Eric Naposki on 48 Hours

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Here is a police interrogation audio tape of Eric Naposki after multimillionaire Bill McLaughlin’s murder in December 1994.  Its a 48 Hours extra (if you didn’t see the show, click here).

In this clip, then a murder suspect (now a convicted killer), Eric Naposki, seems to be insinuating that he wasn’t even dating Nanette Johnston, the woman who people believe conspired with Eric to kill McLaughlin.  He calls her an acquaintance and a business partner.

Imagine that.

If you’ve seen 48 Hours, you will know that he has since confessed his love for Nanette. 

Detective Voth, who worked this homicide, said about Eric’s interviews, “He was very evasive.”

Detective Voth remembers Eric wouldn’t give him a straight answer about his relationship with Nanette.  

When it came to owning a gun, Eric again was not forthcoming, either.  He denied he owned a gun, but later confess to owning a .9mm–the same gun that killed McLaughlin. And ironically, Eric would never identify the location of his gun to police.  Hmmm….

In his interview with 48 Hours, Eric was asked, “You never suspected that she [Nanette] and Bill McLaughlin shared an intimate relationship?”  Eric replied, “I never once suspected.”

Yet if you watched the 48 Hours show, at the end, Eric flat out contradicts himself.  He seems to have a track record for that, doesn’t he?   When Eric tries to explain why he had written down McLaughlin’s license plate number (which he gave no explanation for at his trial), he now tells 48 Hours that he wrote it down because, “I wanted her followed to see what she was doing….See I was catching on to her. …I knew something was fishy.”

Yeah right.

Eric truly has no problem stretching the truth whenever it fits him.  He has demonstrated it multiple times in a short period of time.  I can imagine his trial was loaded with a lot more inconsistencies–that’s why he was convicted after only 7 hours of deliberation. I think his sentence was just.

You may have also noticed that Eric leaks micro expression smirks throughout his interview.  It shows his arrogance and it what experts call duper’s delight. Not only does his story not make any sense–neither do his emotions.

This jury got it right, if you want my opinion.

48 Hours Saturday

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Will you be watching?  I always love a good mystery and real people telling their life story!

Confessed Hitman Justin Welch

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There is an interesting case going on in Wisconsin. Prosecutors claim Justin Welch was hired by Darren Wold to kill his ex-girlfriend, Kim Smith, over a custody battle over their four-year old son. Darren Wold and his friend, Jack Johnson, allegedly funneled seven-thousand dollars to Welch to complete the hit.

In other videos, Welch talks about how he confronted Smith in her home, and that she asked what he wanted.  He said she would know, and he says Smith said, “Darren” and he said “Yes”. He proceeded to tie her up, and stab her to death.

The defense is claiming that Welch is violent and a liar, and was not hired by his clients Darren Wold and Jack Johnson.

While Welch is clearly a dangerous man, who has demonstrated violent tendencies outside of this murder, I do believe him when he says that he was hired by Darren Wold.

When I look at Welch, I see a very intelligent man who can read people like a book.  And its also clear, he has little emotions for other people. During transport to Wisconsin, he stabbed a guard and escaped.

While Welch may be intelligent, his downfall was his arrogance (thank god).

Would you fear this man if you saw him on the street?

Deborah Bradley Makeover?

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Many people have mentioned that Deborah Bradley appears to have gotten a makeover. You can see she is “beautified” in this video. I can’t help but wonder if this was a strategy by her defense attorneys, or if Deborah did this on her own. She doesn’t hit me as the glamor type to care about dying her hair or wearing makeup unless she is going somewhere special or has a date. She didn’t for the first several weeks and all of the sudden a high profile attorney moves in and things change. I can’t help but wonder if someone in her legal team (who I won’t name) has sized up the situation, is looking at this case for big publicity, and has decided to do as much damage control long before the case develops to increase their odds of winning–knowing this has all the hallmarks of a high media coverage case. The thought truly troubles me…

Expression of the Day: Silent Smile

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