6.21.24 CRU with Nancy Grace: What Happened To Laralee Spear?

Zone 7 with Sheryl McCollum

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4.4 • 696 Ratings

🗓️ 21 June 2024

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Nancy and Sheryl open today’s CRU by discussing the importance of crime scene visits in prosecutorial work. Nancy recounts a memorable case involving a young boy murdered over a drug debt. Sheryl shares her experiences walking crime scenes with Nancy, highlighting the importance of understanding the full context of a crime. Nancy and Sheryl shift to the tragic case of Laralee Spear, abducted and murdered in 1994. They discuss the details of her case, the challenges faced in solving it, and the ongoing efforts to bring her killer to justice.

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Welcome! Nancy and Sheryl introduce this week’s crime roundup
(0:10) Today’s topic is the importance of crime scene visits
(5:45) A recap of the Laralee Spear case
(9:30) Sheryl details the crime scene where Laralee Spear was murdered
(12:00) Theories about the murderer’s familiarity with the area
(17:20) Don’t Be A Victim
(23:10) Crime Stories with Nancy Grace
(24:00) The significance of touch DNA evidence
(28:00) Closing thoughts

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Nancy Grace is an outspoken, tireless advocate for victims’ rights and one of television's most respected legal analysts. Nancy Grace had a perfect conviction record during her decade as a prosecutor. She is the founder and publisher of CrimeOnline.com, a crime- fighting digital platform that investigates breaking crime news, spreads awareness of missing people and shines a light on cold cases.

In addition, Crime Stories with Nancy Grace, a daily show hosted by Grace, airs on SIRIUS XM’s Triumph Channel 111 and is downloadable as a podcast on all audio platforms - https://www.crimeonline.com/

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Sheryl “Mac” McCollum is an Emmy Award winning CSI, a writer for CrimeOnLine, Forensic and Crime Scene Expert for Crime Stories with Nancy Grace, and a CSI for a metro Atlanta Police Department. She is the co-author of the textbook., Cold Case: Pathways to Justice.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Y'all welcome to the Crime Roundup with Nancy Grace and Cheryl McCollum.
0:15.2	Nancy Grace, we have got to talk about the importance of visiting a crime scene. And I just have to say,
0:25.5	way back in the day, when we first started, nobody ever left the Golden Tower, as we called it.
0:35.0	Nobody. There was never a prosecutor own a crime scene and then enter you.
0:43.6	Oh my gosh. You would come out. You would walk it. You would ask questions. You would help.
0:50.8	You would be able to just absorb everything about it so that eventually you could paint
0:57.8	the picture for the jury. You know, Cheryl, here's a great example of how that works. I recall a
1:06.5	murder. It was over a drug debt. But before you think, oh, the victim's just a doper. The victim
1:13.7	was a 19-year-old boy who bought one hit of crack, one hit, a $5 bag, in front of his mother's home.
1:26.1	And according to the defense, an eyewitness could see that it wasn't the defendant.
1:32.7	I went to the scene, of course, to meet the mom who became a lifelong friend of mine.
1:39.5	Oh, Cheryl, I just got to tell you, I love her so much.
1:44.1	She's passed away now.
1:45.7	But I walked into her living room.
1:48.3	It was, oh gosh, maybe five or six o'clock.
1:52.3	And she was getting ready for supper.
1:55.1	She let me in.
1:56.7	And her whole living room was white, like this beautiful white sofa and chairs and a white rug.
2:05.3	And she had everything covered in that clear plastic so it won't ruin your furniture for people like me.
2:16.5	And I remember I sat down on the way,
2:19.5	oh my goodness.
2:23.2	I didn't move again.
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