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07-03-2007, 11:21 PM
Did Eric Volz murder his ex-girlfriend? Despite a strong alibi and evidence in his defense, he's convicted by a Nicaraguan court
By Keith Morrison
Correspondent
NBC News
Updated: 10:23 p.m. PT April 22, 2007
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Eric Volz was an American expatriate who had staked his future on a place far from home. But in a flash, he became a monster to people in Nicaragua. It all began with a horrific murder. This report aired Sunday, April 22, on Dateline NBC.
Tony D'Sousa: This case is so disturbing on so many levels. One thing I’ll never be able to get out of my mind are the pictures of the crime scene. Whoever killed her [Doris Jimenez], what they did to her was just a brutal crime.
Doris Jimenez was a jewel set in a Nicaraguan paradise. She was just 25 years old—strikingly beautiful, bright, and ambitious.
What was done to her was horrific. The crime scene photographs show her body trussed up like some animal, and left, as if on display, here on the floor of her little clothing shop by the beach.
Oh, and one more thing: She had been seeing an American.
Another American, writer Tony D’Sousa set out to investigate the crime and became a witness to a national tidal wave of anger.D'Sousa: It was a major event here. I’ve heard it, you know, compared to the O.J. Simpson trial.
20 years ago, this volcanic country was torn apart by revolution, political scandal and war, in which the U.S. was deeply involved. But things change. And in Nicaragua, they are changing fast. Americans are invading, but with their money, as owners of oceanfront property.
But when Eric Volz, a young American, recently dipped his toes into sleepy seaside life, he found himself caught up in a story of jealousy, injustice and a murder so twisted, it united this nation in outrage... and revenge.D'Sousa: It was a cultural tinderbox. And There’s a saying down there, “small town, big hell.”
Eric Volz was the young man destined to walk into that small town hell. He’d grown up in San Diego—ambitious, competitive, even driven...and an eager student of Latin America.
More (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18264642/)
I saw the one-hour documentary on MSNBC the other night. It looks like the justice system there is pretty weak--at least when it comes to finding the truth.
By Keith Morrison
Correspondent
NBC News
Updated: 10:23 p.m. PT April 22, 2007
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Eric Volz was an American expatriate who had staked his future on a place far from home. But in a flash, he became a monster to people in Nicaragua. It all began with a horrific murder. This report aired Sunday, April 22, on Dateline NBC.
Tony D'Sousa: This case is so disturbing on so many levels. One thing I’ll never be able to get out of my mind are the pictures of the crime scene. Whoever killed her [Doris Jimenez], what they did to her was just a brutal crime.
Doris Jimenez was a jewel set in a Nicaraguan paradise. She was just 25 years old—strikingly beautiful, bright, and ambitious.
What was done to her was horrific. The crime scene photographs show her body trussed up like some animal, and left, as if on display, here on the floor of her little clothing shop by the beach.
Oh, and one more thing: She had been seeing an American.
Another American, writer Tony D’Sousa set out to investigate the crime and became a witness to a national tidal wave of anger.D'Sousa: It was a major event here. I’ve heard it, you know, compared to the O.J. Simpson trial.
20 years ago, this volcanic country was torn apart by revolution, political scandal and war, in which the U.S. was deeply involved. But things change. And in Nicaragua, they are changing fast. Americans are invading, but with their money, as owners of oceanfront property.
But when Eric Volz, a young American, recently dipped his toes into sleepy seaside life, he found himself caught up in a story of jealousy, injustice and a murder so twisted, it united this nation in outrage... and revenge.D'Sousa: It was a cultural tinderbox. And There’s a saying down there, “small town, big hell.”
Eric Volz was the young man destined to walk into that small town hell. He’d grown up in San Diego—ambitious, competitive, even driven...and an eager student of Latin America.
More (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18264642/)
I saw the one-hour documentary on MSNBC the other night. It looks like the justice system there is pretty weak--at least when it comes to finding the truth.