you mentioned, it won an emmy award. so he has led a very tangled life. it s amazing. he is accused of killing his first wife. he was never tried for that. then he went to texas. he was apparently on the run. he was posing as a mute woman. allegedly killed his roommate, beheaded him, put his body in the bay. and then later now, the case that is coming up, for which he is supposed to be extradited soon to california later this year, he is accused of killing the confidante who he wanted to keep quiet about the murder of his first wife. it is just unbelievable, something you couldn t make up. gregg: yeah. all right, the other case i mentioned happened at the end of the year, literally, you know, at the very end of 2015, esther, and that is of course bill cosby. it s a 12-year-old case. he said/she said, no eyewitnesses. all of the other women notwithstanding, and they may
we re going to see when the testimony comes out at trial, if her confession was coerced. again the punishment for law enforcement to prevent further coercion in other cases is to suppress the confession. if there is in confession in this case there there will be vy difficult for prosecutors prove. however, the suppression is really in this case an uphill battle for the defendant. it is is not a given it is going to be suppressed. it is funny, not this case, it is horrible, the judge seems to get in on the theme. he made comments that the currents aren t very strong in this case. given a case that took place on the water, i think we re going to see some more snark before this case is over. gregg: no doubt. plenty of snark to go around. kent, esther, thank you both. you bet, gregg. thank you. arthel: well in the new year literally hundreds of new laws kick in covering everything from gun purchases to the minimum wage.
immigration system. that some believe started to do give rise to his now very popular presidential campaign. it is really awful story for the woman and her family. it is incredibly tragic and in the my mind and minds of a lot of people watching this it should never happened because that guy should have never been back in the country. gregg: right. let s move on to the last case involving the woman, young woman, takes her fiance, boyfriend out on a kayaking trip on the hudson river and according to police and prosecutors, that she planned this all out to kill him. she wanted him dead. the real question here is, esther, whether she confessed under duress? well of course if she did confess because she was threatened or forced or promised something in return, then the confession could be suppressed. which means that the jury or fact-finder will never hear about it. in this case we re going to see,
shooting and killing her. she took a walk on the san francisco pier with her dad. her death spark ad national debate about sanctuary cities. of course the kayak murder. she was accused of drowning her fiance on the hudson river in new york. we have esther panitche, is a criminal defense attorney. again good to see you both. consent kent, start off with robert durst. the chilling hbo documentary. still has his microphone on his lapel and shirt and goes to the bathroom and doesn t realize he has mic goes on and it is hot. he looks in the mirror, what the hell did i do. i killed them all. so take it away. well this is just one of these things that is almost like truth is stranger than fiction. it is unbelievable. and that hbo documentary, gregg,
which you can t con incident to sex if you re drugged and you can t, you re not conscious. so if this is his modus operandi, he can t say, this is this one time, one single time this happened. the prosecution will likely be able to bring in victim after victim after victim to this is his propensity. this is how he acts and how he obtains his victims. leland: and a lawyer for some of his alleged victims said it was like christmas for him to be charged with these crimes. esther, david, appreciate y all s insights. obviously the new year will bring more information in the case and bring you back to talk about it. happy new year. thank you. leland: all the best. abby? abby: happening now is coming up shortly. gregg jarrett is there. what s cooking? we ll have new details on the massive flooding on several major midwestern rivers as the death toll hits 20. new years eve preps, celebrations from all over the world and headlines from the