Killer who put hit on racing driver rival thought he was ‘too smart’ to be caught. Then police called his ex-wife
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‘Speed King’ Mickey Thompson and wife Trudy were found dead outside their Los Angeles home – and for more than a decade, no one knew why. The new show ‘Homicide: Los Angeles’ dives into it, writes James Liddell