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Gina Dawn Brooks_ A Station Wagon_ a Witness_ and 37 Years of Questions · Midday Missing

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  Speaker 1: On an August 9th in 1989, 13-year-old Gina Dawn Brooks
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  Speaker 1: rode a bicycle through the streets of Fredericktown, Missouri. She
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  Speaker 1: had just been to her brother's baseball game. Before the
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  Speaker 1: night was over, a battered station wagon would become central
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  Speaker 1: to witness accounts. A bicycle would be found without its rider,
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  Speaker 1: and Gina's family would begin a search that has lasted
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  Speaker 1: more than 37 years. What happened in those few blocks
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  Speaker 1: between home and High Street, and who still knows what
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  Speaker 1: happened to Gina Brooks. So Hello, lovelies. I am Terry
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  Speaker 1: the face, and the story of the missing person. Okay. So,
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  Speaker 1: and if you're watching on the replay crew, we appreciate
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  Speaker 1: you just as much. I know not everybody in the
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  Speaker 1: middle of the day can stop working, stop life to
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  Speaker 1: join us, but watching on replay does just as much
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  Speaker 1: for us getting out these individuals names. Now, long before
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  Speaker 1: anyone knew Gina's name from missing person posters. She was
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  Speaker 1: a daughter and she was a sister growing up in
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  Speaker 1: the southeastern Missouri town of Fredericktown. Gina was born on
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  Speaker 1: November 28th, 1975. As you can see, she had blonde hair,
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  Speaker 1: green eyes, and by the summer of 1989, she was
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  Speaker 1: 13 years old. And she was looking forward to the
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  Speaker 1: beginning of eighth grade. Her mother, Cindy Box, you know,
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  Speaker 1: reporting and reports identify her brother, Christopher. Neighbors remember Gina
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  Speaker 1: growing up among her brother and sisters. These are small
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  Speaker 1: glimpses of a much larger childhood, a life of family
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  Speaker 1: routines and school years that have been stretched far beyond
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  Speaker 1: that summer. Hello, Aljo. Welcome in. We're just getting started.
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  Speaker 1: It's great to have you. Fredericktown lies near the San
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  Speaker 1: Francisco Mountains, where neighborhoods and familiar roads can make a
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  Speaker 1: town feel very close-knit. On August 5, 1989, Gina's family
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  Speaker 1: was already carrying a heavy burden. Family friend Faye Rowland
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  Speaker 1: later recalled that Cindy had been caring for her dying
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  Speaker 1: father and was exhausted. That evening, Gina attended her brother's
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  Speaker 1: baseball game. There was nothing that knife that suggested that
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  Speaker 1: a family was going to be preparing for a tragedy. Oh,
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  Speaker 1: thank you, Eljo, for inviting someone from Missouri. We always
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  Speaker 1: appreciate that. And I would love if you would have
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  Speaker 1: any advocates you know email me because I would love
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  Speaker 1: to talk to them, even invite them on the show
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  Speaker 1: and tell us about, you know, why they got into
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  Speaker 1: advocacy and resources, and all of that good things, okay? Now,
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  Speaker 1: there was a game to watch. There was children to
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  Speaker 1: get home and the ordinary expectation that everyone would be
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  Speaker 1: safe by morning. And guys, back then, riding your bike
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  Speaker 1: to the playing field and back home was nothing unusual.
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  Speaker 1: I used to walk, I don't know, maybe it's 10 blocks,
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  Speaker 1: I don't really remember, every day down to the swimming pool.
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  Speaker 1: and back and forth. Those days were different. Now, according
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  Speaker 1: to a later reconstruction by First Alert 4, the baseball
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  Speaker 1: game ended about 10 o'clock. Gina returned home and said
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  Speaker 1: goodnight to Cindy. She then told her brother she was
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  Speaker 1: going out on her bicycle without saying exactly where she
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  Speaker 1: was going, but it looks like she left about 10.30 p.m. Now,
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  Speaker 1: Some accounts did say she intended to visit a friend
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  Speaker 1: and return soon. I couldn't find anything that said 100%.
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  Speaker 1: That was the fact. Now, she was wearing a blue
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  Speaker 1: striped top, white shorts and sneakers, and riding a 10-speed
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  Speaker 1: bicycle that was associated with her brother. Some reports said
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  Speaker 1: it was red. Now, Regina, the ride was a familiar
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  Speaker 1: trip through the town she knew. For investigators, those next
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  Speaker 1: few minutes would become the center of a mystery that
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  Speaker 1: is still going on today. You walk two miles to
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  Speaker 1: school and back, probably from the fourth grade. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: times were different back then. Times were much different back then. Nowadays,
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  Speaker 1: not as safe. Now, one reported sighting placed Gina near
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  Speaker 1: a Baptist church. Former Frederickstown Police Chief Keith Despain later
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  Speaker 1: described a witness account in which Gina stood astride her
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  Speaker 1: bicycle as an old station wagon approached. Now, someone reportedly
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  Speaker 1: inside that vehicle spoke to her. Gina then continued riding,
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  Speaker 1: turning south on Mine Lamont Street. Now, that conversation, if
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  Speaker 1: one occurred, according to the reports, has never been reconstructed
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  Speaker 1: word for word, okay? There is no reliable accounts that
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  Speaker 1: I could find saying whether Gina recognized the person that
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  Speaker 1: she may have spoken to in that card. But that
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  Speaker 1: brief encounter gave investigators a vehicle to search for and
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  Speaker 1: possibly a connection to what happened next. Descriptions of the
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  Speaker 1: station wagon have not always matched. Guys, I have to
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  Speaker 1: tell you, eyewitness accounts are always different. I have seen
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  Speaker 1: where they've said the car was green, blue, yellow. It's
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  Speaker 1: all over the place, okay? Now, it was characterized as
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  Speaker 1: an old and battered station wagon. And the colors have
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  Speaker 1: been reported as light gray, green, blue, or dark. So
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  Speaker 1: now accounts indicated a Missouri license plate, but could not
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  Speaker 1: find that they ever confirmed a plate number. could be
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  Speaker 1: something that law enforcement is holding onto themselves. Now, in daylight,
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  Speaker 1: those differences might sound significant. But at night, from different
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  Speaker 1: vantage points, a car's color, let's all be honest, can
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  Speaker 1: be difficult to judge. Guys, I have to be honest.
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  Speaker 1: My husband's Corvette. He calls it red. Chevrolet called it red.
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  Speaker 1: Guess what, guys? It is actually Aggie maroon. If you're
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  Speaker 1: from Texas, you know that. Probably a lot of people
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  Speaker 1: across the place know Aggies. It's not red. but they
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  Speaker 1: say it's red, but it is really Aggie maroon. But
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  Speaker 1: what has remained consistent was the possibility that someone in
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  Speaker 1: that station wagon approached Gina shortly before she vanished. Now,
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  Speaker 1: the trail continued towards Howard Street. Later reports placed Gina
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  Speaker 1: near that street speaking with her boyfriend, T.J.
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  Speaker 2: Kennedy.
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  Speaker 1: Guys, how sweet is that, that She had a boyfriend
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  Speaker 1: at that age. I remember those days. I know you
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  Speaker 1: call it puppy love, but I remember those days. Now,
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  Speaker 1: investigators considered whether the station wagon returned or followed her.
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  Speaker 1: We don't know. Then came the sounds witnesses would remember
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  Speaker 1: for years. TJ and Chad Morgan were identified in a
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  Speaker 1: 2010 KFBC report as witnesses who heard Gina call for
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  Speaker 1: TJ's help from the back of a vehicle. Now, other
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  Speaker 1: accounts describe screaming and squealing tires. Now, those statements were
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  Speaker 1: witnesses' recollections. They are not recordings. But let's be honest,
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  Speaker 1: they gave the case its most alarming indication that Gina
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  Speaker 1: had been taken against her will. And guys, can you
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  Speaker 1: imagine being TJ and Chad, especially TJ? I mean, that's
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  Speaker 1: your girlfriend and you think you hear her screaming your
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  Speaker 1: name from a car. I can't, guys. That just shatters me, okay? Now,
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  Speaker 1: a station wagon was reportedly seen turning onto Franklin Street
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  Speaker 1: and heading towards Highway 65. Now, don't know for sure
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  Speaker 1: that that's accurate because I've seen it. Yes, it had happened. No,
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  Speaker 1: it didn't. But if it was accurate, the vehicle could
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  Speaker 1: have left the neighborhood quickly. Okay. Now, the streets that
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  Speaker 1: had seemed so familiar became a map of unanswered questions.
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  Speaker 1: The church, Mind the Mott Street, High Street, Franklin, And
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  Speaker 1: the highway beyond, somewhere in that sequence or those streets,
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  Speaker 1: a 13-year-old girl disappeared. Gina's bicycle was found near the
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  Speaker 1: 300 block of High Street, only five blocks from home. Now,
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  Speaker 1: most reports describe it laying in the roadway. Others say
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  Speaker 1: it was in a residential lawn. It could have been
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  Speaker 1: laying on both. You know, let's be honest. whatever its
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  Speaker 1: exact position, the bicycle had been left behind and Gina
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  Speaker 1: had not. Now, Keith Despain later recalled noticing a bicycle
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  Speaker 1: during his overnight shift without knowing at that time that
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  Speaker 1: a child was missing. It was only after Gina's family
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  Speaker 1: contact with police did that earlier sighting become something far
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  Speaker 1: more troubling. And I can imagine for a law enforcement officer,
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  Speaker 1: that his head, he's probably thinking, man, why didn't I
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  Speaker 1: stop and check it out? Why didn't I? I mean,
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  Speaker 1: but Mr. Despain, you couldn't have known. Now, it was
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  Speaker 1: around two in the morning that Cindy discovered that Gina
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  Speaker 1: was not in her room and called the police because
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  Speaker 1: our daughter had returned from the baseball game, had gone
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  Speaker 1: out for a short ride. She assumed she came home
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  Speaker 1: and went to bed. Cindy had no reason to suspect
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  Speaker 1: that something terrible happened. Now, police began piecing together Gina's
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  Speaker 1: route and asking who had seen her, what they heard,
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  Speaker 1: and whether anyone could identify the people they saw in
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  Speaker 1: that station wagon. As the investigation widened, the search reached
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  Speaker 1: beyond Frederickstown's local officers. County, state, and federal authorities became involved.
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  Speaker 1: Missing person posters were circulated while the community gathered for
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  Speaker 1: vigils and hung up displays of ribbons. For neighbors, those
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  Speaker 1: gestures expressed a refusal to forget Gina. For her family,
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  Speaker 1: they were reminders of the same unbearable uncertainty. Somewhere, someone
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  Speaker 1: might know what happened, but Gina still has not come home. Now,
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  Speaker 1: investigators had reason to examine the possibility of an abduction,
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  Speaker 1: but we've got to remember a suspicion, however strong, could
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  Speaker 1: not tell them 100% that Gina had been taken or
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  Speaker 1: where she had been taken. And to this date, no
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  Speaker 1: remains have been recovered that has been identified as hers. Now,
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  Speaker 1: witness memories and investigators' leads became vital while every passing year,
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  Speaker 1: made independent cooperation harder. The station wagon, that abandoned bicycle,
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  Speaker 1: were powerful pieces of the story, but sadly, neither supplied
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  Speaker 1: the missing final chapter. Now, in 1996, investigators pursued a
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  Speaker 1: lead suggesting Gina's remains might be in a quarry. Authorities
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  Speaker 1: drained the quarry, which was an extraordinary undertaking that showed
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  Speaker 1: how seriously That lead was treated. Sadly, the search did
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  Speaker 1: not find her. Another lead would later direct attention to
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  Speaker 1: abandoned meat freezer on property connected to the family of
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  Speaker 1: Timothy Bellew. That search, too, failed to recover Gina or
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  Speaker 1: any evidence that has been reported. Each effort brought investigators
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  Speaker 1: to a new place, but not to the answers her
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  Speaker 1: family so desperately needed and wanted. Over time, the investigation
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  Speaker 1: focused on several men, including Nathan Daniel, Danny Williams, Bryant Squires,
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  Speaker 1: and Timothy Bellow. Their names entered the public records through
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  Speaker 1: a mixture of investigative allegations, statements, and legal proceedings. And
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  Speaker 1: those distinctions matter. A person can be investigated or charged
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  Speaker 1: without being convicted in a claim about a missing child's
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  Speaker 1: fate fate can be repeated for years without ever becoming
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  Speaker 1: an established fact. Bryant was described in investigation accounts as
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  Speaker 1: the alleged driver of the station wagon. Before his death
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  Speaker 1: in 1996, he reportedly made statements to nurses implicating himself
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  Speaker 1: and Nathan in Gina's abduction and killings. The full circumstances
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  Speaker 1: and exact wording of these statements are not available to
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  Speaker 1: the public, okay? Because, guys, they have to keep things
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  Speaker 1: close to us. Now, First Alert 4 reported that other
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  Speaker 1: claims attributed to Bryant had proved untrue. Investigators could not
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  Speaker 1: simply treat the reported admission as the final word. Timothy
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  Speaker 1: also drew investigators' attention. Accounts attributed to him changed. including
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  Speaker 1: claims about where Gina's remains could be located. One tip
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  Speaker 1: led investigators to that property with the abandoned meat freezer.
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  Speaker 1: Timothy faced a second-degree murder charge that was ultimately dropped.
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  Speaker 1: He later pleaded guilty to lying to federal investigators and
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  Speaker 1: reportedly received a 30-month prison sentence. That conviction showed the
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  Speaker 1: investigators had been misled. It did not establish that Timothy
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  Speaker 1: had abducted or murdered Gina. Nathan, meanwhile, had been convicted
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  Speaker 1: of serious sexual offenses in other cases and was serving
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  Speaker 1: a life sentence. Now, investigators examined his possible connection to
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  Speaker 1: Gina's disappearance, including an allegation that a witness had placed
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  Speaker 1: him in the rear of the station wagon. Now, his
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  Speaker 1: convictions for other things made him a person investigators scrutinized, Guys,
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  Speaker 1: there was no proof that he was involved. He denied
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  Speaker 1: involvement through his attorney. And he pleaded not guilty when
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  Speaker 1: charged in connection with Gina's presumed murder. That was dropped. Now,
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  Speaker 1: public sources differ slightly on whether Nathan was first charged
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  Speaker 1: in 1988 or 1999. Now, by January 2002, a trial
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  Speaker 1: had been anticipated. but proceedings were delayed as prosecutors sought
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  Speaker 1: additional evidence. In 2003, Prosecutor Dwight Robbins dismissed the first-degree
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  Speaker 1: murder charge. Reports described concerns about the strength of the
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  Speaker 1: evidence and the risk that an acquittal could prevent another
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  Speaker 1: prosecution if stronger proof later emerged. So this dismissal left
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  Speaker 1: no murder conviction and didn't tell the family anything. What
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  Speaker 1: happened to Gina? It left the case suspended between allegations
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  Speaker 1: and tips, evidence, but no answers. That legal ending was
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  Speaker 1: not an ending for Gina's family. That bicycle had been found.
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  Speaker 1: Witnesses had described a car and cries for help. Yet
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  Speaker 1: there was still no sighting of Gina and no confirmed recovery. Guys,
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  Speaker 1: the difference between a theory of evidence and an answer
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  Speaker 1: could hardly have been more painful. Years later, this investigation
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  Speaker 1: remains alive. On the 21st anniversary of Gina's disappearance, KFBS
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  Speaker 1: spoke with Keith Despain and a family friend, Faye Rowland,
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  Speaker 1: about the sightings and the continued search. FBI Supervisory Special
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  Speaker 1: Agent Dan Neddemeier described a tip involving an area south
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  Speaker 1: of Fredericktown where a specialized team from Washington had been
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  Speaker 1: brought in to help. That effort also did not locate Gina. Now,
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  Speaker 1: even after decades, investigators were still testing information against the
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  Speaker 1: landscape surrounding the town. Now, attention also returned to Nathan
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  Speaker 1: through reporting about a separate case, the 1975 killing of
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  Speaker 1: Lauren Michelle Dinwiddie in St. Louis. First Alert 4 described
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  Speaker 1: how a letter from Laura's mother helped encourage another look
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  Speaker 1: at that older investigation. The cases were distinct and interest
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  Speaker 1: in Nathan in one investigation still could not establish or
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  Speaker 1: give them information about what happened to Gina. In 2022,
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  Speaker 1: Fredericktown Police Chief Eric Hovis told reporters that Gina's case
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  Speaker 1: remained active and that tips were still coming in. Her
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  Speaker 1: mother spoke publicly about holding on to hope that someone
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  Speaker 1: might come forward. By then, the daughter she had last
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  Speaker 1: seen at 13 years old would have been in her 40s.
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  Speaker 1: The passage of time has changed the world around the case,
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  Speaker 1: but it has not changed the central fact that Gina
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  Speaker 1: was missing. Then, in late 2024, A new search drew
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  Speaker 1: attention back to southeastern Missouri. On July 22, 2024, Missouri
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  Speaker 1: State Highway Patrol investigators and the Bollinger County Sheriff's Office
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  Speaker 1: began a multi-day warrant-authorized search of a rural property in
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  Speaker 1: Bollinger County. The FBI and the Missouri Attorney General's Office,
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  Speaker 1: along with the police department, assisted. Now, local reports that
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  Speaker 1: I could find described heavy equipment in very difficult terrain
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  Speaker 1: and activity near Grounds Creek. It was the kind of
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  Speaker 1: operation that could renew and strengthen a family's hope even
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  Speaker 1: before anyone knew what and if anything would be found. Now,
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  Speaker 1: authorities did announce that items of possible evidentiary value had
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  Speaker 1: been collected and and would be sent for laboratory examination.
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  Speaker 1: They also said no human remains had been found. Now,
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  Speaker 1: the official announcements did not identify any of those items,
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  Speaker 1: and they didn't say whether they belonged to Gina or anything, okay?
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  Speaker 1: But Fox 2 reported that a prisoner had been brought
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  Speaker 1: to the search area and once again discussed Nathan as
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  Speaker 1: a long-standing suspect, but that reporting did not establish a
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  Speaker 1: confession or a resolution. Okay. But the search was an
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  Speaker 1: important sign of continued investigative work. Okay. And guys, that
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  Speaker 1: means a lot because so many of these cases, police,
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  Speaker 1: they just stop when it becomes a cold case. Unless
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  Speaker 1: a very strong tip comes in, they don't respond. We've even,
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  Speaker 1: experienced tips being called in that are never even followed
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  Speaker 1: up on by police, which is sad. Now, as of today,
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  Speaker 1: Missouri State continues to list Gina Dawn Brooks as missing
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  Speaker 1: from Fredericktown in Madison County since August 5th, 1989. She
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  Speaker 1: would now be 50 years old. At the time she vanished,
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  Speaker 1: they said she was five feet tall, 108 pounds, blonde hair,
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  Speaker 1: green eyes, and small white scars on her left shin.
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  Speaker 1: And guys, those details still matter even after so much time, okay?
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  Speaker 1: What we need to remember is that someone may have
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  Speaker 1: seen something way back in 89. Maybe you're ready to
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  Speaker 1: come forward because I want you to think of how
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  Speaker 1: little the distance separated Gina's home from the place where
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  Speaker 1: her bicycle was found. Five blocks, guys. Just five blocks.
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  Speaker 2: Okay?
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  Speaker 1: That's just a hop, skip, and a jump down. And
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  Speaker 1: that's the kind of ride that should have ended with
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  Speaker 1: a bicycle being put away and a girl brushing her teeth,
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  Speaker 1: washing her face, and settling in for the night. Instead,
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  Speaker 1: the streets become a trail of sighting, sounds, and varying recollections.
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  Speaker 1: That station wagon remains a haunting part of the case.
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  Speaker 1: But that station wagon is not the focus. The focus
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  Speaker 1: is Gina, a daughter who had spent the evening cheering
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  Speaker 1: on her brother and a family who expected to see
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  Speaker 1: her again. I ask you, if you know anything about
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  Speaker 1: Gina Dawn Brooks, I don't care how small, if you
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  Speaker 1: think it's a rumor or you just might remember seeing something,
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  Speaker 1: please contact the Missouri State Highway Patrol at 573 840-9500
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  Speaker 1: because guys, they are still working this case. If you
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  Speaker 1: want to submit an anonymous tip, you can also submit
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  Speaker 1: that at tips.fbi.gov. Oh man, these cases are tough. Now,
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  Speaker 1: if you have someone that you love is missing or
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  Speaker 1: you know of a missing person in your town that
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  Speaker 1: needs more attention, I would be honored to help share
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  Speaker 1: their story. And also, if you're a loved one, a
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  Speaker 1: family member, and you want to come on and join
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  Speaker 1: us for a live interview to talk about your missing
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  Speaker 1: loved one, we would love to have you come on
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  Speaker 1: our show. All you've got to do is email me,
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  Speaker 1: terri at tcwtmedia.com, or you can reach out to me
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  Speaker 1: on any of my social media accounts at Terri True Crime.
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  Speaker 2: Okay.
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  Speaker 1: Hello, Lainey.
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  Speaker 2: Welcome in.
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  Speaker 1: Also, guys, don't forget, you can join our Midday Missing
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  Speaker 1: Facebook group. If you're on Facebook, that's where we post
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  Speaker 1: the missing person posters from every case we cover and
• 25:44
  Speaker 1: share additional missing person posters that need more eyes on them.
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  Speaker 2: Okay.
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  Speaker 1: I also share our posters across my Terry True Crime
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  Speaker 1: social media account because not everybody's over on the book face.
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  Speaker 2: Okay.
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  Speaker 1: But you can still help by sharing them and getting
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  Speaker 1: their faces and names in front of more people.
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  Speaker 2: Okay.
• 26:03
  Speaker 1: And be sure to follow us across social media to
• 26:06
  Speaker 1: stay connected, receive updates, and help us spread awareness. And
• 26:12
  Speaker 1: we also tell you a little bit about a fun
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  Speaker 1: stuff going on on our other shows. Oh, you know
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  Speaker 1: a lot of missing. Oh, that would be great. Send
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  Speaker 1: them to me. We've had families on before. And to
• 26:30
  Speaker 1: be honest, one of the reasons we started a Midday
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  Speaker 1: Missing YouTube page because some family members told me they
• 26:37
  Speaker 1: didn't like having their loved ones' stories being told on
• 26:42
  Speaker 1: True Crime and Wine Time, one because of the alcohol
• 26:46
  Speaker 1: and one because of true crime. They don't like to
• 26:50
  Speaker 1: always associate their missing person, their loved one with that.
• 26:55
  Speaker 1: That's the reason we started the Midday Missing Facebook page.
• 26:59
  Speaker 1: And once we get it up and running again, and
• 27:02
  Speaker 1: we hit a thousand subscribers, we will start doing more
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  Speaker 1: advocacy items on that channel because my heart is very
• 27:13
  Speaker 1: much dedicated to missing persons. Their families go through something
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  Speaker 1: that I hope most of us never have to endure
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  Speaker 1: because I'll tell you, even with the Chase Lackey case,
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  Speaker 1: I feel like I know him so well from talking
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  Speaker 1: to his family and from investigating his case that I
• 27:33
  Speaker 1: cry sometimes about it. I feel like I know him.
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  Speaker 1: So thank you for that. Thank you, Torum. I am
• 27:42
  Speaker 1: glad I am feeling better. I was showing earlier, I'm
• 27:46
  Speaker 1: still black and blue from all the IVs and stuff,
• 27:49
  Speaker 1: but I am doing much better and I will be
• 27:53
  Speaker 1: out in November, the week of Thanksgiving for surgery. I
• 27:57
  Speaker 1: will host Midday Missing on the Monday before Thanksgiving. Then
• 28:01
  Speaker 1: I have surgery the next day. So thank you for that. Guys,
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  Speaker 1: if you.
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  Speaker 2: Didn't know this, because you're new to Midday Missing, we
• 28:09
  Speaker 2: have our main and our flagship show, True Crime and
• 28:14
  Speaker 2: Wine Time podcast, which airs every Thursday night at 8 p.m. Eastern.
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  Speaker 1: And if you don't know anything, we grab a glass
• 28:24
  Speaker 1: of wine, a cold glass of sparkling water, And we
• 28:28
  Speaker 1: deep dive into some of the most shocking, disturbing, and
• 28:31
  Speaker 1: let's be honest, unforgettable cases. And this week, we are
• 28:35
  Speaker 1: continuing our deep dive into Krista Pike, okay? Because she
• 28:41
  Speaker 1: was only 18 years old when she helped brutally murder
• 28:45
  Speaker 1: Colleen Slimmer. And she kept a part of her skull.
• 28:50
  Speaker 1: And I'm going to be honest, me and my co-host, Lama,
• 28:53
  Speaker 1: we have some differences of opinions on that one. I
• 28:57
  Speaker 1: think it's going to be like 20 episodes. You definitely
• 28:59
  Speaker 1: want to join us. If you don't know anything about
• 29:02
  Speaker 1: the case, you can go to the playlist on our
• 29:05
  Speaker 1: True Crime and Wine Time page and you can find
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  Speaker 1: it there. And guys, we started researching this case last
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  Speaker 1: year and planned to cover it around her execution, not
• 29:17
  Speaker 1: knowing that her execution was going to get botched. So
• 29:20
  Speaker 1: that just increased the amount that we are going to
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  Speaker 1: be covering it. And guys, also, if you haven't become
• 29:26
  Speaker 1: a member of our YouTube channel yet, you really should.
• 29:30
  Speaker 1: Our True Crime and Wine Time channel is going to
• 29:33
  Speaker 1: stay our main membership channel. That's where you're going to
• 29:36
  Speaker 1: see all the perky perks, okay? And our special exclusive.
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  Speaker 1: content and our merch boxes. And if you're interested in
• 29:44
  Speaker 1: the merch box, you would need to sign up by
• 29:46
  Speaker 1: the last day of October to qualify to get the
• 29:50
  Speaker 1: December merch box. It'll go out the first week of January.
• 29:54
  Speaker 1: And the theme is Deadly Love. holidays. And I have
• 29:57
  Speaker 1: to tell you, I put the merch boxes together and
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  Speaker 1: they are one of the most exciting things ever. I
• 30:05
  Speaker 1: love shopping for all the stuff and I love looking
• 30:07
  Speaker 1: for unique things. So if you're interested, you should really
• 30:12
  Speaker 1: check that out. It also helps support us here at
• 30:15
  Speaker 1: the show. I can tell you the box value is
• 30:19
  Speaker 1: way more than what your membership fee is. Okay. because
• 30:23
  Speaker 1: I negotiate with these people to get the best deal, okay?
• 30:27
  Speaker 1: I do want to thank you all for being here
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  Speaker 1: with me today. I know missing person cases are not
• 30:32
  Speaker 1: for everyone. To be honest, they used to not be
• 30:35
  Speaker 1: for me. I stayed away from them because I don't
• 30:38
  Speaker 1: like not having answers. And then after I started investigating
• 30:42
  Speaker 1: Chase Lackey, getting more into the missing person world, I
• 30:47
  Speaker 1: was just grabbed. It was like that's where I was
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  Speaker 1: meant to be. because these families go to bed every
• 30:54
  Speaker 1: night wondering, is their loved one safe? Are they still alive?
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  Speaker 1: If they are alive, are they okay? Are they fed?
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  Speaker 1: Are they being abused? Have they been sold into sex trafficking? Okay,
• 31:10
  Speaker 1: so it's rough. Now, until next time, I want you
• 31:15
  Speaker 1: to stay safe, stay aware. If you see something, say something.
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  Speaker 1: and help these families bring their loved ones home. Bye, guys.