How far would you go for your child? What one mother did to try to prove her son was innocent of a killing she says he didn't commit. Originally aired: 05/17/2019 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Chapter 1: What is the main topic of this episode?
Hey, it's Brad Milkey. This week on the Crime Scene Weekly, we're talking about a mom who gained national attention for faking her own kidnapping. Sherry Papini is back in the spotlight, but now she's changing her story and trying to change her custody arrangement with her kids. Listen to the latest from the case on the Crime Scene Weekly.
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You spent hours and hours basically on this street corner.
He was talking about blondes. He liked blondes. That's when I decided to go really blonde. I had to try to, you know, attract him. Catch his eye. Catch his eye.
But it's not what you think. Tonight on 2020, how far would you go for your child?
This far? Doing things that I think most people would think are borderline heroic.
Or maybe borderline crazy, cooking up an outrageous undercover sting for a year and a half, trying to prove her son is innocent of murder.
She's what keeps me going.
So you believe the police arrested the wrong man? I know it. And to prove it, she's trying to take down the juror she says lied and helped put her son behind bars.
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Chapter 2: Who is Doreen Quinn Giuliano and why is she significant?
But what started as an innocent night on the town soon takes a different turn after the twosome meets Tommy Saleh and his buddies.
A bunch of us went to these bars on the Upper East Side.
A bunch of guys.
A bunch of guys.
Cruising for chicks.
Yeah.
Cruising for chicks along with him that night, his wingman from high school, John Juca. Best friends.
Yeah. Hang out every day, weekends.
They try and fail to score some drinks. Fake IDs didn't make it?
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Chapter 3: What happened on the night of Mark Fisher's murder?
Maybe it was misguided, but definitely not too far, because any mother would do it.
You were painted as somebody who would stop at nothing to subvert the criminal justice system.
As long as I follow the law, I don't see anything wrong with it.
So instead of giving up, despite the resounding legal defeat, in 2012, Doreen decides to double down.
So I decided to investigate each and every person who wrongfully testified against my son. And I started off with the jailhouse informant.
That's right, Juca's one-time prison mate turned informant, John Evito, the prosecution's star witness. Remember, in damning testimony, he claimed that Juca admitted to him that he pistol-whipped Mark Fisher that night before his friend finished him off.
Avito was basically putting the target right on John Jukas' head.
Doreen now sets her sights squarely on Avito to try to uncover why she believes he lied on the stand. This time, she turns to a professional, seasoned private investigator, Jace Alpeter.
I contacted John Avito. and I asked to meet with him. He was a little apprehensive.
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