Vic Koloka
Appearances
48 Hours
Coerced Confessions
Every once in a while, in a detective's career, you get a case that stays with you all your life, and for me, it would be this case.
48 Hours
Coerced Confessions
Either the boys did it or Mr. Tua did it. It wasn't who done it. It's, you know, which one done it.
48 Hours
Coerced Confessions
I only know I did it now because she said. I did try to be objective, but something that we were told never to ever do in interviews was being done in front of me. And it was very upsetting, very shocking. Please talk to my mom before we continue any conversation.
48 Hours
Coerced Confessions
You've got unsophisticated boys, 14, 15 years of age, no criminal sophistication, that have faith in the system.
48 Hours
Coerced Confessions
The amount of stress they were under, I mean, this was brainwashing as far as I was concerned.
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Coerced Confessions
Apparently, the police believed that Stephanie Crowe had been moved from her bed. Is she heavy? They had been pressuring Michael, asking him, why did you move her?
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Coerced Confessions
But then Michael admitted to the police that he had moved her body. Is there a bottle there? That to me was critical because Michael admitted to something that we could prove factually never happened.
48 Hours
Coerced Confessions
No, Michael never confessed. He just gave the police what he thought they wanted to hear.
48 Hours
Coerced Confessions
I don't think this was an intentional thing on their part. but something happened that they went too far and um i think they did cross the line knowing what you know now do you think the boys killed stephanie crowe i think there's reasonable doubt
48 Hours
Coerced Confessions
And any other case would have been more than enough to get a conviction, just that alone.