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The Case of Elwood Jones
📻 Episode #373
🎙️ Hosted by Jason Flom
📅 Jul 06, 2023
About This Episode
On September 3, 1994, Rhoda Nathan was murdered in Room 237 of the Embassy Suites Hotel in Blue Ash, OH. Police focused on hotel employee Elwood Jones as a suspect after they saw an infected cut on his hand. There were no eyewitnesses nor was there DNA evidence linking Elwood to the crime, so the…
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The Case
On September 3, 1994, Rhoda Nathan was murdered in Room 237 of the Embassy Suites Hotel in Blue Ash, OH. Police focused on hotel employee Elwood Jones as a suspect after they saw an infected cut on his hand. There were no eyewitnesses nor was there DNA evidence linking Elwood to the crime, so the case against him relied heavily on hypothetical claims. The prosecution also failed to provide the defense with exculpatory evidence that would have affirmed Elwood’s innocence. Elwood was ultimately convicted of the murder and sentenced to death. Jason speaks to Elwood Jones and David Hine and Jay Clark, Elwood's attorneys.
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Send an email to Hamilton County’s Prosecutor Melissa Powers and her chief assistant prosecutor Ron Springman, demanding that they do what is just by dropping the charges against Elwood. Make sure to cc the two men responsible for this injustice, Mark Piepmeier and Seth Tieger. melissa.powers@hcpros.org ron.springman@hcpros.org mark.piepmeier@hcpros.org seth.tieger@hcpros.org 513-946-3000
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00:05:47“Speaker 4: staying there, and then the next morning Rhoda's traveling companions Speaker 4: got up and went down for breakfast, Rota stayed behind Speaker 4: to shower. So the story goes, whoever was watching this Speaker 4: room room entered the room, expecting the room to be Speaker 4: empty so that they could take whatever they wanted, and”
00:22:32“Speaker 3: That day when I was arrested at the two Blue Speaker 3: ass offices, Stokes and Lily, they put me in the Speaker 3: car to take me the District one police station to Speaker 3: take me in the back, and at that time they Speaker 3: show me this picture and say this is what we”
00:39:10“Speaker 1: All of this information, the bevy of alternative and more Speaker 1: likely suspects, including Earl Reid, Anthony Lackey, these two mystery men, Speaker 1: as well as Dependent not being dependent, never mind it Speaker 1: likely being a totally fabricated piece of evidence in the Speaker 1: first place, and the irreconcilable hepatitis B test results. This”
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