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Episode 250: Final Curtain Call: Fatal Obsession - The Murder of Catherine Woods

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Episode notes

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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