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We tend to think of the assassinations of American Presidents as being quick and sudden affairs — such as when killers pulled the trigger on their weapons and took the lives of men like Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy. But the death of President James Garfield was very different. We talked with Garfield biographer CW Goodyear about the horrible lingering death of this President — and also how it helped spur inventions like air conditioning and the metal detector.You can buy C.W. Goodyear's book — PRESIDENT JAMES GARFIELD — at Amazon.<a target="_blank" href="https://www.amazon.com/President-Garfield-Radical-CW-Goodyear/dp/1982146915?&_encoding=UTF8&tag=murdersheet-20&linkCode=ur2&linkId=fa581cea29d4dfe62a11fca9bc088039&camp=1789&creative=9325">Garfield</a>The Murder Sheet participates in the Amazon Associate program and earns money from qualifying purchases. Send tips to murdersheet@gmail.com.The Murder Sheet is a production of Mystery Sheet LLC.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

17 Aug 20231h 3min

We've all heard about the Not Guilty By Reason of Insanity — or NGRI — defense that is sometimes used in court- but what exactly does it mean? How common is this defense used? Would it be easy for a defendant to successfully fake a mental illness in order to employ this defense?To get answers, we spoke with someone who works in the field. We verified her experience but because she is still active in this area, she asked that we not use her name or identifying information.Send tips to murdersheet@gmail.com.The Murder Sheet is a production of Mystery Sheet LLC.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

15 Aug 202339min

The Cheat Sheet is The Murder Sheet's segment breaking down weekly news and updates in some of the murder cases we cover.In this episode of The Cheat Sheet, we will address the following topics: The disappearance of the Perez sisters, the disappearance of Katie Schneider, the murder of Ronli Ratliff, the Burger Chef murders, the Tylenol murders, an international child sex abuse sting, the Delphi murders, press freedoms, the University of Idaho murders, the Long Island Serial Killer case and astro-turfing.Coverage of the missing Perez sisters in The Grio: https://thegrio.com/2023/08/10/fbi-begins-searching-teen-perez-sisters-missing-since-june-michigan/A San Francisco Chronicle article on Katie Schneider: https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/deputies-finds-car-saratoga-teen-missing-month-18286097.phpA KTVU article on Katie Schneider: https://www.ktvu.com/news/saratoga-teen-katie-schneiders-car-found-but-she-remains-missingOur episode on Ronli Ratliff: https://art19.com/shows/murder-sheet/episodes/505effa9-0889-4883-9e5a-0dc5eae76d2fCNN’s coverage of the US and Australian child sex abuse bust: https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/08/australia/australia-child-abuse-arrests-rescue-fbi-agents-intl-hnk/index.htmlThe Chicago Tribune’s latest on the Tylenol case: https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-tylenol-james-lewis-fbi-video-20230809-coimkecp5vgtjcdz3a32x3ntgy-story.htmlThe Indiana Lawyer article profiling the lawsuit involving Indiana’s 25-foot encroachment law: https://www.theindianalawyer.com/articles/aclu-challenges-states-new-25-foot-encroachment-law-for-law-enforcement?utm_source=il-daily&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=2023-08-08The New York Daily News article on the DNA update in the LISK case: https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/ny-gilgo-beach-serial-killer-suspect-rex-heuermann-dna-swab-20230809-rl32w4ovozcorlj3qilipc6zfe-story.htmlThe New York Times piece on the campaign against Andrew Cuomo’s accusers: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/07/nyregion/cuomo-women-sister-madeline.html#:~:text=Stood%20by%20Cuomo%3F-,His%20Sister.,%2C%E2%80%9D%20she%20told%20his%20defenders.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------v----------------------------------------We are so grateful for our sponsor Brilliant Earth. This is a company that is dedicated to not only making gorgeous fine jewelry, but also to making the world a better place.As a husband-and-wife team, Aine and I know how important it is to celebrate and commemorate your relationship. Brilliant Earth creates beautifully designed engagement rings and wedding bands. These rings are perfect for anyone looking to mark their engagement or marriage with a very special piece of jewelry. But what really makes Brilliant Earth shine for us is their commitment to ethical sourcing and sustainability — a rarity in the jewelry business. If you’re shopping for your special day, their website makes it easy to find a style that you’ll love forever. You can shop by diamond shape — princess, pear, radiant, round, and more — or design your own engagement ring by starting with either a diamond or setting. If you’re looking for inspiration, you can check out favorite styles like the elegant solitaire or the luxurious freesia. And Brilliant Earth doesn’t only specialize in engagement or wedding rings – they also offer lovely gemstone rings and necklaces and earrings and men's jewelry and pearls — whatever you’re looking for to treat yourself or let someone know you care about them!Whatever the occasion for your purchase is, you won’t have to worry about unethical practices marring your love for your Brilliant Earth fine jewelry. Brilliant Earth has a commitment to Beyond Conflict Free diamonds. They go above and beyond to only work with mining operations and countries that strictly follow international labor, trade, and environmental standards. Fewer than 1% of other diamond suppliers meet Brilliant Earth’s standards. They maintain a stringent commitment to doing the right thing.Plus, between their lab diamonds and natural diamonds, they're also committed to sustainable jewelry. 98% of their gold and 97% of their silver is from recycled sources.You can feel great about your Brilliant Earth jewelry, because you’ll know that you’re supporting a brand that actually cares about its global impact.Check out all of their beautiful pieces at brilliantearth.com. That’s brilliant earth dot com.Send tips to murdersheet@gmail.com.The Murder Sheet is a production of Mystery Sheet LLC.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

12 Aug 202345min

In this episode we continue our conversation with Courtney Alwine, the Miami County Deputy Prosecutor who led the recently concluded case against Kegan Kline. In our first part, we discussed how Courtney first got involved with the case and took the story up to when Kegan Kline decided to plead guilty to all charges. In this part, we pick up the story from there and start with the sentencing hearing that wasn’t– the day Kegan Kline was originally scheduled to be sentenced and he declared that perhaps he didn’t want to plead guilty after all. In this episode we discuss Courtney’s feelings about the sentence, her thoughts on the potential second user of the Anthony Shots account and how the delay of Kegan Kline’s arrest may have actually helped strengthen the case against him.Send tips to murdersheet@gmail.com.The Murder Sheet is a production of Mystery Sheet LLC.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

11 Aug 20231h 10min

If you’ve followed our episodes on the Kegan Kline case, you will surely know how impressed we have been with the work of Miami County Deputy Prosecutor Courtney Alwine, who took over the prosecution earlier this year. In court, she always spoke with an eloquent and intelligent controlled anger. There were moments during the sentencing hearing where she confronted and called out Kegan that we don’t imagine we will ever forget. But, of course, what happening in the courtroom is only part of the story. All of us who have followed the case have been curious to hear the rest. While the case was working its way through the system, our only contact with Courtney was to make requests for comment- requests which she politely declined. Now that the case is over, we were delighted that she agreed to sit down with us for a detailed interview about it all. In this first part, we cover quite a bit of ground- including what she knows about Delphi, when the Miami County Prosecutor’s Office was first informed about the case, why five of the charges were dropped, what it’s like to work with Dave Vido and why she thinks Kegan pleading guilty was a smart strategic move.Send tips to murdersheet@gmail.com.The Murder Sheet is a production of Mystery Sheet LLC.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

11 Aug 20231h 1min

Correction: Ronli Ratliff's body was discovered beside a couch, not atop a couch.In the early morning hours of April 15, 2004, firefighters discovered a body of a young woman in a house in Indiana's Morgan County. That young woman was 24-year-old Ronli Ratliff. Investigators quickly determined that she had been the victim of a homicide, but no one has ever been charged with her murder. All these years later, her aunt Kim Sink is still fighting for justice. In this episode, we'll hear from her.A 2022 article from the Reporter-Times on Ronli’s case: https://www.reporter-times.com/story/news/local/2023/04/18/ronli-ratliff-murder-case-remains-unsolved-19-years-later/70121981007/The Unsolved Mysteries episode on Ronli: https://unsolved.com/podcasts/dead-by-dawn/CBS 4 coverage of the case from 2015: https://cbs4indy.com/news/tonight-at-11-indy-unsolved-killer-sought-in-2004-death-of-indiana-woman-whose-body-was-found-in-burning-home/Fox59’s 2022 coverage of the case: https://fox59.com/news/indycrime/momentum-builds-to-solve-2004-mooresville-killing-of-young-woman/Check out Kim Sink's Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/ronliratliff/Reach out to the Morgan County Sheriff's Office here: https://www.in.gov/sheriffs/morgan/crime-tips/You can also call the Morgan County Sheriff's Office at 317-572-8477.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Take a stroll with us through Lily’s Garden. This is a wonderful, intriguing puzzle game that we have been having a ton of of fun playing recently.You know we love mysteries, so here’s the hook. Lily has the opportunity of a lifetime: inheriting her late great-aunt Mary’s property, where she spent many happy hours as a child. The catch? She has to renovate the rundown place in 30 days. As she goes about seeking to meet that challenge, Lily will meet new friends and romance new neighbors, all the while learning more about the mysterious property and her own family’s secrets. Lily’s Garden is s match-2 puzzle game with over 8,000 levels. You play each puzzle by matching and collecting flowers. As you earn stars, you can renovate your gardens. It’s incredibly satisfying to design your own spaces. Plus you’ll never get bored because this garden is growing — adding on 40 new levels each week.This game is terrific. The storyline and the gameplay pair nicely together. It’s fun to get to design your own gardens. There are no pop-up ads. We just started and I’ve already breezed onto level six. Recently, we had to wait for some documents at a county clerk’s office, and so I was playing Lily’s Garden while we waited. It’s helped my patience a lot, and it’s a nice breather slash mental health break. I really enjoy matching the flowers – there’s something super satisfying about solving these colorful puzzles.Download Lily’s Garden for free today on iOS and Android and discover how many mysteries and romance one garden can hold!Download for Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=dk.tactile.lilysgarden&hl=en_GB&gl=US&pli=1Download for iOS: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/lilys-garden-design-match/id1437783446Send tips to murdersheet@gmail.com.The Murder Sheet is a production of Mystery Sheet LLC .See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

10 Aug 202337min

Agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation helped out in the earliest days of the Burger Chef murders. The 1978 quadruple homicide remains unsolved. In 2019, Kevin Greenlee requested documents pertaining to the case from the FBI. Recently, we finally received those. We'll be talking through some of the details we noticed in the files, in this episode and future installments of the show. Access the FBI files here: https://vault.fbi.gov/speedway-indiana-burger-chef/speedway-indiana-burger-chef-part-01/viewSend tips to murdersheet@gmail.com.The Murder Sheet is a production of Mystery Sheet LLC .See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

9 Aug 202335min

Last summer, a family in Muncie, Indiana underwent an unimaginable tragedy. We spoke with two people at the center of that story. They'll get into topics around loss, grief, and the devastating aftermath of violent crimes. Here's a link to Douglas Walker's article for The Star Press: https://www.thestarpress.com/story/news/crime/2023/01/05/murder-defendants-reported-courtroom-comment-draws-prosecutors-attention/69779064007/Send tips to murdersheet@gmail.com.The Murder Sheet is a production of Mystery Sheet LLC .See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

8 Aug 202343min