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Midday Missing – Damon Bonds & Jennifer Marteliz · True Crime and Wine Time

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  Speaker 1: Hello and happy Wednesday everyone. I hope your week is
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  Speaker 1: you love. Now today's cases are as always heartbreaking, So
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  Speaker 1: get ready now. One of our cases today is that
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  Speaker 1: of a family searching for answers for over two decades. Okay,
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  Speaker 1: it is the case of Damon Justin Bonds, who is
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  Speaker 1: a thirty one year old man who disappeared under suspicious
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  Speaker 1: circumstances in Anchorage, Alaska, in two thousand and four. Damon
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  Speaker 1: was last seen on March twenty seventh, two thousand and four.
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  Speaker 1: That day he spent times with friends just hanging out
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  Speaker 1: there in Anchorage. And everyone describes Damon as laid back,
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  Speaker 1: kind hearted man who has a deep love for his
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  Speaker 1: family and for his dog. And you know, guys, I'm
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  Speaker 1: a sucker for dogs. So his dog is Scully. And
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  Speaker 1: it's no secret to anyone that knew Damon that he
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  Speaker 1: had a strong connection to those he loved and he
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  Speaker 1: regularly called his family, kept in touch with everybody, and
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  Speaker 1: that includes his infant son. And he never went anywhere
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  Speaker 1: without Scully, who was his Labrador Retriever mix. But guys,
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  Speaker 1: after March twenty seventh, Damon has not been heard from again.
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  Speaker 1: Now four days later, on March thirty first, Damon's truck,
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  Speaker 1: which is a black, gray, black and gray nineteen ninety
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  Speaker 1: five Ford F two fifty XLT was found in a
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  Speaker 1: parking lot near DeLong Lake, which is on the sixty
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  Speaker 1: third hundred block of Jewel Lake Road. Now, I first
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  Speaker 1: thing when I read that, I'm like, why is it
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  Speaker 1: Jewel Lake Road? When he was near DeLong Lake. Shouldn't
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  Speaker 1: it be DeLong Lake or should the Lake road be called?
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  Speaker 1: I don't know. Makes my brain hurt. But the truck
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  Speaker 1: doors were unlocked, his cell phone was left on the
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  Speaker 1: front seat. But most disturbingly, Scully, his dog, was found
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  Speaker 1: in the bed of the truck under the canopy, and
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  Speaker 1: this scene immediately raised red flags for Damon's friends and family.
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  Speaker 1: Damon adored Scully and he would never have left her behind,
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  Speaker 1: let alone in a truck for days. They said. It
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  Speaker 1: wasn't just the dog that anchored him. Damon had an
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  Speaker 1: infant sound that he cherished, and, like I said, he
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  Speaker 1: was recently in regular contact with his family. His family
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  Speaker 1: reported him missing, and soon after a large search effort
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  Speaker 1: was launched. The Anchorage Police Department, along with a cadaver dog,
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  Speaker 1: scoured the area near DeLong Lake where his truck had
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  Speaker 1: been found, but there were no signs of Damon. No clues,
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  Speaker 1: no leads. Guys, I often say people cannot just disappear
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  Speaker 1: without a trace. There's not aliens but a parking lot
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  Speaker 1: near a lake. I'm going to probably go out on
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  Speaker 1: a limb and say they don't have cameras. Now, they
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  Speaker 1: should have cameras because things happen there. So if you're
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  Speaker 1: a part. But to this day, there are more questions
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  Speaker 1: than the answers. Like I said, despite their best efforts,
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  Speaker 1: they have found no evidence regarding what happened to him,
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  Speaker 1: and there is no evidence that he left Anchorage, Alaska,
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  Speaker 1: or at least not by air that they can find.
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  Speaker 1: Local airlines have no record of him flying out under
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  Speaker 1: his name. Damon had lived in Anchorage for about five years,
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  Speaker 1: but he was originally from Deer Park, California, and his
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  Speaker 1: family lived in Houston, Texas, and their belief was an
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  Speaker 1: IS firm. Damon would not have left without contacting them.
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  Speaker 1: So what happened to Damon? The circumstances seem strange and
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  Speaker 1: very troubling to me. Some suspect that that foul play
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  Speaker 1: was involved in his disappearance, but to this day there
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  Speaker 1: is no concrete evidence to confirm it. Now, guys, I
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  Speaker 1: want to say, I did not find anything saying he
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  Speaker 1: had ever suffered from mental health issues, not saying he
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  Speaker 1: didn't have a mental break that day. But he would
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  Speaker 1: not have left Skully behind and would not have locked
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  Speaker 1: her in the canopy of the truck. So I am
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  Speaker 1: one of those who suspect foul play. Okay, But Damon's
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  Speaker 1: family has spent the last twenty years searching for answers,
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  Speaker 1: hoping for clothes. Sure, but sadly they continue to live
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  Speaker 1: with the unknown. The investigation has remained open, but as
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  Speaker 1: time passes, we all know it becomes more challenging to
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  Speaker 1: uncover what really happened that day in March. Investigators do
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  Speaker 1: note there were no obvious signs of a struggle around
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  Speaker 1: Damon's truck, and they agreed the presence of his dog,
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  Speaker 1: Scully other complicates the situation. I am in a guess
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  Speaker 1: that Scully was locked in the back of the canopy
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  Speaker 1: because whoever did something to Damon didn't want to deal
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  Speaker 1: with the dog, Because I bet you Scully was pretty
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  Speaker 1: protective of her owner. But guys Maw, could Damon vanished
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  Speaker 1: so completely without leaving behind any trace of what happened
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  Speaker 1: to him? Remember, his cell phone was left behind and
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  Speaker 1: its cases, like Damon's, the are both heartbreaking and baffling.
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  Speaker 1: I do not I just don't know. How does someone
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  Speaker 1: disappear leaving everything behind, their belongings at bet but most
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  Speaker 1: importantly their family and an infant, and this family loved him.
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  Speaker 1: For Damon's loved ones and especially that son who has
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  Speaker 1: had to grow up without their father, this leaves them
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  Speaker 1: with answers. The pain and this uncertainty continues to haunt
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  Speaker 1: them and will haunt them forever or until they get answers.
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  Speaker 1: So if you have any information regarding the disappearance of Damon,
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  Speaker 1: just responds, no matter how small or insignificant it may seem,
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  Speaker 1: even if it's just a rumor, please contact the Elise,
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  Speaker 1: Alaska State Troopers at nine oh seven six nine five
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  Speaker 1: point five one one. Remember, any piece of information could
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  Speaker 1: piece together this decades old puzzle. It is just that
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  Speaker 1: one little tidbit of information that can just solve it
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  Speaker 1: and put it all together. Now, our next haunting case
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  Speaker 1: comes from the city of Tampa, Florida. So for over
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  Speaker 1: forty years, the disappearance of a little girl with a
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  Speaker 1: bright spirit who was affectionately called Firecracker by those who
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  Speaker 1: knew her. Guys, I love that. I love that. I
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  Speaker 1: have never heard anyone I call my granddaughter monkey, but
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  Speaker 1: I love Firecracker tells you a lot about this little girl.
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  Speaker 1: So this is the story of Jennifer Sophia Martalz. She's
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  Speaker 1: been missing since November fifteenth, nineteen eighty two. Guys, I
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  Speaker 1: was twelve and I am now fifty four. I want
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  Speaker 1: you to stop and think before I get into this
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  Speaker 1: little girl was seven years old when she vanished. Seven
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  Speaker 1: I was twelve, you know, just five years older. Imagine
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  Speaker 1: looking at me. Her family doesn't know what happened to
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  Speaker 1: their seven year old girl. Her story is one of
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  Speaker 1: pure heartbreak, confusion, and, as we know, all too often
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  Speaker 1: unanswered questions. So today we're going to explore what we know,
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  Speaker 1: who the suspects are, and what investigators believe might have happened.
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  Speaker 1: On the afternoon of November fifteenth, nineteen eighty ten, nineteen
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  Speaker 1: eighty two, Jennifer was walking home from school in Tampa, Florida. Yes, guys,
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  Speaker 1: back in that day, we did that. I walked to school.
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  Speaker 1: Of course, my elementary was right next door to our house,
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  Speaker 1: but kids walked to school. She was a second grader,
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  Speaker 1: at Lassie C. Shaw Elementary School, and she was known
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  Speaker 1: for being well behaved and a good student. Guys, I
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  Speaker 1: was a good student, but I'm not sure I was
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  Speaker 1: well behaved because I got in trouble for talking all
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  Speaker 1: the time, and when the teacher moved me up front
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  Speaker 1: to sit by her, I still got in trouble for
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  Speaker 1: talking to her. I am sure no one watching this
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  Speaker 1: is surprised. Now, at around three point fifty three pm,
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  Speaker 1: Jennifer was last seen just one block away from her
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  Speaker 1: home on fifteenth Street. She was so close, guys, so
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  Speaker 1: close to being in the safety of her home. Jennifer
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  Speaker 1: had asked a friend to keep an eye on her
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  Speaker 1: as she made her way down the block, but her
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  Speaker 1: friend looked away for one moment and Jennifer vanished and
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  Speaker 1: she has never been seen again. Guys, back in nineteen
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  Speaker 1: eighty two, we didn't have ring doorbell cameras, we didn't
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  Speaker 1: have cell phones, We did not have the technology that
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  Speaker 1: we have today now. That day, Jennifer went to school
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  Speaker 1: wearing a pink or orange knee length dress with yellow flowers,
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  Speaker 1: maroon ballet shoes, and a gold necklace. She also was
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  Speaker 1: wearing heart shaped gold post earrings. A comb with ribbons
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  Speaker 1: and flowers in her hair, and silver glitter on her
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  Speaker 1: peach colored fingernail polished so girl, she was a firecracker.
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  Speaker 1: She was also it sounds like a girly girl. I
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  Speaker 1: like her. But most distinctively, Jennifer had moles on her chest, collarbone,
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  Speaker 1: and her face. Her front teeth were crooked and chipped,
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  Speaker 1: and she had a noticeable cleft in her chin. And
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  Speaker 1: she walked pigeon toad and one of her shoulders was
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  Speaker 1: lower than the other, so very distinct appearance. As we
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  Speaker 1: all know, her disappearance totally rocked that community. It sent shockwaves.
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  Speaker 1: A little girl, only one block away from her home,
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  Speaker 1: simply gone in the blink of an eye. Her friend
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  Speaker 1: looked away for just a moment, and Jennifer was gone.
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  Speaker 1: Jennifer's parents were divorced in nineteen eighty two, and she
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  Speaker 1: lived with her father and her stepmother. Though her mother,
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  Speaker 1: Catherine Longo, had legal custody, she did live with her
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  Speaker 1: dad and her stepmom, and according to reports, Jennifer did
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  Speaker 1: not have a good relationship with her stepmother, and tension
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  Speaker 1: between the father's and the mother's side of the family
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  Speaker 1: were hot. I mean it would be divorced families. I
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  Speaker 1: was not a child of divorce, but my children were.
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  Speaker 1: It's complicated, and if the adults cannot adult and put
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  Speaker 1: the best interests of the child first, it can be complicated.
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  Speaker 1: So members of her mother's family even considered removing Jennifer
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  Speaker 1: from her father's home before she disappeared. Don't know more
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  Speaker 1: about that. It could just be that Jennifer didn't get
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  Speaker 1: along with her stepmother. Both sides of the family initially
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  Speaker 1: pointed fingers at each other, each suspecting the other of
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  Speaker 1: hiding Jennifer. Guys, that sounds far fetched, but it happens
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  Speaker 1: all of the time. There was just recently an amber
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  Speaker 1: alert in Texas where a non custodial dad took the
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  Speaker 1: child and was trying to hide the child because the
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  Speaker 1: mom got remarried. It happens, So don't think that that's
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  Speaker 1: uncommon that you each point the finger at each other.
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  Speaker 1: But as the investigation continued, law enforcement ruled out all
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  Speaker 1: of her relatives as suspects. That means her mom's family
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  Speaker 1: and her dad's family were not involved. And for police
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  Speaker 1: to come out and say that you know, they know
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  Speaker 1: without a shadow of a doubt, but instead attention shifted
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  Speaker 1: towards a family friend, someone with a very dark and
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  Speaker 1: troubled past. His name was Thomas Peter Well Nikki and
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  Speaker 1: Thomas had a long criminal history, including charges for theft,
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  Speaker 1: drug possession, and assault. Investigators became interested in him when
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  Speaker 1: he made a chilling claim. He said he had a
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  Speaker 1: psychic vision about Jennifer's abduction and murder. Now, if you
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  Speaker 1: follow true crime for a while, you know that a
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  Speaker 1: lot of time the perpetrators put themselves into the investigation
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  Speaker 1: that raises the red flags for law enforcement. Now, he said,
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  Speaker 1: in this vision, he claimed that Jennifer had been kidnapped
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  Speaker 1: by two men. He said one of the men was
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  Speaker 1: in his forties with the criminal history, the other was
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  Speaker 1: a blonde man in his mid twenties, and that it
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  Speaker 1: was someone Jennifer knew and trusted. Now, Well Niki went
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  Speaker 1: on to say that the younger man had been deeply
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  Speaker 1: troubled by guilt after the child's death. Guys, what's eerie?
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  Speaker 1: Well nick himself bore a resemblance to the description of
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  Speaker 1: the blonde man he described. Okay, guys, little sus right.
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  Speaker 1: Police begin to suspect Well Nikki's so called vision might
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  Speaker 1: have actually been a confession. They gave him a polygraph test,
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  Speaker 1: which he failed, and we all know polygraph tests cannot
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  Speaker 1: be used in a court of law. They are not
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  Speaker 1: a one hundred percent reliable However, they do give you
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  Speaker 1: some indications of people's honesty. However, well, Nick, you argued
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  Speaker 1: that his failure of the polygraph test was due to
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  Speaker 1: the medication he was taking for seizures, which I find
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  Speaker 1: interesting because most seizure medicine slows you down, kind of
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  Speaker 1: like a xanax of valuum. It sues you to try
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  Speaker 1: to keep your body calm. Maybe there are some other
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  Speaker 1: seizure medications that make you more anxious. But I had
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  Speaker 1: a friend in school who took medication and her seizure
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  Speaker 1: medication calmed her, So I don't know what he's thinking there.
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  Speaker 1: But despite law enforcement suspicions, authorities were never able to
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  Speaker 1: gather enough evidence to formally charge him in connection with
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  Speaker 1: her disappearance. Her case has remained unsolved for over four
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  Speaker 1: decades now. Her mother, Catherine, never stop searching for her daughter,
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  Speaker 1: and in twenty eleven she published a book titled Jennifer,
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  Speaker 1: Where Are You, detailing her personal journey through the agony
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  Speaker 1: of not knowing what happened to her little girl. Guys,
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  Speaker 1: I want you if you want to support her mom
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  Speaker 1: and want to know more of what families go through,
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  Speaker 1: I'm going to recommend you read the book. Go to
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  Speaker 1: the library see if they have it, Go on Amazon,
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  Speaker 1: go to used books, read it because one thing I
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  Speaker 1: have learned with talking to these families one just yesterday,
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  Speaker 1: that the agony of not knowing is pure hell and
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  Speaker 1: something those of us who haven't gone through it truly
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  Speaker 1: can't understand. I like to think that I understand maybe
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  Speaker 1: two percent of what it would feel like after getting
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  Speaker 1: so close to chase this family. But guys, two percent
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  Speaker 1: is nothing. So authorities have continued to pursue leads over
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  Speaker 1: the years, but none have brought them any closer to answers.
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  Speaker 1: Jennifer would be forty nine years old today and her
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  Speaker 1: disappearance remains classified as a non family abduction. Guys, the
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  Speaker 1: thing we're learning about missing person cases, we have so
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  Speaker 1: many more questions than we do answers now. Like I said,
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  Speaker 1: Jennifer was a bright, bubbly child named Firecracker because she
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  Speaker 1: had a lively personality. She deserved to grow up and
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  Speaker 1: to experience life. And to be with her family. Yet
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  Speaker 1: all of that was taken from her in an instant.
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  Speaker 1: And what I want you also to remember, it's not
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  Speaker 1: just Jennifer who suffers, it is every member of her family,
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  Speaker 1: the community, and her classmates. Think of the friend who
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  Speaker 1: she asked to watch her while she walked home. What
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  Speaker 1: does she live with every day? The guilt? What about
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  Speaker 1: her classmates who now see an empty desk every day
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  Speaker 1: in the classroom And they had to graduate high school,
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  Speaker 1: go off to college, get married, and their friend has
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  Speaker 1: never been found. So I don't want you to think
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  Speaker 1: the missing person is the only one that this effects.
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  Speaker 1: And I want you to remember this case and all
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  Speaker 1: that we call our chilling reminder that even the most
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  Speaker 1: innocent can be touched by darkness. If you have any
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  Speaker 1: information about Jennifer Sophia Martaliz or her whereabouts, no matter
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  Speaker 1: how small, please contact the Tampa Police Department at eight
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  Speaker 1: one three two seven three zero seven seven zero. And
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  Speaker 1: remember you can make an anonymous report to FBAI dot
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  Speaker 1: gov slash tips even if they are not looking into
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  Speaker 1: the case. A lot of people don't know that you
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  Speaker 1: can still put in an anonymous tip. You know, if
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  Speaker 1: you are a friend or daughter, a family member of
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  Speaker 1: a person who is always interested in what happened to
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  Speaker 1: Jennifer and you kind of always have this little gut feeling.
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  Speaker 1: Call in a tip, do it anonymously. Every tip, every
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  Speaker 1: clue brings us one step closer to bring in Jennifer
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  Speaker 1: home and giving her family the answers that they deserve.
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  Speaker 1: Also going to ask you please share the missing person
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  Speaker 1: flyers from our social media for Damon and Jennifer. Just
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  Speaker 1: sharing them and asking your followers to share them help
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  Speaker 1: gets the word out, So please be sure to do that. Now.
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  Speaker 1: I don't have a story for you today to end with.
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  Speaker 1: I thought I would do something a little different. Okay,
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  Speaker 1: so it's nothing cute, no tips. So if you have
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  Speaker 1: followed me for even a short amount of time, you
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  Speaker 1: know that I love the color pink, and one of
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  Speaker 1: my life quotes is I believe in pink. I believe
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  Speaker 1: that laughing is the best calorie burner. I believe in
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  Speaker 1: kissing and kissing a lot. I believe in being strong
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  Speaker 1: when everything seems to be going wrong. Guys, when I
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  Speaker 1: found this quote from Audrey Hepburn, I fell in love
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  Speaker 1: with it. Why because it spoke volumes about who I
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  Speaker 1: am and what I believe, And if I wote wrote
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  Speaker 1: a life quote, that's what it would That's what it
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  Speaker 1: would be. So people often ask me if I like
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  Speaker 1: the color pink, and I say no, I am pink
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  Speaker 1: and I believe pink is the only color. So and
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  Speaker 1: if you google what does the color pink mean? You
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  Speaker 1: will see that it means love, romance, femininity, pink, trust,
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  Speaker 1: and happiness, and all of which are words that I
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  Speaker 1: hope can describe me and my personality. I fell in
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  Speaker 1: love with the color pink when I was a little girl,
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  Speaker 1: and I remember the day my parents agreed that I
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  Speaker 1: could have my childhood bedroom pink. Guys, it was pink
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  Speaker 1: up until my mom my bear passed away. My nephew
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  Speaker 1: and his family now lives in it. I don't know
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  Speaker 1: if the walls are still pink. But pink became even
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  Speaker 1: more to me when I was diagnosed with breast cancer,
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  Speaker 1: and as a survivor, I embraced the color pink even more.
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  Speaker 1: And I have had the honor of walking in three
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  Speaker 1: different Susan Coleman sixty miles in three days. All three
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  Speaker 1: of them I walked with one of my besties, and
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  Speaker 1: in one year I walked with my son, my bestie
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  Speaker 1: and what we called Terry's Tata Tribe, and we did
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  Speaker 1: it in San Francisco that year. And I will tell
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  Speaker 1: you my son, Jeffa, learned you do not want to
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  Speaker 1: do sixty miles in flip flops because in San Francisco
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  Speaker 1: we had to walk up hills, down hills, and he
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  Speaker 1: learned a lesson. But I believe that by surviving cancer
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  Speaker 1: three times that I've learned how to be stronger, kinder,
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  Speaker 1: and more grateful. And I've also learned that feeling sorry
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  Speaker 1: for yourself does happen, and that is okay. It is
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  Speaker 1: okay to have a pity party for yourself every now
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  Speaker 1: and then, but you can't let it consume you because
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  Speaker 1: each day that we wake up is another day that
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  Speaker 1: we get to live life, and we get to be
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  Speaker 1: with our loved ones. We get to tell them that
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  Speaker 1: we love them. That is a miracle. So it's okay
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  Speaker 1: to feel sorry for yourself sometimes absolutely, And anyone tells
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  Speaker 1: you it's not, tell him. Terry True Crime said, go
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  Speaker 1: flat kite. Now it is October and it's that time
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  Speaker 1: of the year for cozy sweaters, falling leaves, except in
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  Speaker 1: Texas where it's going to be ninety two degrees today, okay,
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  Speaker 1: And of course everything pumpkin spice, from lattes to candles.
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  Speaker 1: If you're a pumpkin spice lover, I am not. But
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  Speaker 1: October is more than just ball flavors. It's also breast
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  Speaker 1: cancer Awareness month. And like I said, this month is
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  Speaker 1: very especially close to my heart. And like I said,
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  Speaker 1: fan of Pink since childhood, but now it means even
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  Speaker 1: more to me. So while we're enjoying the pumpkin spice
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  Speaker 1: and everything fall, let's take a moment to reflect and
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  Speaker 1: support those impacted by breast cancer. We're Pink spread awareness. Yes,
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  Speaker 1: happy girls are the prettiest girls. You're absolutely right, Sammy.
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  Speaker 1: And if you haven't already done so, schedule that checkup. Okay.
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  Speaker 1: It's all part of making a real difference. And guys,
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  Speaker 1: it's not just females who need to get a breast
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  Speaker 1: cancer check. Okay. Men get breast cancer. Every human being
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  Speaker 1: has breast fatty tissue. Breast tissue can get cancer cells,
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  Speaker 1: doesn't matter male, female, You need to get checked okay now,
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  Speaker 1: And for the horror fans, let's not forget that. Today.
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  Speaker 1: October twenty third the day this is live is National
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  Speaker 1: Horror Movie Day, Okay, So it's the perfect excuse to
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  Speaker 1: grab your favorite scary flicks and enjoy the chills of
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  Speaker 1: the season. Now, I have to tell y'all, I saw
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  Speaker 1: the movie Smile when it came out, and it was
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  Speaker 1: the first horror movie ever that has stayed with me.
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  Speaker 1: It truly freaked me out. Every now and then, I'll
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  Speaker 1: look at DOUBLEH and go. If you haven't seen Smile,
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  Speaker 1: you'll understand once you see it. Now, I will say bravely,
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  Speaker 1: I will be watching the sequel soon with Double H.
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  Speaker 1: So whether you're streaming a classic or finding a new fright,
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  Speaker 1: there's no better time for a spooky movie marathon. So
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  Speaker 1: as you sip that pumpkin spice latte or in my case,
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  Speaker 1: a glass of wine or maybe a dirty martini, watch
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  Speaker 1: your horror movie and rock your pink. Let's honor the
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  Speaker 1: importance of breast cancer awareness this month. It's a season
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  Speaker 1: for fun, scares and meaningful support. So let's make it count. Okay,
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  Speaker 1: And I want to thank you all for joining me today.
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  Speaker 1: I hope to see you again next Monday for another
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  Speaker 1: episode of Midday Missing. Now I will be joining the
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  Speaker 1: hey host show on Friday night because I need to
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  Speaker 1: be a part of that absolute craziness that JT Lama
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  Speaker 1: and Rude Boy, and they have asked me to join them,
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  Speaker 1: and I have to say I'm kind of looking forward
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• 31:45
  Speaker 1: Crime and Wine Time special I did will drop today,
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  Speaker 1: so please go give it a listen. Would love to
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  Speaker 1: know your thoughts on it. And as always, guys, until
• 31:56
  Speaker 1: next time, stay safe, watch out for crime, and enjoy
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  Speaker 1: your wine time, especially because it's Wine Wednesday. Bye guys,
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  Speaker 1: I'll see you soon.