Murder in Memphis - February 8 2023

Morning Cup of Murder

Society & Culture, History, Documentary, True Crime

4.7 • 723 Ratings

🗓️ 8 February 2023

⏱️ 18 minutes

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February 8th: Michael Dale Rimmer Kills? (1997) Sometimes the easy answer isn’t the right one. On February 8th 1997 a woman disappeared from her job and a suspect in the case, the easy choice, was named almost immediately. In a case that seemed open and shut, many argued that the easiest, most obvious choice, may have put an innocent man behind bars. https://murderpedia.org/male.R/r/rimmer-michael-dale.htm, https://www.actionnews5.com/2021/04/16/tennessee-supreme-court-upholds-death-sentence-man-convicted-ex-girlfriends-murder/, https://www.tncourts.gov/press/2021/04/16/tennessee-supreme-court-upholds-death-sentence-1997-murder-ex-girlfriend, https://www.change.org/p/friends-of-wrongly-accused-justice-for-michael-dale-rimmer, https://californiainnocenceproject.org/tag/michael-dale-rimmer/, https://www.tba.org/?pg=LawBlog&blAction=showEntry&blogEntry=61492 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.1	There were two more murders.
0:31.8	15 miles away.
0:32.7	When police arrived, they found the telephones and electricity lines.
0:36.1	We have a weird homicide.
0:38.9	A scene described by one investigator as reminiscent of a weird...
0:42.3	A cop of murder...
0:44.3	Sometimes the easy answer isn't the right one.
0:48.6	On February 8, 1997, a woman disappeared from her job, and a suspect in the case,
0:56.5	the easy choice, was named almost immediately.
0:58.5	In a case that seemed open and shut, many argued that the easiest and most obvious choice
1:04.3	may have put an innocent man behind bars.
1:08.1	So if you like your coffee hot but your bones chilled, sit back and start your day with a
1:13.2	morning cup of murder. On February 7, 1997, 45-year-old Richie Ellsworth, a mother of two, was
1:22.8	scheduled to work the 11 p.m. shift at the Memphis Inn in Tennessee. After being awoken by her husband and
1:29.5	kiss goodbye, Ritchie made her way to work in her 1989 Dodge Dynasty and walked into the door
1:36.1	of the front office ready to start her evening. Inclused in the small office with only a small
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