Fatal Family Feuds does more than take us through the murder investigation and list of suspects in each case. We get a real look at crime solving, and it’s not always timely. In a sneak peek of Fatal Family Feuds season 2, episode 6, we take a look inside the hold up in one murder investigation.
When you watch a TV crime drama, the case is usually solved within days. Just look at CSI, Chicago PD, and even High Potential. We’ve seen cases resolved quickly, and it’s rare that we get a storyline that takes episodes to unravel.
It’s why true crime is so important. It tells us more about the real work that the homicide detectives do. We get a look at just how many people are involved in catching the right guy.
A backed up lab in Fatal Family Feuds season 2, episode 6
The sneak peek tells us something that we hear over and over again, and not just in true crime shows. The lab is backed up, and it means that processing the evidence is taking time. This is where cases can end up being left unsolved, or where murderers walk free because the evidence isn’t there.
It means that victims’ families have to fight for their own justice, and that’s something this episode will go into. We get to see three families come together in a dark time to get the justice they all deserve.
The sneak peek takes a look at one of the victims’ families. Pamela John’s son, Mike Tillotson, is sure that the culprit is a man named Brett. He just needs to have the police see that, but that’s not so easy when the evidence is backed up in the lab and there is nothing else to charge Brett.
In this case alone, there were more than 300 items of evidence, and the state department had multiple other cases to work through. The lab needed to catch up, because putting the case in front of a jury at that point, it was unwinnable.
It was frustrating for the victims’ families. Just take a look at the sneak peek for Fatal Family Feuds this week:
Here’s the logline for the episode so you can prepare:
“A gruesome Thanksgiving triple murder case lays bare a family’s violent past, including a son and daughter each with a score to settle. As the years pass and the case goes unsolved, three families desperately fight for the truth and justice.”
Fatal Family Feuds airs on Sundays at 7/6c on Oxygen True Crime.
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