The Investigator Who Took a Second Look: David Beers and the Pete Wlasiuk Case

What happens when an experienced investigator takes a fresh look at a murder case and begins asking questions that may not have been asked the first time?

In this episode of Wickedly Judged, I sit down with David Beers, an experienced private investigator and former New York State Police investigator, to discuss his career, the role of private investigators in criminal cases, and his involvement in the case of Peter “Pete” Wlasiuk.

Pete was accused of murdering his wife, Patricia “Patty” Wlasiuk, after his truck ended up submerged in Guilford Lake in 2002. The case would eventually involve three murder trials, overturned convictions, disputed evidence, and serious questions about how evidence was inve ...