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Episode 221
Sword and Scale
English - September 19, 2022 03:00 - 1 hour - 66.9 MB - ★★★★ - 58.9K ratingsTrue Crime Science Social Sciences crime justice murder unsolved mysteries criminals greed violence trials cases Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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In July of 2015, the bloody and lifeless body of 47-year-old Robert Noce Jr. was found stuffed inside a 55-gallon barrel. His hands were bound behind his back, a thick leather belt was wrapped tightly around his neck, and he had been stabbed fourteen times. It would only take Baton Rouge, Louisiana homicide detectives four days to identify the killer. The murder itself wasn’t complicated. The motive, however, was a whole other story.