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The Case of Ray Krone
📻 Episode #598
🎙️ Hosted by Jason Flom
📅 Nov 05, 2026
About This Episode
On the morning of December 29th, 1991, the body of a 36 year old woman was found nude in the men’s restroom of the bar where she worked in Phoenix, Arizona. She had been assaulted and fatally stabbed. No semen was left behind. With DNA testing in its infancy, serology could only show that any…
The Case
On the morning of December 29th, 1991, the body of a 36 year old woman was found nude in the men’s restroom of the bar where she worked in Phoenix, Arizona. She had been assaulted and fatally stabbed. No semen was left behind. With DNA testing in its infancy, serology could only show that any blood or saliva at the crime scene matched the victim’s blood type. There were, however, what appeared to be human bite marks on the victim’s breast and neck, and after a 34 year old bar regular named Ray Krone was identified as a potential boyfriend, the investigation relied on the junk science of bite mark analysis to send him to death row. Much later, DNA testing identified a convicted child molesterer as the actual killer, winning Ray’s freedom.
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00:05:56“Speaker 2: sign of a robbery they talked to some of the Speaker 2: co-workers one of them mentioned my name as a potential Speaker 2: boyfriend i did not date her she was not my Speaker 2: girlfriend i knew her from the bar you treat bartenders Speaker 2: then waitresses kindly in any profession if you're going to”
00:19:34“Speaker 1: As part of Accenture's commitment to racial and civil justice, Speaker 1: Accenture's legal access program provides pro bono legal services in Speaker 1: partnership with more than 40 organizations, bringing meaningful change to Speaker 1: people and communities worldwide. Speaker 2: Within a week's time, I was transported by bus straight”
00:33:41“Speaker 2: of any help whether or not this was a suspect Speaker 2: and could you identify that. West identified my cousin's teeth Speaker 2: as making the mark that I was convicted of making. Wait, what? Speaker 2: It was my cousin's teeth, Jim Ricks' teeth. Speaker 1: That's amazing. And, oh, man, I mean, speaking of frauds,”
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