The blues, Elvis, Dr. Martin Luther King, barbecues, Sun Records, down-home folks, nasty divorce, Fed Ex, a nanny from hell and the worst witness to ever go into court, flash burns, cotton mills......all kinds of interesting aspects to this episode of a 1991 crime that took place in Memphis, Tenn.
Holly Mullins - a female pilot at an early age, and a talented one taught from the time she was a tyke by her dad - was killed with a blunt instrument. She was put into an SUV in a neighboring state and then the vehicle was torched. Her husband, who was due to be in divorce court with her in several days, had flash burns on him. He, too, is a successful commercial pilot.
This whole story is pretty disturbing, especially where justice is concerned. I don't want to say any more to spoil things. Suffice to say "Miss Pinkerton" is a real trip and this husband-and-wife struggle which turned to murder.....has a very unsatisfying ending.
Sometimes you watch shows like this and you just shake your head in dismay at the incompetence of the prosecution, or the amount of luck that some folks have and others don't have.
As for City Confidential, they dropped the ball on several things in this episode. They mentioned how the deceased was a "church"goer who gave a lot of money to the church (which upset her husband) but all the shots, inside and out, were of a Jewish temple! They also never mention how violent Memphis is, having the highest or near-highest murder rates in the country year after year. Yet, the only violence they associate with the city was the day Mr. King was shot.
Holly Mullins - a female pilot at an early age, and a talented one taught from the time she was a tyke by her dad - was killed with a blunt instrument. She was put into an SUV in a neighboring state and then the vehicle was torched. Her husband, who was due to be in divorce court with her in several days, had flash burns on him. He, too, is a successful commercial pilot.
This whole story is pretty disturbing, especially where justice is concerned. I don't want to say any more to spoil things. Suffice to say "Miss Pinkerton" is a real trip and this husband-and-wife struggle which turned to murder.....has a very unsatisfying ending.
Sometimes you watch shows like this and you just shake your head in dismay at the incompetence of the prosecution, or the amount of luck that some folks have and others don't have.
As for City Confidential, they dropped the ball on several things in this episode. They mentioned how the deceased was a "church"goer who gave a lot of money to the church (which upset her husband) but all the shots, inside and out, were of a Jewish temple! They also never mention how violent Memphis is, having the highest or near-highest murder rates in the country year after year. Yet, the only violence they associate with the city was the day Mr. King was shot.