.

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0:00.0	I'm Amber Reffett and I'm her gorgeous sister, Lacey Lamar.
0:03.2	If in fact Lacey is not that gorgeous.
0:05.2	Amber, get on with it.
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0:38.4	At 9 p.m. on October 30th, 1994, Marcus Boyd and Greg Elking were on Marcus' porch in
0:45.0	St. Louis when two men approached them.
0:47.9	Both were carrying guns and wearing masks that covered all that their eyes.
0:52.7	Greg Elking ran off a shots' ring out and Marcus was killed.
0:57.6	Marcus's girlfriend was upstairs and was immediately available to the police.
1:01.6	When they asked who might have done it, she claimed that Marcus may have had a drug dispute
1:05.8	with his friend Lamar Johnson.
1:08.7	After the only eyewitness, Greg Elking, viewed a photo lineup, a man named Philip Campbell
1:14.3	along with Lamar Johnson were arrested and Elking identified both men in a live lineup.
1:20.9	Lamar maintained that he had been miles away at the time of the crime, but at trial, the
1:25.1	lead detective testified that a round trip to the scene of the crime could have taken
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