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a new 48 Hours investigation looks into the murder of a respected Las Vegas reporter Jeff Gman was stabbed to death
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outside his home in 20122 his colleagues at the Las Vegas Review Journal quickly
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put together a list of potential suspects based on the people Gman was investigating at the time of his death
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Peter fansan takes a look at the story that may have gotten Gman killed after Las Vegas Review Journal
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investigative reporter Jeff Gman was stabbed to death police zeroed in on the Clark County public administrator Robert
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tus Gman had written four articles about ts's alleged hostile Behavior at the office he was a horrible the horrible
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human being monster is the right word Rita Reed Alicia Goodwin Jessica Coleman and norraine pagdanganan say they were
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at the breaking point when they reached out to Jeff Gman we were desperate in fear every day it was just survival
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the women told Gman that Robert Tellus harassed bullied and physically intimidated them they also said tus was
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having an inappropriate relationship with a subordinate in the office the woman they claimed use that relationship
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to assume power and privilege Beyond her job title when their complaints to the county went unheeded they came up with a
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plan they followed the pair on numerous occasions to the place where their suspected Tris took place a nearby
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parking garage we started to take pictures and we started to video according to the women the two would
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ultimately end up in the back seat of her car you can see the the shadows and you can see those heads going together
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they both denied having an affair after almost 2 months of reporting Jeff Gman published his first story secret
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videotaping and all as this settled in are you thinking mission accomplished or are you thinking what's going to happen
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to us next both 5 days after Jeff Gman was killed Robert telis was arrested and ultimately
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charged with his murder he has pleaded not guilty did you murder Jeff Gman no sir I did
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not and Peter joins us now Peter good morning so we can see you interviewing Robert Tellis in jail what was his
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defense his defenses is that he was framed that somehow this DNA his DNA under the
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fingernails of of this of his alleged victim was planted and he looks forward to his day in court he says he's an
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innocent man and he'll prove it what what kind of evidence do police have against him and frayed by who wasn't
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there video I remember him walking in a disguise that the story yeah there's a fascinating part of this of this story
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is that the newspaper decided to do a web version of this of this case a still photographer took one video shot
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of Tellus walking down a hallway later they get this surveillance video of the alleged killer wearing this bizarre
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outfit and it and that killer has the same gate the same kind of Limp is that that they shot no the biggest evidence
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is DNA that uh the victim uh Jeff garan's DNA is under Robert ts's hard to explain that one and and Who Framed by
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who he I'm sorry Robert ts's DNA is under Jeff G's fingernails and and the the the his colleagues at this newspaper
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are convinced that as he was being viciously murdered he scratched tell us intentionally knowing that that evidence
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would be discovered later so what's next in this case next is trial it is uh supposed to occur on March 18th but it's
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believed that's going to get pushed back and if found guilty of murder with use with use of a deadly weapon Robert
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Tellis would face uh life in prison without the possibility of Peter van thank you very much you can watch
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Peter's report the assassination of Jeff Gman on 48 hours tomorrow night at 109 Central right here on CBS and streaming
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