"Historic documentary covering the brutal murder of a young waitress in the desert near Las Cruces, New Mexico in 1949. The murder of Cricket Coogler revealed a cover up by public officials, resulted in historic precedents set by the maverick grand jury, pioneered civil rights prosecution against police officers, pressured the relocation of Mafia owned gambling interests to Las Vegas, nevada by implicating them in an effort to control gambling in New Mexico, and resulting finally in pardons of those imprisoned by former United States President Harry Truman."--Container.
""Historic documentary covering the brutal murder of a young waitress in the desert near Las Cruces, New Mexico in 1949. The murder of Cricket Coogler revealed a cover up by public officials, resulted in historic precedents set by the maverick grand jury, pioneered civil rights prosecution against police officers, pressured the relocation of Mafia owned gambling interests to Las Vegas, nevada by implicating them in an effort to control gambling in New Mexico, and resulting finally in pardons of those imprisoned by former United States President Harry Truman."--Container."@en
"The silence of Cricket Coogler is an award winning historic documentary of the brutal murder of a young waitress in Las Cruces, New Mexico in 1949. The case revealed a murderous cover-up reaching to the highest levels of state government and spurned the Mafia's desire to turn New Mexico into a gambling haven.."
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