The cartoons intermingled in these stories don't add a thing except making a farce, a comic, of these murderous adventures. If small YT channels can get a hold of actual crime photos and videos, Court TV should be able to manage it. The childish illustrations are a lazy way out.
@@TheCrabbyCrafterlol Username checks out. You ma'am are definitely crabby. Here's an idea, if you don't think the way Court TV produces it's content you could not watch or if you think your so good and smart, create your own channel and content.
I am with you! Karma will get her. Why would she feel guilty and write a suicidal note?? Makes no sense. That’s what a guilty person does abuse or not. I was abused and if my bro/sis came to me saying I might be guilty I’d run right to the police’s station. 🤷🏻♀️ idk we all act differently under these circumstances but she seemed guilty. We all have to face our past one way or another.
The one thing they didn’t answer was why was she stealing all of that money from her mother’s account if she didn’t know or have anything to do with her mother’s death???
What a terrible story, that family with the monster father and so much suffering. They are all damaged emotionally and mentally. I believe his sister helped him with the murders. Anyway they all have a living sentence of nightmarish memories. Thanks Vinnie and your team. Excellent job with images and narrative. Keep the good job. We are waiting for more each week.
I was thinking the same thing. Even as adults, they didn't look at their mom as being a victim, they looked at her as not calling authorities when they were being abused as well.
It could well be that she knew, maybe not involved until after the fact and she decide to support her children after the fact? It's not unreasonable to think there's some considerable amount of guilt and resentment for that she stayed with him and kind of let the abuse happen?
It’s crazy that it’s basically if you get lucky … I’ve seen so many cases of people who were innocent but had bad defense. I’ve seen people who are guilty with good defense. It’s really if you get a good lawyer.
@@quichequiche4274 definitely not innocent. She was gladly spending her mom's money (remember the mom was suppose to be missing) and was selling her stuff
@Faith and Nova Where did I say she was INNOCENT? Furthermore, they never proved it was her mom's stuff that was being sold. That was part of the reason she was found NOT GUILTY. Come on, y'all, pay attention!
If Stacy wasn't guilty then why the suicide note? Also why was she getting money from her mother along with her brother? Stacy had to have been just as guilty as her brother however jury let her off because of abuse from her father.
@@Findpepperbridge that's bs why would she try to take her life if she was innocent. She took the money and had no problem selling off her mom's stuff.
She should have to do jail time for her and her Brother taking their Mom’s money after their Mom was murdered. They did their Sister REAL dirty by using their Mom’s money. Thank goodness one child grew up ok! I hope the good sibling finally got some kind of inheritance. How could you know your Brother killed your Mom, then take her money, then be mad that you end up in court?! Wow!
@@Findpepperbridgethere’s no proof the mother allowed her husband rape her children. I don’t believe that part. They used it for a excuse to kill mom too.
Well the mother I don’t understand why he killed her, but the father allegedly was a monster and I guess they felt that they would never be free from him unless he was dead. I’m not excusing his behavior, just saying I understand his actions. But the mother? No! The only reason that he, and maybe his sister, had was money.
I can totally get how abuse can warp you but this childhood abuse defence is getting a little tired. You don't need to kill anybody. Distance yourself, leave and never come back
This is the best explained version of this murder. All other accounts were a convoluted arrangements of the details. Well done CourtTV. So who’s digging a 6’-8’ hole and no one in the family is aware of it. And it’s done twice! Then there’s the money, ol girl was living high off the hog and she’s not an accomplice!!?? OH, SHE’S GUILTY
Once the defense put Stacey up there with the long story about rape by her father who's dead, apparently never raped her sister, just her, anyway I new they didn't have anything else, where was the prosecution with all the bank records that only these two siblings were pilfering mom's account's, that's how these 2 got caught in the 1st place, the 'new kid on the block' as the smart*ss defense attorney called the detective who put a freeze on the accounts because of what the other sister had asked him, 'who is stealing funds from my mother?' If I were on that jury hearing 2 siblings stealing and mom's buried in the back yard of 1 of the thieves, GUILTY!! Prosecution dropped the ball on an easy case, an another thing someone else could have been driving her car that day on EZPASS
Either all defense lawyers are picked for their gullible personalities, or they're the greatest liars in history. Even her freaking sister says she thinks she's guilty!
Truly great series! The graphics are well done and definitely better than any reenactment. May the victims of these heinous crimes rest in peace & their families find solace in the justice the defendants received! 🙏🏾❤️
The sister was the mastermind...ricky looks the way he was treated...and the fact that he was years older took more of the abuse ...he was easily manipulated...and the sister feels "offended " that she says he "tried" to implicate "her"?!...sorry, NOT BUYING IT
Even if she was involved more than was represented by her lawyer, the burden of proof is on the prosecution, and the evidence to meet that burden, is supposed to be properly investigated by the detectives involved! The jury was absolutely correct in their verdict, because there was plenty of reasonable doubt! I am glad that she walked free! I feel like anything she may have, in reality, been responsible for, may have been due to the fact that her brother looks so much like her father, and she still felt burdened and under control from him, or as they referred to their father “it” or “the monster”!!!!
She is as guilty as her brother IMO. She seemed confident her mother wouldn’t be returning while spending her money and not including her other (innocent) siblings ….
They should really start charging detectives who falsely arrested someone and people who have been wrongly convicted. If they start arresting them and make an example out of them, I’m sure innocent people will not be arrested.
So it never explains who killed the father and how. Who burried him in the back yard? The son surely was too young. I'm confused. Left with more questions than answers.
By the time the dad disappeared in 1988, Cheryl was married and living near by and Stacey was working a job. They were grown up. So their older brother was definitely a grown man at the time. It said their was a 8-10 year age gap between him and his next sibling. And he confessed to the crime and told where both parents were buried.
It started with, "Follow the money." How does Stacey explain how she and Richard split their mother's money? There is one other tell for those of us who know how to read people. Every time Richard implicated Stacey in his testimony, he looked directly at her. Most people who make false allegations against someone, cannot look her in the eye, let alone, at her.
It never fails, people always end up exposing themselves as a suspect in a crime by making suspicious financial decisions that clearly aren’t decisions of innocent people… Do these people not spend any time whatsoever on how their actions could potentially appear to investigators or other individuals involved? Like, “we just reported mom missing, and we want them to think we aren’t involved in any sort of criminal activity, so let’s act like we already know that mom is never coming back and spend all of her money and sell all of her possessions.” Brilliant
I think there’s a possibility she helped but the detective didn’t get any solid evidence. They should of sent the tape in for testing instead of relying on his plea agreement testimony. I can see why she’d have that hatred for her father and mother. Her mother let her daughter get raped. Her mother knew what was going on. She could of called the police. It’s all really sad. If rikki jr killed his dad then did the mother know? Cause they moved on from it like nothing happened. I hope the kids get mental health treatment and move past this together.
She loves her brother but was so evil that she allowed her attorney to refer to him as crazy Ricky in order to stay out of prison. She was in on it. I think she told her lawyer what happened and worked out the best way to get away with it
I can't stand to watch these stories with crazy parents and both the mother and father were crazy and both failed their children. Stand up for yourself and your children and have some dignity. I'd have let the son and daughter off for the death of both parents. I do like your artwork and graphics though and that is what kept me. Very stylish. Good 'Show and Tell' with your story telling.
The context of DV has changed over time. There weren't resources, police procedures, or judicial policies to help & support DV victims back then. The mom probably did best she could just to keep the children and herself alive.
Had I known my grandfather had r*ped my mother before he died, I can tell you that I would've k**led him before Alzheimer's took him at 93. You can be of sound mind and do something in defense of another, but i don't believe for a second that sister is innocent. I was 15 when i had the chance and didn't know then what i know now. But you can believe, as a completely sane adult, i would have done it in a heartbeat. She, my mother herself, told me that that is the exact reason she didn't tell me then.
I have a question for the defense. Why was the daughter stealing money from her missing mom? Was that Richard and or her dad’s fault as well?? Why was she selling her moms stuff while she was missing??
I don’t understand…usually if you are simply with someone when they commit a murder you get charged as well. She helped her brother commit a murder and she walks free?
Shame on this defense attorney, she knows darn well that her client killed her parents. It's sickening!!! I believe that many defense attorneys are just evil people. I get why the father was executed but for the mom, I believe it was 75% financial gain, 25% punishment for not getting out of the marriage in order to save her children from the abuse. To kill the mom who was abused and was scared to leave, only to murder her for money, is a evil that I can't comprehend.
She did it but the jury probably felt sorry for her so they let her go. Maybe some held some resent towards the mother for not stopping the abusive father.
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The cartoons intermingled in these stories don't add a thing except making a farce, a comic, of these murderous adventures. If small YT channels can get a hold of actual crime photos and videos, Court TV should be able to manage it. The childish illustrations are a lazy way out.
@@TheCrabbyCrafterlol
Username checks out.
You ma'am are definitely crabby.
Here's an idea, if you don't think the way Court TV produces it's content you could not watch or if you think your so good and smart, create your own channel and content.
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Same! I remember watching him 10+ years ago. Vinny is a great guy
Oh yeah! Hands up 🙌 if you’ve been watching since it’s cable tv days. 😊
I've watched since I graduated in 91' and Vinny wasn't an original , but has never disappointed. I'm so glad Court TV is back with a vengeance!
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I think Stacy was guilty! The suicide note especially makes me believe so.
And the checks! Don’t forget the checks. Clearly, the jury did.
Exactly I think she’s guilty of her parents death
Yup. And she was spending her mother's money and selling her stuff
I agree 100%!
I am with you! Karma will get her. Why would she feel guilty and write a suicidal note?? Makes no sense. That’s what a guilty person does abuse or not. I was abused and if my bro/sis came to me saying I might be guilty I’d run right to the police’s station. 🤷🏻♀️ idk we all act differently under these circumstances but she seemed guilty. We all have to face our past one way or another.
The one thing they didn’t answer was why was she stealing all of that money from her mother’s account if she didn’t know or have anything to do with her mother’s death???
Exactly!
And why, if her brother was caught and charged already, would he need to implicate her, if it wasn't true.
Vinnie so glad you decided to do these shows. Your insight is appreciated 👍
What a terrible story, that family with the monster father and so much suffering. They are all damaged emotionally and mentally. I believe his sister helped him with the murders. Anyway they all have a living sentence of nightmarish memories. Thanks Vinnie and your team. Excellent job with images and narrative. Keep the good job. We are waiting for more each week.
I believe she was in on it with Ricky.
I feel bad for the other sister. No Justice ‼️
What a legacy of wickedness the father left his children.
The murder of the father, I might be able to understand, but the murder of the mother, is beyond me. And by her own children
My only guess is that they believed their mom didn't protect them. 🤷🏾♀️
I was thinking the same thing. Even as adults, they didn't look at their mom as being a victim, they looked at her as not calling authorities when they were being abused as well.
She let her kids be beaten and raped
@@lcam9241that’s why they spent her $?? Apparently it wasn’t about anything but the $.
It was about the money.
She did it with her bro no questions asked
yup...Stacey couldn't bare to look at Ricky when he was on the stand....we know why
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A very sad tale all around, domestic violence is the bane of society and unfortunately it can't be educated out of people.
Did the mother know her husband was dead and not just missing? Could she have been involved?
thats my question too
It could well be that she knew, maybe not involved until after the fact and she decide to support her children after the fact? It's not unreasonable to think there's some considerable amount of guilt and resentment for that she stayed with him and kind of let the abuse happen?
did they need to silence her too? I believe that the sibilings came together to kill their parents.
She had a great lawyer and deserved to walk. Did she help in some way probably but that's the beauty of a justice system
It’s crazy that it’s basically if you get lucky … I’ve seen so many cases of people who were innocent but had bad defense. I’ve seen people who are guilty with good defense. It’s really if you get a good lawyer.
I'm almost certain that anyone who believes this way is dirty.
@@HannahMattox
Yeah, especially with that name.
Full blown DIRTY 💩 name and brain 🧠
Watched this trial during Covid on your trial archives page. It was really good
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Terrible outcome. Stacey is definitely guilty
Exactly 100% she just got a hood lawyer and the detective did sloppy job and he ending hot grill by Stacy lawyer make him look like fool
Hm. Jury got this one wrong.
They got it right with the evidence they were given. The prosecution and the horrible investigation are the reasons she's free, even if she did do it.
@@quichequiche4274 definitely not innocent. She was gladly spending her mom's money (remember the mom was suppose to be missing) and was selling her stuff
@Faith and Nova Where did I say she was INNOCENT? Furthermore, they never proved it was her mom's stuff that was being sold. That was part of the reason she was found NOT GUILTY. Come on, y'all, pay attention!
If Stacy wasn't guilty then why the suicide note? Also why was she getting money from her mother along with her brother? Stacy had to have been just as guilty as her brother however jury let her off because of abuse from her father.
Exactly
Totally agree with u
If you watched she explained why she wrote that and the attempted suicide with her brother.
@@Findpepperbridge - did she explain why she took her Mom’s money? I sure didn’t hear a convincing reason. She’s guilty!
@@Findpepperbridge that's bs why would she try to take her life if she was innocent. She took the money and had no problem selling off her mom's stuff.
Vinny is like an old friend. Been watching him for years.
She should have to do jail time for her and her Brother taking their Mom’s money after their Mom was murdered. They did their Sister REAL dirty by using their Mom’s money. Thank goodness one child grew up ok! I hope the good sibling finally got some kind of inheritance. How could you know your Brother killed your Mom, then take her money, then be mad that you end up in court?! Wow!
.when Ricky was testifying......Ricky was looking directly at Stacey...Stacey couldn't look at Ricky? why not??...we all know why...Stacey knows
I cannot believe she beat this.
Brilliant Vinnie.. We need more of these!!
The newest one was great too!
The poor mum didn’t deserve that. RIP.
Nobody deserves this but I know I’d have deep seeded hatred for my mother if she let my father rape and beat me.
Which human being "deserves that."
@@Findpepperbridge You know what I mean, after what she went through.
@@Findpepperbridgethere’s no proof the mother allowed her husband rape her children. I don’t believe that part. They used it for a excuse to kill mom too.
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Disturbed family
How could anyone do this to their parents? I love my parents more than anything in this world!
Well the mother I don’t understand why he killed her, but the father allegedly was a monster and I guess they felt that they would never be free from him unless he was dead. I’m not excusing his behavior, just saying I understand his actions. But the mother? No! The only reason that he, and maybe his sister, had was money.
That daddy tho. 🤷🏽♀️
I can totally get how abuse can warp you but this childhood abuse defence is getting a little tired. You don't need to kill anybody. Distance yourself, leave and never come back
This is the best explained version of this murder. All other accounts were a convoluted arrangements of the details. Well done CourtTV.
So who’s digging a 6’-8’ hole and no one in the family is aware of it. And it’s done twice!
Then there’s the money, ol girl was living high off the hog and she’s not an accomplice!!?? OH, SHE’S GUILTY
I had never heard of this case, and found the presentation of the story a bit thin, needed more time but, oh well.
Once the defense put Stacey up there with the long story about rape by her father who's dead, apparently never raped her sister, just her, anyway I new they didn't have anything else, where was the prosecution with all the bank records that only these two siblings were pilfering mom's account's, that's how these 2 got caught in the 1st place, the 'new kid on the block' as the smart*ss defense attorney called the detective who put a freeze on the accounts because of what the other sister had asked him, 'who is stealing funds from my mother?' If I were on that jury hearing 2 siblings stealing and mom's buried in the back yard of 1 of the thieves, GUILTY!! Prosecution dropped the ball on an easy case, an another thing someone else could have been driving her car that day on EZPASS
*I knew they didn't have anything else. Where was the prosecution...? *accounts *backyard *And another thing,
fk u for defending a rap!st u just like him
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I cannot believe Comcast dropped Court Tv
Because everyone watches it on CZcams. Nobody has cable anymore. Lol
@@Miss_Cherry elder people do lol
@Miss_Cherry my parents are in their 80's and use to watch it.
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@Alasfrankie yes they recently took it off Comcast it use to be channel 250 I believe. My mom is not to good using streaming 😕
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Seems like the court case never addressed the checks that Stacy cashed. The money aspect makes her appear guilty.
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Generational abuse is sad.
What about the money from the mother's account? It never was explained. What a horrific childhood, it's no wonder they were messed up.
How did that sister pay for the high dollar defense????
Idk. With her mom's money?
How can he not believe he is not like his father especially when he looks just like him! 😮
Stacy should be in prison. Always closing her eyes during the testimony. Heck! She kept here eyes closed virtually the entire time. She is a liar!
Stacey couldn't bare to look at Ricky when he was on the stand....we know why.................
I missed it, so glad I found it here
This story did not go the way I thought it was gonna go in the beginning. Totally flipped on me.
My grandmother was married to richard jr. and I used to spend my summers in their home not realizing I was under the same roof as a murderer.
Can you imagine your own children took you out to dinner and a movie, all the while planning to kill you, evil children.
Kananen sounds like a Finnish last name
Either all defense lawyers are picked for their gullible personalities, or they're the greatest liars in history. Even her freaking sister says she thinks she's guilty!
That’s a crazy story. Thank u
Yay been waiting for this
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Just found the playlist for these! Excited to binge watch this series :)
Sister made him do it...to both of them. He's mentally unstable. It's very visible. She's pathetic. I'm only halfway in, but I'm certain with that.
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This one just made me so sad. 😢
What is the reason that people hurt those who love them. What do they get out of it?
I absolutely understand the father’s murder, but the mother??? Did he (they) feel mom didn’t protect him? (them)
remember once the mom died......they both went on a shopping spree.....remember the Menendez brothers?? same thing
Truly great series! The graphics are well done and definitely better than any reenactment. May the victims of these heinous crimes rest in peace & their families find solace in the justice the defendants received! 🙏🏾❤️
The sister was the mastermind...ricky looks the way he was treated...and the fact that he was years older took more of the abuse ...he was easily manipulated...and the sister feels "offended " that she says he "tried" to implicate "her"?!...sorry, NOT BUYING IT
Even if she was involved more than was represented by her lawyer, the burden of proof is on the prosecution, and the evidence to meet that burden, is supposed to be properly investigated by the detectives involved! The jury was absolutely correct in their verdict, because there was plenty of reasonable doubt! I am glad that she walked free! I feel like anything she may have, in reality, been responsible for, may have been due to the fact that her brother looks so much like her father, and she still felt burdened and under control from him, or as they referred to their father “it” or “the monster”!!!!
She is as guilty as her brother IMO. She seemed confident her mother wouldn’t be returning while spending her money and not including her other (innocent) siblings ….
BUT why the Mom? Just for her money? A new truck is worth your Mom's life? 😢
They should really start charging detectives who falsely arrested someone and people who have been wrongly convicted. If they start arresting them and make an example out of them, I’m sure innocent people will not be arrested.
What a horrid human being. No one should be allowed to exist that is so evil.
Sick!!!!!!!!!
The defense lawyer is one of the best! She did a great job!
Oh this was good!
So it never explains who killed the father and how. Who burried him in the back yard? The son surely was too young. I'm confused. Left with more questions than answers.
I'm wondering if the mother helped bury him?
By the time the dad disappeared in 1988, Cheryl was married and living near by and Stacey was working a job. They were grown up. So their older brother was definitely a grown man at the time. It said their was a 8-10 year age gap between him and his next sibling. And he confessed to the crime and told where both parents were buried.
It started with, "Follow the money." How does Stacey explain how she and Richard split their mother's money?
There is one other tell for those of us who know how to read people. Every time Richard implicated Stacey in his testimony, he looked directly at her. Most people who make false allegations against someone, cannot look her in the eye, let alone, at her.
I couldn't hear the talking thru the stupid music!
@@marvin----- thanks. I wanted them to get the message too.
@Nancy Fahey, good idea, they don't know if you don't tell them.
I hate any music or sound effects in the background of any documentaries ,so annoying!
Wow. What a defense attorney.
It never fails, people always end up exposing themselves as a suspect in a crime by making suspicious financial decisions that clearly aren’t decisions of innocent people…
Do these people not spend any time whatsoever on how their actions could potentially appear to investigators or other individuals involved?
Like, “we just reported mom missing, and we want them to think we aren’t involved in any sort of criminal activity, so let’s act like we already know that mom is never coming back and spend all of her money and sell all of her possessions.”
Brilliant
I don’t believe she didn’t have anything to do with it.
I think there’s a possibility she helped but the detective didn’t get any solid evidence. They should of sent the tape in for testing instead of relying on his plea agreement testimony. I can see why she’d have that hatred for her father and mother. Her mother let her daughter get raped. Her mother knew what was going on. She could of called the police. It’s all really sad. If rikki jr killed his dad then did the mother know? Cause they moved on from it like nothing happened.
I hope the kids get mental health treatment and move past this together.
I actually enjoy the animation.
They let a murderer walk...she's just as guilty as the brother
He looks mean in his eyes in that young image
She's guilty
Naa the sister was involved.
I think she was involved but to the degree of be cohesion. I think she didn’t deserve to be put in prison, to much of the police case didn’t add up.
She loves her brother but was so evil that she allowed her attorney to refer to him as crazy Ricky in order to stay out of prison. She was in on it. I think she told her lawyer what happened and worked out the best way to get away with it
I can't stand to watch these stories with crazy parents and both the mother and father were crazy and both failed their children. Stand up for yourself and your children and have some dignity. I'd have let the son and daughter off for the death of both parents. I do like your artwork and graphics though and that is what kept me. Very stylish. Good 'Show and Tell' with your story telling.
So she didn't gain financially from the murders I thought she did
stacey & Ricky went on a spending spree..after they killed their mom
Don't feel sorry for dead mother or father, mom let dad horrible SA, Abuse her kids
The context of DV has changed over time. There weren't resources, police procedures, or judicial policies to help & support DV victims back then. The mom probably did best she could just to keep the children and herself alive.
Crazy ass family man
Had I known my grandfather had r*ped my mother before he died, I can tell you that I would've k**led him before Alzheimer's took him at 93. You can be of sound mind and do something in defense of another, but i don't believe for a second that sister is innocent. I was 15 when i had the chance and didn't know then what i know now. But you can believe, as a completely sane adult, i would have done it in a heartbeat. She, my mother herself, told me that that is the exact reason she didn't tell me then.
Gotta call BS
I have a question for the defense. Why was the daughter stealing money from her missing mom? Was that Richard and or her dad’s fault as well?? Why was she selling her moms stuff while she was missing??
I don’t understand…usually if you are simply with someone when they commit a murder you get charged as well. She helped her brother commit a murder and she walks free?
Sounds to me more than brother- sister love....hmmmmm
Why a cartoon? Lost me
Shame on this defense attorney, she knows darn well that her client killed her parents.
It's sickening!!!
I believe that many defense attorneys are just evil people.
I get why the father was executed but for the mom, I believe it was 75% financial gain, 25% punishment for not getting out of the marriage in order to save her children from the abuse.
To kill the mom who was abused and was scared to leave, only to murder her for money, is a evil that I can't comprehend.
I don't understand why Stacey was attempting suicide, if she knows she's innocent? That didn't come up, that motive for suicide.
Their poor sister 😢
She did it but the jury probably felt sorry for her so they let her go. Maybe some held some resent towards the mother for not stopping the abusive father.
Are you talking over for Tamron hall?
I believe Stacy’s just as guilty as her brother. Smh
Stacy is guilty. That’s all I gotta say.