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The Case of Robert Foxworth
📻 Episode #263
🎙️ Hosted by Jason Flom
📅 May 26, 2022
About This Episode
On May 23, 1991, several men robbed Kenneth McLean in his apartment in Boston, MA. When McLean tried to run, one of the men chased and fatally shot McLean in the street. 15 year old Derek Hobson informed police that he had witnessed the murder. Later, Detective Thomas Gomperts received an anonymous tip naming four…
The Case
On May 23, 1991, several men robbed Kenneth McLean in his apartment in Boston, MA. When McLean tried to run, one of the men chased and fatally shot McLean in the street. 15 year old Derek Hobson informed police that he had witnessed the murder. Later, Detective Thomas Gomperts received an anonymous tip naming four men who were allegedly involved in the shooting. One of those men was 23-year-old, Robert Foxworth, who had many alibi witnesses to his whereabouts during the time of the shooting. Detective Gompert created a photo array with the suspects’ pictures to show Derek Hobson. Although he claimed never to have seen the shooter’s face, Hobson chose Robert based on his hairstyle. Robert Foxworth was identified and subsequently arrested. Based on mistaken eyewitness identification, Robert Foxworth was convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison.
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00:04:52“Speaker 4: was a drug related dispute between the deceased man whose Speaker 4: name was Kenneth McLean and the traders of this crime. Speaker 4: And this eight year old child, you know, witnessed this Speaker 4: unfold before her eyes, and those men took vengeance on Speaker 4: her father and at first abused him in an upstairs”
00:19:30“Speaker 3: Yes, they put me in one area up theirs and Speaker 3: put him in the other. They brought me down, sat Speaker 3: me at one table, Ronnie in there, and then the Speaker 3: Logan over there. Speaker 4: And you know, ultimately that was a legal issue in”
00:33:34“Speaker 3: day you're trying to take a little gulp to get Speaker 3: it down and then after finally sat down in here, Okay, Speaker 2: It's where I'm gonna be at. So when the. Speaker 3: Lawyers come on board and they litigated and they get Speaker 3: you that relief and they pulled that ball out of”
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