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Podcast: Wrongful Conviction Podcasts
Episode: #547 Jason Flom with John Restivo
Description: On December 5th, 1984, the naked body of Theresa Fusco was pulled out of a wooded area in Lynbrook, NY - the 3rd in a string of recent disappearances, putting pressure on police to find the monster among them. The medical examiner determined that a rape lkely occurred and the cause of death was ligature strangulation. Dennis Halstead had been linked to one of the victims, and in a police interview about Halstead, John Restivo inadvertently mentioned an occasional employee John Kogut.Â
When police interrogated Kogut for 12 hours, during which interrogators lied to him about his failing a p...