Adopted Son Murder Trial: Opening Statements | Court TV Podcast

A timeline of Devyn Michaels' movements on the night of Johnathan Willette's murder is analyzed, and brings forth the question of whether Michaels had time to kill and behead the victim. Plus, a teen was found dead on a Carnival Cruise to the Caribbean.

Today, we’re revisiting one of our most talked-about episodes from the Court TV Podcast archives. This episode features an audio edition of our original series Victim to Verdict with Ted Rowlands, which spotlights every moment from the crime scene to the courtroom, tapping into the best of Court TV’s real-time coverage of high-profile cases. This episode focuses on the trial of Alex Murdaugh, a once prominent South Carolina attorney whose life began to unravel after a long history of fraud came to light, and his wife Maggie and his son Paul were both murdered on the family’s sprawling hunting property.

Today, we’re revisiting one of our most talked-about episodes from the Court TV Podcast archives. A quarter of a century ago a young immigrant bride and her Marine veteran husband found themselves in the center of media storm due to a night of domestic violence.  She claims he drunkenly raped her.  He claims that in an unprovoked rage, she took a kitchen knife and sliced off his “manhood.” Their names -- Lorena and John Bobbitt and their story captivated the nation, becoming fodder for late-night comedians, tabloids and cable news talking heads for years as both faced a jury of their peers for their part in the incident. Vinnie digs deep into the Court TV archives and takes us into the courtroom, discussing the issues of domestic violence as they existed in the mid-1990s.

Maria Florinda Rios Perez de Velasquez and her husband, self-employed house cleaners, arrived to clean a house when she was fatally shot while trying to enter.

As the jury gets a glimpse into defendant Devyn Michaels after police interviews are heard in court, the panel questions what the jury may think of Michaels, a former adult film star who is accused of bludgeoning and decapitating her ex-boyfriend.