scene with the case that you write about, they made this assessment within 45 minutes. cindy hyde smith, a senator from mississippi, something equally disturbing, she made a lynching joke when she was running for senate. and still was able to win her seat, which was quite disturbing. one of the men you write about was hanged with a dog chain as a noose. that doesn t seem like something that someone would use to hang themselves with even though the psychology of harming yourself but that seems very strange to me. right. the family in that case say that there are a lot of unanswered questions. families are raising legitimate questions, yes, his name was nick taylor. he was 23. he was found in 2003 with his own dog s chain wrapped around his neck. so, yeah, it raises a lot of questions. there are other cases that i
conversations. he tells his cousin we never got our right money that we were supposed to get. the prosecution during the closing arguments a short time ago said he did receive about $750,000 though. he seems to have spent most of that gambling. gretchen. any reaction during the closing arguments? asaro wearing a brown sweater and plaid shirt sat quietly. he appeared to be a benign senior citizen even as the prosecutor gave this long laundry list of criminal acts. his demeanor did change when the prosecution began to talk about how he strangled to death with a dog chain a suspected informant back in 1969.
burlap sacks of gold chains, crates of watches and stones, total cost, $6 million. and none of it was found. asaro s former defense attorney said he didn t do it. the fact that he didn t get murdered would suggest he didn t have anything to do with it. reporter: prosecutors say asaro conspired and murdered by strangling with a dog chain paul katz in 1959 after believing he was cooperating with law enforcement. they found remnants of his remains hidden. and four other defendants allegedly playing minor roles including asaro s son have already made deals with the government. but the good fella prosecutors believe is the real deal is asaro who they helped to put him
a dog chain paul katz in 1969. after it was believed he was cooperating with law enforcement. in june 2013, investigators found remnants of katz remains embedded in a basement floor, where prosecutors believe asaro helped hide the body. four other defendants allegedly playing minor roles, including asaro s son, have already made deals with the government. but the good fella prosecutors believe is the real deal is asaro, and they hope to finally put him behind bars and at the same time, bring justice to victims from generations of crimes never solved. wiretap recordings are going to play a large role in this trial, and the current witness, the cousin of the defendant, started recording him in 2008. and an excerpt from 2011 is where the defendant says on tape, you know, we didn t get our fair share of this. jimmy the gent took it all. the witnesses asked, what s he talking about.
emeralds and stones and total estimated value is $6 million, an none of it was ever found. asaro s former defense attorney said that he didn t do it. and pretty much all of the people who did it got murdered, so the fact that my client didn t get murdered would suggest that he didn t have anything to do with it. and also, defendant asaro conspi conspired and murdered with a dog chain paul cats in 1969 after it was believed that he was cooperating with law enforcement n. june 2013, investiga investigators found remnants of his remains in a basement floor where they say that asaro helped to hide the body. and in major roles, asor many of the asaro s witnesses have