As Anthony Garcia's quadruple murder case is featured on another TV show, Judge dismisses Garcia's motion against the death penalty

What's been happening on Medicine of Omaha's Wild Medicine?

A lot of you have been wondering what's been happening of late on Medicine of Omaha's Wild Medicine.

Apparently, there's been a news blackout on medicine-related stories by the Omaha press because we've been stealing so much of their thunder with scandals about the medical profession in the Omaha area.

For instance in the past, the Omaha World-Herald unsuccessfully lodged a copyright complaint against us for thumb-nailing one of their photos, which is legal to do since it's on their servers. Those kinds of false copyright DMCA claims went nowhere.

But this week, another national television show—this time a cable outlet called Investigation Discovery (ID)—has aired yet another crime documentary of the events of the Anthony Garcia quadruple murder case, breaking the news blackout. The show, episode 4 of James Patternson's Murder is Forever entitled, "Murder on the Run," aired Monday night at 9 p.m. on ID. (Click here to see a link to the video of the show.)

The show is a six-part series based on true crimes, hosted by famed crime novelist James Patterson, who wrote famous crime pulp fiction novels, such as Kiss the Girls,  Along Came a Spider, along other titles.

Crime novelist James Patterson is the latest TV host to take on the Garcia
quadruple murder case in a documentary

Unlike other TV news magazine shows, such as NBC's Dateline and CBS's 48 Hours, which narrate the crimes along the lines of the traditional news media, Patterson's show relies heavily on fictionalized reenactment of the events and announces at the beginning of the program that "some names and timelines have been changed."

Despite the caveat, it's easy to tell from the news accounts of the story already published who exactly is whom in the story.

The TV show comes as District Judge Gary Randall (better known as the "Hang-em-up Judge of Douglas County) denied Garcia's motions against the death penalty today. Garcia's new attorneys had filed five motions in court asserting, among other things, that Nebraska's death penalty statutes are unconstitutional.

Today's ruling sets the stage for a three-judge panel to decide whether Garcia deserves death for his crimes. on March 12th and 13th.

References:

• Medicine of Omaha—Defense argues Dr. Anthony Garcia should be spared the death penalty because of severe mental illness and 'profound burden of failure' in death penalty sentencing hearing (6/13/18)
• Medicine of Omaha—Death penalty hearing for Anthony Garcia delayed again until May (3/1/18)
• KETV—Judge rules against defense in Garcia case (2/13/18)
• WOWT—Judge denies motions filed against Nebraska's death penalty in Garcia case (2/13/18)
• Omaha World-Herald—Anthony Garcia quadruple murder case featured on another TV show (2/12/18)
• Monsters & Critics—Dr. Anthony Garcia murdered 11-year-old boy and three others over being fired (2/12/18)
• Medicine of Omaha—Death penalty hearing for Dr. Anthony Garcia in complete chaos and delayed until March because trial Judge decided to replace his lawyers during the sentencing phase (11/19/17)
• Medicine of Omaha—Anthony Garcia's Chicago-based lawyers ask to be removed from the 'Creighton killer' case (8/6/17)
• Medicine of Omaha—CBS News '48 Hours' features Dr. Anthony Garcia's quadruple murder case (5/7/17)
• Medicine of Omaha—Dr. Anthony Garcia ruled to be competent for death penalty sentencing, but court then grants defense a last minute postponement (3/29/17)
• Medicine of Omaha—Dr. Anthony Garcia's death penalty hearing likely delayed after Judge orders mental competency exam for 'Creighton Killer' (3/13/17)
• Medicine of Omaha—Jury says 'Creighton killer,' Dr. Anthony Garcia, eligible for death penalty (10/28/16)
• Medicine of Omaha—Jury finds Dr. Anthony Garcia guilty on four counts of first-degree murder (10/26/16)