Surveillance video evidence

Subject in True Crime

Surveillance video evidence has come up in 19 episodes across 7 podcasts in TMT, including Crime Junkie, The Megyn Kelly Show, 20/20. 6 people have made recorded remarks about it.

What people said

Ashley FlowersCreator and host of the true crime podcast Crime Junkie and founder of Audiochuck

  • Flowers argues the surveillance footage has been sensationalized by claims that the couple appeared to be in a trance.

    “this video has become hugely sensationalized because this idea has kind of gotten perpetuated that the way they were walking was like they were in a trance”

    Crime Junkie: MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF: The Jamison Family (May 25, 2026) · Listen from 19:46

  • Flowers describes footage of a car entering the property and turning off its lights on the night of July 29.

    “The security gate is already open, so this car can drive right through. But as it does, it turns off its lights”

    Crime Junkie: MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF: Spencer Irwin (May 11, 2026) · Listen from 19:37

  • Flowers reports that when Alicia viewed the footage in March 2025 she saw Sweetman peek through the blinds as the suspects' truck pulled up.

    “He went to the front door and like peeked through the blinds”

    Crime Junkie: MURDERED: Nick Cordova (Apr 6, 2026) · Listen from 45:57

  • Flowers says the AM/PM gas station footage is among the clearest images of a suspect's face she has seen and criticizes the delay in releasing it.

    “this is close to, if not the clearest image of a suspect's face I have ever seen from surveillance footage in a case”

    Crime Junkie: MURDERED: Nick Cordova (Apr 6, 2026) · Listen from 35:43

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Jack PosobiecConservative commentator, Human Events senior editor and Turning Point USA contributor

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Kathleen ZellnerAmerican criminal defense and wrongful-conviction attorney

  • Zellner said the gas-station video did not show Kevin's car and could not hold up in court without a plate or clear face.

    “You would have to have the license plate or a very clear picture of his face to ever have that hold up in court”

    20/20: True Crime Vault: The Accused (Sep 22, 2026) · Listen from 58:19

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John ChristoffersonLead investigator, then a Wisconsin Department of Justice special agent assisting the La Crosse County Sheriff's Department

  • Christofferson said Eric's absence from the Shopko surveillance footage opened a window in which he could have killed his parents.

    “it now opens up that period of his timeline where he has the opportunity to get to his parents' house and kill them”

    48 Hours: Desperate Measures (May 14, 2026) · Listen from 23:32

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Pat ComunaleFather of Joey Comunale and founder of a Connecticut security firm

  • Pat Comunale recounts that after seeing the video he sensed evidence might be in the building's garbage and told police to search it.

    “Just kind of had that sense that if these guys were lying, there could be something in the garbage”

    48 Hours: What Happened in Apartment 4C? (May 7, 2026) · Listen from 18:09

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Alaina UrquhartCo-host of Morbid, autopsy technician and author of the Butcher novels

  • Urquhart credited neighbor Nate Trinastich with greatly helping the detective by contradicting Chris's account on the spot.

    “gave that detective a fucking gift because he hammered him in front of that detective and made it so much easier to see what was going on here”

    Morbid: The Watts Family Murders (Part 1) (May 7, 2026) · Listen from 1:32:38

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