Cousins By Blood is a podcast investigation into a double homicide that took place in Dallas in the year 2000. Ivan Cantu was convicted of killing his cousin James and James's fiancé Amy, but Ivan has maintained his innocence. New evidence has been discovered and new suspects uncovered. With Ivan on death row, the clock is ticking to his execution day unless this new evidence is enough for Ivan to get a new trial.
[00:00:00] When I went out to interview the bird with a detective, he says I'll tell you what smiley he said let me tell you a story and then you tell me what you think and he told me what how it all went down everything that I was doing. Then he asked me, he said why would she do pretty little ball until a story like that if it wasn't true.
[00:00:31] The man convicted of the murders has maintained his innocence but his time is almost up on death row.
[00:00:38] But this is like a family affair because it was a family member that was murdered so it would be both sides of Ivan's family there, one side of the family there to support him and the other side hoping that this does happen.
[00:00:54] Ivan was convicted of killing his cousin and his cousin's fiance and now he's able to tell a story for the first time.
[00:01:10] The state's case against Ivan has problems.
[00:01:15] A lot of this evidence found and supposedly reportedly linking Ivan to the office, the very real possibility that there was at least an opportunity for other people to have planted that evidence in an attempt to frame Ivan.
[00:01:30] There are other suspects.
[00:01:33] The police told the police that he had been doing his laundry in Sherman.
[00:01:38] We had a laundromat right across the street, he's got a washer and dryer in the house. Why is he driving to Sherman? And the police bought that?
[00:01:47] This case comes down to he said she said and Ivan's ex-girlfriend said he did it.
[00:01:53] I just remember him waving the gun around and saying the same mine first rodeo and this is your way out.
[00:02:00] But some people don't believe Amy's story.
[00:02:13] My name is Matt Duff and I'm a private investigator, in this case unfolds episode by episode.
[00:02:21] So Noah, what was Ivan's new mirror like after this, after you met him, calm cool collective.
[00:02:29] I can't imagine somebody killing somebody and being that calm and cool in these first time. What does that tell you?
[00:02:39] I don't think it was his first rodeo.
[00:02:42] Did Ivan really kill his cousin and his cousin's fiance or will an innocent man be put to death?
[00:02:51] And if Ivan didn't do it, who did? This is Cousins by Blood.
[00:03:00] Season 1, 2 and 3 now available on Spotify, Apple or wherever you listen to your podcasts.