MURDERED: Karen Gregory
Karen Gregory dies a violent death in the hallway of her own home, on a quiet residential street in Gulfport, Florida. After a two-year search for justice, police find out that their killer was right in front of them all along.
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Episode Source Material
- Unanswered Cries, by Thomas French
- Lewis v. State. 1998. District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District
- Tampa Bay Times (St. Petersburg, Florida): A cry in the night, Part 1: Ghosts, by Thomas French
- Tampa Bay Times (St. Petersburg, Florida): A cry in the night, Part 2: Friends, by Thomas French
- Tampa Bay Times (St. Petersburg, Florida): A cry in the night, Part 3: New year’s eve, by Thomas French
- Tampa Bay Times (St. Petersburg, Florida): A cry in the night, Part 4: Tonja, by Thomas French
- Tampa Bay Times (St. Petersburg, Florida): A cry in the night, Part 5: Survivors, by Thomas French
- Tampa Bay Times (St. Petersburg, Florida): A cry in the night, Part 6: Trial, by Thomas French
- Tampa Bay Times (St. Petersburg, Florida): A cry in the night, Part 7: Private wars, by Thomas French
- Tampa Bay Times (St. Petersburg, Florida): A cry in the night, Part 8: The good neighbor, by Thomas French
- Tampa Bay Times (St. Petersburg, Florida): A cry in the night, Part 9: We, the jury, by Thomas French
- Tampa Bay Times (St. Petersburg, Florida): A cry in the night, Part 10: Her bare hands, by Thomas French
- Tampa Bay Times (St. Petersburg, Florida): Woman slain in tranquil area of Gulfport, by Milo Guyelin
- Tampa Bay Times (St. Petersburg, Florida): Firefighter charged with killing Gulfport woman, by Ron Suskind
- Tampa Bay Times (St. Petersburg, Florida): A cry in the night, part 1, the murder, by Thomas French
- Tampa Bay Times (St. Petersburg, Florida): A cry in the night, part 2, fear and frustration, by Thomas French
- Tampa Bay Times (St. Petersburg, Florida): A cry in the night, part 3, breakthrough, by Thomas French
- Tampa Bay Times (St. Petersburg, Florida): A cry in the night, part 4, the arrest, by Thomas French
- The Tampa Tribune (Tampa, Florida): Lewis gets trial moved; high court will pick locale, by Earl Rinehart
- The Tampa Tribune (Tampa, Florida): Woman’s lingerie doesn’t postpone Lewis’ murder trial, by Bill Heery
- Tampa Bay Times (St. Petersburg, Florida): New evidence shown as murder trial moves, by Pat Meisol
- Tampa Bay Times (St. Petersburg, Florida): Man says lingerie like one murdered girlfriend owned, by Pat Meisol
- Tampa Bay Times (St. Petersburg, Florida): Analyst says bloody footprint looked trivial, by Pat Meisol
- Tampa Bay Times (St. Petersburg, Florida): Lewis statement read to jury in murder trial, by Pat Meisol
- Tampa Bay Times (St. Petersburg, Florida): Defense lawyers accuse witness of killing woman, by Pat Meisol
- The Tampa Tribune (Tampa, Florida): Jury hears suspect admit entering victim’s home, by Michael Crook
- Tampa Bay Times (St. Petersburg, Florida): Accused killer says, on tape, he saw body, by Pat Meisol
- Tampa Bay Times (St. Petersburg, Florida): Lewis conviction is reinstated, by Karen Datko
- Tampa Bay Times (St. Petersburg, Florida): Lewis gets life fo murder, rape, by Mark Journey and Stephen Koff
- American Justice: Lies of a friend. Season 14, episode 14
- Tampa Bay Times: Former firefighter George Lewis, convicted in 1984 Gulfport murder, dies in prison, by Katie Mettler
- Tampa Bay Times (St. Petersburg, Florida): A cry in the night, by Thomas French
- Tampa Bay Times (St. Petersburg, Florida): Latest DNA tests dash inmate’s hopes, by Thomas French
- The Tampa Tribune (Tampa, Florida): Jury mulls St. Petersburg firefighter’s murder case, by Earl Rinehart
- Tampa Bay Times (St. Petersburg, Florida): Juror’s debate Lewis’ fate, by Pat Meisol
- On the case with Paula Zahn – Season 3, episode 5: A cry in the night
- An unexpected killer – Season 2, episode 15: Twisted attraction
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