On March 20, 2017, Tahirih Lua D’Angelo was found brutally murdered in her Riverview, Florida home. Investigators quickly realized this was a personal attack when they discovered she had been killed on her 39th birthday. Suspicion only deepened when a bloodied aluminum baseball bat with the word "Rampage" imprinted on the side, was located by the front door…
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Sword and Scale contains adult themes and violence and is not intended for all audiences. Listener discretion is advised. I wanted to release from all the hard things I had to do and how pointlessly hard I made my life. Did you feel a release? No. I feel like...
Welcome to the premier source of murder in your household. Sword and Scale, this is season 12, episode 290-something of, you know, The Thing. What shapes a person? In America, the answer is probably DoorDash and Chick-fil-A, judging by our healthcare costs. But I'm talking psychologically here. We've often talked about nature versus nurture.
Is a person's brain predispositioned since birth due to inherited traits, or is it slowly formed by experiences over time? We've come to learn that, like so many other things in life, the answer is not black and white. It's nuanced. Psychological disorders aside, and by the way, we all have them, the fact of the matter is that you are in the driver's seat.
And until you relinquish control and let the crazy take over, which, by the way, is a choice... You are responsible for your actions, despite what's happened to you in the past and despite what society tells you these days. We are the only ones behind the wheel of our own destiny. Those are just the facts. The sooner we figure out that no one is coming to save us, the better.
And while some strive to do their best to steer through life responsibly, Others can be careless, holding little to no value for human existence, including their own. It's Thursday, March 20th, 2017, at the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office in Tampa, Florida.
The fluorescent light flickers in the stark interrogation room, casting shadows off three empty chairs awkwardly positioned inside the 8x10 space. At 1024 p.m., 18-year-old Joshua Carmona is seen on surveillance, casually entering the room. Joshua is still in his street clothes and isn't handcuffed. A surprising detail considering the purpose of his visit with investigators.
Just so you know, man, this room is audio and video recorded. Just so you know, I'm going to turn this on as a backup. And the reason why we do that is so I can't put any words in your mouth, okay?
Joshua looks up to notice the CCTV camera pointed directly at him, but is unbothered. while aware that everything he says can and will be used against him. By now, the two detectives have scooted their chairs just inches from his. They're positioned in a perfect triangle, and for the first time ever, Joshua is given the undivided attention he's always wanted.
While sitting at an uncomfortably close distance, authorities read him his Miranda rights. Then they moved to establish the suspect's level of competency before diving into the interview.
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