Speculating Wildly About Crime
Speculating Wildly About Crime came together as a group of people brought together by our fascination of true crime. The cases we present to you comes from facts that we have learned from various media outlets. Please recognize we try our very best to relay the information as accurately as possible. Any thoughts and theories presented about each case are solely the opinions of our group. Through this process, our group has always been and will always be the advocate for the victim. In short, please note this is for entertainment purposes only. We are not doctors, or law enforcement. We invite you in today to speculate wildly with us.
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Speculating Wildly About Crime
31. Rita Politte (Michael Politte)
One night in December of 1998, a family suffered an unbelievable tragedy in their small town Missouri home. Smelling smoke, 14-year old Michael Politte investigated the source and found his mother dead on the bedroom floor, bludgeoned and set on fire. Rita Politte had been viciously murdered and who did the police zero in on? Son, Michael. Two days after Rita’s murder, Michael was arrested. After a trial riddled with various inconsistencies and questionable evidence, Michael was convicted of her murder. Was justice served? Or is Rita’s killer still out there, walking free?
Drawing from various resources including a “48 Hours” documentary, the Mombies Podcast, and news channels, host David brings the SWAC Pack an engaging discussion regarding the details surrounding Rita’s murder, including: the events leading up to the murder, the police’s subsequent investigation, and the problems surrounding the scientific evidence used to convict Michael.
In our conclusion of this week’s episode, we talk about the recent efforts of the Midwest Innocence Project to exonerate Michael who, after spending 24 years incarcerated for the murder of his mother Rita, was granted parole in April of 2022.
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https://www.cbsnews.com/news/michael-politte-rita-politte-missouri-sleepover-murder-investigation/
https://apnews.com/article/lifestyle-business-missouri-c11bb1934a7b50779da9776d2221a49c
"48 Hours" The Case Against Michael Politte (TV Episode 2022)IMDbhttps://www.imdb.com › title