McCready Reportedly Says Creedon was Paid $50K to "Do the Murder"

The new book on the Marty Tankleff case--"A Criminal Injustice" by Richard Firstman and Jay Salpeter--is due out Tuesday, and is making news today for something Det. James McCready reportedly said on an unaired portion of the 2006 'Dr. Phil' show on Marty's case.

According to the New York Times and Newsday, during a taping of the show McCready was asked if it was true that Joey "Guns" Creedon paid him $100,000 to keep the investigation from focusing on Creedon, as alleged by Creedon's son. Newsday reports:

"The book includes a portion of a telephone interview with the lead detective in the original case, K. James McCready, from a 2006 episode of the 'Dr. Phil' show that never aired. In it, McCready was asked whether it was true that Joseph Creedon - who witnesses claimed was a hired hit man - paid him $100,000 for his silence. 'No that's not true,' McCready replied, according to the book. 'And if it were true, that means he lost money, I mean he only got paid fifty thousand to do the murder.'"

McCready told Newsday that the allegation that he made the statement is a lie.

Comments

[Gen X Revert]

I am so sorry for all you went through Marty. I hope that justice finally catches up with McCready and Creedon and Steuerman. Is there a copy of the unaired portion of the show?

[jim leskowicz]

here it is a year later......has anything new happened in the "new" investigation into the real killers?