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Introducing: Navigating Advocacy · Gone Cold - Texas True Crime

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  Speaker 1: Navigating Advocacy is a true crime podcast that uses storytelling
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  Speaker 1: to shed light on unsolved crimes and drive ethical change
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  Speaker 1: within the true crime genre. Hosted by Melissa and Whitney,
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  Speaker 1: their mission is to inspire action and build a community
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  Speaker 1: of advocates committed to making a real difference. They participate
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  Speaker 1: in what they call action oriented advocacy and take a
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  Speaker 1: boots on the ground approach to helping families of the
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  Speaker 1: missing and murdered. From Honkin waves to foot searches and
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  Speaker 1: flyer campaigns, they volunteer their time wherever the families need
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  Speaker 1: them most. One of their most notable actions is in
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  Speaker 1: the case of Brandon Lawson right here in Texas. They
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  Speaker 1: were part of a nine person search team that found
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  Speaker 1: clothing items resembling what Brandon wore the night he went missing.
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  Speaker 1: This led to law enforcement discovering human remains. Their motto
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  Speaker 1: of no matter where, no matter who, drives their motivation
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  Speaker 1: and shed's light on these women's intensions. While listening to
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  Speaker 1: the following clip, joined their pursuit for justice by listening
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  Speaker 1: to Navigating Advocacy. Wherever you get your podcasts.
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  Speaker 2: My mother was very kind. She served everyone. She would
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  Speaker 2: give you the clothes off of her bag.
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  Speaker 3: Julia Golden was a bubbly, smart, well loved woman and
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  Speaker 3: mother to Vanessa.
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  Speaker 2: She loved education. She was a special education teacher in
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  Speaker 2: high school, so she was definitely big on pushing you
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  Speaker 2: to your limit, your capacity, whatever is within your lane.
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  Speaker 2: She wanted you to be the best at it, for sure.
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  Speaker 2: Originally she was born in Portland, which is a town
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  Speaker 2: that was near McGhee, and then from there my family
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  Speaker 2: decided to move from Portland to McGhee.
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  Speaker 4: McGee is a small town in the southeastern corner of Arkansas.
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  Speaker 4: In nineteen eighty nine, the population was just under five
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  Speaker 4: thousand people.
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  Speaker 3: Juliet was a special education teacher. She was well liked
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  Speaker 3: by both students and faculty. On September twenty fourth, nineteen
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  Speaker 3: eighty nine, the beloved teacher's life would be taken on
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  Speaker 3: a day that was just like any other.
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  Speaker 2: I was sleep in her room, and what I remember
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  Speaker 2: is waking up early that morning. Normally she comes and
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  Speaker 2: get me, and so she didn't, and I was looking
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  Speaker 2: around for her, calling her name, and I looked to
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  Speaker 2: my left and the door was slightly cracked open, maybe
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  Speaker 2: about a half an inch or so. And then I
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  Speaker 2: looked to my right and there was just lots of
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  Speaker 2: blood everywhere, blood on the walls. I could see the
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  Speaker 2: couch had been kind of pulled from the wall and moved,
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  Speaker 2: and her feet were just I mean, I could just
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  Speaker 2: see them hanging behind the couch, like sticking out. The
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  Speaker 2: couch was short of in her and so I ran
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  Speaker 2: around where I saw her feet and I tried to
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  Speaker 2: wake her up. Mommy, Mommy, wake up. I mean, I
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  Speaker 2: could see the blood. I knew at that time what
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  Speaker 2: had happened, but just as a kid, you just you're helping.
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  Speaker 2: I ran out of the house and I ran down
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  Speaker 2: to my mom's friend's house.
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  Speaker 1: Well before that, I.
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  Speaker 2: Tried to I tried to call nine on one. I
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  Speaker 2: couldn't reach the phone to be able to call nine
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  Speaker 2: one one. So I ran out the house, ran down
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  Speaker 2: or crossed the way to my mother's friend And at
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  Speaker 2: first she wasn't answering. I was just banging and banging.
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  Speaker 3: Vanessa remembers the love seat had been pulled from one
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  Speaker 3: side of the living room, completely across from where it
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  Speaker 3: normally was. It was now almost blocking the door way
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  Speaker 3: into the hallway. Her mother's body was located between the
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  Speaker 3: couch and the wall. Julia was wearing white underwear and
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  Speaker 3: unbuttoned and unzipped yellow shorts. A broken gold like necklace
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  Speaker 3: was found near her neck, and a blue pullover shirt
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  Speaker 3: was discovered under her left arm, but Julia was nude
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  Speaker 3: from the waist up. She had been stabbed over one
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  Speaker 3: hundred times. As you can imagine, rumors run rampant in
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  Speaker 3: any small town. This one is no exception.
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  Speaker 4: But were there truly rumors? Evidence of a jealous boyfriend,
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  Speaker 4: a love affair with an insurance salesman, and a suspected
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  Speaker 4: crush from a coworker surfaced Law enforcement and thought they
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  Speaker 4: had Julia's murderer when they arrested two women after finding
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  Speaker 4: the alleged murder weapon in a search. A conviction followed,
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  Speaker 4: but was later overturned, bringing Julia's case back to square one.
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  Speaker 4: This is where it has remained, not even collecting dust,
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  Speaker 4: as law enforcement has lost most of the case file
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  Speaker 4: and all of the evidence pertaining to Julia's murder. This
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  Speaker 4: is why we are navigating advocacy with Julia's daughter Vanessa.
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  Speaker 4: To hear all of the details of Julia's story, head
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  Speaker 4: over to your favorite podcast platform and subscribe. To navigating
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  Speaker 4: advocacy