Forensic Files (HD) - Season 13, Episode 25 - Family Ties - Full Episode
Summary
TLDREl caso de Peter y Joan Porco, un asesinato y un intento de asesinato que sacudió a una comunidad. Peter, un empleado del Tribunal Supremo de Nueva York, es brutalmente asesinado y Joan, su esposa, sobrevive a un ataque salvaje con heridas graves. La investigación apuntaba inicialmente a su hijo Christopher, pero luego se descartó. Sin embargo, la evidencia, incluyendo un jeep amarillo y una tarjeta de peaje con su ADN, lo vincula con el crimen. Christopher es condenado a 50 años de prisión, a pesar de que su madre sigue creyendo en su inocencia.
Takeaways
- 🔍 El caso involucra un asesinato y un intento de asesinato en la入侵 de una vivienda, con heridas inimaginables y un patrón de 'asesinato de firma'.
- 👨👩👦 La víctima, Peter Porco, era un empleado del Tribunal Supremo del Estado de Nueva York, y su hijo Christopher es el principal sospechoso.
- 🩸 Se descubre que Peter fue golpeado 16 veces en la cabeza con un hacha, mientras que su esposa, Joan, recibió tres golpes.
- 🤕 A pesar de ser gravemente herida, Joan sobrevivió y inicialmente acusó a su hijo Christopher, pero luego retractó su declaración.
- 🧬 Se encontró ADN de Christopher en un boleto de peaje, lo que vinculaba su presencia en la autopista en la noche del ataque.
- 🚗 Un jeep amarillo similar al de Christopher fue capturado en video saliendo de la universidad y regresando horas después del ataque.
- 💸 Existen indicios de que Christopher estaba en problemas financieros, había falsificado las firmas de sus padres y necesitaba dinero desesperadamente.
- 🏦 Se descubre que Peter y Joan tenían una póliza de seguro de vida por un millón de dólares, lo que podría haber sido un motivo del crimen.
- 🔎 Se investiga la posibilidad de que el crimen estuviera relacionado con la mafia debido a la conexión de un pariente de Peter con actividades ilícitas.
- 🏢 Christopher tenía un historial de gasto excesivo y fracaso académico, lo que podría haberlo llevado a cometer el crimen por la póliza de seguro de vida.
- 🏛️ El caso se juzga en un tribunal, donde la evidencia circunstancial es abrumadora, y Christopher es encontrado culpable y condenado a 50 años de prisión.
Q & A
¿Qué tipo de crimen fue cometido en el caso de Peter y Joan Porco?
-El crimen cometido fue un asesinato y un intento de asesinato en una invasión a la vivienda. Peter fue asesinado y Joan fue gravemente herida.
¿Cómo se describe el método utilizado para el asesinato según el guion?
-El método utilizado fue un ataque con hacha, lo que se denomina un 'asesinato de firma', lo que sugiere una ejecución deliberada y brutal.
¿Qué implicaciones tenía la lesión de Peter después del ataque?
-A pesar de haber sido golpeado 16 veces en la cabeza, Peter recuperó la conciencia y realizó tareas diarias como hacer las labores matinales y recoger el periódico, debido a que su neocórtex, que controla las funciones superiores, estaba gravemente dañado, pero su paleocórtex, que controla los instintos primarios, estaba intacto.
¿Por qué inicialmente se sospecha de Christopher Porco?
-Inicialmente, Joan Porco, en un momento de conciencia, asintió que su hijo Christopher era el responsable del ataque. Además, Christopher tenía un posible motivo financiero, ya que había falsificado las firmas de sus padres para tomar prestado dinero y estaba en problemas financieros.
¿Cómo se descarta la sospecha sobre Christopher Porco después de que su madre se recupera?
-Joan Porco, después de sobrevivir y recuperarse, declaró abiertamente que Christopher no tenía nada que ver con el ataque y pidió al fiscal que lo dejara en paz y buscara al verdadero asesino.
¿Qué evidencia forense vinculó a Christopher Porco con el crimen?
-El análisis de vídeo mostró que el jeep amarillo de Christopher salió de la universidad y regresó en un horario que coincidía con el ataque. Además, se encontró su ADN en un boleto de peaje que no había sido registrado por su Easy Pass.
¿Qué implicaciones tenía la vida de Christopher Porco antes del crimen?
-Christopher estaba pasando por problemas financieros, había malgastado dinero en lujos y estaba failing en sus cursos universitarios, lo que podría haberlo llevado a actuar desesperadamente por dinero.
¿Cuál fue la sentencia de Christopher Porco tras ser encontrado culpable?
-Christopher Porco fue sentenciado a una pena mínima de 50 años de prisión por el asesinato de su padre y el intento de asesinato de su madre.
¿Qué teoría alternativa se exploró en el caso para explicar el ataque?
-Se exploró la posibilidad de que el ataque pudiera estar relacionado con la mafia, debido a la conexión de un pariente de Peter Porco con el crimen organizado, pero esta teoría fue descartada debido a la falta de evidencia directa.
¿Qué evidencia se encontró que contradecía la afirmación inicial de Joan Porco sobre su hijo?
-A pesar de que inicialmente Joan Porco señaló a su hijo como el atacante, la evidencia forense, incluyendo el ADN de Christopher en un boleto de peaje y el jeep amarillo en el lugar del crimen, contradecía su afirmación.
Outlines
🔍 Asesinato y crimen familiar
El primer párrafo relata un caso de asesinato y lesiones en un hogar, donde las heridas son descritas como 'inimaginables'. Se menciona que podría haber estado involucrado un familiar, Frankie 'El Bombero' Porco, con posibles conexiones con la mafia. La policía es criticada por no resolver el caso, pero se sugiere que están cerca de descubrir al asesino. Se introduce a Peter Porco, un empleado respetado en la Corte Suprema de Nueva York, y su esposa Joan, quienes son víctimas de un ataque brutal con hacha. Peter es encontrado muerto y Joan gravemente herida, pero consciente. Se describe la escena del crimen y cómo Peter, a pesar de ser gravemente herido, se levantó y realizó sus tareas diarias, debido a daños en su neocórtex. Se revela que Christopher, su hijo de 21 años, es el principal sospechoso.
👨⚖️ Dos hijos con alibi y la recuperación de la madre
El segundo párrafo explora la vida de Peter y Joan Porco, quienes tenían dos hijos: Jonathan, un oficial de la marina de los Estados Unidos, y Christopher, un estudiante universitario. Ambos tenían alibis para la noche del ataque. Sin embargo, Joan, en un momento de conciencia, señaló a Christopher como el responsable, aunque luego reculó y declaró su inocencia. Se describe la recuperación milagrosa de Joan y cómo la evidencia forense, como la ausencia de sangre en el vehículo de Christopher y la falta de registros de su Easy Pass, apoya su historia. Se menciona un presunto amenaza de muerte contra Peter y una carta anónima que podría ser del verdadero asesino.
🚔 Investigación detallada y descubrimiento de pruebas
El tercer párrafo sigue la investigación policial, que incluye la revisión de videos de seguridad, análisis de códigos de seguridad y la búsqueda de un móvil en el crimen. Se descubre que el jeep de Christopher dejó la universidad y regresó horas después del ataque. Se analiza la posibilidad de que haya pagado las peajes en efectivo para evitar dejar una pista y se encuentra su Easy Pass en el suelo de su jeep. Se sugiere que Peter y Joan tenían una poliza de seguro de vida valiosa y que Christopher había solicitado información financiera antes del asesinato, lo que podría indicar un móvil económico.
🔎 Hallazgos finales y el juicio
El cuarto párrafo describe cómo se encontró la prueba definitiva: una boleta de peaje con la DNA de Christopher. Se expone la teoría del fiscal de que Christopher, necesitado de dinero, asesinó a sus padres para la poliza de seguro de vida. Se narra cómo Christopher deshabilitó el sistema de seguridad, atacó a sus padres y luego regresó a la universidad. Se mencionan las dudas y preguntas sin respuesta, como la ubicación de la ropa ensangrentada y la implicación inicial de Christopher por parte de su madre. Finalmente, se relata el juicio y la condena de Christopher a 50 años de prisión.
🏢 El veredicto y la reacción de la familia
El último párrafo cubre la reacción de la familia y la comunidad ante el veredicto. Se destaca la firme creencia de la inocencia de Christopher por parte de su madre, a pesar de la evidencia contundente presentada en el juicio. Se describe el impacto emocional del caso en los miembros del jurado y la rareza de un caso así, con la esperanza de que no se repita.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Asesinato
💡Hacha
💡Investigación
💡Sospechoso
💡Circunstancial
💡Familia
💡Seguro de vida
💡Mafia
💡Autopsia
💡Culpabilidad
Highlights
Un ataque a una vivienda y asesinato con heridas inimaginables.
Se considera un asesinato con signatura y se sugiere la posible participación de un familiar.
Frankie 'El Bombero' Porco, un pariente del victimario, es mencionado en relación con la mafia.
Peter Porco, un empleado del Tribunal Supremo de Nueva York, es encontrado asesinado en su hogar.
Joan Porco, la esposa de Peter, sobrevive pero con heridas graves; se encuentra un hacha cerca de ella.
Análisis de la sangre muestra que Joan fue golpeada tres veces en la cabeza mientras dormía.
Peter fue golpeado 16 veces en la cabeza, pero su cuerpo fue encontrado en la planta baja.
Peter, a pesar de ser gravemente herido, se levantó y realizó tareas diarias como si nada hubiera pasado.
Joan, en un breve momento de conciencia, acusa a su hijo Christopher de ser el atacante.
Christopher tenía una excusa de不在场证明 y se ofreció para pruebas de ADN y análisis de lesiones.
Joan, después de recuperarse, declara que Christopher no tuvo nada que ver con el ataque.
No se encontró evidencia forense que vinculase a Christopher con el crimen en su vehículo o en la autopista.
Peter había recibido una amenaza de muerte previamente, pero el autor tenía una excusa de不在场证明 para la noche del asesinato.
Se recibe una carta anónima tomando crédito del asesinato, pero no se encuentran huellas dactilares en la carta.
Se descubre que Peter y Joan tenían una póliza de seguro de vida por un millón de dólares.
Christopher había solicitado consejo financiero antes del asesinato, hablando de recibir millones de dólares.
Se descubre que el código utilizado para desactivar el sistema de seguridad era conocido por miembros de la familia.
Se obtiene video de seguridad que muestra el jeep de Christopher saliendo de la universidad y regresando horas después del ataque.
Se encuentra ADN de Christopher en un boleto de peaje, lo que apoya la teoría de que él estuvo en el lugar del crimen.
Christopher fue encontrado culpable y condenado a 50 años de prisión.
A pesar de la condena, su madre sigue creyendo en su inocencia.
Transcripts
[Music]
up next
a home invasion and murder the injuries
that she sustained are
unimaginable it was what they call a
signature killing
was a family member involved allegations
of mafia
involvement the relative is frankie the
fireman porco
the press says the police can't solve it
every day on the news
talking about they've botched this
investigation they can't do anything
right
but the police are one step ahead of the
press
and the killer
[Music]
working for the supreme court of new
york state is a prestigious job
for 52-year-old peter porco a clerk for
an appeals judge
it was the perfect way to end his legal
career
until one day everything
changed it started off as any other day
until peter porco didn't show up for
work
and people began to get worried because
that wasn't like him
a court officer went to the parcco's
home and immediately saw signs of
trouble he walked up to the front of the
house
and in the door he saw a key a key by
itself
in the door lock the door was ajar he
looks down and he sees on the cement
steps some drops of blood
inside was a bloodbath he
looked over to his right and he saw a
body laying there
whom he recognizes peter parkou
peter porco had been bludgeoned to death
it was a scene of shocking horror
something that
most people who saw it find it difficult
to talk about
upstairs in the master bedroom was his
wife joan
who was still alive but just barely a
three-foot axe
was next to her investigators could see
her brain
while they were trying to save her life
she was also hit with the axe along her
arms
to give oxygen they're supposed to put a
bag over her mouth and
they couldn't figure out where her mouth
was
joan was rushed to the hospital her life
hanging
in the balance blood spatter analysis
showed
that joan porco was struck three times
in the head with the axe while sleeping
peter parkout had been struck 16 times
in the head
but why was peter's body found
downstairs
apparently sometime after the attack
peter regained
consciousness and started to go about
his morning tasks
he had actually pulled on some clothes
over the top of some wounds
and began walking around the house
that's because
the top part of peter's brain the
neocortex which controls higher
functions like
thought language and reasoning was
severely
damaged in the attack the autopsy
revealed
his paleocortex underneath was intact
this controls his primal instincts and
second nature habits
this explains why he got up went
downstairs
made breakfast performed the same tasks
he did
each and every morning unaware
he was mortally wounded the blood
evidence shows
he even went out to get the morning
newspaper
and that the front door locked behind
him
he used the house key hidden in the
flower pot to open it
then lost consciousness due to blood
loss
and died
i am surprised that he was able to move
around the residents as he did
before joan porco went into surgery an
alert investigator who was also
a friend of the family asked joan a key
question
while she was still conscious i said to
her can you hear me and she shook her
head visibly
up and down in the yes notion that she
could the officer asked her
if she knew who attacked her she shook
her head again
in the yes notion up and down i asked
her did christopher do this to you
and she clearly again sh nod her head up
and down
yes christopher was her 21 year old son
[Music]
the medical examiner concluded that
peter porco
was the intended target of the brutal
axe attack in his home
since he was struck 16 times in the head
joan was hit three times
nothing was missing from the porco's
home either which pointed to only
one conclusion leads them to believe
that maybe this is someone who
was angry with someone in the family
that there was something more to this
peter and joan porco had two children 23
year old jonathan was a lieutenant in
the u.s
navy serving on a nuclear submarine
hundreds of miles away
21 year old christopher attended the
university of rochester
a three-hour drive away
both had alibis for the night of the
attack
but why did joan parco tell police her
son
christopher was responsible your mother
is communicating
she's saying you were there i don't know
why she said
she knows i hope she does i was not
there
he was cooperating he let them take a
dna sample
he let them look at his body to make
sure that there weren't marks or signs
of a struggle like bruises
three weeks after the attack joan porco
regained
consciousness everybody was very
surprised it was a miracle
she obviously had a strong will to to
live
and the doctors just did an amazing job
and joan now told police that
christopher
had nothing to do with the attack she
said
it couldn't have been christopher leave
my son alone
joan also made a public statement
supporting her son
i am absolutely positive that my son was
in no way
involved in this heinous crime i implore
the district attorney's office to leave
my son alone and to search for peter's
real killer
and the forensic evidence or lack of it
corroborated
christopher's story investigators found
nothing in christopher's jeep the yellow
jeep was searched for
blood and or bloody clothing any type of
blood transfer whatsoever which would be
indicative of the attack
there was no no blood located in the
vehicle whatsoever
police also found no evidence that
christopher had been
on the highway between his school and
his home
there was no recording of his easy pass
going through the tolls that night
forensic analysts found no fingerprints
or blood
other than the victims on the axe
then police learned that peter parker
had once received a death threat
it was from a man who lost custody of
his children
in a case before the new york state
supreme court
the man had vowed revenge
the man told him he was going to get a
gun and he was going to come
and kill the judge and peter porco
but that man had an alibi for the night
of the murder
then there was an anonymous letter sent
to the local newspaper from someone
claiming to be peter porco's killer
peter porca was not even a challenge
once i got inside
i repeatedly hit him in the head and
neck with a small axe i brought with me
i ignored all his pleading screams also
i beat
joan porco but unfortunately she
survived
the writer took credit for another local
murder and warned
he'd kill again if you ever want to find
me
you might want to stop going after easy
suspects
show me some respect i deserve catch me
if you can
police found no fingerprints on the
letter
and they needed to find out who wrote it
while searching for the person
responsible for the brutal acts attack
investigators first tried to uncover the
motive
we don't have ax murders here it was
just an alarming
tremendously alarming case police
learned that peter parker
had a relative and organized crime who'd
been in trouble with the law
the relative is frank porco known as
frankie the fireman
porco frankie porco was serving time in
federal prison for loan sharking
there were rumors that frankie parker
would turn state's evidence
and provide information in return for a
lighter sentence
it was what they call a signature
killing you know that the mob would do
and it was the fireman's act because it
was retaliation for frankie the firemen
but a background check on frankie the
firemen cast doubt on this theory
he was in prison because he wasn't a
snitch you know
he had been made the offers to cooperate
with the authorities
to avoid prison and he didn't so he
ended up in prison
then investigators learned that peter
and joan porco had life insurance
policies totaling
one million dollars investigators also
learned
that christopher parker asked for
investment advice
before the murder christopher had gone
to
a financial counselor and asked him to
write up a portfolio for him
he told him he was receiving millions of
dollars from a relative
and before his father's death
christopher emailed him
asking for all sorts of personal
financial information
yo pops if i could have you and mom's
social security numbers and your new
york state driver's license numbers
i need them for paperwork related to
financial info for next semester
hope you're having a good day love chris
then investigators checked the code
numbers used
to deactivate the porco's home security
system
on the night of the attack
[Music]
the security system's computer showed
that whoever
deactivated the alarm and presumably
cut the phone lines was someone known
by the family the alarm had been
disarmed
at approximately two o'clock in the
morning so this was the master code that
was used
um which was the code the family had as
well as possible possibly one or two
other people
so despite joan porco's claim that her
son christopher
wasn't responsible for the attack
investigators took a fresh look
at where he was on the night of the
crime
christopher claimed he was in his dorm
room 220 miles away
investigators obtained security video
from the university of rochester campus
and from all the major highways and toll
booths in between the parco's home
and the campus they screened all of it
looking for christopher's yellow jeep
the average person is videotaped 18 to
22 times a day
so there's a tremendous amount of media
that's available to the
to law enforcement at 10 30 p.m
they saw a yellow jeep leaving the
university campus
the security alarm at the porco's home
was deactivated
a little more than three and a half
hours later at 2
14 a.m the porco's phone line was cut
at 4 59 a.m and the same
yellow jeep returned to the campus three
and a half hours later
at 8 30 in the morning the timeline
fit perfectly but was this
christopher's jeep there are actually
more yellow jeeps than you might imagine
in the state of new york there are
thousands of yellow jeeps
video analyst james kennedy ran the
security camera images through
a computer filter so it's not like our
filtering software
all of a sudden makes this stuff appear
what it does it provides us
with in some cases subtle in some cases
dramatic
clarifications kennedy found
specific details on the jeep like mud on
the passenger side door
the passenger side window had a torn
parking sticker
and there was a political sticker on the
back tire cover
those were compared to photographs of
christopher's jeep taken by police
the day of the murder we were able to
conclude that it was in fact
the suspect's jeep unfortunately
the photographic analysis couldn't
identify who
was driving was it christopher
or someone else
through forensic analysis investigators
now knew
that christopher parkou's jeep left the
university of rochester
four hours before the axe attack on his
parents
[Music]
and returned to the campus ten hours
later
it was possible for him to get down to
albany
do what happened at the house
and then make it back up to the campus
in the morning
for him to make it in that time he would
have had to use the new york state
throughway
but investigators had no proof that
christopher porco's
jeep was on the throughway that night or
if it was christopher who was driving
there were no easy pass records of
christopher coming home that night
but investigators found christopher's
easy pass tag on the floor
of his jeep on the morning of the attack
they tell me if you take it off the
windshield
and you get it down on the floor and or
you know
put it away somewheres it won't register
was it possible
christopher paid the highway tolls with
cash
to avoid leaving a trail i don't believe
that those lanes are
surveilled with video cameras
investigators asked the toll collectors
if they recalled seeing a yellow jeep
that night
one toll collector said she remembered a
yellow jeep driving through
right before quitting time around 11 pm
but she couldn't remember anything about
the driver
when they hand you the ticket it's
stamped it's got the time on
only a dozen cars went through that
tollbooth around that time
investigators sent those 12 toll tickets
to the forensic lab for testing
what we were looking for were any kind
of skin cells if your hands
are sweaty and you touch a toe ticket
there's a possibility that
dna sources such as epithelial cells
may be transferred onto these toll
tickets scientists found
skin cells on several tickets
they performed mitochondrial dna testing
on those skin cells
and compared those dna profiles
to christopher parco's dna profile
one ticket contained christopher porco's
dna
we have a toll ticket that ultimately
has christopher's dna on it
when that dna came in that was the top
of the mountain
it was what i considered a mountain of
circumstantial evidence
the possibility that the dna on the toll
ticket belonged to someone other than
christopher porco
was very small you would expect to see
that sequence and 0.04 percent of the
population
prosecutors believe the motive was money
investigators found evidence that
christopher had forged his parents
signatures
on bank loan documents and borrowed 31
000
without their permission they also found
evidence
that peter and joan porco knew about the
forgery
chris i want you to know that if you
abuse my credit again
i will be forced to file forgery
affidavits in order to disclaim
liability
you should come home so we can talk we
may be disappointed in you
but your mother and i still love you and
care about your future
christopher was not only spending huge
sums of money on luxury items like his
jeep
but he was also failing his college
courses
his world was crumbling around him a
world he had created a persona he'd
created a lifestyle he'd created
and he had to do something to try to
salvage it
prosecutors believe christopher was
desperate for money after his father had
cut off his funds
so christopher chose to murder his
parents
for their life insurance money
surveillance video shows christopher
left his college campus around 10
30.
[Music]
he removed the easy pass tag from his
car because he knew
this would leave a trail of his
movements
so he paid cash for the tolls and left
his dna on a ticket
[Music]
he entered his parents home a little
after 2 a.m
and deactivated the security system with
a code
known only to family members
prosecutors say christopher used an
axe to attack his parents
[Music]
he struck his father 16 times and his
mother
three times and left them both for dead
christopher smashed the security system
panel
thinking this would destroy the evidence
that he used the master code
but that information was stored
elsewhere
he cut the phone lines into the house at
4 59
then drove back to the campus
in full view of the cameras at 8
30 a.m
perhaps the most unsettling aspect of
the case
was that peter porco regained
consciousness
and walked through the house after the
attack
even going outside for the morning paper
before he died in the foyer
there still remain unanswered questions
i think one of the main questions that
we just don't have the answer to is
where are the bloody clothes and why did
joan porco
implicate christopher on the morning of
the attack but had no recollection of it
following surgery it's not uncommon
when you have a head injury to lose
memory in the time surrounding the event
a year after the attack christopher
porco went on trial for the murder of
his father
and the attempted murder of his mother
with their face surgically repaired joan
parco stood by her son during the entire
trial
steadfastly maintaining his innocence
it was going to take a lot to convince a
jury ultimately that the kid in front of
them
could have taken an axe to his parents
but the evidence
was simply overwhelming the jury found
christopher parker guilty and he was
sentenced to a minimum
of 50 years in prison we really wanted
to find
something that made him innocent you
know and that we could say that no the
prosecution's evidence just doesn't add
up it doesn't match up
he didn't do this to his parents thank
god but we didn't find that that's not
how we found our verdict to this day
his mother believes he's innocent
i spoke with her immediately after that
verdict she was stunned
and shocked and that's all she really
had to say at that point
she hasn't really spoken with anyone
since i've never seen a case like this
before this and i hope to never see
a case like this after this
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