THE WITNESS BOX
A TRUE CRIME PODCAST Hosted by Joshua Diaz Chris McDonough and Dr. Gary Brucato
Here is a just some of Dr. Brucato's credentials. Click the link to read the full bio.
https://www.coldcasefoundation.org/dr-gary-brucato.html
Dr. Brucato, who earned his Ph.D. at the New School for Social Research in New York City, is a clinical psychologist, researcher and author in the areas of psychotic illness and violence. Dr. Brucato has over two decades of clinical experience, having trained at Creedmoor Psychiatric Center; Beth Israel Medical Center; Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center; Long Island Jewish/Zucker Hillside Hospital Center; and Mount Sinai Services/Elmhurst Hospital Center, including work on the Riker’s Island female prisoner unit at EHC. He was additionally trained in a private forensic practice, learning to conduct evaluations for civil and criminal courts, and was employed at Zucker Hillside’s Recognition and Prevention program for early psychosis from 2008 to 2012.
Here are just some of Chris Mcdonoughs accomplishments and credentials Click the link to read the full bio.
Chris McDonough is a nationally-recognized Homicide Investigator who’s been a guest on the Oprah Winfrey Show, Dr. Phil, CourtTV, Nancy Grace, Dateline NBC, CBS’s 48 Hours, the BBC, and numerous other television and radio programs. He’s an expert on death investigations, interviewing, and criminal behavior analysis. He has been honored to train Native American Homicide Task Force members as part of the Cold Case Foundation appointed by the US President’s initiative “Operation Lady Justice.”
Chris has been serving in public safety since 1982. He spent nearly 25 years with the Oceanside Police Department in Southern California, including 13 years as a homicide detective. Chris has investigated and solved hundreds of homicides and consulted nationally on some of the country’s highest-profile child homicide and kidnapping investigations, including Jon Benet Ramsey, Elizabeth Smart, Leticia Hernandez, Matthew Cecchi, and West Memphis three interview of Christopher Morgan.
He’s an expert on predator behavior involving those who choose children as victims, having interviewed serial child killers on death row, including child murderer’s Wesley Allen Dodd and Brandon Wilson, who killed Matthew Cecchi in a public bathroom in Oceanside, California. The Wilson interview started the family restroom movement in the United States.
THE WITNESS BOX
Episode 15: The Murder Of Laci Peterson.
More than 20 years has passed since the murder of Laci Peterson took place. Her husband, Scott Peterson was a person of interest immediately due to his odd behavior and story. Ultimately he was convicted and sentenced to death for the murder of his pregnant wife. Charge with a double homocide Scott maintains his innocence and now after a bid for a new trial was unsuccessful, the LA INNOCENCE project wants some new testing done on some evidence. The court battle for who is going to test it is on. Not to mention...Scott has a "new theory"