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January 17, 2023 32 mins

Kathy Krauseneck, a wife and mother of a three-year-old girl, was murdered with an ax while sleeping in her bed nearly 40 years ago. Her husband, James, was initially a suspect, but almost 40 years passed, and no one was charged in Kathy’s death. The District Attorney reopened the case, and a new forensic pathologist looked at the evidence. 

Armed with a new forensic opinion, the DA’s office indicted James for the death of his wife 40 years ago, claiming the case is solved. But is it

In this episode, we speak with defense attorney Don Thompson, whose firm Easton, Thompson, Kasperak, and Shiffrin, represent James and attorney Alison Carling, who used to live in the house which was the crime scene of the infamous Brighton Ax Murder. 

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