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Northern Cali Double Murder on Beach Part II · Murder Files Unsealed

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  Speaker 1: August fourteenth, two thousand four, where they made several minor purchases,
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  including a few small bottles of Tabasco sauce. Subsequently, they
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  traveled sixty miles north to Badaga, California, and visited a
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  local surf shop to inquire about potential accommodations. As stated
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  by Spencer Brady, Chief Deputy District Attorney of Sonoma County,
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  the couple's movements became somewhat unclear after their interaction with
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  the surf shop owner. However, they ultimately ended up at
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  Fishhead Beach. The news of the double homicide spread rapidly
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  through the media, resulting in over one thousand tips being
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  submitted to the Sonoma County Sheriff's Office. On Saturday, August
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  twenty first, two thousand four, a woman contacted the station
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  and directed investigators to her boyfriend, Sean Gallen, a local
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  individual with a criminal background who was described by Detective
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  Horsemen as doing weird things. District Attorney Brady informed Final
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  Moments that Gallon was familiar to law enforcement and had
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  a history of significant substance abuse along with a penchant
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  for hunting, identifying himself as a sort of survivalist detectives
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  proceeded to Gallan's residence in Gerneville, located slightly more than
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  ten miles northeast of Jenna. There they discovered bulletproof vests, firearms,
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  and a spear. However, there was no direct evidence linking
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  Gallon to the crime scene, particularly since the perpetrator of
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  the murders of Cutshaw and Allen was believed to have
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  removed the shell casings from the beach, rendering ballistics analysis unfeasible.
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  He had frozen animals in his apartment. He was definitely
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  living on the fringes an alternate lifestyle, stated D. A. Brady.
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  He was somewhat knowledgeable about weapons, and it would be
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  fair to characterize him as a bit antisocial. Rests were
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  made and the case remained unsolved for many years. A
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  domestic murder provides a break in the case. A reward
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  of fifty thousand dollars was offered by the Sonoma County
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  Sheriff's Office, which resulted in a steady influx of tips. However,
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  despite the passage of weeks, months, and eventually years, investigators
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  struggled to identify their suspect. In two thousand and nine,
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  a glimmer of hope emerged when murder suspect and fugitive
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  Joseph Burgess was killed in a shootout in New Mexico,
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  an incident that resulted in two fatalities. Burgess was sought
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  in connection with the nineteen seventy two double homicide of
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  a young couple who were shot while camping on a
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  beach in Canada, a case that bore notable similarities to
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  the two thousand and four murders. Nevertheless, DNA evidence collected
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  from a beer can at the crime scene of Cutshaw
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  Allen did not match Burgess, leading to his exclusion as
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  a suspect. Various theories regarding the Cutshaw Allan murders were proposed,
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  including the possibility that the engaged couple had inadvertently interrupted
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  a drug transaction or that the notorious Zodiac Killer was involved,
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  but none of these leads yielded results for many years.
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  On March twenty fourth, twenty seventeen, thirteen years after the
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  tragic deaths of Lindsay Kutchel and Jason Allen, Sonoma County
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  deputies responded to a report of a domestic shooting at
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  the residence of Shawn Gallen, where thirty six year old
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  Seamus Gallon had been fatally shot. Shawn Gallon, who had
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  previously been interrogated concerning the deaths of Cutshall and Allan,
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  ultimately admitted to the murder of his brother. Sean harbored
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  anger towards his brother Seamus for reasons that may remain unknown.
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  Detective Horsemen informed final moments at that time he had
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  a rifle in his vehicle, which he brought upstairs and
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  discharged multiple rounds, striking Shamus. Following his confession to the
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  murder of his brother, Gallon was further questioned about the
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  double homicide of Jenna. Although he initially refuted any connection,
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  he consented to undergo a lie detector examination but did
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  not pass when asked about his involvement with Cutshawl and Allan.
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  Law enforcement secured a search warrant in connection with Seamus
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  Gallan's death, which included an examination of Sean Gallon's Facebook account.
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  Investigators discovered unsettling posts made by Sean Gallen, as reported
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  by District Attorney Spencer Brady, the conviction of Sean Gallen.
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  According to Gallen's statements, he'd hunted Fishhead Beach in search
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  of wild boar before stumbling upon the sleeping couple. He
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  reportedly shot Allan first, then soon shot Cutschell after she
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  briefed woke from the first gunshot. For whatever reason, he
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  didn't like these two people camping on the beach, or
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  maybe he thought of it as his beach. I don't know,
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  said d. A. Brady. But what he did say was
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  that he had made a decision that he was going
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  to kill them, and he said that he had to
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  force himself to kill them. He had been hearing voices
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  that were torturing him. They were tormenting him. More than
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  a decade after the double homicide, authorities found the shell
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  casings where Gallon said he'd left them, tying him to
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  the crime scene. Finally we knew what happened. Cutshaw's mother,
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  Kathy Cutshaw told final Moments