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Tuite trial underway
Six years after Stephanie Crowe's murder, a California jury is finally hearing evidence. Get the lastest news from the San Diego Union-Tribune.

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Tuite captured after courthouse escape
Tuite is back in custody Monday evening after escaping from the San Diego courthouse where his trial for the murder of 12-year-old Stephanie Crowe was slated to begin. The mentally ill drifter was at large for more than four hours before his recapture about 10 miles away from the courthouse.

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Judge: Drifter competent to stand trial
Richard Tuite, the schizophrenic drifter accused of stabbing Stephanie Crowe to death in her bed, is mentally competent to stand trial for murder, a judge ruled in September.

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Psychologist: Despite voices, Tuite competent

Competency hearing for suspect set

Judge finds probable cause to hold Tuite
A San Diego judge ruled there is enough evidence to try Tuite for the murder of 12-year-old Stephanie Crowe. Stephanie's brother Michael originally confessed to the crime, but his confession was later found to be coerced and was thrown out.

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Expert: Confession coerced
An expert in false confessions testified Friday that police interrogations of a teen suspect in Stephanie Crowe's murder were among the most coercive he has ever seen.

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Treadway says he was cornered into confessing

Feb. 26, 2003: Treadway: Police made me confess

Feb. 24, 2003: Innocent teens or cunning killers?

Feb. 21, 2003: What time was 'Home Improvement'?

Feb. 20, 2003: Videotape dominates hearing

Feb. 19, 2003: Confessions played for judge

Feb. 19, 2003: Detective: No sign of intruder

Feb. 11, 2003: What is 'probable cause'?

Feb. 10, 2003: Hearing delayed

Feb. 10, 2003:: Detective: Tuite spotted near crime

Feb. 7, 2003:: Blood evidence revisited in girl's murder

Feb. 6, 2003: : Expert: Knife used could have been many kinds

Feb. 5, 2003:: More than blood could link drifter to murder

Feb. 4, 2003:: Vagrant faces evidentiary hearing

Soon after 12-year-old Stephanie Crowe was found stabbed to death in her bedroom in Escondido, Calif., police said the victim's teen brother, Michael, and two of his friends murdered the girl. Police even illicited confessions from two of the boys. The charges were dropped, however, when Richard Raymond Tuite, a mentally ill drifter, became the prime suspect.