In Public Record: A Journey To The Truth Of A Murder And Trial

By Michael Cordova | January 14, 2026

Acquitted in court. Convicted in public opinion. September 1990. In Shaker Heights, Ohio, teenage honors student Lisa Lee Pruett vanishes into the night. A boy calls 911 when she does not arrive for a secret late-night meet-up. Police soon find her nearby, stabbed to death and left exposed. Lisa had just passed an important test […]

WHERE MURDER LIES: Death And Deception In West Hollywood

By Michael Cordova | December 30, 2025

Justice is, in this day, bewailing its plight… The murder of a retired Los Angeles school teacher in 2004 never made the evening news, yet within hours arrests were made, charges filed, and a speedy conviction sent to prison Jimmy Kitlas, an incredibly shy, special needs teenager with no criminal history whatsoever. 20 years after […]

The Story Behind the Story: EMPIRE CITY UNDER SIEGE and Finding Heroes

By Michael Cordova | December 27, 2025

The following is excerpted from EMPIRE CITY UNDER SIEGE: Three Decades of New York FBI Field Office Manhunts, Murders, and Mafia Wars which features the true stories from Anthony John Nelson, who served four decades of distinguished law enforcement experience as a former Supervisory Special Agent with the FBI, before joining the Brooklyn DA’s Special […]