Dateline: True Crime Weekly
Audio of a jailhouse sting. A woman's third murder trial in three decades. And the latest on a new texting scam.
Thu, 27 Feb 2025
An officer goes undercover with an alleged killer in the Hollywood hair stylist case. We're listening in. A woman's third murder trial in three decades is underway. This time, she's acting as attorney and defendant — and cross-examining her own children. We've got updates on Karen Read and Adnan Syed, and a verdict in Hawaii. Plus, the latest on a new texting scam targeting drivers. Find out more about the cases covered each week here: www.datelinetruecrimeweekly.com
Chapter 1: What is the main story in the Hollywood hairstylist murder case?
Robert Baker starts talking to Monica. He wants to tell her something, and you can kind of hear her. She's aware that they might be being recorded, so she's like, no, shh, you know, don't talk, don't talk. But Robert Baker continues to talk.
Listen, listen, listen. Don't talk. I know, I know, listen, listen. Don't talk. Listen, you've got to get a lawyer immediately. Well, I don't know what's going on.
Because at some point during this time when they're in the car, they find out they're actually being arrested for murder. One of the things that the prosecutors wanted to highlight in that audio is that it's very faint. But Monica apparently says somebody must have talked.
Somebody did this to me, to us.
I'm sure the defense can spin that in a different direction.
Yeah, according to the defense, when Monica says that somebody must have talked, that's about the affair. And so, yeah, the defense does not believe that that has any evidence pointing to her guilt.
So in court, Chetna, we also heard audio of Monica in a jail cell.
Yeah, so this was some really interesting audio to listen to. It was quite long, but the detectives here are basically using an investigative strategy by which they come to Monica's cell, they give her a little piece of information, and then they walk away. And inside the cell, her cellmate's another woman that's there, but unbeknownst to Monica, that cellmate is actually an undercover agent.
And so she gets Monica talking, and they seem to be having girl talk at some point. They start talking about her marriage, and Monica's telling her that she was married to the greatest man of all time. At one point, you know, she's asking Monica, is Robert Baker attractive? Is he sexy?
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Chapter 6: What is the latest on the texting scam targeting drivers?
In my mind, he's a monster. A vicious monster.
I know. You tell me that all the time.
And Haley was clearly very uncomfortable in those chats, and she kept pleading with her mother, please stop, stop, stop. And Dana just would not let up.
That is so sad. What did the son say on the stand, Dustin? He actually tried to get his mom to confess, right? I know one time he recorded a conversation they had in the car.
Exactly, yeah. After the murders, he tried to get some information out of her that would be damning.
I mean, you hated Karen.
You hated Karen.
I hated her.
Yeah, but you hated her.
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