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48 Hours

Coerced Confessions

48 Hours

CBS News

True Crime, News, Tv & Film, Cbs

3.97K Ratings

🗓️ 3 April 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

On January 20, 1998, 12-year-old Stephanie Crowe was found stabbed to death in her California home. Her 14-year-old brother, Michael, and his two friends admitted to killing her, but Defense Attorney Mary Ellen Attridge claimed their confessions were coerced by police. DNA testing revealed Stephanie's blood was on the sweatshirt of a drifter, Richard Tuite, but was he the killer? “48 Hours" correspondent Bill Lagattuta reports. This classic "48 Hours" episode last aired on 6/11/2005. Watch all-new episodes of “48 Hours” on Saturdays, and stream on demand on Paramount+. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:33.7

Merry Christmas, everybody.

0:38.3

Hey, everyone.

0:40.3

She was the type of person that no matter where she went, she made friends.

0:44.3

She was always on the go. I was driving her everywhere.

0:47.3

She was caring and loving. She sacrificed herself.

0:51.3

She helped others all the time. Stephanie knocked to my bedroom door, said she was going to bed.

0:58.0

She said she loved me. I said, love you too.

1:00.0

That's it.

1:06.0

Went down the hallway to see why she wasn't up yet. And I pushed the door the rest of the way open.

1:11.3

And I stepped into the room, and her body was there on the floor.

1:15.4

Cheryl's mom was yelling that Stephanie was laying on the floor

1:18.4

and she was covered with mud.

1:20.3

It wasn't mud.

1:21.2

It was blood.

1:22.5

And I picked her head up.

1:27.1

9-1-1. My daughter, that's the problem?

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