New Wife Shot Dead by Angry Husband Over 'Nagging'

Law and Crime Network property Crime Fix presents a tale of a young couple that ended in tragedy. The story of Ben Whitaker and his wife Tiffani is handled with body cams and footage from an interrogation room. Brava to anchor Angenette Levy who let the story unfold through these video means.

It is only because of their diligence and ability to just show brief clips of Miss Levy and then cut to the actual documentation of the crime that Law and Crime be praised. There seemed to be nothing like it. Never have I seen a crime show not even narrated to the slight extent as Argenette Levy conveyed during this entire episode.

The case looked cut and dry. Man comes home drunk and rowdy, has a falling out with the Mrs. and then he pulls out a pistol and shoots her five times. That’s what it all boiled down to in the end. But Law and Crime Network pictured something wholly different. It feels like an episode of Cops. When the police first arrive on the scene they’re debating whether they can enter the house. They get word from the superintendent to use keys instead of kicking down the door. Keys are acquired. They then proceed to unlock the front door because the rear interest leads to the actual crime scene.

Dublin Police Department in the state of Georgia go in and inspect whether the house is occupied. One officer had already located what seems to be the lifeless body of Tiffani Whitaker. Once they barged into the residence, they discovered that no one was there and that the corpse had been found in the kitchen.

Then, the camera shifted to Whitaker who was showing all kinds of signs of distress while talking calmly. He put his hands up to his face; he rocked slightly and then remained still. His voice is a quiet monotone. One of the police officers offered him a drink of water, room temperature. He accepted it. He seemed quiet and confident and agitated all at the same time. The detective informed Whitaker that he is deaf in one ear and hard of hearing in the other. Whitaker then spoke up after that. With a few more questions and some gentle talk, the man finally broke. He confessed to the whole situation and proceeded to allow swabs of his hands to match the residue from the pistol.

This all keeps the viewer rapt and focused, especially when you have to have the closed caption engaged. But it’s great stuff. The confession may have seemed like a shocker with Whitaker stating that he had used force against his bride. In reality, psychologists and crime investigative specialists would have known minutes before he even formed words that he was the culprit.

His dodgy eyes behind his glasses, his “cotton mouth” as he called it, the revelations of his hunting trips, all of this and more would have pointed to him as the killer.

But get this…he was tried in court and the first one was deadlocked as a mistrial. After another trial, the jury found him guilty. The judge sentenced him to a life sentence without the possibility for parole.

In all, this was an almost bizarre set of events. As simple and mind bending as it may seem, would the same set of circumstances have happened if Whitaker were black? Would he even have been able to stand trial? Or would he have been shot and killed by the police? This is all hypothetical, yes. But the mystery lingers.

Law and Crime Network should be awarded some kind of trophy for reporting and conveying a story. With little interruption, the viewer was allowed to determine for himself the ramifications of the whole case. They represented the facts and the confessions without too much explaining. For that alone, they ought to be lauded.