78-year-old Arthur Brown and 66-year-old David McKoy were close friends and beloved members of their community. But when both turned up dead after an apparent robbery gone wrong, police followed a trail that led them to another set of lifelong friends – perpetrators whose toxic association had put them on the path to murder.

Written by Angela Jorgensen, Executive Produced by Michael Ojibway. 

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Written/Audio Sources: 

• Donovan Richardson sentenced to life in prison for 2014 double murder 
•  Arrest warrants: suspects took guns, $150 from victims in Fuquay-Varina shooting
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• Wake jury opts for life without parole, rejects death penalty in 9th trial in a row
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• Family members testify during Richardson sentencing phase
• Wake County, North Carolina Jury Rejects Death Penalty in Ninth Consecutive Case
• Jury: Donovan Richardson to serve life in prison, no death penalty
• Will a Wake County man be the first to get the death penalty in a decade?
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• DONOVAN RICHARDSON TRIAL - 👫 Kevin Britt On Direct (2018)
• DONOVAN RICHARDSON TRIAL - 👫 Kevin Britt On Cross (2018)
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• Watch LIVE as the trial continues for a man who is facing the death penalty in connection with a double homicide in Fuquay-Varina
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Music & Sound Effect Sources

• Opening Track: “Form is Emptiness” by Sayuri Hayashi Egnell, Epidemic Sound 
• Closing Track: “Thou Shall Not Waive” by John Björk, Epidemic Sound

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