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Podcast: True Crime Recaps
Episode: He Staged His Ex Wife’s Home Invasion Then Tried to Be the Hero
Description: On New Year’s Eve 2021, Morgan Metzer woke up inside her Canton, Georgia home to a masked intruder standing in her doorway. The man assaulted her, zip tied her, and dragged her outside into the freezing cold before fleeing.Moments later, her ex husband Rodney Metzer arrived and called 911, presenting himself as the man who had come to help.Investigators quickly began questioning how he appeared at the scene at exactly the right moment. As detectives examined phone records, surveillance footage, and online activity, prosecutors say a disturbing plan emerged. Rodney had allegedly fa...