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Woman Reaches “Breaking Point” and Kills Dad · Murder Files Unsealed

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  Speaker 1: Welcome back. Everybody ready for another deep dive? Always awesome.
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  Today we're going to look into a true crime case.
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  Speaker 2: Ooh true crime.
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  Speaker 1: It's a love it. Yeah, it's pretty messed up. It's
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  about a missing father okay and a daughter who's trying
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  to figure out where he went. But there are a
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  lot more secrets in this family than it seems. It's
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  like you hear these stories and think, what would I do?
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  You know if I was trying to solve this, right.
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  Speaker 2: Like, you always think you know how you would react?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, exactly, Yeah, and you never really know until you're
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  in that situation for sure. But the source material we're
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  using for this deep dive is an article called woman
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  reaches breaking point and kills dad with her husband puts
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  body an incinerator.
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  Speaker 2: Whoa, Okay, that's uh yeah, that's intense.
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  Speaker 1: That's pretty heavy stuff.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. From that title alone, you know there's gonna be
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  some twists and turns in this.
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  Speaker 1: One, definitely. So to set the scene, this all starts
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  with a guy named Joel Fraser. Okay, he goes missing
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  from his home in Delhart, Texas. This is back in
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  July of twenty seventeen.
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  Speaker 2: Okay, so Philly recent.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, not too long ago. And his daughter Jamie is
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  the one who reports him missing. She's really worried, you know,
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  because it seems like he just vanished, right. But Joel
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  has another daughter, Camilla, Okay, call her Cammy. Now. Cammy's
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  reaction to her father's disappearance is, well, let's just say
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  a little different, different. How well Jamie's out there, you know,
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  putting up missing posters, posting on social media, trying to
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  find any.
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  Speaker 2: Leads, right, doing everything you'd expect exactly.
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  Speaker 1: But Cammy, she's strangely calm about the whole thing. She
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  even suggests that Joel might just be off on one
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  of his drinking binges.
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  Speaker 2: Hmmm. That's a pretty big contrast in reactions. You'd think
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  both daughters would be equally concerned.
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  Speaker 1: You would think, right, And that's what starts to raise
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  those red flags for investigators. Why such different responses from
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  his own daughters.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, that's definitely suspicious, like are they hiding something?
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  Speaker 1: Right? And to make things even fishier, Joel's truck is
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  still at home, along with his wallet and all his medication.
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  Speaker 2: So it's not like he just decided to take off somewhere.
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  Speaker 1: Nope, doesn't look like he planned to go anywhere, which
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  makes his disappearance even more puzzling.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, something's not adding up.
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  Speaker 1: So as the police start digging into Joel's life, they
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  uncover some pretty complicated family dynamics.
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  Speaker 2: Well, here we go. I love a good family drama.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, you're gonna love this one. So it turns out
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  that Cammy, her husband, Corey, and their young son had
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  all moved into Joel's house.
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  Speaker 2: Oh so they were all living under the same roof.
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  Speaker 1: Yep, and let's just say things weren't exactly peaceful in
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  the Frazier household.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. I can imagine having different generations and families living
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  together can be tough, even in the best of circumstances.
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  Speaker 1: Totally. Throw in some financial strain, maybe some personality clashes,
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  and it's a recipe for disaster.
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely. So what kind of tensions were we talking about here?
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  Speaker 1: Well, according to some friends of the family, Cammy and
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  Corey were struggling with drug addiction specifically.
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  Speaker 2: Oh wow, that's serious.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, and Joel was not at all happy about drug
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  use in his house, especially with his grandson around right understandably,
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  so there were even rumors that he suspected them of
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  trying to cook meth in the house.
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  Speaker 2: Whoa, that's taking things to a whole other level. So
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  you've got addiction, family drama, and potential illegal activity. What
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  a mess?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, total mess. And it gets worse.
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  Speaker 2: Oh how much worse could it get?
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  Speaker 1: Buckle up, because this is where the case takes a
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  real turn. You see, during the investigation, the police find
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  a pretty crucial piece of evidence and it's in the
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  most unexpected place Cammy's purse.
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  Speaker 2: Cammy's purse. What could be so important in there?
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  Speaker 1: Well, let me tell you it's.
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  Speaker 2: An unsigned last will and testament.
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  Speaker 1: No way, Yeah, Joel's will.
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  Speaker 2: Joel's will and guess what he was going to leave
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  everything to Jamie?
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  Speaker 1: Well, hold on, So he was cutting Cami out completely completely.
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  Oh man, So that means Cammy had a pretty big
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  reason to want her father.
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  Speaker 2: Well out of the picture. And get this, the lawyer
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  confirmed that he sent a revised will to Joel just
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  before he disappeared.
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  Speaker 1: Oh wow, so the timing is just too perfect, way
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  too perfect. So it really seems like Cammi might have
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  had something to gain if her father wasn't around anymore.
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  Speaker 2: Seems that way.
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  Speaker 1: Wow, this is getting really intense.
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  Speaker 2: It is, but Remember that unsigned will isn't exactly legally binding, right,
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  but it's.
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  Speaker 1: Still a huge clue for investigators.
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely, it definitely points to a possible.
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  Speaker 1: Motive, motive, and opportunity since they were all living together.
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  Speaker 2: Right. But the plot thickens even more with the other
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  thing they found in Cammy's purse.
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  Speaker 1: Oh yeah, that's right, the white powder.
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  Speaker 2: Turns out it was ground up diaphen hydromene. Diffen What
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  deafen hydromene? It's the main ingredient in.
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  Speaker 1: Benadryl betadril, so like allergy medicine.
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  Speaker 2: Exactly over the counter stuff. But here's the thing. What
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  In high doses, defen hydromene can be really dangerous dangerous
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  how it can cause drowsiness, confusion, hallucinations, and in extreme
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  cases it can even be fake.
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  Speaker 1: Oh wow, I had no idea benadryl could be that serious.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, a lot of people don't realize it, but remember
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  anything can be dangerous and high enough amounts true.
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  Speaker 1: True, But why would Cammi have ground up benadryl in
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  her purse?
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  Speaker 2: Well, that's where things get even creepier. Remember how Cammi
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  used to make Joel milkshakes every night? Yeah, guess what
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  the investigators found in the leftover milkshake. Don't tell me diffenhydromene.
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  Speaker 1: Are you serious?
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  Speaker 2: That'd serious?
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  Speaker 1: So she was drugging him.
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  Speaker 2: It definitely seems that way. And when you combine that
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  with the ground up diffenhydramine in her purse.
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  Speaker 1: It paints a pretty disturbing picture, very disturbed, like she
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  was planning something exactly.
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  Speaker 2: Remember those rumors about Joel's body being disposed of at
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  a meat processing.
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  Speaker 1: Plant, Yeah, I was just thinking about that.
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  Speaker 2: Well those rumors turned out to be true. Oh no,
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  An anonymous tip led the police to the incinerator at
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  the plant and they found human remains, including a skull
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  and a hand.
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  Speaker 1: So it was really him.
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  Speaker 2: It was Joel, no doubt about it.
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  Speaker 1: This is just awful. And then there's another twist. What
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  now Benjamin Buck, Cammy and Corey's friend. He worked at
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  the meat processing plant.
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  Speaker 2: Oh wow.
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  Speaker 1: The police questioned him and he ended up confessing to
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  helping dispose of the body. He confessed he did, but
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  what he revealed was even more shocking.
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  Speaker 2: What did he say?
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  Speaker 1: Well, according to Buck, Cammy made that drugged milkshake to
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  knock Joel out. Then she and Corey they shot him. Yeah,
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  but get this, he didn't die right away. What It
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  took a second shot with a larger caliber gun to
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  finally kill him.
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  Speaker 2: It's chilling to think about it, I know, right.
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  Speaker 1: So they drugged him, shot him once, and when that
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  didn't work.
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  Speaker 2: The shot him again.
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  Speaker 1: Just brutal.
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  Speaker 2: It's hard to even comprehend the level of cruelty involved.
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  Speaker 1: So what happened next? Did Buck tell the police what
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  they did with the body after that?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah? Buck described how he helped Camy and Corey transport
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  Joel's body to the meat processing plant.
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  Speaker 1: So that's how they got access to the.
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  Speaker 2: Incinerator exactly, and they tried to burn the body using
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  the incinerator, but there was a problem.
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  Speaker 1: What was it.
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  Speaker 2: The incinerator wasn't working properly, so.
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  Speaker 1: They couldn't burn the body.
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  Speaker 2: They even used a propane tank to try and get
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  the fire hot enough.
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  Speaker 1: Wow, they were really trying to cover their tracks.
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  Speaker 2: They thought they had destroyed all the evidence, but they didn't. Nope,
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  it backfired on them big time. The fire wasn't hot
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  enough to completely incinerate the body.
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  Speaker 1: So there were remains left behind.
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  Speaker 2: Exactly, and those remains were enough for investigators to identify
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  Joel and link him back to Cami.
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  Speaker 1: And Corey talk about irony. Trying to burn the body
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  actually ended up preserving some of the evidence.
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  Speaker 2: It's like something out of a crime novel.
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  Speaker 1: You really can't make this stuff up.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: So, with a confession, physical evidence, and a clear motive,
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  it seems like this should be a pretty straightforward case, right,
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  you would think so.
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  Speaker 2: But the legal outcomes in this case are a little surprising.
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  Speaker 1: Oh how so?
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  Speaker 2: Well? Remember Benjamin Buck, the friend who helped dispose.
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  Speaker 1: Of the body. Yeah, what about him?
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  Speaker 2: He was charged with tampering with evidence and sentenced to
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  five years in prison.
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  Speaker 1: Five years. That doesn't seem like much considering he helped
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  cover up a murder.
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  Speaker 2: Right, you would think it'd be a harsher sentence. But
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  I guess the judge took into account that he wasn't
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  directly involved in the actual killing.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah I suppose, But still five years for helping to
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  cover up such a horrible crime.
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  Speaker 2: It does make you wonder what about Cammy and Corey?
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  Did they manage to escape justice?
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  Speaker 1: Tell me they didn't get away with this, Don't worry.
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  Speaker 2: They didn't. Both Kimy and Corey were convicted of first
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  degree murder.
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  Speaker 1: That's good to hear.
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  Speaker 2: And they were sentenced to life in prison.
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  Speaker 1: Life in prison. Ah wow, So justice was served in
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  the end.
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  Speaker 2: It was, but it's a bittersweet victory. It can't bring
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  Joel back or take away the pain his loved ones
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  have suffered.
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  Speaker 1: This case is just heartbreaking. It's hard to believe that
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  someone could kill their own father, especially in such a
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  cold and calculated way.
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  Speaker 2: I know. It's a reminder that sometimes reality is stranger
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  and more disturbing than fiction.
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  Speaker 1: Absolutely, it really makes you think about the darkness that
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  can exist within families and.
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  Speaker 2: The devastating consequences of greed, addiction, and desperation.
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  Speaker 1: So to all our listeners out there, we want to
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  hear your thoughts on this case. Did anything surprise you?
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  What would you have done if you were in Jamie's shoes, and.
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  Speaker 2: If you were on the jury, what would have stood
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  out to you the most? Let us know in the comments.
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  Speaker 1: Thanks for joining us on another deep dive Steay curious,
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  and we'll see you next time.