Beyond All Repair Ch. 5: The Motive

Beyond All Repair

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Criminal Justice, True Crime

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🗓️ 28 March 2024

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

The prosecution in Sophia’s trial claims greed was her motive for killing Marlyne. Shortly after Sophia and Brad Johnson started dating, Sophia began stealing money from her employer.

Sophia explains how the theft started and quickly spiraled out of control.

By the time of the murder, Sophia was tens of thousands of dollars in debt, with a baby on the way. Was she desperate enough to commit murder?

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0:33.0	Her head was beaten in with, we've determined later fireplace tongs.
0:38.0	If you knew her, you just can't imagine that anybody could do that to her.
0:41.0	I mean, she was a housewife.
0:42.0	Instead of finding a person that
0:43.9	might have killed my wife, they're looking at me. I mean what are we looking at? Is
0:48.0	it some kind of a robbery gone bad? Is it a burglary in the house? And that's
0:51.4	where that $10,000 stash comes in.
0:54.0	Well, we are asking the court to consider this evidence for is motive in the homicide.
1:10.0	It's
1:14.0	murder and roughly one month before the trial of her alleged murderer would begin.
1:18.0	Your Honor, I'd like to address the very last thing that
1:21.0	Miss Osler said to start my argument.
1:24.0	We're hearing a hearing.
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