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S1E6 - A Mother_s Burden - The Murder of Jody Kilgore · Luke's English Podcast

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  Speaker 1: In this podcast, we discuss unsolved cases that may be
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  Speaker 1: violent in nature in an effort to keep the cases
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  Speaker 1: in the public eye and continue the stories of the victims.
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  Speaker 1: Those who choose to or choose against participating are not
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  Speaker 1: indicative of involvement in any crimes we discuss. Listener discretion
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  Speaker 1: is advised. Today's episode is both deeply personal and profoundly important.
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  Speaker 1: We're honoured to be joined by Gladys Kilgore, the mother
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  Speaker 1: of Jody Kilgore, who tragically lost his life to an
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  Speaker 1: unsolved homicide, a violent crime that forever changed her world
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  Speaker 1: and left her searching for answers that have yet to come.
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  Speaker 1: Since that devastating day, Gladys has shown extraordinary strength and resilience.
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  Speaker 1: She's become a tireless advocate for justice for Jody. Her
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  Speaker 1: voice is one of courage, love, and unwavering determination. In
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  Speaker 1: this conversation, Gladys shares her journey through grief, the pain
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  Speaker 1: of living without closure, and how she continues to fight
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  Speaker 1: for justice while honoring Jody's memory every single day. Gladys,
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  Speaker 1: thank you for being here and for your bravery and
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  Speaker 1: speaking out. And we have just a few questions that
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  Speaker 1: we wanted to ask you, and we'll just start off
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  Speaker 1: with what do you want people to know about Jody?
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  Speaker 2: Oh, I just wanted to let everybody know what kind
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  Speaker 2: of manny really rose and though still is in my sight,
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  Speaker 2: but I just want to know you know one, No,
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  Speaker 2: he was a good daddy of a son, a husband,
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  Speaker 2: had lots and lots of friends.
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  Speaker 3: And so on the day that Jody was killed, what
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  Speaker 3: was that day like for you? What do you remember.
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  Speaker 2: Much? For a horrble day in my life? First of all,
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  Speaker 2: I wasn't even here. I was on a trip going
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  Speaker 2: up north and never even dreaming that nothing like this
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  Speaker 2: would have me turning around and come straight back, which
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  Speaker 2: I didn't care nothing about nothing else. Then I just
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  Speaker 2: wanted to get back to try to find out what
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  Speaker 2: they found out about Jody. It was a rough, rough day.
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  Speaker 1: One of the things that's really most important to us
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  Speaker 1: is that we're telling Jody's story and we are.
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  Speaker 3: Getting the community involved again in the way that they
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  Speaker 3: were at the beginning.
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  Speaker 1: And what would you like to say to the community,
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  Speaker 1: What would you like for the community to do to
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  Speaker 1: support you and your family.
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  Speaker 2: At all the things that we do on his birthday,
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  Speaker 2: on his the day that he got murdered. We always
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  Speaker 2: have a well get together and I'd love to see
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  Speaker 2: as many people there as they were the first time
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  Speaker 2: we did first, the second, third time we did it,
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  Speaker 2: but it seemed like it just whittling the way and
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  Speaker 2: nobody's asking any questions from nobody and under understanding y'all
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  Speaker 2: have how much y'all mean to me to be doing this.
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  Speaker 4: Well, that part is our pleasure. Like I said, it's
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  Speaker 4: one you know, we've talked about several times in the
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  Speaker 4: in the podcast, and one of the things that really
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  Speaker 4: stands out is every time your name comes up, you
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  Speaker 4: are extremely well liked in the community, and so that's
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  Speaker 4: that's always good to hear, and of course all those
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  Speaker 4: good things we hear about Jody as well, so we
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  Speaker 4: this was this was our pleasure.
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  Speaker 1: I know that there is a Facebook group that people
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  Speaker 1: can join, and I think that is you.
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  Speaker 3: I believe Cindy runs that page and does a really
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  Speaker 3: great job of.
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  Speaker 1: Posting where those vigils are going to be. So I
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  Speaker 1: would really encourage everyone to join that help us solve
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  Speaker 1: the murder of our brother George Jody Kilgore, And graciously
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  Speaker 1: Cindy has also added me as a moderator and admin
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  Speaker 1: of that group, so I can continue to post and
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  Speaker 1: allow people in because that seems to be one of
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  Speaker 1: the best ways for people to keep up on those vigils.
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  Speaker 1: And I know one is October sixth, and can you
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  Speaker 1: remind us when the other vigital is.
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  Speaker 2: His birthday is August fifteenth.
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  Speaker 1: August fifteenth, and then October six October.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, And what we can do as well is we'll
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  Speaker 4: include a link to that Facebook group in the description
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  Speaker 4: of this particular episode so people can have direct access
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  Speaker 4: to it.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, that's a really great idea.
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  Speaker 1: We understand from talking to Captain Sarracha Sachi last week
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  Speaker 1: is that you had a chance to sit down with
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  Speaker 1: them and chat with them a little bit. And I
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  Speaker 1: think that's because you you went in. From what I understand,
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  Speaker 1: what would you like from the Wakala County Sheriff Office,
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  Speaker 1: what can they do to continue to support you?
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  Speaker 2: God, just keep going over stuff from trying to find
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  Speaker 2: out who slipped, who, who messed up or whatever, because
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  Speaker 2: when from from what I heard, I wouldn't hear at
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  Speaker 2: that time, but they the h and probably most airflight
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  Speaker 2: that was on Jody's case in are probably already gone.
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  Speaker 2: But they got it all right down. How bad they
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  Speaker 2: made a mistake of going in there and just walking
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  Speaker 2: all through Judy's yard and the dead man laying there,
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  Speaker 2: and who knows how many different all things they thought
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  Speaker 2: they had had, but there wasn't nothing to do with it,
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  Speaker 2: just because they were walking around all of the yard
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  Speaker 2: and throwing down cigarette butts and sandwich stuff and Jenny.
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  Speaker 2: If Jody wasn't dead, he would have would have died
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  Speaker 2: if he's seen all that, because he took very, very
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  Speaker 2: good care of his yards and stuff.
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  Speaker 1: And then we do understand that quite a few people
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  Speaker 1: in the community have been listening to the podcast. We're
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  Speaker 1: hearing from people close to us that the podcast is
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  Speaker 1: being discussed at some of the local restaurants. So we
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  Speaker 1: know that there are people who are listening to this
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  Speaker 1: podcast who may be people that you would like to
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  Speaker 1: say something to. So is there anyone that you would
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  Speaker 1: like to address or say anything specific.
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  Speaker 3: That we haven't really talked about already.
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  Speaker 2: I'll just well anybody, everybody. I usually say I have
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  Speaker 2: my bracelets on. Today some of them come up and
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  Speaker 2: ask me what that is, Oh, and I said, it's
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  Speaker 2: my son's been murdered for eleven years now, and I
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  Speaker 2: just wonder if you want to join in with us
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  Speaker 2: and try to help us, uh to find out more
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  Speaker 2: things about it. But I just can't understand I mentioned
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  Speaker 2: his his I mentioned his name probably lots and lots
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  Speaker 2: of times, but everybody would, especially when I wore my
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  Speaker 2: shirts and with Justice for Jodie, I got a bunch
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  Speaker 2: of those made up and taking you know, end up
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  Speaker 2: giving him to everybody because of the the people that
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  Speaker 2: might want to pay no money.
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  Speaker 1: I'm really encouraged to hear about the bracelets when we
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  Speaker 1: talked to him'll call County Sheriff office. I think last
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  Speaker 1: week we were told that they would be working with
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  Speaker 1: you to get some more of those bracelets. So I
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  Speaker 1: hope that's the bracelets that you're talking about. And yeah,
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  Speaker 1: through good they came through on you. They specifically said
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  Speaker 1: that that was something that was in the work, So
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  Speaker 1: I'm really glad to hear that that they followed through
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  Speaker 1: on that.
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  Speaker 3: That's good news.
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  Speaker 2: And the share now and surat you both. Oh, they
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  Speaker 2: know they came in and the im mediate middle of it,
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  Speaker 2: but they've never refused to see me or talk to
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  Speaker 2: me about it. And I just wish one day that
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  Speaker 2: they would just I'm glad as you need to come
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  Speaker 2: to the Sheriff's warmer and we have something do we
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  Speaker 2: need to let you know? That would be one of
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  Speaker 2: the happiest days in the world.
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  Speaker 4: I know we're looking forward to that as well. We were.
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  Speaker 4: You know, while again that wasn't the focus of the podcast,
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  Speaker 4: you know I would I'd be lying if I didn't
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  Speaker 4: say we were hopeful that we'd get some crazy phone
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  Speaker 4: call that would break the case and something we could
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  Speaker 4: provide the Shriff's office and finally know for sure. Again,
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  Speaker 4: not the goal, but you know we we were hoping
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  Speaker 4: that would happen.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, we're hoping through telling Jody's story and having the
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  Speaker 5: support that we've had from you, that maybe something will
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  Speaker 5: spark or someone you know and we'll get you a
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  Speaker 5: phone call.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, I wish that we would come in. I
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  Speaker 2: got an extrovert buddy in back.
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  Speaker 4: He's gonna be famous because and edit that out, so
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  Speaker 4: all the walk up and he's going to hear some
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  Speaker 4: crazy kid in the back.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, if we can just as after Jody
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  Speaker 2: to his name is Jody, That's exactly right.
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  Speaker 4: One thing we are going to do as well, as
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  Speaker 4: you know, Alisa and I talked about this and we
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  Speaker 4: were you know, we we want to make sure that
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  Speaker 4: we keep this in the front. And you know, this
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  Speaker 4: is going to wrap up the last episode of the
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  Speaker 4: series unless some new evidence comes out that we're that
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  Speaker 4: we can talk about. But what we are going to
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  Speaker 4: do is release this entire series on Spotify one week
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  Speaker 4: before the next vigil and we're going to market that
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  Speaker 4: again throughout Walkll.
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  Speaker 3: Accounting, and that'll make it go bigger.
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  Speaker 4: It'll make it go bigger, it'll go global at that point.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, And I have actually reached out to there's a
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  Speaker 1: particular podcast that I listened to and they take listener suggestions,
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  Speaker 1: So I have reached out to them and told them
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  Speaker 1: about this case, and hopefully I'll get.
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  Speaker 3: A good email and they'll want to cover this case.
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  Speaker 1: And this is a really well known podcast, and so
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  Speaker 1: that would get it out even bigger.
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  Speaker 3: So, you know, just because we're getting.
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  Speaker 2: We're getting bigger, bigger.
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  Speaker 1: Bigger, bigger.
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  Speaker 3: That's what we want.
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  Speaker 1: So even though we may not be releasing any more
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  Speaker 1: episodes a week to week like we have, we're still working.
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  Speaker 3: In the background and when we get good news, we'll
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  Speaker 3: come back and give a little update.
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  Speaker 4: That's correct, yep, okay.
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  Speaker 1: And we look forward to meeting you when we get
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  Speaker 1: on back down there.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, we'll be back down in their winter. And I
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  Speaker 4: know we've never met face to face, and that's going
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  Speaker 4: to change.
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  Speaker 2: Ye already certainly appreciate everything y'all doing.
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  Speaker 4: Do you have any of the questions of Lisa.
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  Speaker 3: I don't. I just appreciate her time so much.
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  Speaker 4: Is there anything else you wanted to tell us? So
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  Speaker 4: maybe we didn't think to ask.
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  Speaker 2: About until the other day the other time when we
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  Speaker 2: were doing this before, I never knew that Jetty would
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  Speaker 2: And then we're having trouble with the with the company.
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  Speaker 3: What the company?
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  Speaker 2: The company that he had, I didn't know it was.
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  Speaker 2: They closed it down.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, we discovered a lot of interesting stuff. I'm not
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  Speaker 4: sure if you've had a chance to listen to all
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  Speaker 4: the episodes, but you know, I was surprised to hear
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  Speaker 4: that too, because when I when I was originally before
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  Speaker 4: this podcast was even the thing. When I was originally
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  Speaker 4: told the Jody story, it was, you know, he was
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  Speaker 4: being picked up for work and they were headed out
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  Speaker 4: in the truck and then you know, so I was
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  Speaker 4: like Okay, well, why was Toby picking him up?
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  Speaker 6: And that?
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  Speaker 4: Then when we started doing the research, I'm like, wow,
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  Speaker 4: that LLC had been closed down for two years. But
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  Speaker 4: you know, I don't think they stopped working. I just
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  Speaker 4: think they closed the LLC. That's that's the impression I got.
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  Speaker 4: They were still doing jobs for people, still doing a
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  Speaker 4: lot of electrical work.
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  Speaker 1: Yes, sir, Let's start with where we left off in
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  Speaker 1: episode five, which was about listener and community feedback about
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  Speaker 1: the role that infidelity may have played in this crime.
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  Speaker 1: We covered the two thousand disappearance and eventual homicide of
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  Speaker 1: Mike Williams, which involved his wife and infidelity, and over
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  Speaker 1: the past few weeks we've heard from several listeners who
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  Speaker 1: gave us names of people whom they believed or heard
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  Speaker 1: they believed were involved with Jodie's wife before the homicide,
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  Speaker 1: around the time of the homicide, and in the weeks
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  Speaker 1: and months that followed. We've spent some time looking into
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  Speaker 1: many of those names that we were given, but we
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  Speaker 1: are very hesitant to go much farther with these names
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  Speaker 1: at this time, obviously because this is hearsay and conjecture.
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  Speaker 1: We will, however, be reaching out to Captain Sarachi and
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  Speaker 1: Lieutenant Western to share this information. And additionally, a second
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  Speaker 1: Freedom of Information Act or FOYA has been requested and
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  Speaker 1: we've had no response to that question. It's been about
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  Speaker 1: a week.
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  Speaker 4: Wow.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, now let's discuss what we do know.
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  Speaker 4: So what we know is there was definitely various types
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  Speaker 4: of infidel I depend on how you want to how
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  Speaker 4: you want to classify it. Well, we can't really substantiate
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  Speaker 4: is there was a separation. Also, we know there was
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  Speaker 4: a separation, it's really kind of muddled on how long
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  Speaker 4: that separation was. And we know that there was relationships
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  Speaker 4: on both sides here during that time. We also know
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  Speaker 4: that Susan file for divorce.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, we do know that Jody was not living in
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  Speaker 1: the house for we believe to be about several months.
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  Speaker 1: We do know that Susan did file for divorce on
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  Speaker 1: December fifteenth, twenty eleven. However, there was a request to
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  Speaker 1: hold that filing by both parties on January seventeenth, twelve.
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  Speaker 1: And these dates align with what a primary source told
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  Speaker 1: us about when Jody did not live in the home
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  Speaker 1: and when he moved back in, so that we have
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  Speaker 1: alignment there with when we believe he wasn't living at
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  Speaker 1: the house and when the divorce filing happened.
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  Speaker 4: Okay, what we don't know is is this a contributing
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  Speaker 4: factor or not. We know that there was a reconciliation,
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  Speaker 4: we talked about that before. We know that he went
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  Speaker 4: back to the home, but we also know that there
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  Speaker 4: was still a lot of infighting. There was still a
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  Speaker 4: lot of problems, still a lot of challenges. So this
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  Speaker 4: doesn't feel very resolved at all.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I would agree. Now, let's talk about the drug use. Right,
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  Speaker 1: Here's what we do know. We do know that they're
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  Speaker 1: surrounding a lot of the people in this family. We
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  Speaker 1: have evidence of use of drugs. We have evidence of
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  Speaker 1: possession of drug paraphernalia, we have evidence of even dealing drugs.
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  Speaker 3: And we know this.
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  Speaker 1: Because we have been looking at arrest records, reading a
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  Speaker 1: lot of news reports, done several background checks the clerk
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  Speaker 1: of the court web page. We were able to find
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  Speaker 1: lots of good information there evidence of drug use in
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  Speaker 1: this family, and we also have eyewitness accounts of drug deals,
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  Speaker 1: phone calls that people overheard related to drugs. So those
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  Speaker 1: are things we absolutely know.
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  Speaker 4: And let's keep in mind too that it's both sides
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  Speaker 4: of the family. So when we're talking about this, we're
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  Speaker 4: talking people that were related primarily to Jodi, and we're
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  Speaker 4: talking about people that were related primarily to Susie in
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  Speaker 4: that side of the family as well.
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  Speaker 1: And then we want to talk a little bit about
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  Speaker 1: our experiences because that we're the primary source for our
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  Speaker 1: experiences and we haven't really shared those.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, one thing that at least and I've talked about
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  Speaker 4: that was really disappointing when putting this podcast together. Let's
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  Speaker 4: start at the beginning. You know, we originally aproach Susan
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  Speaker 4: to make sure that this is something that she would
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  Speaker 4: be okay with, because we wanted to be sensitive to
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  Speaker 4: how she felt about it. And there was no problem here.
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  Speaker 4: This is something that it seemed like it was exciting,
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  Speaker 4: something that we're definitely interested in. And then as we
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  Speaker 4: started to progress, things started to get a little strange,
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  Speaker 4: and then she withdrew almost entirely did not want to
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  Speaker 4: really be involved with it at all.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, and we saw that same pattern of behavior in
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  Speaker 1: the twenty twenty three theater that was LinkedIn episode that's right,
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  Speaker 1: I think it was three, And we see Gladys at
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  Speaker 1: the end of that Facebook Live at the theater discuss
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  Speaker 1: her experience with Susan and how she had invited Susan
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  Speaker 1: to come to that event, and Susan's response was felt
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  Speaker 1: a little bit odd to us, Gladys, what are you
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  Speaker 1: trying to do here? You know, it's another example of
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  Speaker 1: a lack of active engagement in moving this case forward.
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  Speaker 4: Now we have to acknowledge. You know, you don't have
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  Speaker 4: to engage with us on the podcast at all. That's
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  Speaker 4: not required. I just, again, like I said earlier, I
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  Speaker 4: just feel like part of the story is missing, and
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  Speaker 4: I'd prefer Jody's story be told properly and in its entirety.
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  Speaker 4: So at some point, if if anyone on that side
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  Speaker 4: the family wants to help us with the remainder of
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  Speaker 4: this story, will gladly open up another episode and tell
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  Speaker 4: that side of the story and make sure that we're
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  Speaker 4: covering this because thoroughly as we.
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  Speaker 1: Possibly can, and as we get to kind of a
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  Speaker 1: wrap of where we are in this case. Right now,
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  Speaker 1: at this point, listeners, you might be expecting us to say,
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  Speaker 1: here's what we think happened, here's all the evidence, and
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  Speaker 1: we feel strongly that this happened, and making a firm
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  Speaker 1: statement about our opinion. But that's not what we're going
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  Speaker 1: to do.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah. Instead, we're going to move forward with a call
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  Speaker 4: to action.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, we really want to stay true to our original purpose,
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  Speaker 1: which is to tell Jody's story as opposed to point
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  Speaker 1: fingers and be investigators.
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  Speaker 3: So we have some.
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  Speaker 1: Calls to action. We're going to start with some calls
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  Speaker 1: to action for the community. Speak up.
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  Speaker 2: Even if you think.
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  Speaker 1: What you have heard, or what you recall, or even
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  Speaker 1: possibly what.
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  Speaker 3: You saw isn't relevant.
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  Speaker 1: Please let law enforcement decide what.
• 20:21
  Speaker 3: Is relevant and what is not relevant.
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  Speaker 1: Attend the vigils. You heard Gladys talk about the importance
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  Speaker 1: of the vigils. We know they're in August and they
• 20:31
  Speaker 1: are in October. Join the Facebook group that we talked about.
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  Speaker 1: Attend those vigils. Where the bracelets. We also heard Gladys
• 20:41
  Speaker 1: talk about how the Walcoala County Sheriff's Office generously provided
• 20:45
  Speaker 1: her with additional bracelets to hand out to people to
• 20:50
  Speaker 1: keep this story active. You walk around, you have that
• 20:53
  Speaker 1: bracelet on and people might say, hey, what is this
• 20:55
  Speaker 1: bracelet about, and you can tell them and that keeps
• 20:57
  Speaker 1: the story going. Finally, please don't be intimidated.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, it goes back to what we said earlier is
• 21:06
  Speaker 4: we know there are people out there that are not
• 21:07
  Speaker 4: wanting you to speak, not wanting to be involved. Do
• 21:11
  Speaker 4: not let anyone intimidate you. This murder can be solved.
• 21:16
  Speaker 4: We've seen then we have the ingredients to solve the murder.
• 21:20
  Speaker 4: The evidence is there, the conversations are there. It just
• 21:25
  Speaker 4: all needs to come together. If you know anything, go
• 21:28
  Speaker 4: to law enforcement and tell them.
• 21:31
  Speaker 1: And speaking of law enforcement, we have some calls to
• 21:33
  Speaker 1: action for law enforcement. We would we and Gladys's family
• 21:38
  Speaker 1: would really like to see more initiative from the Sheriff's
• 21:41
  Speaker 1: office with actively scheduling communication with the family. We know
• 21:46
  Speaker 1: that they have said anytime Gladys comes, she's welcomed, she
• 21:51
  Speaker 1: feels welcomed, But we don't really know that law enforcement
• 21:55
  Speaker 1: is actively scheduling meetings with Gladys. It seems to be
• 21:58
  Speaker 1: on her to go to them, and we would like
• 22:00
  Speaker 1: to see that. We'd like to see that change, and
• 22:03
  Speaker 1: please update the family.
• 22:06
  Speaker 3: Law enforcement when you were meeting with them.
• 22:08
  Speaker 1: What is the status of that DNA testing that Captain
• 22:11
  Speaker 1: Sarachi discussed in twenty twenty three. He talked about the
• 22:15
  Speaker 1: private labs and all of those kinds of things, and
• 22:18
  Speaker 1: I personally I don't need to have this information, but
• 22:21
  Speaker 1: the family does please share the status of that. There
• 22:24
  Speaker 1: was thousands of dollars that went into that testing, and
• 22:27
  Speaker 1: I'm not really sure that anybody knows what's gone on
• 22:30
  Speaker 1: with that or where it stands right now. We also
• 22:33
  Speaker 1: would like to be sure that the family is updated
• 22:37
  Speaker 1: on what leads are actually being followed up on. If
• 22:40
  Speaker 1: we're being told that this is an active case and
• 22:43
  Speaker 1: that is the reason why we are not getting much
• 22:47
  Speaker 1: contact with law enforcement and we are not getting any
• 22:49
  Speaker 1: records and what is actively being followed up on. There's
• 22:53
  Speaker 1: a difference between an open case and an active case,
• 22:55
  Speaker 1: and I think the family needs to know what is
• 22:57
  Speaker 1: actively being worked on within the scope of what law
• 23:00
  Speaker 1: enforcement is able to tell them.
• 23:02
  Speaker 6: That's right.
• 23:17
  Speaker 1: We do want to let listeners know that we have
• 23:21
  Speaker 1: another case coming up while we are not letting this
• 23:24
  Speaker 1: case go. We will not forget about this case. We
• 23:27
  Speaker 1: will not forget about Jody. We do have a listener
• 23:30
  Speaker 1: who recommended another case out of the Wacola County Sheriff's office,
• 23:35
  Speaker 1: and this is the case of a missing man named
• 23:38
  Speaker 1: Ian Rogers, and he disappeared just August of last year.
• 23:43
  Speaker 1: It wasn't even that long ago, and so that will
• 23:47
  Speaker 1: be our next case and we're excited to get into
• 23:49
  Speaker 1: that case and tell Ian's story and.
• 23:53
  Speaker 4: To finalize this episode. We thought a long time about
• 23:58
  Speaker 4: how we wanted to do this, how we wanted to
• 23:59
  Speaker 4: close out the Joby Kildore murder case, and we thought
• 24:02
  Speaker 4: of no better way to do it than for you
• 24:05
  Speaker 4: to hear from Gladys one more time talk about Jody.
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  Speaker 6: Oh.
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  Speaker 2: I just wanted to let everybody know what kind of
• 24:13
  Speaker 2: man he really was. I know still is in my sight,
• 24:19
  Speaker 2: but I just want to know, you know, I want
• 24:24
  Speaker 2: to know he was a good daddy of son, a husband,
• 24:33
  Speaker 2: had lots and lots of friends.
• 24:50
  Speaker 1: Despite extensive investigations by the Waucolla County Sheriff's Office and
• 24:54
  Speaker 1: the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, no arrests have been
• 24:58
  Speaker 1: made and the case remains unsolved. It is the only
• 25:01
  Speaker 1: unsolved homicide in Walcolla County. Authorities continue to seek information
• 25:06
  Speaker 1: from the public to help solve the case. The Kilgore
• 25:09
  Speaker 1: family has been vocal in their pursuit of justice, keeping
• 25:13
  Speaker 1: the case in the public eye and urging anyone with
• 25:16
  Speaker 1: information to come forward. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement
• 25:20
  Speaker 1: has also shared appeals for assistance on social media, emphasizing
• 25:25
  Speaker 1: the importance of community involvement in resolving this case. If
• 25:30
  Speaker 1: you have any information related to George Jody Kilgore's murder,
• 25:35
  Speaker 1: please contact the Wacolla County Sheriff Office, the Florida Department
• 25:39
  Speaker 1: of Law Enforcement Big Bend Crime Stoppers at eight five
• 25:44
  Speaker 1: zero five seven four eight four seven seven, or you
• 25:49
  Speaker 1: can email us at who killed George Kilgore at gmail
• 25:53
  Speaker 1: dot com.
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  Speaker 6: I don't know