Tonica Jenkins
7/5/202642 min
A frantic Ohio woman seeks refuge in a fast-food restaurant after escaping from a deadly assault. Police will sort through contradicting stories to expose a habitual criminal that will stop at nothing to avoid conviction.
Season 34 Episode 09
Originally aired: Sun, Sep 1, 2024
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First 90 secondsSpeaker 10:00
[suspenseful music] A vicious attack leaves a Cleveland woman fighting for her life.
Speaker 2· Soundbite0:08
She was bleeding heavily from her head, her scalp.
Speaker 3· Soundbite0:12
She's trembling in fear and screaming that they're trying to kill her.
Speaker 10:17
But the investigation quickly turns into a case of she said, she said.
Melissa Latham· Soundbite0:24
They tried every which way to discredit me.
Speaker 2· Soundbite0:26
She was yelling that, "That's her. That's the lady that tried to kill me."
Speaker 10:31
When detectives finally unravel the truth, it turns out to be stranger than anything they could have possibly imagined.
Speaker 3· Soundbite0:41
We were dealing with somebody that was just incorrigible.
Speaker 2· Soundbite0:46
She faked her way into Yale University.
Speaker 5· Soundbite0:48
She gives her story about being abducted.
Speaker 3· Soundbite0:51
She snapped when she actually realized she was gonna have to face justice.
Speaker 2· Soundbite0:56
I've never seen anybody try to fake their own death to avoid going to jail. This was easily the most diabolical incident I ever had to investigate.
Speaker 6· Soundbite1:07
Do you remember what the female looked like?
Melissa Latham· Soundbite1:10
She's seated right there.
Speaker 11:11
[suspenseful music] [pensive music] April 21st, 2001.