Sneak peek: The Assassination of Jeff German | Forensic Files

[Music] I'll never forget that day something sinister happened something unimaginable my cell phone rings and
it's Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo Sheriff says to me Glenn I'm calling about Jeff
Gman and he says Jeff's dead just like that just like that Jeff Gman was found dead with stab
wounds outside his home around 10:30 yesterday morning Metro Police are asking for the Public's help they're
saying this is the suspect I couldn't even believe what I had so many questions who would do
this I mean how did this happen just how big a list of people might have wanted Jeff
dead that's a line of people that runs from here to Los Angeles this guy's written about
terrible people who've done awful things for over 40 years the worst kinds of people they
called him Tony the ant but Tony spalatro was a big figure in the mafia he had a special interest in covering
organized crime you know he was gutsy Fearless Jeff Gman was Guided by an innate sense of right and
wrong if he knew someone was engaging in criminal activity unethical activity inappropriate
behavior he wanted to do that story he wanted to bring it to light we couldn't believe he would even take a call from
us but he did give me a sense of what state you were in when you called Jeff Gman we
were desperate in fear every day it was just survival one step in front of the other one day at a
time the only person that listened to us and the only person that tried to do something that concretely put their name
on the line to try to do that listened to us was was Jeff gar was Jeff he did something and he fought for
us and he is 100% our hero and if I was to talk to him today I think the first thing I would
say is I'm [Music] sorry as Jeff's editor his colleague did you ever sense any danger in covering
this story there was absolutely no suggestion no hint that this would end the way it
did not

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Brief Summary

Journalist Jeff Gman is murdered, sparking discussions on crime and journalism's dangers.

Key points

The Call. A shocking call reveals the death of journalist Jeff Gman.
The Investigation. Questions arise about who wanted Jeff dead and why.
A Hero's Legacy. Jeff Gman fought for the truth and became a hero to many.

Episode highlights

Episode quotes

Who would do this? How did this happen?

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