In October 2021 Alec Baldwin was rehearsing a scene for the Western movie "Rust" on the film's set in New Mexico when a gun he was holding discharged with live ammo. Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was killed and director Joel Souza was injured.

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Aphrodite Jones is a New York Times best-selling author who dissects bizarre murder cases and brings readers into the heart of crime. She also hosts the hit TV show True Crime with Aphrodite Jones, which is on Investigation Discovery and available on Amazon Prime. Listeners can learn more about Aphrodite at her website: aphroditejones.com/, or on X @Aphrodite_Jones

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In this episode of Zone 7, Crime Scene Investigator, Sheryl McCollum, sits down with Aphrodite Jones to dissect the Alec Baldwin incident on the set of "Rust." They continue the conversation about the intricacies of the investigation, the roles of key individuals, and the legal implications of the tragic shooting incident. Lastly, Sheryl and Aphrodite compare other recent cases and ultimately how this will unfold for the justice system.

Show Notes:

(0:00) Welcome back to Zone 7 with Crime Scene Investigator, Sheryl McCollum
(1:00) Roles and responsibilities on set
(2:30) Unsafe set conditions
(8:30) Tampering with evidence
(12:30) Aphrodite discusses the lack of reporting of evidence
(14:30) Comparisons to other cases
(18:00) Ethical issues within the case
(24:00) WIN Aphrodite’s book: LEVI'S EYES: A Son's Deadly Secret and a Father's Cruel Betrayal
(25:00) “You alone turned a safe weapon into a lethal weapon. But for you, Ms. Hutchins would be alive. A husband would have his partner and a little boy would have his mother.” -J.M.M.S
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Sheryl “Mac” McCollum is an Emmy Award winning CSI, a writer for CrimeOnLine, Forensic and Crime Scene Expert for Crime Stories with Nancy Grace, and a CSI for a metro Atlanta Police Department. She is the co-author of the textbook., Cold Case: Pathways to Justice. Sheryl is also the founder and director of the Cold Case Investigative Research Institute, a collaboration between universities and colleges that brings researchers, practitioners, students and the criminal justice community together to advance techniques in solving cold cases and assist families and law enforcement with solvability factors for unsolved homicides, missing persons, and kidnapping cases.

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