MTV’s ‘Unlocking The Truth’ Recap: "Honey That’s A Dangerous Man"

Previously on Unlocking The Truth….

Ryan and Eva talk to Michael’s father and learn that he doesn’t want to reconnect with his son. We also learn that he had a solid alibi the night Michael’s mother was killed but from that meeting you could clearly see he has issues controlling his anger. Even his second ex-wife thinks he was somehow involved. Ryan and Eva also begin work on Kalvin Michael Smith’s case. A man convicted of assault with intent to kill. In December 1995 a young pregnant woman, Jill Marker, was brutally attacked at the store she worked at and was left for dead. Luckily she lived and identified Kalvin as her attacker. However we learn that she had been stalked by Kenneth Lamoureux, an older white man with mental issues and a history of violence. Kenneth was seen in the store moments before Jill was attacked and witnesses even made statements of seeing him in the store acting very suspicious. However, he was never fully looked into because Michael’s ex-girlfriend, girlfriend at the time and best friend at the time all stated that he was bragging about attacking Jill. The investigation of this case is very suspicious. Questions that have been brought up are: How did the photo lineup go? How can you have a photo lineup ID from a patient (Jill) who doctor’s said brain was like putty and who was also non-verbal at the time? “Honey That’s A Dangerous Man”, delves further into Kalvin and Michael’s cases.

In last night’s episode [Wednesday, August 31], we learn Michael’s uncle on his father’s side, Johnny Politte, was spotted by Larry Lee and Kevin Politte walking through the woods by the Politte home the night Michael’s mother was murdered. He was seen walking through the woods before the fire department arrived. Kevin discovered his truck by the railroad tracks while Larry actually spoke to him asking if he needed a ride. He declined stating his truck was just down the road but made sure to mention that Mike’s mother had died, yet this information had not yet been released. Larry also noticed that Johnny’s close were wet. Was it water or something else? Gasoline? Larry told Ryan and Eva that Johnny came to the Lee’s home a few days later and questioned Larry’s wife about what they knew about Michael’s mother’s murder. This made Larry’s wife uneasy and she ultimately told him to leave. This begs the question: why is Johnny so concerned about what the Lee’s know? What is he hiding?

Ryan and Eva also meet up with Kenneth Lamoureux’s ex-wife to learn more about him, since he is now deceased. We learn that Kenneth hated his wife when she was pregnant and became much more violent with her. One day before Jill’s attack, Lamoureux’s ex-wife was brutally attacked by Kenneth in front of their children; he broke her hand and fingers by slamming them into a doorway. The police were called and Kenneth was held for 4 hours giving his ex-wife enough time to gather her kids and get out of state. The judge and police officers knew Kenneth was a dangerous man, yet he was still never fully investigated in the Jill Marker case.

Ryan and Eva also talk to William Speaks, Kalvin’s original public defender to learn more about what happened at the trial. They also bring in an attorney from the exoneration project and learn that most of Eugene Littlejohn’s (Kalvin’s former best friend) confession/statement was coerced or fed to him by investigators. The whole interrogation was contaminated with bits of information from the crime scene. All Littlejohn did was say yes and when he didn’t say yes or couldn’t remember he was fed information and then replied with “yes”.

We also got to see the affect Kalvin’s incarceration had on his family, especially his mother. She turned to crack/cocaine for over a decade but now have been clean for 5 years. Ryan enlists her help to go on the hunt for Eugene. They find him but he walks away from her.

Next Week

Ryan finally gets to talk to Eugene

Third case introduced: Bryon Case

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