Lizz Melgar Rose went from being interested in true crime to living true crime. Back in 2012, Lizz’s world cracked in two when relatives find her mother locked in a closet, her hands and feet bound, and her Dad, Jim – murdered just a few feet away. Lizz was meant to continue a university course inspired by her teenage fascination with violence and serial killers. But all that is put on hold as she tries to put the pieces together and figure out what happened to her parents – and who killed her Dad.Hands Tied is a new eight-part true crime podcast from iHeartPodcasts and BBC Studios.

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A phone call that changes everything; something unimaginable has happened and Lizz needs to figure out how. In an instant, she goes from being interested in true crime to living it.

Award winning journalist and host Maggie Robinson Katz take you inside the police investigation that followed, inside the courtroom drama as a jury wrestles with who’s responsible for the shocking crime, and inside Lizz’s ongoing battle for answers and for justice. Because there is one thing Lizz is convinced of, the wrong person is in prison for her dad’s murder.

Host: Maggie Robinson Katz
Producer: Maggie Latham
Script consultant: Emma Weatherill
Sound designer: Tom Brignell
Production support from Dan Marchini, Elaina Boateng and Mabel Finnegan-Wright
Managing Executive Producer (iHeart): Cristina Everett
Executive Producer (BBC Studios): Joe Kent

Hands Tied is a BBC Studios Audio production for iHeartPodcasts

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Sandy Melgar finds herself in a cramped interview room being questioned by cops, but is she there as a witness or a suspect?

Just hours after her husband was found murdered and she was found shut in a cupboard, her arms tied behind her back, Santy agrees to a police interview. She tells detectives she’s not well and that she can’t remember what happened. They want her to take a lie detector test.

Host: Maggie Robinson Katz
Producer: Maggie Latham
Script consultant: Emma Weatherill
Sound designer: Tom Brignell
Production support from Dan Marchini, Elaina Boateng and Mabel Finnegan-Wright
Managing Executive Producer (iHeart): Cristina Everett
Executive Producer (BBC Studios): Joe Kent

Hands Tied is a BBC Studios Audio production for iHeartPodcasts

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Sandy is back home, but her home is now a crime scene besieged by journalists. Friends rally around her, Lizz flies in to be with her and the police continue to suspect her.

Host: Maggie Robinson Katz
Producer: Maggie Latham
Script consultant: Emma Weatherill
Sound designer: Tom Brignell
Production support from Dan Marchini, Elaina Boateng and Mabel Finnegan-Wright
Managing Executive Producer (iHeart): Cristina Everett
Executive Producer (BBC Studios): Joe Kent

Hands Tied is a BBC Studios Audio production for iHeartPodcasts

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Lizz knows her best chance of convincing the cops her mum didn’t kill her dad is to find out who did. So she starts investigating.

Host: Maggie Robinson Katz
Producer: Maggie Latham
Script consultant: Emma Weatherill
Sound designer: Tom Brignell
Production support from Dan Marchini, Elaina Boateng and Mabel Finnegan-Wright
Managing Executive Producer (iHeart): Cristina Everett
Executive Producer (BBC Studios): Joe Kent

Hands Tied is a BBC Studios Audio production for iHeartPodcasts

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Lizz has entered what feels like a parallel universe. Her mom is no longer Sandy Melgar, or Nana, but The Defendant - accused of first-degree murder. As the wheels of justice slowly grind on, they prepare for trial.

Host: Maggie Robinson Katz
Producer: Maggie Latham
Script consultant: Emma Weatherill
Sound designer: Tom Brignell
Production support from Dan Marchini, Elaina Boateng and Mabel Finnegan-Wright
Managing Executive Producer (iHeart): Cristina Everett
Executive Producer (BBC Studios): Joe Kent

Hands Tied is a BBC Studios Audio production for iHeartPodcasts

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A woman found tied up in a closet, her hands tied behind her back, the door jammed shut from the outside. Now, she’s on trial for stabbing her husband, without a motive.

Nearly five years after Jim Melgar’s death, Sandy Melgar is in court, accused of his murder.

Host: Maggie Robinson Katz
Producer: Maggie Latham
Script consultant: Emma Weatherill
Sound designer: Tom Brignell
Production support from: Dan Marchini, Elaina Boateng and Mabel Finnegan-Wright
Managing Executive Producer (iHeart): Cristina Everett
Executive Producer (BBC Studios): Joe Kent

Hands Tied is a BBC Studios Audio production for iHeartPodcasts

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The jury has reached a verdict in the murder trial of Sandra Jean Melgar, but it’s not over yet.

Host: Maggie Robinson Katz
Producer: Maggie Latham
Script consultant: Emma Weatherill
Sound designer: Tom Brignell
Production support from: Dan Marchini, Elaina Boateng and Mabel Finnegan-Wright
Managing Executive Producer (iHeart): Cristina Everett
Executive Producer (BBC Studios): Joe Kent

Hands Tied is a BBC Studios Audio production for iHeartPodcasts

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.