In 1994, Keith was convicted in the murders of his ex-girlfriend, Maricell Chatman, her four-year-old daughter Marchae, and Chatman’s aunt, Linda Chatman, at their home in Bucyrus, Ohio. Keith was originally sentenced to death, but his sentence was commuted to life without parole in 2010. He has claimed his innocence and Kim Kardashian believes him and first voiced support for him in July 2019.
She chose his case for the first season of her podcast “The System”, which was released on Spotify last week. The survivors of the triple murder claims Kim are wrong in trying to portray convicted murderer Kevin Keith as an innocent man in her new podcast series The System. Quintana and Quentin Reeves are the cousins of one of Keith’s victims and told The Daily Mail Thursday that Kim and her team never contacted them while making the podcast and they say Keith, 58, is guilty and claim they witnessed the shooting.
“She did not contact us, not one time. If Kim Kardashian wants to get involved, she should come and meet us face-to-face,” Quentin said.
In the podcast, Kim Kardashian cited a police report in which a 6-year-old Quanita referred to the shooter as “daddy’s friend Bruce” and that she could not pick Keith out of a police lineup. Today, Quanita said she made a mistake because she had just come out of surgery and was confused. Richard Warren, Chatman’s boyfriend, was also at the house at the time of the murder and escaped, but he has not spoken publicly.
Kim Kardashian signed a deal to produce a true crime podcast for Spotify in 2020. The streamer has released the first two episodes of The System, and six more on Keith’s case will follow. She is already planning on a second season, which would focus on another example of another disputed conviction.
