For our first episode I'll be discussing the murder of Rita French.
REFRENCES:
YouTube Links
Why Did Johnny Kill
https://youtu.be/r0PA5MPES6U
https://youtu.be/Du3qfICfy2A
https://youtu.be/qiCS4t4PRc4
https://youtu.be/TYOhi2gI7Vw
Broomfield Police Department Case/ Incident Report obtained via Freedom of Information Act Request
News Articles
Rocky Mountain News 20 Apr 1986 “Three teens held in slaying of Broomfield woman” -Marlys Duran
Denver Post 4 Jul 1986 “14 year-old to be tried as adult” -Uncredited Denver Post Staff Writer
Rocky Mountain News 4 Jul 1986 “2 teens face trial as adults Defendant’s mom victim in slaying” - Bernie Morrison
Denver Post 22 Jul 1986 “Teens reherarsed mom’s murder, transcript says” -John Diaz
Denver Post 27 Jul 1986 “Killing of Broomfield teen’s mom impossible to label”- John Diaz
Denver Post 4 Dec 1986 “Teen pleads guilty in murder of mother, gets 5 year sentence”-John Diaz
Rocky Mountain News 4 Dec 1986 “French facing 32- year term after plea in mother’s murder” - Charlie Brennan
Rocky Mountain News 29 Jan 1987 “French sentenced to 16 years in prison in mother’s slaying”- Charlie Brennan
Rocky Mountain News 15 Jul 1987 “Boy convicted of mom’s murder seeking life insurance payment” - Charlie Brennan
Denver Post 16 Aug 1991 “Teenage murderer gets new sentence” - Tracy Seipel
Rocky Mountain News 16 Aug 1991 “Judge cuts slaying sentence Man gets adult portion of term set in ‘86 torture-killing of friend’s mother in Broomfield” - Kevin McCullen
Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearisburg,_Virginia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broomfield,_Colorado
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_types_of_killing
Other
1967 Narrows High School yearbook Narrows, Virginia
Genealogy searches provided dates of birth, marriages, divorces and standard vital statistics
https://www.almanac.com/weather/history/zipcode/80020/1986-04-18#
https://sunrise-sunset.org/us/smith/1986/4
https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/when-a-child-can-be-tried-as-an-adult.pdf
