Episode Six: John Guica

Two college aged men are out for a night in Brooklyn with friends. Both drinking and looking to make the most of their night. Fate has John Giuca and Mark Fisher cross paths and when they cannot sneak into a local club with their fake ID's, the party continues at John Giuca's house.

Unfortunately, the night ends in tragedy. Mark Fisher is brutally attacked and shot numerous times in the back. Mark dies in a driveway, wrapped in a blanket from John Giuca's house. John is later arrested and convicted for Mark Fisher's murder.

However, with three out of the four of the prosecution's star witnesses later recanting their testimonies and the fourth changing his story repeatedly, is John Giuca really responsible for Mark Fisher's murder? And can a mother's determination save her son from a life in prison?

Some of our research
Fatal Encounters episode
Note: this only seems to work on notebooks and laptops not smart phones. And start watching at about 17:40 minutes as before this it jumps all over the episode. From this time, the episode starts from the beginning.
Indictment paper
Free John Giuca website

Episode Five: Zach Witman

On October 2 1998, Greg Witman, 13 years old, was returning from school when he was brutally attacked from behind at the front door of his home. His 15 year old brother, Zach was home sick and in his parent's room at the time of the attack. When Zach comes downstairs, he notices blood on the floor and discovers his little brother's body.

Within a few days, after a short investigation, the police charge Zach with the first-degree murder of his brother. At the age of 20, he was tried as an adult and sentenced to life in prison without parole.

What would cause one brother to murder another? And was Zach really responsible?

Some of our research
Case report
Short documentary
A wealth of information