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Season 5: The Murder of Bruce Cucchiara

2023/5/4
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主持著名true crime播客《Crime Junkie》的播音员和创始人。
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警方:最初认定为随机枪击案,发生在新奥尔良这样暴力犯罪频发的城市并不意外。调查中,警方试图排除抢劫的可能性,并寻找目击证人提供更多信息。 调查员:通过深入调查,发现案件并非随机事件,布鲁斯·库切拉可能遭遇了蓄意谋杀。他遇害前曾计划与人见面,但此人从未现身。此外,凶手拿走了他的钱包和手机,但却未使用钱包里的任何东西,这更加佐证了案件并非简单的抢劫。调查员认为,布鲁斯·库切拉可能因为知道一些关键信息而被杀害,并且案件背后可能隐藏着路易斯安那州一些有权势的人试图掩盖真相。布鲁斯·库切拉生前生活在一个高风险的环境中,与许多有权势的人有联系,这使得调查更加复杂。 播音员:本季节目将深入探讨布鲁斯·库切拉复杂的人生经历,试图揭开这起11年前的谋杀案背后的真相。案件中存在诸多疑点,例如:凶器下落不明,布鲁斯·库切拉遇害地点与他的生活区域存在差异,以及他生前参与的一起数百万美元的诉讼案。 警方:我们相信有人能够提供有价值的信息,我们也希望排除抢劫是否参与其中的可能性。在新奥尔良这样一年发生150到230起凶杀案的城市,一起随机枪击案并不令人意外。 调查员:他们拿走了他的钱包和手机,但从未试图使用钱包里的任何东西。这完全说不通。我相信这绝对不是随机事件。新奥尔良警察局实际上告诉我们,‘这是百分之百的,这绝对不是随机事件,他被设局了。’ 播音员:在2012年4月24日早上,57岁的布鲁斯·库切拉在新奥尔良东区一个公寓大楼的停车场被枪杀。他是一位商人、棒球教练,也是科温顿社区深受爱戴的一员。谁会做出这样的事?他们为什么要这样做?我的天哪,你不会相信,布鲁斯被杀害了。从一开始,所有线索都指向一个动机。

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When 57-year-old Bruce Cucchiara was gunned down in the parking lot of a New Orleans East apartment complex in 2012 his murder devastated his family and stumped law enforcement. The father and business man seemed to be well-liked and on a positive path as he coasted toward retirement. He was also worth $5 million in life insurance. 

For more than a year CounterClock's Delia D'Ambra has investigated the case and unraveled a web of bizarre information and circumstances about his life and those who benefitted from his death. The geographical and political setting of the murder has a dark history of corruption, fraud and violence and at every turn Delia discovers Bruce's complicated business life may have put him in the crosshairs of several bad actors. From allegations of a setup and ties to organized crime to Bruce being a key witness in a multi-million-dollar lawsuit to random robbery...each scenario is something the New Orleans Police Department can't rule out. Now, 11 years after his brutal slaying the questions still remain, who murdered Bruce? Why was he even in New Orleans East? Where is the murder weapon? 

Delia has discovered new information, tracked down witnesses and revealed secrets within the victim's closest circle that will blow this unsolved case wide open. CounterClock Season 5 is the most extensive and explosive investigation to-date with more than two dozen interviews and over a thousand documents that tell a stranger-than-fiction story about a very real crime. Binge all 14 episodes on May 11th. 

 

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