The Mind of a Murderer

48 Hours

CBS News

True Crime, News, Tv & Film, Cbs

3.9 • 7K Ratings

🗓️ 17 April 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

In April 2005, Stephen Stanko murdered his girlfriend Laura Ling, and then raped and stabbed her daughter. Shortly afterwards, he killed a friend, Henry Turner. At his trial for Laura Ling's murder, the defense called medical experts that had examined PET scans of Stanko’s brain. They revealed that he was born with a brain defect that could make him psychopathic. “48 Hours" Correspondent Troy Roberts reports. This classic "48 Hours" episode last aired on 9/1/2007. 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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0:32.6	9-1-1. where's your emergency?
0:38.3	Can I help you?
0:41.3	Pardon me?
0:46.3	I was my house and I've been late.
0:48.3	Okay. What's your head?
0:50.3	My mom is dead.
0:52.3	Pardon?
0:53.3	My mom is dead. This? My mom is dead.
0:55.0	This was not a normal crime scene.
0:57.0	This was not a normal case.
0:59.0	Oh, God.
1:00.0	This is supposed to happen to me.
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1:10.0	How old are you?
1:12.6	50.
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