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The Case of Marcus Blalock
📻 Episode #519
🎙️ Hosted by Jason Flom
📅 Apr 03, 2025
About This Episode
On March 24, 2001, the burned body of Howard Rose was found in a pick up truck in Pennsylvania. Rose had been shot in the back of the head in Cleveland, OH the night before. Investigators centered on four suspects, including Arketa Willis and Marcus Blalock. As a result of a deal with the prosecution,…
The Case
On March 24, 2001, the burned body of Howard Rose was found in a pick up truck in Pennsylvania. Rose had been shot in the back of the head in Cleveland, OH the night before. Investigators centered on four suspects, including Arketa Willis and Marcus Blalock. As a result of a deal with the prosecution, Willis testified against Blalock, blaming him for the murder. No physical evidence defended this claim. Her testimony was the sole basis for his conviction of murder and sentence of twenty years to life.
https://www.change.org/p/cuyahoga-county-prosecutor-michael-c-o-malley-assistant-pro[…]or-mary-mcgrath-conviction-integrity-unit-free-marcus-blalock
https://www.buycadmusbooks.com/pages/marcus-blalock
https://www.kimlawcrimlaw.com/
https://lavaforgood.com/podcast/191-jason-flom-with-ru-el-sailor/
https://lavaforgood.com/podcast/326-jason-flom-with-octavius-williams/
In Their Own Words — transcript excerpts
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00:05:16“Speaker 1: to Marx Landscaping Business, which was about to score a Speaker 1: major contract. Speaker 3: And this contract was to service the children's playgrounds and Speaker 3: the top lots in the city. But this contract was Speaker 3: not publicized. The same Italian company, we're getting this contract”
00:20:25“Speaker 2: version of her story to the police, to actually driving Speaker 2: the truck that contained Howard Rose's body, going to Pennsylvania Speaker 2: to dispose of Howard Rose's body, lying to the police Speaker 2: and feinding ignorance about what happened to Rose, lying during Speaker 2: the March twenty third interview, lying during the April sixth interview,”
00:34:25“Speaker 3: unit at the time. He said, oh, it's ironic that Speaker 3: you're calling me about the Blacklock case because something new Speaker 3: has came up and I'm going to ask the head Speaker 3: prosecutor for special permission to re review his case. Speaker 1: So at this time Marcus reached out to Kim, who”
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