Questions Remain In Coerced Worcester Confession

February 16, 2012, 7:56 AM

WORCESTER, Mass. — We follow-up on a coerced confession involving a 16-year-old girl charged with murdering her 13-month-old son. The Worcester Police Department has still not made an accounting.

Anatomy Of A Bad Confession, Part 2

December 08, 2011, 3:58 AM
Nga Truong, with lawyers Jeff Richards, left, and Ed Ryan, on Monday. Ryan has called Truong's 2008 interrogation by Worcester police "psychological torture." (Lisa Tobin/WBUR)

We continue our special report on a coerced murder confession by exploring how the case fell apart and what, if anything, has changed in the Worcester Police Department. We also speak with the now-out-of-jail Nga Truong.

Anatomy Of A Bad Confession, Part 1

December 07, 2011, 5:15 AM
Worcester Police Sgt. Kevin Pageau, right, and Detective John Doherty, left, interrogate Nga Truong, 16, following the 2008 death of her baby boy. (WBUR screenshot)

In 2008, two Worcester detectives spent two hours interrogating a 16-year-old girl whose baby son had just died, until they forced from her what was later judged a coerced confession of murder. We’ve obtained exclusive video of the confession.

Videos: Anatomy Of A Bad Confession

December 07, 2011, 5:15 AM

BOSTON — See exclusive interrogation videos from our special report. And watch as WBUR’s David Boeri reflects on the case.

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