Jim Clemente joins crime journalist Isla Traquair to discuss the bizarre case of Joseph Oberhansley, who is accused of killing his girlfriend, Tammy Jo Blanton, and then allegedly eating parts of her brain and other body parts.
The question is taken up whether police did enough to stop the murder, since Oberhansley had a 2000 conviction for manslaughter in the death of another girlfriend, and because he was out on bail when he showed up at Blanton’s home at 3 a.m. the morning of the murder and had asked police to have him removed.
“She called police to complain that he was trying to get into her house at 3 a.m.,” Clemente said. “The thing is, he’s on bail and they tell him to go home – they don’t arrest him. Isn’t that a violation of his bail conditions?”
“He was out on bail on a driving charge,” Traquair adds. “So say he had been caught drink driving, maybe they would have taken him and put him in a cell. Because this was a second incident… they weren’t looking at the background.”
Clemente counters, “But the thing is, he is out on bail – that’s the important thing, obviously he’s broken the law.”
In the full interview, the panel also delves into the latest evidence of alleged abuse involving two NFL players - Ray Rice and Adrian Peterson – and discuss whether the sports stars are receiving special treatment compared to others in the general population.
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