[Solved] AD Week 3 Case Example

Assignment Prompt & Instructions

Murder of Stephanie Crowe (1998)

Please watch the following videos and answer the questions below in the discussion forum:

[The Confession](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-confession-14-10-2004/)

[The Confession – CBS News](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-confession-14-10-2004/)

[Who Killed Stephanie Crowe](https://www.10news.com/news/who-killed-stephanie-crowe)

[Who killed Stephanie Crowe?](https://www.10news.com/news/who-killed-stephanie-crowe)

[Michael Crowe Testifies in Richard Tuite Trial](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEIPqmbm5hc)

[Michael Crowe testifies in Richard Tuite retrial – YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEIPqmbm5hc)

1. What are your thoughts about the interviews of Michael Crowe, Joshua Treadway and Aaron Houser by Escondido Police investigators?

2. To this day, the original case investigators and prosecuting attorneys believe that Michael Crowe, Joshua Treadway and Aaron Houser are responsible for Stephanie Crowe's murder. Regardless of the forensic evidence later linking Richard Tuite to the murder, they still feel this way today. What are your thoughts about this?

3. Why do you think investigators disregarded Richard Tuite as a possible suspect when he was first interviewed near the day of the crime?

4. What are your thoughts about the theory that blood from the scene was transferred to Richard Tuite's shirt by law enforcement investigators? How about the theory that blood was transferred by a tripod leg used at the crime scene?

5. Provide any other observations or questions you have regarding this case.