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Her Stepdad’s Dark Secrets - 3 True Horror Stories You Need to Hear · True Horror Stories

• 0:02
  Speaker 1: I remember the day Mom brought John to our house
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  Speaker 1: for dinner. She was glowing, her smile wide as she
• 0:08
  Speaker 1: introduced him.
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  Speaker 2: We met at work, she.
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  Speaker 1: Said, her voice bubbly. John looked harmless enough, a tall
• 0:16
  Speaker 1: man with dark hair, a neat beard, and a confident smile.
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  Speaker 1: Nice to meet you, Tara, he said, extending his hand.
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  Speaker 1: I shook it reluctantly, feeling his grip linger just a
• 0:28
  Speaker 1: second too long. Mom deserved happiness. I knew that after
• 0:33
  Speaker 1: Dad passed away, she'd been lonely, and I wanted her
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  Speaker 1: to find love again. But John, I didn't like him.
• 0:41
  Speaker 1: No one could take my dad's place, and John's constant
• 0:44
  Speaker 1: attempts to win me over only made it worse. He
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  Speaker 1: started showing up increasingly, always trying to charm me and
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  Speaker 1: my cousin Liam, who lived with us. At first, he
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  Speaker 1: bought us little gifts, tickets to a basketball game and
• 0:57
  Speaker 1: a pair of headphones for me, he joked, like he
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  Speaker 1: was trying to be our new buddy.
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  Speaker 2: Then one evening, Mom and John sat us down. Will
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  Speaker 2: you have exciting news, she said, holding his hand. John
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  Speaker 2: and I are getting married.
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  Speaker 1: Liam cheered, and Mom's eyes sparkled with joy. I forced
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  Speaker 1: a smile. If she were happy, I'd have to make
• 1:21
  Speaker 1: peace with it, even if my gut told me something
• 1:23
  Speaker 1: was off about him. One day, I was in the
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  Speaker 1: kitchen late at night making a snack. I just finished
• 1:29
  Speaker 1: a sandwich and turned around. John was standing in the
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  Speaker 1: doorway watching me. I didn't hear him come so Seeing
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  Speaker 1: him suddenly jolted me.
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  Speaker 2: Whoa John, Why are you?
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  Speaker 1: He didn't let me finish. You should be more careful,
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  Speaker 1: his voice low and icy. Someone could sneak up on you.
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  Speaker 1: I laughed nervously. Uh yeah, I guess he didn't laugh back.
• 1:55
  Speaker 1: He just stared blankly, then walked away. I didn't pay
• 1:59
  Speaker 1: attention to a weird interaction that night. A few days later,
• 2:03
  Speaker 1: I accidentally spilled juice on the carpet in the living room.
• 2:06
  Speaker 1: John was watching TV, and he snapped. His face turned
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  Speaker 1: red and his eyes bloodshot in anger. Do you know
• 2:14
  Speaker 1: how expensive this carpet is? He shouted, leaning down on
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  Speaker 1: my face. His bad breath and spit almost made me vomit. Hi,
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  Speaker 1: I'm sorry, I stammered. Sorry isn't good enough, he said,
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  Speaker 1: his eyes narrowing.
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  Speaker 2: Do you need to do better? Do you understand me?
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  Speaker 1: He grabbed me by my shoulders and shook me like
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  Speaker 1: some helpless lamb. I nodded quickly, almost tearing up. And
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  Speaker 1: then there was the night I heard them arguing. Mom's
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  Speaker 1: voice was shaky, pleading John, please calm down, she said,
• 2:52
  Speaker 1: don't tell me to calm down, he roared. I peeked
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  Speaker 1: into the living room, my stomach twisting. John was towering
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  Speaker 1: over her, his fists clenched. Mom looked so small and scared.
• 3:05
  Speaker 1: Her chin was bleeding, and she had bruises on her arms.
• 3:09
  Speaker 1: Enough is enough? I decided to dig into John's past.
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  Speaker 1: I found an old shoe box in his closet. Hidden
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  Speaker 1: beneath a pile of clothes. Inside were fake Eyed's credit
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  Speaker 1: cards with different names and stacks of cash. My hands
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  Speaker 1: trembled as I pieced it together. John wasn't who he
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  Speaker 1: said he was. He's lying. He's lying to my mom,
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  Speaker 1: to all of us. I had to tell Mom, but
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  Speaker 1: I wanted to wait until I got home from school
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  Speaker 1: the next day.
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  Speaker 2: I wanted Liam there too.
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  Speaker 1: That afternoon, As the final bell rang, I grabbed my
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  Speaker 1: backpack and headed toward the parking lot. I was a
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  Speaker 1: lock in my bike's chain when a familiar voice spoke
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  Speaker 1: behind me. Did you go through my belonging?
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  Speaker 2: Sweetheart? Drops of sweat appeared on my forehead. As I
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  Speaker 2: turned around, John was leaning on me, a dark, evil
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  Speaker 2: smile on his face.
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  Speaker 1: Terra, terra, terra, he said, his voice calm, but menacing,
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  Speaker 1: We need to talk.
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  Speaker 2: II. I don't want to talk to you, I said,
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  Speaker 2: backing away.
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  Speaker 1: He took a step closer, pulling a knife from his jacket.
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  Speaker 1: You should have minded your own business, little birdie. The
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  Speaker 1: parking lot was nearly empty. I screamed for help, but
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  Speaker 1: my voice echoed into the void, but no one hurt me.
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  Speaker 1: I tried to run, but John lunged at me, twisting
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  Speaker 1: my arm. I fought back, kicking and struggling, but he
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  Speaker 1: started dragging me toward his car. He stumped me on
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  Speaker 1: the bonnet and then sat me in the shoulder. The
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  Speaker 1: feeling of flesh slashing and blood pouring is not something
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  Speaker 1: any teenager should experience. I knew if I gave up,
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  Speaker 1: this man would kill me and make my death seem
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  Speaker 1: like an accident. Adrenaline surged through me. I grabbed his wrist,
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  Speaker 1: twisting it as hard as I could. The knife clattered
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  Speaker 1: to the ground, and I dove for it let go,
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  Speaker 1: He shouted, trying to pull me back, but I was faster.
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  Speaker 2: I swung the knife toward him, my hand trembling.
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  Speaker 1: He lunged again, and I reacted on instinct, plunging the
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  Speaker 1: blade into his chest. He stumbled back, his eyes wide
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  Speaker 1: with shock, then collapsed onto the pavement. I stood there,
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  Speaker 1: gasping for breath, blood dripping.
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  Speaker 2: From my shoulder. My hands were shaking.
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  Speaker 1: So badly I could barely hold the knife. A teacher
• 5:30
  Speaker 1: ran over, shouting for help. Sirens wailed in the distance
• 5:34
  Speaker 1: as the world blurred around me. The Tara Newell case
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  Speaker 1: is a remarkable story of survival and resilience, highlighted in
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  Speaker 1: the true crime podcast and.
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  Speaker 2: TV series Dirty John.
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  Speaker 1: Tara, the youngest daughter of Deborah Newall, became the unexpected
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  Speaker 1: hero and a terrifying encounter with John Meehan, a con
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  Speaker 1: artist an abusive man who manipulated Deborah into a time relationship.
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  Speaker 1: On August twentieth, twenty sixteen, John ambushed Tara in a
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  Speaker 1: parking lot with the intent to harm her. After his
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  Speaker 1: manipulative schemes were exposed. However, Tara fought back fiercely. Despite
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  Speaker 1: being attacked with a knife, she managed to wrestle it
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  Speaker 1: away and fatally stab him in self defense. Her quick
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  Speaker 1: thinking and bravery saved her life. The case sheds light
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  Speaker 1: on the dangers of abusive relationships, the power of self defense,
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  Speaker 1: and the strength of the human spirit. Tara's actions made
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  Speaker 1: her a symbol of courage, inspiring others to trust their
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  Speaker 1: instincts and fight for their safety. My name is Anna
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  Speaker 1: and I work as a showgirl in Las Vegas. That's
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  Speaker 1: not a glamorous life, but it's the one I built
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  Speaker 1: for myself. After running away from my abusive parents at seventeen.
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  Speaker 1: With no degree and no skill that could land me
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  Speaker 1: a good job, I had to take whatever came my way.
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  Speaker 2: That's how I ended up here on a.
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  Speaker 1: Dimly lit stage, dancing under neon lights, surrounded by men
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  Speaker 1: with lustful eyes. The nightclub was packed as usual. The
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  Speaker 1: air was thick with smoke and the scent of cheap cologne.
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  Speaker 1: Men sat at small, sticky tables, sipping overpriced drinks while
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  Speaker 1: watching us perform. My heels clipped against the stage as
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  Speaker 1: I danced, the pole cold against my skin. I was
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  Speaker 1: used to the stairs by now, even the occasional whistles
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  Speaker 1: and shouts. It was part of the job. But that
• 7:31
  Speaker 1: night one customer stood out. He was sitting in the
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  Speaker 1: bar corner, shrouded in shadows. I wouldn't have noticed him
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  Speaker 1: at all if it weren't for his eyes. They seemed
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  Speaker 1: to glow, almost like a predator's eyes in the dark.
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  Speaker 2: They never left me, watching every move.
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  Speaker 1: I made a chill ran down my spine, but I
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  Speaker 1: pushed the feeling aside. Creepy guys came with the territory.
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  Speaker 1: When my set ended, I headed to the bar for
• 7:57
  Speaker 1: a quick drink of water. That's when he approached me, Edna,
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  Speaker 1: he said, his voice low and smooth. I froze. How
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  Speaker 1: did he know my name? He smiled, his teeth unnervingly white.
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  Speaker 1: Your performance was mesmerizing. Thanks, I said, flatly, not wanting
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  Speaker 1: to encourage him. He extended a hand a Yoni, I
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  Speaker 1: didn't take it. Nice to meet you, I said, keeping
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  Speaker 1: my distance. Let me buy you a drink. He offered,
• 8:29
  Speaker 1: his tone insistent, no thanks, I said, trying to be polite.
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  Speaker 1: Come on, he pressed, his smile, tightening Just one drink,
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  Speaker 1: I said, no, I replied, stepping away. As I turned
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  Speaker 1: to leave, I heard the crash of glass behind me.
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  Speaker 1: I whipped around to see Yannie standing there, blood dripping
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  Speaker 1: from his hand. He had crushed the glass he was holding,
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  Speaker 1: and chargs were embedded in his palm, but he was
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  Speaker 1: smiling oops, his voice light as if it were a joke.
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  Speaker 2: My stomach churned.
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  Speaker 1: I hurried away, my heart pounding, and found two of
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  Speaker 1: my coworkers, Lisa and Jade, smoking outside in the back alley.
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  Speaker 2: Some guy just freaked me out.
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  Speaker 1: I told them, trying to shake off the unease. Before
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  Speaker 1: they could respond, Yanni appeared, stepping out of the shadows,
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  Speaker 1: like he'd been waiting.
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  Speaker 2: There the whole time.
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  Speaker 1: There you are, Anna, he said, his voice dripping was
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  Speaker 1: something I could in place obsession. Maybe I thought we
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  Speaker 1: were getting to know each other. Lisa narrowed her eyes.
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  Speaker 2: Who the hell is this?
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  Speaker 1: I just wanted a picture, Yanni said, ignoring Lisa and
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  Speaker 1: staring straight at me, A picture with the most beautiful girl.
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  Speaker 2: In the club. No, leave me alone.
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  Speaker 1: He stepped closer, and Lisa, always the fiery one, slapped
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  Speaker 1: him hard across the face.
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  Speaker 2: Did you not hear her? She said?
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  Speaker 1: No?
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  Speaker 2: Creep? I backed away, shaking Yoni, I'm serious. Leave me alone.
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  Speaker 2: A no is a no? Do you understand that? For
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  Speaker 2: a moment.
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  Speaker 1: He just stood there, his face calm, his eyes dead.
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  Speaker 1: Then he turned and walked away. Lisa snorted, what a cycle.
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  Speaker 1: But before we could even breathe a sigh of relief,
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  Speaker 1: he came back. Running. This time he wasn't alone. He
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  Speaker 1: was holding a knife.
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  Speaker 2: Lisa saw it first.
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  Speaker 1: What that? Before she could finish, Yannie lunged at her,
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  Speaker 1: the blade flashing under the alley's dim light.
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  Speaker 2: He stabbed her.
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  Speaker 1: Once and again and again, laughing as he did it.
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  Speaker 1: The sound of his laughter, high pitched and hysterical, will
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  Speaker 1: haunt me forever, Jade screamed, But I was frozen. My
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  Speaker 1: feet rooted to the ground. As Lisa's blood cooled beneath her.
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  Speaker 1: Yannie turned to me, his smile wide and sane. You
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  Speaker 1: can't believe it or not, he said, his voice almost
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  Speaker 1: sings song you can't get away, insulting me.
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  Speaker 2: No one does.
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  Speaker 1: I stamped out of it and ran, my heels clattering
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  Speaker 1: against the pavement.
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  Speaker 2: But he was faster.
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  Speaker 1: He grabbed me by the hair, yanking me back so
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  Speaker 1: hard I thought my scalp would terror.
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  Speaker 2: He'll run for me, he.
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  Speaker 1: Shouted, his voice suddenly filled with rage. I screamed as
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  Speaker 1: I felt the knife pierced my back. The pain was searing, blinding,
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  Speaker 1: but adrenaline kicked in and I twisted out of his grip,
• 11:29
  Speaker 1: falling to the ground. By then, the chaos had spilled
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  Speaker 1: into the club. People were screaming and running in every direction.
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  Speaker 1: Jade shouted for security, tears streaming down her face as
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  Speaker 1: she cradled Lisa. Yanni tried to run, but the bouncers
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  Speaker 1: tackled him to the ground. He thrashed and screamed, his
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  Speaker 1: laughter turning into guttural howls. The cops arrived minutes later,
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  Speaker 1: dragging him away in cuffs. I was rushed to the hospital,
• 11:57
  Speaker 1: my vision blurring as the pain in my back became unbareble.
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  Speaker 1: Lisa didn't make it. Even now, I can still see
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  Speaker 1: Yanni's face when I closed my eyes, his glowing eyes,
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  Speaker 1: his twisted smile, his blood stained hands. That night didn't
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  Speaker 1: just change my life, It ended someone else's. I survived,
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  Speaker 1: but I'll never feel safe again. On October six, twenty
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  Speaker 1: twenty two, Yanni Barrios carried out a stabbing spray along
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  Speaker 1: the Las Vegas Strip, resulting in two deaths and six injuries.
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  Speaker 1: The attack began after Barrios approached a group of showgirl impersonators,
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  Speaker 1: and when they declined his request for a photo, he
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  Speaker 1: began attacking them and others nearby. Barrios exhibited a lack
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  Speaker 1: of empathy and remorse attacking strangers. His actions were impulsive
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  Speaker 1: and violent, aligning with behaviors often associated with psychopathy. The
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  Speaker 1: random nature of the attacks in a popular tourist area,
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  Speaker 1: combined with the brutality of the stabbings, left the community
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  Speaker 1: and nation in shock.
• 13:08
  Speaker 2: The Monon High Bridge Trail.
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  Speaker 1: Was our spot, a place where we could laugh as
• 13:12
  Speaker 1: loud as we wanted, take goofy pictures, and talk about
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  Speaker 1: everything we wouldn't dare say at school. That afternoon, the
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  Speaker 1: air felt heavier than usual, but we didn't think much
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  Speaker 1: of it. Abby and Libby and I had crossed the
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  Speaker 1: bridge so many times before. We just made it across,
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  Speaker 1: laughing at how I'd almost tripped over a gap in
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  Speaker 1: the planks. Libby was lagging, holding up her phone to
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  Speaker 1: snap one last picture of the tracks disappearing into the horizon,
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  Speaker 1: another one for Instagram.
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  Speaker 2: Abby teaste, rolling her eyes. You'll thank me when we're famous,
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  Speaker 2: Libby shot back with a grin.
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  Speaker 1: We didn't see him at first, A man stood at
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  Speaker 1: the far end of the bridge, stocky with a blue
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  Speaker 1: jacket and jeans, his cap pulled low.
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  Speaker 2: He wasn't moving, just staring. Alert. Abby mumbled, her voice
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  Speaker 2: just loud enough for us to hear.
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  Speaker 1: Let's just go, Libby said, tucking her phone into her pocket.
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  Speaker 1: We hurried off the bridge, trying not to look like
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  Speaker 1: we were panicking. But as soon as we passed him,
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  Speaker 1: he turned. His boots thudded against the wood, deliberate and heavy.
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  Speaker 1: Abby glanced back, her face pale, hey, he called out,
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  Speaker 1: his voice rough and sharp. We froze down the hill,
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  Speaker 1: he said, pulling a gun from his jacket. Libby grabbed
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  Speaker 1: Abby's hand and Abby launched onto mine. We stumbled down
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  Speaker 1: the steep, narrow trail, the sound of his boots crunching
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  Speaker 1: leaves behind us.
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  Speaker 2: My heart was pounding so loud. I could barely think.
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  Speaker 2: What does he want?
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  Speaker 1: Abby whispered. I didn't answer. My throat was dry, my
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  Speaker 1: legs heavy. Libby kept looking over her shoulder, her hands trembling.
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  Speaker 1: The trail ended near the creek. The water is dark
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  Speaker 1: and sluggish. The man pointed the gun at us and barked,
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  Speaker 1: on your knees. We dropped down. The mud was cold
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  Speaker 1: and sticky, soaking through my jeans. He pulled a knife
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  Speaker 1: from his jacket, its jagged blade catching the light.
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  Speaker 2: Libby begged, tears streaming down her face. Anything He grabbed
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  Speaker 2: her by the hair and yanked her back.
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  Speaker 1: The knife flashed across her throat in one brutaled motion.
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  Speaker 2: The sound was sharp and wet, like meat tearing apart.
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  Speaker 1: Blood sprayed from the wound, hot and bright, splattering across
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  Speaker 1: my face.
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  Speaker 2: Limby's eyes bolged, her mouth opening and closing as she gasped,
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  Speaker 2: clawing at her neck. Her legs kicked wildly, her shoes
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  Speaker 2: scraping at the mud as she tried to crawl away.
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  Speaker 2: The blood gusted faster, pooling around her. As her movement slowed.
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  Speaker 2: Her fingers twitched weakly and stilled. Her lifeless eyes stared
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  Speaker 2: up at the sky, frozen in an expression of terror.
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  Speaker 1: Abby screamed a sound so rawed made my stomach twist.
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  Speaker 1: She scrambled to her feet, but the man grabbed her
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  Speaker 1: and threw her back to the ground.
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  Speaker 2: Pretty little thing. He sneered, kneeling beside her.
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  Speaker 1: His voice was calm, almost playful, as he dragged the
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  Speaker 1: blade across her cheek, leaving a thin red line. I'll
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  Speaker 1: do anything, just don't don't, he interrupted, his tone mocking.
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  Speaker 2: You'd think Beggin's gonna save you.
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  Speaker 1: He pressed the knife under her chin, tilting her head up.
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  Speaker 1: Blood trickled down her neck as she whimpered. Stop crying,
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  Speaker 1: he said, his voice cold. Now they always cried. With
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  Speaker 1: one savage motion, he drove the blade into her stomach.
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  Speaker 1: Abby's scream was guttural, filling my ears with agony. His
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  Speaker 1: blood soaked her hoodie. Abby turned her head toward me,
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  Speaker 1: her eyes filled with panic. She gasped, her voice wet
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  Speaker 1: and weak. Blood bubbled from her lips as she tried
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  Speaker 1: to speak again, but her head slumped forward, her body
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  Speaker 1: convulsing as her screams turned to gurgles.
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  Speaker 2: I ran, I don't remember thinking, only moving.
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  Speaker 1: My legs burned as I pushed through the brush, branches
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  Speaker 1: tearing at my face. Behind me, I could hear his
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  Speaker 1: boots crunching leaves, and the sound of my friend's screams
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  Speaker 1: fading in the distance. I tripped, hitting the ground hard.
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  Speaker 1: My palms sank into the wet dirt, my hands tainted
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  Speaker 1: with blood, Libby's blood. I gagged, but forced myself up.
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  Speaker 1: The woods seemed endless, trees closing in around me. My
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  Speaker 1: breath was ragged, my chest aching, but I didn't stop
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  Speaker 1: until I burst onto the road. Headlights blinded me. As
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  Speaker 1: a car skidded to a stop. I collapsed onto the pavement,
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  Speaker 1: screaming incoherently.
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  Speaker 2: A woman jumped out of the car, her face pale.
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  Speaker 2: All I could utter was he's got them.
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  Speaker 1: I spent the next forty eight hours in the hospital,
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  Speaker 1: and when I came back to my senses, I heard
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  Speaker 1: the horrible news. The search teams had found my friends,
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  Speaker 1: Abby and Libby. My best friends were gone. Their bodies
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  Speaker 1: were found near the creek, mutilated beyond recognition. Libby's phone
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  Speaker 1: had captured a grainy image of the man on the bridge,
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  Speaker 1: the recording of his voice forever echoing in our town
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  Speaker 1: down the hill. When Richard Allen was arrested in twenty
• 18:28
  Speaker 1: twenty two, we thought we'd feel relief, but knowing him
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  Speaker 1: didn't make it better. He wasn't a monster hiding in
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  Speaker 1: the woods. He was somewhat we'd passed in the grocery store.
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  Speaker 1: Even now, their screams echo in my dreams, the knife,
• 18:43
  Speaker 1: the blood, their wide terrified eyes. It's all burned into
• 18:48
  Speaker 1: my memory, and that voice, low and steady, still whispers
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  Speaker 1: in my ear down the hill.
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  Speaker 2: It'll haunt me forever. Quarry of two thousand and seventeen,
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  Speaker 2: thirteen year old Abigail Williams and fourteen year old Liberty
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  Speaker 2: German were found murdered near the Monon high Bridge and Delphi, Indiana.
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  Speaker 1: The case drew national attention, especially after police released a
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  Speaker 1: photo and audio of a suspect captured on Liberty's phone.
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  Speaker 2: Despite extensive investigations, the case remained unsolved for years. In
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  Speaker 2: October twenty twenty two, Richard Allen, a local resident, was
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  Speaker 2: arrested and charged with their murders. In November twenty twenty four,
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  Speaker 2: Allen was convicted on all counts and subsequently sentenced to
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  Speaker 2: one hundred and thirty years in prison.