On December 24, 2003, at 11:32 PM, a shooting occurred at 2100 N Franklin Street in North Philadelphia. Three men were shot — one fatally. They arrived at Temple Hospital in a silver Oldsmobile Alero, its passenger-side windows shattered, the interior stained with blood.
No gun was recovered.
No forensic evidence linked anyone to the scene.
Yet one man — known only as “The Client” — was charged with murder, based almost entirely on the testimony of a close friend who claimed he was the shooter.
In this episode, a former Military Police Officer turned private investigator takes on the case. With 20 years of law enforcement experience, a Bachelor’s in Business, and an MBA, he doesn’t start with surveillance or assumptions — he starts with the file.
He reviews the discovery packet, court transcripts, and police reports — and begins to uncover serious gaps:
- A crime scene with shell casings and glass, but no trajectory analysis
- A vehicle preserved but never tied to The Client
- A victim who died from a gunshot to the back, found nude upon arrival at the hospital
- And a case built on one uncorroborated story
This is Episode 1: The Truth Is in the File — the beginning of a 9-part investigation into whether justice was served… or simply closed.
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