'Oct. 23, 1989: A Reading, Mass. couple heads home after a childbirth class at a Boston hospital. On their way, the husband, Charles Stuart, calls police from his car phone saying he and his pregnant wife, Carol, have been shot and robbed. Charles Stuart survives the attack. His wife dies and the city is turned upside down looking for the killer, identified by Stuart as a black man.

Jan. 4, 1990: Charles Stuart takes his own life by jumping off a bridge in Boston and EYEWITNESS NEWS is the first station on the air to report that Stuart was a suspect in his wife's murder.

From that day on, the Boston television market becomes consumed with the story. Every detail of his bizarre event becomes front page and lead story material.

It's a story that racially divides a city, separates suburbs from urban existence and calls into question a police department's investigation of the case. This is a story that involves a lot of rumor and innuendo and sorting through this vast maze of information becomes increasingly difficult.

WBZ-TV sets a policy that our reporters need two sources on every story and it's a policy that pays off. While other television stations and newspapers report information that turns out to be wrong, WBZ-TV provides the most accurate account of the events.

WBZ-TV takes that momentum to provide the Boston market with the first in-depth discussion of this story. We begin with that night in October, 1989, and end with a discussion on the ethics of the Stuart case: the facts versus fiction.'--1990 Peabody Awards entry form.