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The Bail Receipt That Should Have Drowned: A Missing Man, a Dry Card

The Bail Receipt That Should Have Drowned: A Missing Man, a Dry CardA dry bail receipt found four inches below the pond’s high-water mark should have dissolved after a flood but did not - and the name on it, Roy Paschall, vanished four days earlier after a Crestline compliance check. How did a licensed bail office in a mid-sized city turn legal bonds into coercive control, and why was no missing person reported for Paschall?In this episode, we follow the paper trail, the ledger entries, and the internal documents that connect a small bail bond office to missing persons, diverted union funds…

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