Dennis Fritz Case Summary

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1) Dennis Fritz was a gentlemen who seemed to only be tied to this case due to his previous associations with Ron Williamson. Dennis and Ron had met outside of a liquor store over the fact that they both had a shared hobby and interest for guitar playing. This "friendship" quickly turned into drinking buddies, road trip buddies, and soon they were partners in crime. However Dennis seemed to straighten up and distance himself from Ron because he understood that Ron had some issues and Dennis didn't want to be well known in the criminal system more so then what the two of them already were.
2) Denice was the newest to a string of female murder/kidnap/rape cases that Detective Roger was in charge of. Denice was a cashier at a local convenience store. She was working this particular night as a way to help herself and newlywed husband pay for themselves to get through college. They were both
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The police and detectives are so focused on trying to show the general public that the crimes have been solved and someone has been punished for their actions that they clearly overlook unmistakable errors in the crime solving process. After being told to treat the convenience store like a crime scene the officer on site still allowed the manager to clean up the store. During interrogations cameras were never turned on until the interrogating officers had broken the suspect enough to the point that they felt they had to confess in order to receive any type of break. They would then turn on the cameras just long enough to get the confession on tape. Even after they had their confessions, that the wrongfully taken, they still didn't see/ overlooked the discrepancies in the multiple party confessions. All this just goes to show that they were only focused on the act of putting someone away from a crime whether or not they were guilty, just to be able to say then did

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