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Morning Cup of Murder

The Story of the Fairbanks Four - October 12 2023

Morning Cup of Murder

Morning Cup of Murder

Society & Culture, History, Documentary, True Crime

4.7723 Ratings

🗓️ 12 October 2023

⏱️ 15 minutes

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October 12th: Josh Hartman Dies (Fairbanks Four) (1997) The fight to prove innocence can be long, hard, and completely devastating. On October 12th 1997 a young man was brutalized and killed in a case that saw 4 men fight to prove their innocence. https://www.newsweek.com/2016/01/22/alaska-fairbanks-four-and-how-murder-convictions-end-414201.html, https://www.tananachiefs.org/fairbanks-four-timeline/, https://uaf.edu/centennial/uaf100/ideas/fairbanks-four.php, https://www.ktoo.org/2021/04/15/city-of-fairbanks-asks-judge-to-consider-fairbanks-four-civil-rights-case-in-two-stages/, https://fm.kuac.org/local-news/2021-03-08/u-s-supreme-court-declines-fairbanks-4-dismissal, https://www.newsminer.com/fairbanks_four/, https://psmag.com/news/how-the-fairbanks-four-finally-found-freedom, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Innocence_Project, https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/fairbanks/2020/01/23/appeals-court-reverses-dismissal-of-fairbanks-four-lawsuit-against-city/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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There were two more murders, 15 miles away.

0:32.7

When police arrives, 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

The fight to prove innocence can be long, hard, and completely devastating.

0:50.5

On October 12, 1997, a young man was brutalized and killed in a case that saw four men fight to prove their innocence.

0:59.4

So if you like your coffee hot but your bones chilled, sit back and start your day with a morning cup of murder.

1:06.5

On a cold October night in 1997, inside the Eagles Hall in Fairbanks, Alaska, a young man named Marvin Roberts was dancing, cutting up, and enjoying the fun with his fellow guests.

1:18.6

With a large majority being Alaska natives from remote villages from all over the state, the teenage high school valedictorian wanted to let loose after a summer spent on a wildfire crew.

1:29.2

Around the time that he was cutting a rug, a woman smoking a cigarette on the balcony not far from the event space, heard a series of smacks and a voice call out, help me, help me.

1:40.9

An hour later, the date now October 11th, 15-year-old John Hartman was found lying on the ground,

1:47.3

beaten and close to death. Unable to speak and with no one around to identify him when police arrived

1:53.7

at around 2.30 a.m., a photo of the boy was broadcast on television in hopes that someone would

1:59.3

come forward with a name.

2:07.1

In the meantime, at around 4.30 a.m., police were called to break up a party at the Alaska Motor Inn, and when most managed to flee, 17-year-old Eugene Vent was grabbed and, with a blood

2:14.3

alcohol level of 0.158, was brought in for what would later end up being

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