Sword and Scale Episode 122
51-year-old Ruth Pyne is found beaten and stabbed to death in the garage of her home in Highland Township, Michigan. Her immediate family members become the focus of the investigation, and one of them has a questionable alibi. Indirect evidence begins to pile up, and a jury is left with the following question: at what point does circumstantial evidence overcome reasonable doubt?
51-year-old Ruth Pyne is found beaten and stabbed to death in the garage of her home in Highland Township, Michigan. Her immediate family members become the focus of the investigation, and one of them has a questionable alibi. Indirect evidence begins to pile up, and a jury is left with the following question: at what point does circumstantial evidence overcome reasonable doubt?
Sources
- Dateline The Perfect Family
- Jeffrey Pyne murder trial, accused of killing his mother
- Pyne's fight for a new trial
- Highland Township man faces life in prison if convicted of mother's murder
- Valedictorian Murder Trial: Jeffrey Pyne's Girlfriend Takes the Stand
- Extra: Holly Freeman takes the stand
- Uncut: Jeffrey Pyne found guilty of 2nd degree murder
- More on Pyne verdict
- Pyne sentenced to 20 to 60 years
- Extra: Bernie Pyne addresses judge at son's sentencing
- Jeffrey Pyne sentencing
- Jeffrey Pyne sentenced