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BLAME is a true-crime, investigative series by 9NEWS in Denver, Colorado. Learn more at 9news.com/blame.Season 2, "BLAME: Lost at Home," is a mystery about a man who was found more than a year after he was reported missing, dead in his own home.The first season focuses on the death of Jill Wells. Her son, only 6 years old at the time of her death, was blamed for shooting her.If you have something for us to investigate, email [email protected].

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A gas-station bathroom break turns into an escape; you get the gas-ticket detail that explains how.

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  • a manhunt that hinges on a collect call from a marina telephone
  • to hear a survivor recall the shock of a DNA link more than three decades later
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The Fear All These Years | Chapter 10: Swift JusticeOct 30, 2020

A brutal trial, a calm denial, and a sentencing scene that keeps the victims' upheaval in view.

Alex Christopher Ewing's trial gives the episode its shape, as prosecutor Marty Keech chooses to bring the axe-handle attack on Nancy and Chris Berry to court rather than accept a plea bargain.

The Fear All These Years | Chapter 9: A Stone-Cold StareOct 30, 2020

A 1984 manhunt turns on heat, rough terrain, and a sighting at Las Vegas Wash Marina.

BLAME's "The Fear All These Years" frames Alex Christopher Ewing's 1984 disappearance after the attack on Nancy and Chris Barry as a hard, ground-level search shaped by terrain, fatigue, and one crucial sighting.

The Fear All These Years | Chapter 7: EscapeOct 30, 2020

A Henderson gas-station escape reveals the gap between a police report and what an officer later swore happened.

A routine prisoner stop at a Henderson gas station becomes the turning point in an episode about how a quiet Nevada town was drawn into a case shaped by fear and violence.

The Fear All These Years | Chapter 6: KingmanOct 30, 2020

A Kingman assault brings the Arizona and Colorado attacks into unnerving alignment.

Kingman becomes BLAME's high-desert crossroads, where an attack on a sleeping man begins to resemble two recent Colorado crimes. The episode traces Roy Williams's assault, Alex C.

The Fear All These Years | Chapter 8: Trouble on Racetrack RoadOct 30, 2020

DNA findings reopen an old attack through survivor memory and the physical record of violence.

A mailbox note in August 2018 pulls Nancy back into the worst night of her life. More than 34 years after surviving a violent encounter with Alex Christopher Ewing, she learns he is accused of four Colorado attacks that left four people dead and two others horribly injured.

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  1. 1

    I Would Like to Fight my Extradition | Chapter 11

    Jul 23, 2021·10m
  2. 2

    The Fear All These Years | Chapter 9: A Stone-Cold Stare

    Blame: The Fear All These Years follows Alex Christopher Ewing's August 1984 escape and the search after Nancy and Chris Barry were brutally attacked in Henderson, Nevada.

    Oct 30, 2020·26m·1 clip
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    The Fear All These Years | Chapter 7: Escape

    Nancy Berry sees Alex Christopher Ewing at her back door carrying a club and wearing red jogging shorts.

    Oct 30, 2020·17m·1 clip
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    The Fear All These Years | Chapter 6: Kingman

    Roy Williams describes surviving a 25-pound rock attack that required 85 stitches in the darkness of his Kingman home.

    Oct 30, 2020·20m·1 clip
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    The Fear All These Years | Chapter 8: Trouble on Racetrack Road

    Hidden gem

    Nancy Berry's 911 call captures her family bleeding while the attacker may still be inside their tan Nevada house.

    Oct 30, 2020·23m·1 clip
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    The Fear All These Years | Chapter 10: Swift Justice

    Alex Christopher Ewing’s 1985 Nevada conviction eventually generated DNA evidence connecting him to four 1984 Colorado killings.

    Oct 30, 2020·26m·1 clip
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    The Fear All These Years | Chapter 5: The Answer?

    Dec 18, 2019·29m
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    The Fear All These Years | Chapter 4: The Hunt

    Dec 11, 2019·24m
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    The Fear All These Years | Chapter 3: In the Shadows

    Dec 4, 2019·20m
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    The Fear All These Years | Chapter 2: Twelve Days

    Nov 27, 2019·19m
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    The Fear All These Years | Chapter 1: Haunted

    Nov 20, 2019·25m
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    BLAME: Lost At Home Episode 10 - The End

    Mar 7, 2019·19m
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    BLAME: Lost At Home Episode 9 - Tracking Down Mystery Mike

    Jun 21, 2018·24m
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    BLAME: Lost At Home Episode 8 - Hoarding: The Hidden Epidemic

    Jun 12, 2018·21m
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    BLAME: Lost At Home Episode 7 - Paralysis by Analysis

    Jun 6, 2018·20m
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    BLAME: Lost At Home Episode 6 - What Did Police Do?

    May 29, 2018·22m
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    BLAME: Lost At Home Episode 5 - Chuck's Kids Reveal So Much

    May 23, 2018·30m
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    BLAME: Lost At Home Episode 4 - The Autopsy Report

    May 16, 2018·22m
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    BLAME: Lost At Home Episode 3 - Chuck’s Son

    May 16, 2018·19m
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    BLAME: Lost At Home Episode 2 - The Neighbor Knows

    May 16, 2018·17m
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    BLAME: Lost At Home Episode 1 - Chuck’s Home

    May 16, 2018·13m
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    Intro - BLAME: Lost at Home

    May 2, 2018·3m
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    Episode 14: We've Been Waiting A Long Time For This

    May 22, 2017·40m
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    Episode 13: Dreams and Developments

    Feb 10, 2017·10m
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    Episode 12: What We Think Happened Is Almost Never What Happened

    Dec 21, 2016·29m
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    Episode 11: An Immediate Kill

    Dec 14, 2016·33m
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    Episode 10: You Don't Have to be a Doctor to be a Coroner?

    Dec 7, 2016·37m
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    Episode 9 The Aha Moment

    Nov 30, 2016·28m
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    Thanksgiving Minisode

    Nov 22, 2016·4m
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    Episode 8: No one's Gonna Charge a 6-year-old

    Nov 16, 2016·27m
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    Episode 7: For Better or Worse

    Nov 9, 2016·38m
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    Episode 6: The Ultimate Question

    Nov 2, 2016·26m
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    Episode 5: I'm calling about the Jill Wells case

    An investigative series re-examining the death of Jill Wells, where her six-year-old son was blamed, questioning if it was truly an accident.

    Oct 26, 2016·36m
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    Episode 4: He Blew That One

    Investigative series examining the death of Jill Wells and whether her six-year-old son was wrongly blamed.

    Oct 19, 2016·34m
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    Episode 3: An Exorbitant Amount of Life Insurance

    An investigative series re-examining the death of Jill Wells, where her six-year-old son was blamed, uncovering potential police failures and secrets.

    Oct 13, 2016·24m
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    Episode 2: Nobody Investigated It

    An investigative podcast re-examining the death of Jill Wells, questioning whether her six-year-old son was wrongly blamed for her shooting.

    Oct 7, 2016·26m
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    Episode 1: Accident or Murder

    Oct 3, 2016·18m