I love True Crime docs and this was not disappointing. Nick Hillary admits to having a sprained ankle. >!I gotta admit, though, that I never got a sense that Hillary did it. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Video evidence places both of them within the vicinity of the crime scene during the timeframe of the murder. His mother's ex-boyfriend Oral "Nick" Hillary was tried for the murder, but as a new HBO doc shows, it wasn't that simple of a case. So he was immediately ruled out due to the fact that he had the clearest motive, having been a controlling deputy that had recently been dumped by a beautiful GF (Tandy) “The love of his life” for a Jamaican American man who may have been “seeing” Tandy during the time JJ believed that himself and Tandy were still romantically involved. Getting a subject and molding the evidence to their theory instead of following the evidence where it leads. never explicitly says an innocent was arrested for a young boy’s murder because of police racism. And if it was Jones, they were just covering it up the whole time. The part that sent me over the edge was at the ending of part two Mary Rain saying something along the lines of “We wont be looking for any other leads because Nick Hillary 100% did this”... How could you say that when he was just found not guilty? Chronicling the five years after the murder, the film is an eye-opening look at how justice is delivered and delayed. Mar 08, 2019 — A St. Lawrence County prosecutor says there's a new tip in the Garrett Phillips murder case. Stream Who Killed Garrett Phillips? Even though her dismissing the charges is the logical thing to do we are well aware by now that many prosecutors don't always do that. Then there’s John Jones...wow...he seems like a creep too. (HBO) on HBO Max. Nick is the only one with a motive here. He is an old school bastard who doesn’t care whodunnit, would probably throw his own mother in jail as long as his conviction rate stays near 100%. With a witness placing him entering the apartment 15 minutes before the murder....questions need to be answered. Watched the first half of this and it was insane and infuriating. John Jones is so creepy and controlling. I assumed this the second I saw him with the mother as she was being interviewed by the police, and every scene with him seems like a confident guy who got away with it. It seems initially that the dispatcher as well as the other police officer involved in the first response immediately implicated JJ, or at least understood that JJ (a local Sheriff’s deputy) would be implicated. There was a point in the documentary (37:34, part 1) where John Jones states that law enforcement “put 20 hours plus a day into trying to find the right person to put to this” instead of saying they “put in 20 plus hours a day trying to find the person who did this.” I think this is extremely telling as to what the police department’s motive was throughout the entirety of the case. Twelve year old Garrett Phillips walked the five blocks home from school during the early evening hours of October 24th, 2011. At no point does he ever park his car in a position to see the field. Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHS7TIqOqYA. But, he says that Nick’s reaction is something that really stood out to him. I think one of 2 people committed this crime, and one of them was found innocent. is a 2019 documentary in two parts by American film director and producer Liz Garbus. One thing struck me instantly....if ANYONE (and I am 1000% convinced that Nick Hillary is innocent) jumped out that back window, wouldn't there have been a huge "thud" sound as they landed on the car below? I agree. With Oral Hillary, Brian Phillips, Tyler Rodrigues. I think so too. There were no signs of a struggle, plus stats indicate that when a child is murdered, it’s usually by someone they know and trust. This new documentary from HBO is about a 12-year-old boy, Garrett Phillips, who died in 2011. I just don't see how anyone got out of that building without being noticed. He said he was going to watch a game from in his car. Chronicling the five years after the murder, the film is an eye-opening look at how justice is delivered and delayed. Who Killed Garrett Phillips? Maybe Garrett was pushed against the blinds while being assaulted, hence why they were bent in, and the screen popped out? Of course that did not sit well with this man of control and moral authority. She was so incompetent its beyond me how she was the D.A. But at the same time, so many armchair sleuths, so many Reddit boards, so much discussion only increased the chances of it being solved.” “Who Killed Garrett Phillips?” airs July 23 … She was suspended for two years for disciplinary reasons! Boston Globe shared details of the case of Garrett Phillips murder. I came to reddit assuming someone would’ve started an “I know who really did it” thread. Theres no sense of closure and the families of the victims are left devastated. Some murders are so shocking and evil that they capture the mind of the general public and it wont let go until a killer is brought to justice. https://allthatsinteresting.com › garrett-phillips-nick-hillary She cant really admit to attempting to prosecute someone she didnt fully believe was guilty... prob sends a shitty message to her bosses and the public. More Documentaries To Explore .