Episode 250: Final Curtain Call: Fatal Obsession - The Murder of Catherine Woods
A young girl leaves her hometown of Ohio for the Big Apple with her heart set on a career as a Broadway dancer. Instead, she meets a young man who becomes obsessed with controlling her life. Unable to let her go, Paul Cortez commits a shocking crime.
Resources:
The People v. Paul Cortez, New York Court of Appeals filing, April 8, 2013.
https://casetext.com/brief/e970db1d-the-people-respondentvpaul-cortez-appellant-brief
“A dancer’s secret life and savage murder, Keith Morrison/NBCNews.com, Jan 15, 2006.
https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna10868185
“The Last Dance”, 48 Hours, May 4, 2006, retrieved from CBSNews.com
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-last-dance/
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