Episode 59

From namaste to namastupid | sept. 4, 2024 | 38:00

BRIEF DESCRIPTION

In Bethesda, Maryland, in 2011, a yoga dumb dumb commits a sloppy crime in Lululemon. 

Hosts

Greg Caputo

Maria Raha

Jason Schell

Topics

• This week’s headline: Local 10.com, March 6, 2024, Fort Lauderdale, Florida

• Brittany Norwood

• Jayna Murray

• Lululemon

Additional Resources

• Eds., Associated Press. “Trial Set in Bethesda Lululemon Yoga Shop Killing,” The Washington Post. July 8, 2011. https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post_now/post/trial-set-in-bethesda-lululemon-yoga-shop-killing/2011/07/08/gIQAmFze3H_blog.html

• Duggan, Paul. “Brittany Norwood Receives Life, No Parole, for Killing Jayna Murray in Bethesda Yoga Store,” The Washington Post. Jan. 27, 2012. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/brittany-norwood-receives-life-sentence-in-bethesda-yoga-store-murder/2012/01/27/gIQAeEx8VQ_story.html

• Flaherty, Mary Pat. “Brittany Norwood Should Never be Freed, Prosecutors Contend in Bethesda Yoga Store Murder Case,” The Washington Post. Jan. 12, 2012. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/brittany-norwood-should-never-be-freed-prosecutors-contend-in-bethesda-yoga-store-murder-case/2012/01/20/gIQAlzfsGQ_story.html

• Morse, Dan. “Woman Slain in Bethesda Lululemon Store Remembered as ‘a Fighter,’” The Washington Post. March 13, 2011. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/woman-slain-in-bethesda-lululemon-store-remembered-as-a-fighter/2011/03/13/AB5AADU_story.html

• Morse, Dan. “Court Papers: Lululemon Killing a Horrific Attack,” The Washington Post. Sept. 23, 2011. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/court-papers-lululemon-killing-a-horrific-attack/2011/09/23/gIQA9rLerK_story.html

• Morse, Dan. “Lululemon Trial Jurors Hear Norwood Account,” The Washington Post. Oct. 27, 2011. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/lululemon-trial-jurors-hear-norwood-account/2011/10/27/gIQATLzXNM_story.html

• Morse, Dan. “Jurors in Lululemon Killing Hear Tape of Coverup Fall Apart,” The Washington Post. Nov. 1, 2011. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/2011/11/01/gIQA1GpudM_story.html

• Morse, Dan. “Judge in Lululemon Slaying Rules Against Admissibility of Prosecutors’ Account,” The Washington Post. Oct. 31, 2011.  https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/judge-in-lululemon-slaying-rules-against-admissibility-of-prosecutors-account/2011/10/31/gIQAaA6YaM_story.html

• Morse, Dan. The Yoga Store Murder: The Shocking True Account of the Lululemon Athletica Killing. Berkley. 2013. https://www.amazon.com/Yoga-Store-Murder-Lululemon-Athletica/dp/0425263649?ccs_id=948b903f-51a4-4112-a33b-f2c894db6943

• Morse, Dan. “Norwood, Convicted in Lululemon Yoga Store Death, Files Appeal,” The Washington Post. June 9, 2014.  https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/norwood-convicted-in-lululemon-yoga-store-death-files-appeal/2014/06/09/851cc396-f01a-11e3-bf76-447a5df6411f_story.html

• Morse, Dan. “Md. Officials: Killer of Lululemon Co-Worker Doesn’t Deserve New Trial,” The Washington Post. Jan. 21, 2015.  https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/md-officials-yoga-store-killer-brittany-norwood-doesnt-deserve-new-trial/2015/01/21/da57ea86-a0d0-11e4-903f-9f2faf7cd9fe_story.html

• Morse, Dan, and Fard, Maggie Fazeli. “Brittany Norwood ‘Lost Control’ in Attack on Jayna Murray in Yoga Store, Defense Says,” The Washington Post. Oct. 26, 2011. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/brittany-norwood-lost-control-in-attack-on-jayna-murray-in-yoga-store-defense-says/2011/10/26/gIQAFaGHKM_story.html

• Morse, Dan, and Glod, Maria. “Lululemon Bethesda Slaying Arrest Announced,” The Washington Post. March 18, 2011. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/lululemon-bethesda-slaying-arrest-announced/2011/03/18/ABd2rJs_story.html

• Morse, Dan, and Hedgpeth, Dana. “Woman Killed, Another Sexually Assaulted at Bethesda Lululemon Store,” The Washington Post. March 13, 2011. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/woman-killed-another-sexually-assaulted-at-bethesda-lululemon-store/2011/03/12/ABIxlAS_story.html?itid=lk_inline_manual_2

• Morse, Dan, and Hedgpeth, Dana. “Motive Sought in Bethesda Yoga Shop Slaying,” The Washington Post. March 19, 2011. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/motive-sought-in-bethesda-yoga-shop-slaying/2011/03/19/ABHJrox_story.htm

• Morse, Dan, and Hedgpeth, Dana. “Prosecutor in Bethesda Slaying Describes Wild Cover-up Story,” The Washington Post. March 21, 2011. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/prosecutor-in-bethesda-slaying-describes-wild-cover-up-story/2011/03/21/ABZkfW9_story.html

• Morse, Dan, and Hedgpeth, Dana. “Nothing in Lululemon Suspect’s Past Suggests She Could Have Done what Police Allege,” The Washington Post. April 17, 2011. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/nothing-in-lululemon-suspects-past-suggests-she-could-have-done-what-police-allege/2011/04/15/AFW30OwD_story.html?itid=lk_inline_manual_4

• Morse, Dan, and Rosenwald, Michael S. “Grunts, Screams Came from Behind Lululemon Wall, Apple Store Workers Testify,” The Washington Post. Oct. 28, 2011. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/grunts-screams-came-from-behind-lululemon-wall-apple-store-workers-testify/2011/10/28/gIQArvyaQM_story.html

• Morse, Dan, and Rosenwald, Michael S. “Brittany Norwood Found Guilty of First Degree Murder in Lululemon Trial,” The Washington Post. Nov. 2, 2011. https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/crime-scene/post/jayna-murray-alive-during-322-injuries-prosecutor/2011/11/02/gIQAtVxgfM_blog.html

• Range, Peter Ross. Murder in the Yoga Store: The True Story of the Lululemon Killing. Hawthorne Books. 2013. https://www.amazon.com/Murder-Yoga-Store-Lululemon-Killing/dp/0615833411?ccs_id=143f3023-83d1-4f58-9e3b-ffc3a968a73d