Summary

CONFESSED MURDERER JEREMY STROHMEYER IS RECANTING THAT CONFESSION AND SAYS HE WANTS A NEW TRIAL IN THE RAPE AND MURDER OF A WOMAN IN A NEVADA CASINO IN 1997.

Source CONUS Archive
Record ID 178936
Story Slug STROHMEYER WANTS NEW TRIAL (2/8/2000)
Location LAS VEGAS, NEVADA
Format PKG
Date 02/08/2000
Archive Time 47:47
TRT 2:58
Supers Las Vegas, Nevada (File) Robert Preuss, Defense Attorney Stewart Bell, Clark County District Attorney Leslie Abramson, Former Strohmeyer Attorney Jeremy Strohmeyer, Convicted Killer Wayne Garcia, Reporting
Video Description WAYNE GARCIA STANDUP, CLARK COUNTY COURTHOUSE EXTERIOR, LESLIE ABRAMSON WALKING INTO COURT, STROHMEYER IN COURT, FILE OF MURDER, SOT WITH LAWYER, SOT WITH LAWYER, LESLIE ABRAMSON TAKING OATH NAD SITTING IN WITNESS STAND, SOT WITH ABRAMSON, JEREMY STROHMEYER TAKES OATH AND TAKES THE WITNESS STAND, SOT WITH STROHMEYER, STANDUP
Description CONFESSED MURDERER JEREMY STROHMEYER IS RECANTING THAT CONFESSION AND SAYS HE WANTS A NEW TRIAL IN THE RAPE AND MURDER OF A WOMAN IN A NEVADA CASINO IN 1997.
Script LEAD: JEREMY STROHMEYER PLEADED GUILTY TO RAPING AND MURDERING A YOUNG GIRL IN A NEVADA CASINO BACK IN 1997. BY DOING THAT, HE WAS ABLE TO AVOID THE DEATH PENALTY. BUT NOW HE WANTS A NEW TRIAL, SAYING HE WAS BULLIED INTO THE PLEA. WAYNE GARCIA REPORTS FROM LAS VEGAS, WHERE A JUDGE IS CONSIDERING THE CASE. SCRIPT: NO SCRIPT FILED- PKG DONE IN FIELD. TAG: STROHMEYER'S ADOPTIVE PARENTS ARE SUING L-A COUNTY. THEY SAY CHILD WELFARE OFFICIALS FAILED TO TELL THEM JEREMY'S BIRTH MOTHER WAS SCHIZOPHRENIC. THEY WANT FIVE MILLION IN GENERAL AND PUNITIVE DAMAGES.
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