What I expected, based on the cover, was a documentary about the murder of Carol Stuart, and the investigation of the crime. While the documentary did provide some of that information, it instead spent a prolonged amount of time (especially in hours 1 and 3) not about the case, but Boston's horrible reputation as it related to racial issue.
The case, in an of itself is riveting, and the investigation, including the identification of "suspects" and reaction to the Black community by the police and media, is a necessity for this story. But somewhere along the way, Carol Stuart got lost. Even her husband, the convicted murderer, Charles Stuart, was not the focus. Instead the focus was on the police and how they followed a bunch of leads given up by persons in the area that wrongly identified other persons as the killer.
If the producer had edited out about an hour of the current content and added some focus on Carol and Charles, this doc could have been saved.
The case, in an of itself is riveting, and the investigation, including the identification of "suspects" and reaction to the Black community by the police and media, is a necessity for this story. But somewhere along the way, Carol Stuart got lost. Even her husband, the convicted murderer, Charles Stuart, was not the focus. Instead the focus was on the police and how they followed a bunch of leads given up by persons in the area that wrongly identified other persons as the killer.
If the producer had edited out about an hour of the current content and added some focus on Carol and Charles, this doc could have been saved.