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Liberty Park Sniper: Hunting Joseph Paul Franklin


A summer night in Salt Lake City turns into a nightmare when shots ring out in Liberty Park. With no witnesses and only echoes to trace, investigators confront a chilling pattern that soon spans states—and motives that leave a city on edge.

Follow the manhunt that links two cities and four young victims, from spent casings in Utah to a double homicide in Cincinnati. See how a Camaro with Kentucky plates, motel aliases, distinctive tattoos, and a trail of registration cards narrow the search. Then, the twist: a fugitive who slips custody, dyes his hair, and resurfaces where few would look—until one overlooked detail gives him away. Inside the FBI’s civil rights case, discover the evidence that turns a ghost into a name, and a name into a conviction—without revealing every move that sealed it.

For viewers who want real investigative procedure—ballistics, databases, composites, and the quiet clues that break big cases—this is the episode you can’t miss. Watch to the end for the audacious escape attempt that defies belief, and the moment the net finally closes.

Watch now to see how the FBI put the pieces together.

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