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The Case of Patty Prewitt
📻 Episode #256
🎙️ Hosted by Maggie Freleng
📅 May 02, 2022
About This Episode
After an evening out with friends in Holden, MO, high school sweethearts Bill and Patty Prewitt kissed their children goodnight and went to bed. Patty was soon awakened by a man trying to rape her. She ran to a neighbor’s house and called the police. When the police arrived, Bill was found dead in his…
The Case
After an evening out with friends in Holden, MO, high school sweethearts Bill and Patty Prewitt kissed their children goodnight and went to bed. Patty was soon awakened by a man trying to rape her. She ran to a neighbor’s house and called the police. When the police arrived, Bill was found dead in his bedroom from 2 gunshots to the head. The police quickly set their sights on Patty and neglected to lift a single fingerprint from the entire house. Nevertheless, after a trial riddled with sexism and questionable forensics, Patty was sentenced to life in prison where she has been for 36 years.
Maggie speaks to Patty Prewitt at the Women’s Correctional Center in Missouri, Brian Reichart Esq., Patty’s attorney, and Jane Prewitt Watkins, Patty’s daughter.
https://www.change.org/p/missouri-governor-mike-parson-free-patty-prewitt
https://pattyprewitt.com/
https://www.facebook.com/pattyprewitt/
https://twitter.com/justiceforpatty
In Their Own Words — transcript excerpts
Short excerpts from the episode's official published transcript, with timestamps — listen from these moments, or read the full transcript via the podcast's own platforms.
00:05:22“Speaker 5: So her family accepted him, she says, and Bill loved Speaker 5: coming out to the country to visit despite. Speaker 4: What would happen, and we were evil to laim. We Speaker 4: put him on the workforce we had, and we did Speaker 4: all kinds of ruble things, but he still stuck it out.”
00:20:38“Speaker 3: able to study the investigators records, as I've been able Speaker 3: to read accounts from the prosecutor who prosecuted this case, Speaker 3: I've become convinced that this is indeed a wrongful conviction Speaker 3: and something that needs to be addressed. Speaker 5: Bryan says one of the key facts to pay attention”
00:34:24“Speaker 5: Police did not thoroughly investigate this or other leads, including Speaker 5: the unknown car that Patty's neighbor had seen on the street. Speaker 5: DNA testing might have helped Patty's case, but by now Speaker 5: Patty has exhausted her appeals. Her only hope is clemency. Speaker 5: Patty has applied for clemency multiple times. Her petition from”
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