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Midday Missing - Wesley Dale Morgan & Branson Perry · True Crime and Wine Time

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Speaker 1: out today with a funny little story for you guys,
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Speaker 1: So let's get started. Wesley Dale Morgan is who we're
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Speaker 1: talking about first, so it was in the Trinquil town
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Speaker 1: of Clinton, Louisiana, on May fifteenth, two thousand and one,
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Speaker 1: where a very chilling event took place that guys has
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Speaker 1: left the community forever haunted. Wesley del Morgan was a
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Speaker 1: bright and cheerful two year old boy and he was
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Speaker 1: outside playing on the porch with some puppies when he
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Speaker 1: vanished without a trace from his home. Now. Wesley's mom,
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Speaker 1: Ruby Haverd, told police that she and Leslie were outside
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Speaker 1: together and that she went inside to boil some eggs
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Speaker 1: and that she was gone for about five minutes and
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Speaker 1: that she came back out Wesley was gone. She said
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Speaker 1: she looked for Wesley for about fifteen minutes before calling police. Now, guys,
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Speaker 1: Ruby gave birth to Wesley when she was seventeen years
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Speaker 1: old and her and Wesley's dad split up and she
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Speaker 1: had started seeing this new man, so she was a
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Speaker 1: young mom. Wesley lived with his mother in the new
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Speaker 1: boyfriend by the name of Burneal Hilton, in a rental
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Speaker 1: house along US Highway sixty three. Now, I am going
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Speaker 1: to apologize right now because I know I am going
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Speaker 1: to slaughter this parish's name and all of my Cajun
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Speaker 1: relatives are going to roll their eyes and say, what
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Speaker 1: is wrong with you? Girl? But I'm going to do
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Speaker 1: my best. The East Feliciana, Paris Sheriff's Office was quickly
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Speaker 1: alerted and a massive search operation was launched. Now volunteers, neighbors,
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Speaker 1: and a search and rescue team hombed to surrounding woods
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Speaker 1: and swamps, but Wesley was nowhere to be found. Despite
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Speaker 1: the community and law enforcement's best efforts, days turned into
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Speaker 1: weeks with no signs of the missing toddler. Guys, I'm
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Speaker 1: already starting to tear up, so I should be a
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Speaker 1: little more professional and not do that. But I apologize.
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Speaker 1: Ruby Kay continue to deny knowing what happened to her
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Speaker 1: son Wesley, and police have said that both Ruby and
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Speaker 1: Burnell took polygraph test and they both failed. Now I've
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Speaker 1: said this before on the True Crime and Mine Time podcast.
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Speaker 1: I know that light detectors are not admissible in court,
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Speaker 1: that people know how to pass them. People can fail
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Speaker 1: for reasons we don't know. But I am still going
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Speaker 1: to say I find that a little suspicious. But I
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Speaker 1: also want to tell you that Burnell was charged with
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Speaker 1: attempted murder for an unrelated shooting in October of nineteen
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Speaker 1: ninety eight, so Ruby and Burnell split up not long
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Speaker 1: after Wesley went missing. Now, guys, police have told reporters
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Speaker 1: that after using dogs and searching the area, that this
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Speaker 1: case is a criminal investigation and they believes he was
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Speaker 1: killed or kidnapped. Now police investigators have now said they
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Speaker 1: have suspected a Ruby of selling Wesley. They said that
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Speaker 1: Ruby rarely asked for updates on the case and showed
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Speaker 1: very little to no emotion when the search was called off. Now,
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Speaker 1: Ruby has said that she felt targeted due to her lifestyle. Guys,
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Speaker 1: I went down a lot of rabbit holes. I couldn't
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Speaker 1: find what she meant about her lifestyle. The only thing
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Speaker 1: I could find is that maybe she had some sexual
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Speaker 1: encounters with individuals and law enforcement, and maybe some threesomes.
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Speaker 1: I'm not sure why that would make you be targeted,
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Speaker 1: but that's my two cents. Now, Guys, buckle up, because
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Speaker 1: on January eighth, two thousand and eight, Ruby renee Harvard,
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Speaker 1: was arrested for allegedly trying to sell her youngest child.
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Speaker 1: The newest baby was just a couple of weeks old
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Speaker 1: at the time of her arrest. The judge placed this
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Speaker 1: new baby into the state's custody pending resolution on the case.
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Speaker 1: Ruby told police that she was not trying to sell
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Speaker 1: her baby and that it was an adoption that went wrong.
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Speaker 1: I'm not sure how adoptions go wrong, but we'll see.
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Speaker 1: Ruby had offered to sell her baby to a married
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Speaker 1: couple for two thousand dollars. Guys, in my opinion, two
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Speaker 1: thousand dollars is not enough for selling your child that
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Speaker 1: you carried for nine months and went through labor. Okay,
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Speaker 1: just gonna say, first of all, you shouldn't be selling
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Speaker 1: your baby. But Ruby said that she and the couple
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Speaker 1: who wanted to adopt her baby couldn't afford to use attorneys,
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Speaker 1: and that Ruby, along with the couple, went to a
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Speaker 1: notary and signed a statement stating that the couple would
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Speaker 1: give Ruby two thousand dollars for her baby. Guys, Seriously,
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Speaker 1: two thousand dollars. That doesn't even pay for your medical
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Speaker 1: care if you got medical care during your pregnancy for
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Speaker 1: labor and delivery, unless you got it free because you
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Speaker 1: were on state assistance. But really, come on, guys. Now, However,
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Speaker 1: when Ruby had the baby, she said she changed her
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Speaker 1: mind and wanted to keep the baby, and of course
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Speaker 1: the two thousand dollars. The couple was upset and they
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Speaker 1: called the police. Okay, you call the police after trying
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Speaker 1: to illegally buy somebody's baby. But hey, I'm not gonna
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Speaker 1: judge right now. Ruby said that the money was to
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Speaker 1: cover medical bills. As I said, I don't know what
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Speaker 1: the cost was to have a baby in two thousand
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Speaker 1: and eight. I can tell you when I had my youngest,
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Speaker 1: which will be thirty three years next week, that it
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Speaker 1: costs more than two thousand dollars. Okay. Now, when the
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Speaker 1: case was investigated, they didn't have enough concrete proof that
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Speaker 1: Ruby was selling her baby, since she had used some
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Speaker 1: of that money to pay medical bills. Therefore, the prosecutors
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Speaker 1: dropped the case against her, just dropped it, and I
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Speaker 1: couldn't find that. They filed charges against the couple trying
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Speaker 1: to purchase or adopt this baby and guys. Despite the
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Speaker 1: ongoing extensive search effort, Wesley's whereabouts remain a mystery today.
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Speaker 1: The East Feliciana Parish Sheriff's Office continued to pursue leads,
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Speaker 1: but each new clue ended in frustration. This case has
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Speaker 1: gone cold, but the impact of Wesley's disappearance. Everything I
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Speaker 1: read has lingered in the hearts and minds of those
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Speaker 1: that knew him, but also of the community. The community
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Speaker 1: was distraught and they are still distraught. Wesley would be
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Speaker 1: twenty five years old today. Okay. Police in many in
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Speaker 1: the community believe that Wesley is still alive and that
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Speaker 1: he was sold to someone who wanted a child. Guys,
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Speaker 1: I like that positive spend. I really hope that too.
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Speaker 1: Now I'm going to read you a posting that I
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Speaker 1: found on that East Feliciana crime watch page from a
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Speaker 1: person who is donating their time to find Wesley. Because guys,
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Speaker 1: it makes me mad. If this is even partially true,
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Speaker 1: I mean, if it is ten percent true, it is horrific. Okay,
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Speaker 1: Now I'm going to read you this post verbatim. Ruby Freeman.
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Speaker 1: Let's go back in time, shall we. Let me remind
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Speaker 1: you that when I first began my efforts to help
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Speaker 1: find out what happened to Wesley, I contacted you and
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Speaker 1: offered to work with you. Do you remember what your
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Speaker 1: response was? I certainly do. I was shocked by it.
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Speaker 1: You said, don't ever contact me again, and only contact
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Speaker 1: my attorney, Ronda Covington. So I made an effort to
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Speaker 1: do just that. Of course, she refused to respond either.
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Speaker 1: I volunteered to Sheriff Bunch, who also refused to even
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Speaker 1: respond to my letters. I submitted a request to Sheriff
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Speaker 1: Bunch to please have an updated crime stopper segment produced.
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Speaker 1: He didn't respond, And I've been harassed and criticized about
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Speaker 1: wanting to hold vigils, etc. For Wesley by the family.
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Speaker 1: So please explain to me why when someone volunteers to
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Speaker 1: help work on a case to find a missing two
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Speaker 1: year old child, nearly everyone close to the case fights
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Speaker 1: so hard to keep it from happening. Please tell me
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Speaker 1: the last time you or other family have put up
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Speaker 1: a billboard, had a news conference, or placed ads in
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Speaker 1: a newspaper. Please tell me why it is that when
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Speaker 1: I tried so hard to get elected officials in this
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Speaker 1: parish to pledge reward money to add to the ten
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Speaker 1: thousand dollars already offered by the FBI, not one pledged. However,
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Speaker 1: quite a few citizens did. I mailed a letter to
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Speaker 1: every elected official in this parish requesting some support in
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Speaker 1: this case, and only one responded. District Attorney Sam Diagilla
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Speaker 1: was the only one. Tell me why many in this
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Speaker 1: parish have refused to offer any public interest in assisting
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Speaker 1: with the disappearance of your child, especially those in the
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Speaker 1: best possible position to do so. And since you're at it,
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Speaker 1: why don't you explain why you would leave a two
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Speaker 1: year old outside unattended while you were in the house
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Speaker 1: preparing food. What were the questions asked of you and
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Speaker 1: Burnell that caused you to fill the polygraph? I know
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Speaker 1: and accept the fact a polygraph is not conclusive evidence
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Speaker 1: that something or someone has done something wrong, So why
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Speaker 1: not explain it to me? When people who should be
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Speaker 1: excited for the en and their missing family member put
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Speaker 1: up a wall against it, one can only go from
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Speaker 1: that and offer theories. Explain to me why not one
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Speaker 1: family member has attended any activity I've done in recognition
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Speaker 1: of the fact Wesley is missing. Explain to me why
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Speaker 1: not one family member that I know of has promoted
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Speaker 1: the fact May is Missing Person Month in this parish
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Speaker 1: in honor of Wesley? Why is May Missing Person Month?
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Speaker 1: Because I have work to have it done, and thanks
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Speaker 1: to the police jury, it was adopted to sit here
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Speaker 1: insite all the time and effort I've put into trying
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Speaker 1: to get Wesley's case recognized as something we need to
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Speaker 1: make a priority in our community. Would take too long
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Speaker 1: to do right now, So don't act like I just
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Speaker 1: jumped on this to harass you or anyone else. You
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Speaker 1: have had all of this time to work with me,
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Speaker 1: or at least explain in detail your side and offer
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Speaker 1: explanation and ideas of what happened so of others. Tell
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Speaker 1: me why this case seems to be such a secret.
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Speaker 1: Why are people afraid to openly talk about it or
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Speaker 1: want it worked on? Oh? I could continue, but why
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Speaker 1: waste my time To this day? The family in the
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Speaker 1: community want to know what happened to Wesley if he
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Speaker 1: is alive. Guys, I hope that someone comes forward and
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Speaker 1: tells or that DNA helps reunite him with his family, because, guys,
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Speaker 1: this is disturbing to me. I can tell you just
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Speaker 1: from working with Chasi's family. When I reached out to
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Speaker 1: them and we offered to help and give free resources,
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Speaker 1: they jumped on and said yes please, and they did
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Speaker 1: set guidelines and they said, you know, this is some
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Speaker 1: things we want done. No to this, but they set guidelines,
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Speaker 1: and guys, when we held the event for Chase's birthday,
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Speaker 1: they showed up, they were there, they share the post.
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Speaker 1: So well, me, why you're not helping us that family? Because, guys,
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Speaker 1: my two year old goes missing. I mean, my oldest
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Speaker 1: is going to be thirty three next week. If he
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Speaker 1: went missing when he was two, I would still be
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Speaker 1: screaming at the top of my lungs, and anybody that
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Speaker 1: offered to help, I would take the help. Now, yes,
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Speaker 1: do I know there's a lot of crazies out there.
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Speaker 1: Do I know there's a lot of people who would
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Speaker 1: exploit and take advantage. Absolutely, but guys, I would still
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Speaker 1: do it. Okay, Now, this case made me think of
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Speaker 1: Julian Hernandez, who found out he had been taken by
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Speaker 1: his father when he was a little boy when he
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Speaker 1: started applying to college. So I truly hope something similar
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Speaker 1: helps Wesley find his way back to his family, because
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Speaker 1: if he is alive, he needs to be found and
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Speaker 1: he needs to know what happened to him in the community,
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Speaker 1: needs to know, even if his mother doesn't. Now, I'm
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Speaker 1: going to be honest and say I am not sure
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Speaker 1: how I feel about his mom, So I'm in a
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Speaker 1: reserve comment because anything I say would not be very nice,
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Speaker 1: because I don't understand. If she wants to reach out
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Speaker 1: to me and tell me and help me understand, I'm
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Speaker 1: open we can have an off the record conversation, but
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Speaker 1: I'm gonna it's all I'm gonna say. And yes, I
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Speaker 1: see somebody in the chat said that you know it's Louisiana.
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Speaker 1: Nothing surprises me. I agree. What I know about Louisiana
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Speaker 1: can be a little scary. But it doesn't explain to
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Speaker 1: me why the mom and the family members, the biological dad,
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Speaker 1: the grandmother's aunts, uncles, cousins, why they aren't out Because guys,
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Speaker 1: this is a two year old little boy. Why are
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Speaker 1: they not wanting to find him? Makes me think they
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Speaker 1: know where he is. So if you have any information
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Speaker 1: regarding Wesley del Morgan, please call the East Feliciana Parish
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Speaker 1: Sheriff's Office at two two five six eight three five
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Speaker 1: four five nine. And if you're a family member of
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Speaker 1: Wesley del Morgan, do better, Please do better. It'll make
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Speaker 1: me feel better, and it'll make Wesley feel better if
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Speaker 1: he's still alive and he's found, to know that there
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Speaker 1: was somebody in his family that loved him enough to
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Speaker 1: do anything and everything to find him. So I'm going
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Speaker 1: to tell you this next case is just as hard.
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Speaker 1: But as I'm learning, the more I get into these
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Speaker 1: midday missing cases, none of them are easy. They are
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Speaker 1: all heartbreaking, and it was one reason in the beginning
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Speaker 1: I stayed away from them. But it's cases like Wesley's
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Speaker 1: that make me feel even more passionate about doing this,
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Speaker 1: and it's one of the reasons I didn't cancel today's
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Speaker 1: live stream with me not feeling well, looking like crap.
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Speaker 1: I was like, I am going to get out of bed.
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Speaker 1: I am going to do for these people that are missing,
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Speaker 1: especially when the family freaking won't get off their ass
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Speaker 1: and do something. And I'm sorry. The fact that you
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Speaker 1: tried to sell your child, adopt your child, whatever for
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Speaker 1: two grand tells me you probably weren't the best mom
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Speaker 1: mixuple anyway. So ooh, Buffy, I see you say you
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Speaker 1: live there. I need to know more. Please send me
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Speaker 1: a message on the courtyard. Tell me why this case
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Speaker 1: doesn't get recognition, tell me what some of the theories are.
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Speaker 1: There was a lot of rabbit holes I would love
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Speaker 1: to know more. So this next one, Branson, Cain Perry,
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Speaker 1: I'm going to stop there and tell y'all I love
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Speaker 1: that name, Branson. I don't know why, but I really
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Speaker 1: like it. Branson was born on February twenty fourth, nineteen
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Speaker 1: eighty one and was raised in get More, Missouri by
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Speaker 1: his parents. His parents were divorced, but they both lived
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Speaker 1: in the area. Now. Branson lived with his dad, Bob
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Speaker 1: and Skidmore, and he graduated from not Away Holt High School. Guys,
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Speaker 1: I love that name for a high school, not a
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Speaker 1: way that I just thought was so funny. So you've
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Speaker 1: got to find lightheartedness where you can, and these, you know,
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Speaker 1: turn out now. April turned out to be a month
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Speaker 1: from hell for Branson. And I do want to say
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Speaker 1: right now what we're about to get into is very
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Speaker 1: troubling and can be triggering for some. We are going
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Speaker 1: to discuss some sexual assault. I am not going to
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Speaker 1: get into the details, but if that is something that's
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Speaker 1: triggering to you, I am going to suggest you mute
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Speaker 1: for a couple of minutes as I get past it,
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Speaker 1: or come back and see us on Wednesday now. On
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Speaker 1: or around April seventh, two thousand and one, Branson went
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Speaker 1: over to Jason Beerman, a neighbor, and according to what
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Speaker 1: Branson told his dad, Jason drugged Branson without his knowledge,
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Speaker 1: and he was then sexually assaulted by Jason. Branson confined
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Speaker 1: it in his dad, Bob, and told him how upset
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Speaker 1: he was with being drugged and taken advantage of. Bob
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Speaker 1: knew that his son was gay, and he figured he
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Speaker 1: had had relationships with other males. Wasn't sure about this,
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Speaker 1: but he was furious with Jason for his actions. No
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Speaker 1: one has the right to drug someone and take away
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Speaker 1: their ability to say no or to fight back. And
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Speaker 1: I agree with Bob. I would be furious too, now, guys. Sadly,
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Speaker 1: it was just four days later, on April eleventh, two
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Speaker 1: thousand and one, that Branson would walk out of his house.
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Speaker 1: He was going to take some jumper cape to the
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Speaker 1: shed and he would never be seen again. Now, Branson
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Speaker 1: had a friend over, and I AM not going to
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Speaker 1: get into all of the stuff about the friend, because
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Speaker 1: I saw a lot of people throwing hate at this
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Speaker 1: friend online and I just don't think that's okay. His
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Speaker 1: friend already has to live with questioning should I shouldn't
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Speaker 1: I should I have done this? So, but Branson had
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Speaker 1: a friend over and they were getting the house ready
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Speaker 1: for Bob to return home from a hospital stay. Bob
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Speaker 1: had to go in have something done and was expected
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Speaker 1: to be coming home soon. Branson's friend said that Branson said, Hey,
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Speaker 1: I'm going to run out to the shed take the
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Speaker 1: jumper cables, and that he would be right back now.
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Speaker 1: Branson didn't return, and his friend just assumed he got distracted,
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Speaker 1: and because there were some people working on cars out front,
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Speaker 1: thought maybe he just went off on his own. I mean,
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Speaker 1: he has that right. So his friend left, you know,
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Speaker 1: and went home. Guys, I have to tell you there
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Speaker 1: was a time back when I was in high school.
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Speaker 1: I was at a friend's house and this friend was
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Speaker 1: running next door to a neighbor's house to go take something,
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Speaker 1: and she didn't come back for a couple hours. So
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Speaker 1: I left because I didn't feel comfortable going knock on
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Speaker 1: the neighbor's door. I mean, now that I'm an adult,
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Speaker 1: I think, oh my god, what if something was happening
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Speaker 1: to her. It wasn't. She was a chatty caddie and
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Speaker 1: they wound up chatting and she forgot that I was
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Speaker 1: still at the house, and Guys, I left. Thank God
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Speaker 1: nothing bad happened, or I would be feeling like that friend.
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Speaker 1: You know. So after the friend left, no one heard
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Speaker 1: from Branson, and after several days, branson grandmother she couldn't
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Speaker 1: reach him my phone, so she drove by to chuck
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Speaker 1: on her grandson and she found the house unlocked and
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Speaker 1: Branson's wallet and all of his other items still at
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Speaker 1: the house. Okay, but she thought maybe he was out
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Speaker 1: with friends, you know. So over the next several days
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Speaker 1: she kept trying to call Branson and never received an answer.
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Speaker 1: She went over to the house again and it was
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Speaker 1: when it was still empty she called Branson's mom, Rebecca.
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Speaker 1: Now Rebecca too had not heard from Branson, and once
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Speaker 1: Bob was released from the hospital, Rebecca and Bob went
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Speaker 1: to the police station and they filed a missing report
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Speaker 1: for their twenty year old son Branson. Now Bob at
26:40
Speaker 1: first thought maybe Branson after what had just happened with
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Speaker 1: the neighbor, maybe he took off on his own because
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Speaker 1: he needed to get away, because that is traumatic that
26:50
Speaker 1: happened to him. But he still followed that missing person's report.
26:54
Speaker 1: So I give Bob kudos for that and that they
26:57
Speaker 1: didn't wait any longer. Now, police put together search parties
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Speaker 1: and they began searching for Branson. They searched the entire
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Speaker 1: house and the property as well as the surrounding areas.
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Speaker 1: The jumper cables that Branson was taking to the shed
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Speaker 1: were not found in the shed or on the property
27:18
Speaker 1: during that search. Guys. However, about two weeks later, when
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Speaker 1: another search was done, the jumper cables were on the
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Speaker 1: ground outside of the shed. Now they found them highly suspicion.
27:34
Speaker 1: That highly suspicious, and guys, I agree with them, that
27:38
Speaker 1: is suspicious. In the days and months following the reporting
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Speaker 1: of his disappearance, Notaway County Police searched a full fifteen
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Speaker 1: mile radius around Branson's home, along with interviewing hundreds and
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Speaker 1: hundreds of individuals. Now, during their investigation, they found out
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Speaker 1: that Branson was a lot like a lot of twenty
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Speaker 1: year olds, and he was a recreational user of marijuana,
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Speaker 1: but they weren't sure if there were any connections to
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Speaker 1: that in his disappearance. Now, this case takes another weird turn.
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Speaker 1: On April tenth, twenty twenty three, a man by the
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Speaker 1: name of Jack Wayne Rogers, a Presbyterian minister, was arrested
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Speaker 1: on charges of first degree assault and practicing medicine without
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Speaker 1: a license after he removed a transgender woman's gentle tools
28:36
Speaker 1: and a reassignment surgery in a hotel room. Guys, I'm
28:40
Speaker 1: gonna stop right there. What of mahel is a Presbyterian
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Speaker 1: minister doing conducting surgery in a hotel room? Did he
28:51
Speaker 1: think God gave him some miracle skills and that he
28:58
Speaker 1: was going to do this? Now, I'm going to give
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Speaker 1: you another trigger warning that this guy is a wacko.
29:08
Speaker 1: And I know that's not a nice appropriate term, but
29:11
Speaker 1: you will understand. So, while they were looking into Jack,
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Speaker 1: they found over eight hundred child pornogaree fee photos on
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Speaker 1: his computer, along with discussions about cannibalizing the genitals of
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Speaker 1: men that he personally had castrated. Once again, he's supposed
29:32
Speaker 1: to be a minister. Not only does he have child pornography,
29:36
Speaker 1: he is also doing surgeries like a doctor, and then
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Speaker 1: he's cannibalizing them. See why I said wacko. Also during
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Speaker 1: the investigation, law enforcement found messages that Jack had posted
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Speaker 1: where he detailed picking up a hitchhiker that matches Branson's
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Speaker 1: descriptions and details how he raped, tortured, and mutilated the
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Speaker 1: person before killing them. Now, during a search of Jack's property,
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Speaker 1: a necklace was found that resembled the necklace Branson owned.
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Speaker 1: I can't say one hundred percent that it was Branson,
30:17
Speaker 1: but the family said, yeah, he had one just like that.
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Speaker 1: Now Jack has denied knowing Branson and says that he
30:25
Speaker 1: made up everything that was in that post. Bullshit. Okay,
30:30
Speaker 1: just gonna call it that. Are your minds really whacked?
30:33
Speaker 1: But he is currently in prison serving his sentence for
30:37
Speaker 1: his other crimes. Now, something I found interesting I found
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Speaker 1: that Branson's mom said she believes Jack and doesn't think
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Speaker 1: he had anything to do with Branson's disappearance. Now, I
30:51
Speaker 1: couldn't find why she said that, but I found it,
30:56
Speaker 1: and I just thought it was interesting to put in
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Speaker 1: there because it makes me wonder maybe the mom knows something,
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Speaker 1: or the police told her something that she couldn't tell,
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Speaker 1: because I like to say a mom is going to
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Speaker 1: trust her gut. But I'm glad this man is in
31:13
Speaker 1: jail because he needs to be there for a very
31:16
Speaker 1: long time. Now. In two thousand and nine, police had
31:19
Speaker 1: conducted a search off of a tip where they dug
31:22
Speaker 1: up a well equipment equipment for two days after receiving
31:27
Speaker 1: a tip that they thought was very credible. Sadly, nothing
31:31
Speaker 1: was discovered during the dig. Now, tips continued coming in
31:37
Speaker 1: after the unsuccessful dig, but they have continued to slow
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Speaker 1: down as time passed. Now, in August of twenty twenty two,
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Speaker 1: law enforcement announced that they have a suspect in Branson's disappearance,
31:53
Speaker 1: but they need additional evidence before they can charge them.
31:59
Speaker 1: They have not released this person's name. No charges have
32:03
Speaker 1: been filed. Now. A police officer who found the case
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Speaker 1: several years after Branson went missing spent the next eighteen
32:12
Speaker 1: years investigating Branson's case on his off time, and during
32:17
Speaker 1: that time he came to believe that Branson's disappearance does
32:22
Speaker 1: have to do with his drug use. And he didn't
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Speaker 1: say why, but not a way. Sheriff's office has said
32:28
Speaker 1: they agree. Whether it was it he went to go
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Speaker 1: buy some marijuana and was abducted on his way, he
32:37
Speaker 1: owed people money, We don't know, but they do now
32:41
Speaker 1: think that it could have had something to do with
32:43
Speaker 1: his disappearance. And I'm guessing if the Sheriff's office agrees
32:48
Speaker 1: with that statement and that they say they have a suspect,
32:51
Speaker 1: I'm going to say that they know what they're talking about. Now.
32:56
Speaker 1: Branson's family said they were not aware of his drug
32:58
Speaker 1: use and they did know much about it until about
33:02
Speaker 1: three days before he went missing. He had asked a
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Speaker 1: family member to help get him into rehab Okay, and
33:09
Speaker 1: that family member helped, but sadly, he went missing before
33:13
Speaker 1: he was able to enter that facility. And guys, my
33:16
Speaker 1: heart breaks for him in that family because after being
33:20
Speaker 1: sexually assaulted in wanting to get some help for his
33:26
Speaker 1: drug addiction, he went missing before he could get the
33:29
Speaker 1: help he needed. So now, in May of just this year,
33:34
Speaker 1: FBI searched another area equipment based off of a tip
33:38
Speaker 1: that was called in and they conducted another intense dig,
33:44
Speaker 1: but again no evidence was found relating to Branson or
33:48
Speaker 1: his disappearance. But police say this is very much an
33:53
Speaker 1: open case. They will follow up on all tips, and
33:57
Speaker 1: they worry that with each and every day passing, that
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Speaker 1: people are dying and taking any secrets or any information
34:06
Speaker 1: they have with them. Sadly, Branson's dad passed away in
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Speaker 1: two thousand and four, and his mom died in twenty eleven,
34:15
Speaker 1: and his grandmother passed away in twenty fifteen. It has
34:19
Speaker 1: been twenty three years and Branson's siblings and other surviving
34:23
Speaker 1: family members are still holding out for answers and Branson's disappearance.
34:31
Speaker 1: Another thing I found or my researching Branson's disappearance is
34:35
Speaker 1: something that guys made my head spin and my heart
34:39
Speaker 1: break even more for this family they have gone through it.
34:44
Speaker 1: On December sixteenth, two thousand and four, just three years
34:48
Speaker 1: after Branson went missing, his cousin Bobby Joe Stinnett was murdered.
34:54
Speaker 1: Bobby Joe was twenty three and was eight months pregnant
34:58
Speaker 1: when Lisa Marie Montgomery strangled Bobby Joe to death and
35:03
Speaker 1: then cut her fetus out of her womb. Bobby Joe
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Speaker 1: and Lisa Marie had met and had become friends while
35:12
Speaker 1: at a dog show, and Lisa Marie had told Bobby
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Speaker 1: Joe that she too was pregnant, and that helped them
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Speaker 1: develop a fast friendship. They were both pregnant at the
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Speaker 1: same time, and on December sixteenth, Lisa Marie went to
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Speaker 1: Bobby Joe's house proceeded to kill her and take her baby.
35:31
Speaker 1: Bobby Joe's mother found her daughter lying at a pool
35:34
Speaker 1: of blood and deceased on the floor. Now police looked
35:38
Speaker 1: into Bobby Joe's electronic communication and based on this, they
35:43
Speaker 1: went to interview Lisa Marie the day after Bobby Joe's murder.
35:47
Speaker 1: Upon arrival, police noticed the same make and model of
35:51
Speaker 1: a car that a witness had seen outside of Bobby
35:54
Speaker 1: Joe's house, and inside the house, police found Marie holding
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Speaker 1: a newborn baby. Lisa had told her husband that she
36:04
Speaker 1: went into a labor while out shopping and gave birth
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Speaker 1: to their baby and came home. Guess what, guys, it
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Speaker 1: doesn't work that way now. Lisa also couldn't keep her
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Speaker 1: story straight, so police arrested her and took Bobby Joe's
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Speaker 1: newborn and it was given to Bobby Joe's the baby's father.
36:25
Speaker 1: The baby was completely unharmed and was okay. Lisa Marie
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Speaker 1: was found guilty in October of two thousand and seven,
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Speaker 1: and she was sentenced to death. After failed attempts to
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Speaker 1: an appeal, Lisa Marie Montgomery was executed on January thirt thirteenth,
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Speaker 1: twenty twenty one. I mean, guys, come on, you have
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Speaker 1: one family member missing and then just three years later,
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Speaker 1: another one is brutally murdered, and then the mom, dad,
36:54
Speaker 1: and grandmother of the missing die without having any answers
37:00
Speaker 1: the trauma that family has had to endure and live with.
37:05
Speaker 1: I mean, it just rips my heart in two and
37:09
Speaker 1: I truly hope that the family gets the answers that
37:12
Speaker 1: they deserve, and that the police get the final piece
37:16
Speaker 1: of evidence they need, or that they find Branson's worst
37:21
Speaker 1: body and that there is evidence that ties back to
37:24
Speaker 1: that suspect. Either way, my heart and prayers go out
37:29
Speaker 1: to the Perry family and the missing poster that has
37:34
Speaker 1: been shared on our social media page. I ask that
37:37
Speaker 1: you please share it. As far as Wesley's there is
37:42
Speaker 1: age progressed photos in there as well. If you have
37:46
Speaker 1: any information, please contact Nottaway County Sheriff's Office at six
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Speaker 1: six zero five eight two seven four five one. And Guys,
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Speaker 1: after the amount of time, money and resources they've spent
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Speaker 1: following up on tips and doing these digs, this is
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Speaker 1: a sheriff's office that I feel confident they get a
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Speaker 1: credible tip, they are going to go and investigate. So
38:13
Speaker 1: if you know anything, please contact them. Let's give his
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Speaker 1: family some closure, some peace, and some answers. They've already
38:26
Speaker 1: suffered enough. Now I want to share my lighthearted story
38:33
Speaker 1: that I thought might make us all smile after those
38:37
Speaker 1: two gut wrenching cases purely fictional you will see, but
38:42
Speaker 1: I enjoyed writing it, so I hope you find it.
38:47
Speaker 1: A nice little palate cleanser and the charming town of Austin, Texas,
38:53
Speaker 1: preparations were in full swing for the annual wine tasting
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Speaker 1: event at the beloved local shop corkin Barrel. This year,
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Speaker 1: the centerpiece of the event was a rare nineteen ninety
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Speaker 1: nine Savignon blanc, effectually known as Savignon Queen, a bottle
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Speaker 1: that promised to delight the paletts of the town's wine
39:15
Speaker 1: aficionados and winos. Two. As the event drew nearer, mister
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Speaker 1: Eric Peterson, the shop's owner, went to get the prize
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Speaker 1: bottle from the wine cellar, and to his shock, the
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Speaker 1: bottle was missing. He scoured every corner of the cellar.
39:34
Speaker 1: The Savignon Queen was nowhere to be found. Now, mister
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Speaker 1: Peterson quickly called his trustee girls Jin and Maggie, who
39:43
Speaker 1: were equally baffled. They had meticulously prepared for the event
39:48
Speaker 1: and they could not imagine how the bottle had disappeared.
39:52
Speaker 1: As their panic was rising, a good friends stopped by
39:57
Speaker 1: to help them search. As they all pondered where to
40:01
Speaker 1: go look. Next, they were interrupted by the loud bleeding
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Speaker 1: of a goat from a neighboring home. The goat, known
40:10
Speaker 1: as Jasper the Friendly Goat, was notorious for his mischievous antics.
40:16
Speaker 1: Jasper had a reputation for sneaking into places he shouldn't
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Speaker 1: be and for being naughty. The group followed the sound
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Speaker 1: of Jasper's bleeding to the neighbor's backyard, where he found
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Speaker 1: Jasper looking rather pleased with himself. Mister Peterson noticed a
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Speaker 1: broken bottle nearby, its label unmistakenly that of the nineteen
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Speaker 1: ninety nine Sevenyon Queen. Jasper exclaimed, mister Peterson, what have
40:44
Speaker 1: you done? Jasper, with a guilty look in his eyes,
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Speaker 1: had indeed found his way into the cellar the broken
40:52
Speaker 1: bottle in the distinct smell of wine included everyone in
40:57
Speaker 1: on what happened. It appeared that Jasper had managed to
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Speaker 1: take the bottle of wine and, in his typical fashion,
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Speaker 1: decided to have a taste. Now, mister Peterson couldn't help
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Speaker 1: but laugh at the absurdity of this situation, saying, well,
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Speaker 1: it looks like Jasper has quite expensive taste, just like
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Speaker 1: his owner Terry. True Crime. He chuckled. The townsfolks have
41:24
Speaker 1: gathered around to see what the commotion was about, and
41:27
Speaker 1: they burst into laughter as Jasper the Goat had become
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Speaker 1: the unluckily unlikely star of the wine tasting event, his
41:36
Speaker 1: antics adding a layer of humor to the day. Now,
41:41
Speaker 1: not wanting to disappoint the attendees, mister Peterson quickly retrieved
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Speaker 1: another fine bottle of wine from his collection, and the
41:49
Speaker 1: wine tasting continued with plenty of cheer and laughter. As
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Speaker 1: for Jasper, he was escorted back home, much to the
41:58
Speaker 1: amusement of everyone, and the story of Jasper and the
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Speaker 1: missing wine became an instant hit. Mister Peterson, raising a
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Speaker 1: glass of the replacement wine, toasted to the unexpected twist
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Speaker 1: of life. Here's to Jasper, he declared, the goat with
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Speaker 1: the finest palette in Texas. And so the wine tasting
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Speaker 1: event turned out to be a memorable success, thanks in
42:26
Speaker 1: part to a very curious but naughty goat, Jasper the
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Speaker 1: friendly Goat. So I hope that was a nice little palette.
42:37
Speaker 1: Cleanser thought I would loop in a little fun there
42:41
Speaker 1: with Jasper, and of course wine, since we all know
42:45
Speaker 1: I like to enjoy my wine time. Now, I want
42:48
Speaker 1: to thank you all for joining me today and I
42:51
Speaker 1: look forward to seeing you all again on Wednesday for
42:53
Speaker 1: our next episode of Midday Missing. This Wednesday, we will
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Speaker 1: have the sister of Bianca cross So joining us to
43:01
Speaker 1: share her sister story. So please be sure to subscribe
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Speaker 1: and have notify you because this story is out of
43:11
Speaker 1: San Antonio, Texas and guys, it is another gut wrenching story,
43:18
Speaker 1: but this is a family who is not giving up
43:22
Speaker 1: the search. They are determined to find Bianca, so don't forget.
43:29
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43:42
Speaker 1: watch out for crime, and enjoy some wine for me
43:46
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