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The Case of Kevin Dykes
📻 Episode #157
🎙️ Hosted by Jason Flom
📅 Sep 14, 2020
About This Episode
In June 1986, Kevin Dykes witnessed the attempted murder of 2 people and the actual murder of a 3rd person in his neighborhood in Compton, CA. Kevin decided to go to the police, partly out of fear of reprisals by the killers who knew he witnessed the murder. The prosecutors then used his knowledge of…
The Case
In June 1986, Kevin Dykes witnessed the attempted murder of 2 people and the actual murder of a 3rd person in his neighborhood in Compton, CA. Kevin decided to go to the police, partly out of fear of reprisals by the killers who knew he witnessed the murder. The prosecutors then used his knowledge of the crimes that he witnessed against him and charged him with all 3 crimes.
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00:04:13“Speaker 1: a lot of guilt about this. Even though the family Speaker 1: forgave you, yes, just family. Speaker 4: They stayed directly across the street from my family, even Speaker 4: to the they still feel on the same street. Although Speaker 4: the family had forgiven me, written me letters and will”
00:16:56“Speaker 4: They say, we got a guy on here bragging about Speaker 4: chilling his guy with lady is telling the big time, Speaker 4: don't it. So I end up going from being the Speaker 4: actual witness to now being the actual killer. Speaker 3: So Kevin became a defendant instead of the prosecution witness,”
00:29:49“Speaker 1: I believe if he knew about this case, he would Speaker 3: But I think the best thing to do is to Speaker 3: hope for parole, hope that the DA does not oppose parole. Speaker 3: Think Kevin comes up for parole, I think in another Speaker 4: The SEVERER thirteenth next year.”
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