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Midday Missing - Michael Calvert & Nicole Baldwin · True Crime and Wine Time

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Speaker 1: Hello, everyone, Happy Wednesday. I hope everyone watching is having
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Speaker 1: a good week so far and that you are staying
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Speaker 1: cool if you were in the line of all of
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Speaker 1: this crazy heat wave. I am Terry True Crime and
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Speaker 1: Welcome to Midday Missing, where I cover current missing person
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Speaker 1: I'm going to get a little irritated today, Okay, so
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Speaker 1: you're all just going to need to give me some grace.
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Speaker 2: Okay.
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Speaker 1: Now, first, I want to tell you about Nicole Baldwin.
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Speaker 1: She is a forty one year old mother of three.
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Speaker 1: She was last seen on November two, twenty twenty three,
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Speaker 1: at her home in Mount Door, Florida. Guys, her mystery,
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Speaker 1: her mystery. Her disappearance still remains a mystery now. Nicole
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Speaker 1: was last observed by one of her daughters leaving the
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Speaker 1: house under some unusual circumstances. Okay, she departed without taking
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Speaker 1: any of her personal belongings, including her cell phone, apple watch,
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Speaker 1: and her purse. And guys, she was dressed in a
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Speaker 1: nightgown and was barefoot, so she left behind. I mean,
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Speaker 1: it's just purple to everyone that what has happened to her?
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Speaker 1: She left in that nightgown, She's fearfooted, and her family
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Speaker 1: is deeply concerned. Oh guys, sorry, my nose is running
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Speaker 1: today with all these allergies. Now, guys, the community response
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Speaker 1: to Nicole's disappearance has been heartfelt and persistent. They have
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Speaker 1: done an amazing job of getting the word out there.
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Speaker 2: Now.
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Speaker 1: The Mountdoor Police Department, alongside numerous volunteers, have conducted multiple
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Speaker 1: searches in the surrounding area. But guys, these extensive efforts
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Speaker 1: have yet to yield any significant leads. But despite the challenges,
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Speaker 1: local residents continue to organize searches and hold vigils to
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Speaker 1: raise awareness and keep Nichole's case in the public eye.
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Speaker 1: And guys, that's what it takes. You've got to keep
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Speaker 1: it out there.
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Speaker 2: Now.
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Speaker 1: During the course of the investigation, police conducted a thorough
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Speaker 1: search of Nichole's home, right expected, but it led to
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Speaker 1: an unexpected development. Several items were taken into evidence, including computers. Now,
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Speaker 1: upon examination of these computers by law enforcement, they discover
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Speaker 1: child pornography, which resulted in the arrest of Nichole's husband,
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Speaker 1: Brett Baldwin, on federal charges. Brett was subsequently indicted on
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Speaker 1: four accounts of possessing images depicting children under twelve engaged
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Speaker 1: in sexual acts. Now, guys, they have stress this has
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Speaker 1: nothing to do with Nicole's disappearance, just saying that while
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Speaker 1: going through stuff looking for clues about her, they found
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Speaker 1: this information, they acted on it, and they did say
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Speaker 1: that the timingness has added a little bit of complexity
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Speaker 1: to this case. So wanted to just put that out there.
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Speaker 1: But also when l you know, it doesn't have anything
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Speaker 1: to do with her disappearance. Now, in a surprising turn
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Speaker 1: of events, about three months after Nicole went missing, police
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Speaker 1: conducted a search on the home of one of the
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Speaker 1: community volunteers who had been very active involved in the
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Speaker 1: search efforts. This volunteer who has been instrumental in organizing
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Speaker 1: searches and raising awareness. She reported that police examined her
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Speaker 1: phone and electronic devices. They were suspecting that she was
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Speaker 1: finding information, possibly that she wasn't sharing, But she maintains
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Speaker 1: that she has done nothing wrong and she is not
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Speaker 1: withholding any information. Okay, but I couldn't find anything where
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Speaker 1: the police disclosed why they did this search, which makes
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Speaker 1: me a little suspicious, and it definitely adds some uncertainty
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Speaker 1: to this right But what I can see, she is
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Speaker 1: still out there trying to find Nicole.
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Speaker 2: Now. As the months have passed, the.
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Speaker 1: Nature of this investigation took a very serious turn. In
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Speaker 1: April of this year, the police announced they were reclassifying
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Speaker 1: Nicole's disappearance as a homicide. However, they have not revealed
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Speaker 1: the specific evidence or reason behind this shift from a
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Speaker 1: missing person case to a homicide investigation. Just went missing
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Speaker 1: in two thousand and three. It's kind of quick. While
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Speaker 1: this is alarming to me, but I also have to
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Speaker 1: say it brings hope that me more resources and attention
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Speaker 1: will be dedicated to finding answers, because, as we've learned
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Speaker 1: since we've started Midday, missing police a lot of times
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Speaker 1: don't do a lot with missing person cases, especially as
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Speaker 1: an adult, and by reclassifying it as a homicide, it
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Speaker 1: means they're going to look at it in a lot
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Speaker 1: different way. Also makes me think that they have some
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Speaker 1: information and evidence that they're not sharing with us. They
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Speaker 1: did tell the family before they made this change, so
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Speaker 1: I'm hoping they shared that with them. But it's also
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Speaker 1: important to note that cases like this are often unpredictable.
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Speaker 2: Okay.
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Speaker 1: In similar situations, as we just heard about last week,
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Speaker 1: individuals believe to be deceased have later been found alive. Okay,
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Speaker 1: So unless they know something specific that they're not sharing,
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Speaker 1: there is still that possibility.
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Speaker 2: Now.
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Speaker 1: Nicole's daughters, who are desperately missing their mother, they are
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Speaker 1: still clinging to hope that she will be found alive
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Speaker 1: and they are pleading for her safe return.
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Speaker 2: Police have said.
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Speaker 1: They do not believe Nicole lefte voluntarily, and they say
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Speaker 1: foul play is involved. Okay, as I sorry, guys, As
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Speaker 1: I have said before, maybe she went outside on her own,
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Speaker 1: but it's a crazy world, something could have happened, someone
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Speaker 1: could have taken her from there. So a ten thousand
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Speaker 1: dollars reward is being offered for any information that leads
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Speaker 1: to the resolution of this case. So if you have
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Speaker 1: any information or cart regarding the Cole Baldwin, please contact
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Speaker 1: crime Line at eight hundred four two three eight four
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Speaker 1: seven seven and remember your tip could be the key
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Speaker 1: that brings the coal home and provides closure to her
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Speaker 1: grieving family.
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Speaker 2: Now, you can.
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Speaker 1: Also stay up to date by following the Help Find
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Speaker 1: the Cole Baldwin Facebook page, as well as sharing the
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Speaker 1: missing person flyers from our podcast page or from Terry
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Speaker 1: True Crime Facebook page. Guys, allergies are horrible here, and
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Speaker 1: I took some decongestins and I'm having to drink a
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Speaker 1: lot of water because I'm feeling a little dehydrated. Now, guys,
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Speaker 1: heads up, this next case has my head spinning, and
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Speaker 1: not in a good way.
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Speaker 2: Okay.
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Speaker 1: If you follow the podcast True Crime and Mind Time,
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Speaker 1: or if you've seen or listened to the Special Investigation
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Speaker 1: into the Disappearance of Chase Lackey, then you've heard me
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Speaker 1: talk about how Harris County Sheriff's Office totally fed up
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Speaker 1: on his case. They never treated his apartment as a
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Speaker 1: crime scene, and let's be honest, they've never really worked
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Speaker 1: this case. Well, this next case is also a case
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Speaker 1: in Harris County, and in my opinion, they fed up
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Speaker 1: even more. Okay, I also want to call out the
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Speaker 1: Houston media in news channels, I only found one news
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Speaker 1: report done by Fox twenty six, and that was the
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Speaker 1: day after this person was reported missing. That's it Harris
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Speaker 1: County Sheriff's office posted at one time that I found
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Speaker 1: and that's just not cool. Now, this case is in Channelview, Texas.
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Speaker 1: It's right next to north Shore, where I grew up,
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Speaker 1: and I got to think him when I was writing this.
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Speaker 1: I've always wondered why Northshore was called Houston, but channel View,
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Speaker 1: right down the road was channel View instead of Houston.
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Speaker 1: Oh well, so I spent a lot of hours between
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Speaker 1: Northshore and Channelview. Okay, I even went to church there.
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Speaker 1: My mom went to church there. So my very first
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Speaker 1: boyfriend was from Channelview. So guess I'm saying I know
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Speaker 1: the area well, or I did know that area well.
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Speaker 1: I also grew up thinking that if anything went wrong,
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Speaker 1: that Harris County Sheriff's Department would be Johnny on the
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Speaker 1: spot and help. I always felt safe because Harris County
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Speaker 1: was known to do their job. I was either a
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Speaker 1: naive kid or things have challenged changed. Okay, Now, not
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Speaker 1: all of the Harris County Sheriff's deputies are bad. I
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Speaker 1: have a couple that are friends and they do their jobs.
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Speaker 1: They're not a missing person's but they do their jobs.
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Speaker 1: The problem is the higher ups and the lack of
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Speaker 1: focus on missing person cases, especially cases when it's not
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Speaker 1: a young child or a white female who's attractive and pure.
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Speaker 1: I mean, let's be honest. If you're a white female
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Speaker 1: that has an imperfect life, that's hard that you're not
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Speaker 1: going to get much help. Same if you're a male. Okay,
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Speaker 1: now I will say maybe if you're connected or have
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Speaker 1: a lot of money, I bet you could get help.
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Speaker 1: No matter what you look like or the life you lead.
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Speaker 1: And when I say an imperfect life, I am talking
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Speaker 1: about maybe you've had a criminal past before, maybe you
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Speaker 1: have a DWI, maybe you smoked pot, Maybe you are
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Speaker 1: a topless dancer, maybe you are a sex worker. You're
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Speaker 1: going to not get the same attention and guys, that
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Speaker 1: is wrong, Okay. Michael James Calvert went missing from Channelview, Texas.
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Speaker 1: Like I said, it's part of the Houston Metroplex on
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Speaker 1: January twenty first, twenty sixteen. Michael was twenty nine years
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Speaker 1: old at the time of his disappearance. He was last
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Speaker 1: seen on Coolidge Street in Channel View. Now, Michael left
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Speaker 1: behind his vehicle, wallet, and other personal belongings. But guys,
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Speaker 1: he also left behind his young children and his partner.
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Speaker 1: I'm not sure if they were married common law, but
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Speaker 1: he did leave behind a special someone. Now Michael has
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Speaker 1: Cameron and Chloe tattooed in the middle of his back
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Speaker 1: and the word Toyota tattooed on his left shoulder. I
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Speaker 1: did see posts where people called him Toyota, so I'm
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Speaker 1: thinking that's kind of a nickname. And he had a
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Speaker 1: scar above his left eyebrow. Guys, that's it. That is
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Speaker 1: all you can find online.
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Speaker 2: That's it.
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Speaker 1: Besides the one report by Fox News twenty six There's
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Speaker 1: been zilt done by the media, and I want to
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Speaker 1: publicly shame the Houston News channels. Okay, Michael has small children,
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Speaker 1: and he left behind a loving partner. He's also someone's son,
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Speaker 1: a loved one, a friend. He deserves to be found
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Speaker 1: and he deserves. For the Sheriff's department to look for
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Speaker 1: him in the media, Damn Will should have reported more
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Speaker 1: on him. The fact that that is all I could
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Speaker 1: find is disgusting.
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Speaker 2: And let me tell you it's not because of the family.
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Speaker 1: They have a Facebook page, they did a get together
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Speaker 1: for his birthday, continually posting, and are not getting any
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Speaker 1: help from Harris County or the news guys. That compounds
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Speaker 1: a family's tragedy even more. And I don't understand why
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Speaker 1: anyone would want to hurt a family who is already
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Speaker 1: going through something so terrible. Okay, that is beyond reasoning
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Speaker 1: to me. Makes my head spin, and it makes me
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Speaker 1: ashamed to say that I used to think they were
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Speaker 1: one of the premier law enforcement groups. I like I said,
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Speaker 1: Maybe I was naive. I would have said Harris County
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Speaker 1: Sheriffs or even better than the rangers.
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Speaker 2: Tells you I was wrong. Okay.
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Speaker 1: Now, I don't know why they can say they're understaff.
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Speaker 1: They can tell me whatever they want to say. But
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Speaker 1: as we've learned with Chase Lackey's case, they do not
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Speaker 1: keep the parents updated. They do not I am still
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Speaker 1: waiting a call back on a callback from the new
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Speaker 1: detective on the cold case. Still haven't heard anything back
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Speaker 1: that tells you they're not keeping families informed and they
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Speaker 1: are not helping these families, and that's wrong. So I
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Speaker 1: am giving you all a call to action. Besides just
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Speaker 1: asking for you to share Michael's missing personflyers, I'm going
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Speaker 1: to ask you all to email the Harris County Sheriff
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Speaker 1: at Gonzales and let him know that it is not
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Speaker 1: acceptable that he and his officers do not work for
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Speaker 1: all of the citizens in his area, because if they did,
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Speaker 1: Michael's family would have gotten more assistance from them, and
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Speaker 1: then the media would have reported more on his disappearance. Now,
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Speaker 1: you can email him at Sheriff Gonzales at Sheriff dot
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Speaker 1: hc TX dot net. I will post and tag them
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Speaker 1: after we finished today, because maybe, just maybe, if he
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Speaker 1: gets a lot of email, a lot of tags on
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Speaker 1: social media, maybe he will instruct his team to get
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Speaker 1: off their ass and work on Michael's disappearance. His family
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Speaker 1: deserves for him to be found and they deserve to
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Speaker 1: be treated with respect. And what am I talking about.
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Speaker 1: When I say respect, it means you help them, you
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Speaker 1: keep in contact with them. I don't care if it's
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Speaker 1: a quick voicemail once a month. Hey, just want you
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Speaker 1: to know we haven't forgotten about Michael. No new tips,
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Speaker 1: but we haven't forgotten.
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Speaker 2: Okay.
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Speaker 1: How hard is that to do? Tell me, Harris County,
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Speaker 1: how hard is that to do?
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Speaker 2: Tell you this.
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Speaker 1: I am very glad that my granddaughter, who lives in
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Speaker 1: the Houston area, does not live in the Harris County
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Speaker 1: district because if something happened to her, I can tell
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Speaker 1: you Sheriff Gonzalez would have me behind bars pretty damn
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Speaker 1: quick because he would not want to mess with me
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Speaker 1: if something happens. So I also want to ask you
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Speaker 1: to go follow the missing Michael J. Calvert page on Facebook.
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Speaker 1: It is run by his loved ones. Let's show them
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Speaker 1: that we care and let's get the word out. Since
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Speaker 1: the news stations and Harris County Sheriff's Department is once
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Speaker 1: again failing one of their citizens. The fact that that
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Speaker 1: is all I can say about a man who went
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Speaker 1: missing is horrible and they should be ashamed of themselves. Sorry, guys,
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Speaker 1: I skipped a lot of the f words and a
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Speaker 1: lot of the stuff because I have goosebumps and if
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Speaker 1: I had the time to investigate Michael Calvert's disappearance. Like
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Speaker 1: we've done with Chase, I would do it in a heartbeat,
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Speaker 1: but as we know, I have a full time job.
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Speaker 1: But with that being said, it doesn't mean I'm still
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Speaker 1: not going to do some snooping around. I'm still not
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Speaker 1: going to ask some of our wonderful volunteers to maybe help.
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Speaker 1: And I also want to tell people if you know
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Speaker 1: something about what happened to Michael Calvert and you don't
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Speaker 1: want to call Harris County because you think they're not
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Speaker 1: going to do shit, you can call the tip line
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Speaker 1: we have set up for Chase. Just please say that
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Speaker 1: you're calling about Michael, so we know that numbers five one, two, five, five, three, nine,
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Speaker 1: four eight four. I will make sure that tip gets
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Speaker 1: into the hands of somebody who will do something with it.
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Speaker 1: So I want Michael's family to know just because Harris
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Speaker 1: County and the Houston News media has let you down,
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Speaker 1: I personally and will make sure we post and can
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Speaker 1: share as much as we can, and we have a
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Speaker 1: great community.
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Speaker 2: I will be asking.
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Speaker 1: Our Discord group and our Facebook group, which has over
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Speaker 1: five thousand followers, to get the word out. I grew
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Speaker 1: up in that area, still know a lot of people. Okay,
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Speaker 1: and that number again is five, one, two, five, five, three, nine,
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Speaker 1: four eight four. Okay, take a dream, and I'm going
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Speaker 1: to try to calm down.
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Speaker 2: Now today.
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Speaker 1: Instead of ending with a happy story, I want to
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Speaker 1: share with you some tools and some things that you
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Speaker 1: can do if you have a loved one who goes missing. You.
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Speaker 1: I would love to say that there is a handbook,
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Speaker 1: but just like having a baby, there's not a handbook.
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Speaker 1: There's some tips and suggestions, but there is not a
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Speaker 1: definite way to go. And I want to say, we
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Speaker 1: all think it will not happen to us, but as
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Speaker 1: I have learn since I decided to break my rule
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Speaker 1: of never getting involved in a missing person case, I
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Speaker 1: am so thankful and grateful that I got involved in
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Speaker 1: Chase's case. And I am shocked to find out how
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Speaker 1: many people go missing. And we need to think about that. Okay,
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Speaker 1: we know it can happen to anyone. And I will
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Speaker 1: type this up and put this in a document format
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Speaker 1: and share it on our social in case anybody wants it,
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Speaker 1: print it, whatever, because I know just listening to it,
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Speaker 1: if you're driving or whatever, you can't write it down.
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Speaker 1: The first thing you want to do is contact the
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Speaker 1: police immediately. As soon as you realize your loved one
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Speaker 1: is missing and you verified they're not, you know, with
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Speaker 1: a family member or friend, contact the police without delay.
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Speaker 1: Do not wait twenty four hours. Okay, even if authority
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Speaker 1: suggests to you then an adult has the right to
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Speaker 1: go missing, or that your teenagers runaway, stand firm and
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Speaker 1: clearly explain to them why this is not the case.
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Speaker 1: Explain to them how much your loved one keeps in
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Speaker 1: touch by phone, text messages, how your teenager was looking
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Speaker 1: forward to going to a dance, whatever it is. Do
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Speaker 1: not let them just push you aside. Okay, you keep
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Speaker 1: doing it. Now, you're going to want to prepare the
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Speaker 1: essential information to give to them and that you're going
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Speaker 1: to use. You want to have a current photo of
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Speaker 1: the missing person ready with a detailed description. That detailed
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Speaker 1: description needs to include tattoos, scars, you can put piercings.
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Speaker 1: Just remember if they come out over time may not
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Speaker 1: be as noticeable. Their date of birth, the date and
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Speaker 1: time they were last seen, and where if for example
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Speaker 1: Chase's case, he was known to be in his apartment
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Speaker 1: and he texted someone at night, that's the kind of
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Speaker 1: information but they also got the information of when he
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Speaker 1: was last seen by somebody, description of the clothes they
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Speaker 1: were last seen wearing. If you have them who they
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Speaker 1: were with, Were they with John Doe from ABC and
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Speaker 1: you saw them, you want to give that information. You
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Speaker 1: want to give them their social media account user names. Also,
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Speaker 1: do not log into their accounts yourself. Do not do
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Speaker 1: that if you have the passwords. I know how tempting
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Speaker 1: it's going to be. Don't do it because that could
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Speaker 1: prevent the police from using that for leads. And if
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Speaker 1: foul play happens and it ever goes to court, that
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Speaker 1: information will not be able to be used if a
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Speaker 1: loved one got in there. So just share their screen names,
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Speaker 1: their Facebook book, their Instagram, their Twitter x whatever it's called,
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Speaker 1: their Snapchat, share that, share their vehicle information, what it
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Speaker 1: looks like, and the license plate if they are a
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Speaker 1: tribal affiliation. Because guys, we have a lot of Indigenous
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Speaker 1: people who go missing and they do not get the resources.
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Speaker 1: It's even worse than what Harris County does. Okay, guys,
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Speaker 1: all of that is going to be crucial for your
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Speaker 1: missing person report. Now you don't have to have all
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Speaker 1: of that when you make that report. But just know
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Speaker 1: the more information you give them, the better they can
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Speaker 1: get started. Okay, but don't hold off on the report
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Speaker 1: because you need their license plate number. Go ahead and
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Speaker 1: give them what you have.
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Speaker 2: Okay.
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Speaker 1: Then you're going to want to utilize national resources. You're
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Speaker 1: going to want to contact NamUs. They're the National Missing
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Speaker 1: and Unidentified Person System.
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Speaker 2: Okay.
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Speaker 1: When your police department gives you that case number, you're
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Speaker 1: going to give that to NamUs. They will get that posted. Now,
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Speaker 1: if your loved one is a minor, also reach out
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Speaker 1: to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children also
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Speaker 1: known as nc MIS and guys. Leverage social media. Believe
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Speaker 1: it or not, social media can be bad. There's a
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Speaker 1: lot of trolls, but you can get the word out.
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Speaker 1: So get it out as quickly as possible. Create a
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Speaker 1: dedicated mage for the missing person. Encourage others to share
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Speaker 1: it widely. Go share that page and any information to
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Speaker 1: any Facebook page or Instagram page for your community. Now
24:45
Speaker 1: you're going to want to organize a search. If you
24:47
Speaker 1: know they were seen walking down the road on Beltway eight,
24:51
Speaker 1: gather family and fringe start searching. Okay, do not wait
24:56
Speaker 1: for police. Also, go look in locations your loved one frequents.
25:00
Speaker 1: If you know your loved one likes to go walk
25:03
Speaker 1: around this particular lake every day, go check that lake.
25:08
Speaker 1: Look around there. Maybe they went for a walk. Maybe
25:11
Speaker 1: that happened, So check those places.
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Speaker 2: Okay.
25:15
Speaker 1: Also, if they use a location sharing app like Life
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Speaker 1: three sixty or the Apple, try to determine their last
25:23
Speaker 1: known location. Hopefully they've shared it with someone. Now engage
25:29
Speaker 1: local and media. Don't wait for the police to contact
25:33
Speaker 1: the media. You need to take the lead. You need
25:37
Speaker 1: to alert your local news stations immediately.
25:39
Speaker 2: You need to.
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Speaker 1: Sell them on the person and why this person it's
25:45
Speaker 1: so important that they be found. They're a mom, they're
25:50
Speaker 1: a son, they love to rescue dogs. Whatever it is
25:55
Speaker 1: about that person. They're looking for that story. So get
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Speaker 1: it to them. And guys, if you don't get a response,
26:05
Speaker 1: keep reaching out until you do. Tag them on Facebook,
26:09
Speaker 1: tag them on Twitter, tag them everywhere. You can find
26:13
Speaker 1: email addresses for the news desk. You can find phone numbers.
26:18
Speaker 1: Somebody put together a group, somebody handle that. Social media, okay,
26:23
Speaker 1: but expand your reach. Reach out to podcast, social media
26:28
Speaker 1: influencers and platforms dedicated to missing persons, especially those in
26:33
Speaker 1: your area.
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Speaker 2: Okay.
26:36
Speaker 1: Their networks can help amplify the search for your loved ones. Also,
26:40
Speaker 1: you're going to want to create a missing person flyer.
26:43
Speaker 1: Those are you that are in the Houston area. Grizzyhood News,
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Speaker 1: phenomenal Person. She won't put up a missing person flyer
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Speaker 1: unless it has the police report number and the police
26:55
Speaker 1: phone number. Get it out to social media, get it
26:58
Speaker 1: out to your community.
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Speaker 2: Okay.
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Speaker 1: Now, I put together just a quick list of organizations
27:04
Speaker 1: you can reach out to. You can, of course give
27:07
Speaker 1: it a Google or Google it and you can find
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Speaker 1: them in your area and national ones. Texas Equisearch, if
27:14
Speaker 1: you're anywhere in Texas, they are to go. They are
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Speaker 1: the go to bomb. Tim Doesn't Amate, amazing job, the
27:22
Speaker 1: Charlie Project, the Dough Network, like the Way Missing, the
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Speaker 1: Gappy Potato Foundation, especially if you suspect domestic violence is involved,
27:34
Speaker 1: a lot of resources and guys, there are many many more.
27:37
Speaker 1: I will cost you check to make sure they are legitimate.
27:42
Speaker 1: If you find them on Facebook, go ahead and google
27:44
Speaker 1: them make sure. Okay, there's a lot of not great
27:48
Speaker 1: people out there and they take advantage. Now, let's talk
27:52
Speaker 1: about the steps you can personally take to help your
27:56
Speaker 1: loved one find you if you ever go missing. I
28:01
Speaker 1: know you're thinking, why do I want to do that?
28:03
Speaker 1: But guys, one of the most proactive things you can
28:05
Speaker 1: do is to create and if I go missing folder.
28:09
Speaker 1: You're going to want to keep that folder both physically
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Speaker 1: and in a secure place digitally, and ensure your loved
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Speaker 1: one knows where it is, or provide them with a
28:18
Speaker 1: copy like my case, best friend husbandleh has it and
28:23
Speaker 1: best friend. Okay, here's some things to include in your
28:28
Speaker 1: if I go missing folder. A recent photo. Include a
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Speaker 1: recent photo of yourself looking straight ahead, but also with
28:36
Speaker 1: the profile view.
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Speaker 2: Ensure the photo.
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Speaker 1: Clearly shows you know your full head, including your hair
28:42
Speaker 1: and eye color. Tattoo documentation. If you have tattoos, take
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Speaker 1: clear photos of each one and note their exact locations.
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Speaker 1: Label the photos with that information.
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Speaker 2: Okay.
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Speaker 1: Also document any birth matth, birthmarks, scars, or other unique
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Speaker 1: traits that.
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Speaker 2: Can help identify you.
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Speaker 1: Height and weight include your current height and weight, and Ladies,
29:12
Speaker 1: it's important to be honest here because accurate information is crucial.
29:17
Speaker 1: Don't shave off ten fifteen pounds, okay, put your real
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Speaker 1: weight now. DNA information if you've done a DNA test
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Speaker 1: with a service like twenty three and meters or ancestry
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Speaker 1: dot com. Include a copy of the DNA report okay.
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Speaker 1: If you haven't done that, you can pull several hairs
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Speaker 1: from your scalp. Make sure the root is attached, place
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Speaker 1: it in a sealed ziploc baggie and put it in
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Speaker 1: that folder.
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Speaker 2: Okay.
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Speaker 1: Social media accounts. You want to list all of your
29:54
Speaker 1: active social media accounts and scream names now if you're comfortable.
29:59
Speaker 1: Include your passwords okay, but tell the loved one who
30:05
Speaker 1: has this do not use that password. It is only
30:09
Speaker 1: to assist law enforcement if it can help them. Also
30:13
Speaker 1: include a copy of your driver's license or your state
30:16
Speaker 1: i D emergency contacts. Provide a list of emergency contacts
30:22
Speaker 1: with their names and phone numbers, like for example, DOUBLEH
30:27
Speaker 1: knows who to call in the family, but does he
30:31
Speaker 1: know out of all of my friends, who I want
30:34
Speaker 1: him to call if I go missing? You want someone
30:39
Speaker 1: to make the call to them. You don't want them
30:41
Speaker 1: to find out because I can tell you my best
30:44
Speaker 1: friend didn't get a call and just found out on
30:47
Speaker 1: social media that I was missing. Who double H would
30:50
Speaker 1: be in trouble? So you need to do that also
30:54
Speaker 1: location sharing. Use an app like I said Life three
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Speaker 1: sixty or enable location sharing what the trusted loved one.
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Speaker 1: My best friend and my son can follow me wherever
31:05
Speaker 1: I am twenty four hours a day, and I don't care.
31:09
Speaker 1: It's in case something happens to me. It could be
31:12
Speaker 1: not that I go missing. Maybe I get in a
31:14
Speaker 1: car wreck one night when I'm driving back down Highway
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Speaker 1: seventy one and my car is off on a ditch somewhere.
31:21
Speaker 1: That can help them find me. So it's very important.
31:25
Speaker 1: Your vehicle document Your vehicle details include the license plate number,
31:30
Speaker 1: then and a photo of the vehicle. That photo can
31:34
Speaker 1: be used. Now, this one's going to maybe sound a
31:38
Speaker 1: little weird till bank account informations list your bank accounts
31:44
Speaker 1: and account numbers. The reason why that will speed up
31:48
Speaker 1: the time for them to get a warrant to get
31:51
Speaker 1: the bank to give them information if your cards have
31:54
Speaker 1: been used, if you've been into a bank branch.
31:56
Speaker 2: Okay, So that's important.
31:59
Speaker 1: Now, dating apps, if you use a dating app, list
32:03
Speaker 1: those apps and your screen name. We are seeing more
32:07
Speaker 1: and more people go missing who go and meet somebody
32:12
Speaker 1: that they found on tender grinder ormatch dot com. So
32:17
Speaker 1: you want to do that so that the police know
32:20
Speaker 1: that they use it and they can go and check
32:22
Speaker 1: the activity. And guys, I hope this is a file
32:26
Speaker 1: that is never needed, but having it prepared could be
32:30
Speaker 1: the key for you to be found quickly. Okay, it
32:35
Speaker 1: will help speed it up. So I just can't stress
32:40
Speaker 1: to you how important that is. You all may be
32:44
Speaker 1: sitting there going, oh my god, Terry, you've been doing
32:46
Speaker 1: this in persons only for a year and a half.
32:50
Speaker 1: You've lost your mind. Guys, it can happen, and especially
32:55
Speaker 1: those in a domestic violence situation. If it happens a lot.
33:00
Speaker 1: You want to have that information put together. Now I
33:05
Speaker 1: have some good news. Are you excited? So I wake
33:11
Speaker 1: up every morning and the first thing I do is
33:14
Speaker 1: get a cup of coffee, grab my phone, glasses, go
33:17
Speaker 1: sit outside by the pool. Okay, while I drink my coffee,
33:20
Speaker 1: I read through several news applications and then I move
33:25
Speaker 1: on to social media. Well, today, I'm happy to say
33:28
Speaker 1: that a news article made me smile big and I
33:31
Speaker 1: stopped right there and didn't finish reading the news because
33:35
Speaker 1: it made me smile. And guys, know, the article did
33:39
Speaker 1: not say that Pink was going to become the national color.
33:44
Speaker 2: It did not that, it still made me happy.
33:47
Speaker 1: So the Native American advocates work to improve our current
33:51
Speaker 1: alert system. Currently, if you are over eighteen and under
33:56
Speaker 1: sixty five and you go missing, there is no alert
34:01
Speaker 1: that will go out. There are a few states that
34:04
Speaker 1: have put in some little bitty band aids here and there,
34:07
Speaker 1: but nothing mainstream.
34:10
Speaker 2: Well guess what.
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Speaker 1: Thanks to these advocates, the Federal Communications Commission unanimously voted
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Speaker 1: to approve a new alert code. The Missing and Endangered
34:23
Speaker 1: Code will fill in the current gap.
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Speaker 2: Guys.
34:28
Speaker 1: This will allow if I go missing and they think
34:32
Speaker 1: I am in danger, and they think there was foul play, they.
34:36
Speaker 2: Can now release an alert. Okay.
34:40
Speaker 1: This new code is going to allow states, all states
34:44
Speaker 1: and counties to quickly alert the community through cell phones,
34:48
Speaker 1: TV radio, in street signs.
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Speaker 2: Okay.
34:52
Speaker 1: Now that new code is m EP Okay, missing endangered
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Speaker 1: per Now I could not find when it will go live.
35:05
Speaker 2: I looked and looked and looked. Couldn't find it. I
35:07
Speaker 2: will keep looking, but.
35:09
Speaker 1: Guys, the article said that more than one hundred and
35:12
Speaker 1: eighty eight thousand adults went missing in twenty twenty three.
35:17
Speaker 1: That did not qualify for an amber alert, a silver alert,
35:22
Speaker 1: or a blue alert. If you don't know what a
35:25
Speaker 1: blue alert is, it's only in some states that is
35:28
Speaker 1: regarding law enforcement. Okay, So this makes me very happy
35:34
Speaker 1: because currently there's nothing, and I personally believe that by
35:41
Speaker 1: not having this alert, more people remain missing.
35:44
Speaker 2: Okay.
35:45
Speaker 1: I also want to remind you on your cell phone,
35:48
Speaker 1: some people turn the alerts off because they go off.
35:51
Speaker 2: In a meeting. They're annoying. Guys.
35:54
Speaker 1: If you want to get notified, you have to turn
35:57
Speaker 1: that setting on your phone. Okay, so you can't silence
36:04
Speaker 1: it unless your phone silence. But guys, here in Texas,
36:08
Speaker 1: I can tell you driving down the road, I will
36:10
Speaker 1: see silver alert. They put up the license plate number.
36:14
Speaker 1: I look at the license plate number, the make of
36:17
Speaker 1: the car, and I try to look for it while
36:19
Speaker 1: I'm driving. That is critical and I think I'm not
36:23
Speaker 1: the only person who does that. So I think it's amazing.
36:28
Speaker 1: I think they did a great job. I think it
36:32
Speaker 1: is going to help with the indigenous population because more
36:36
Speaker 1: Indigenous individuals go missing more than any other group, and
36:42
Speaker 1: because they're on tribal land, it gets complicated. This will
36:47
Speaker 1: help them tremendously. So there is my good news for
36:52
Speaker 1: the day. I will finish reading the rest of the news,
36:55
Speaker 1: but I haven't yet. But I do want to thank
36:58
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37:01
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37:04
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37:08
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37:13
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37:16
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37:24
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37:27
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37:28
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37:29
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37:32
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37:36
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38:40
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38:46
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38:51
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38:53
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38:56
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