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Where is Kay-Alana Turner? · Murder Files Unsealed

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  Speaker 1: All right, welcome back for another deep dive.
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  Speaker 2: Always a pleasure.
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  Speaker 1: Today we're looking into the disappearance of Kalana Turner, a
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  twenty eight year old musician from Lumberton, Texas. Yeah, and
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  this case is so interesting because it's a bit of
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  a mix of everything, right it is it's mental health,
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  it's medications, it's uh, some questionable decisions potentially by law enforcement.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. Dead definitely a case that makes you.
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  Speaker 1: Think, it really does. And you know, she was a
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  young woman by all accounts, a very talented and kind person.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, very much so.
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  Speaker 1: And then all of a sudden she vanishes, right, but
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  right before she vanishes, she starts exhibiting this really really
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  strange behavior.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, and her family seems to think that it all
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  kind of stems back to a change in medication that
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  she had just before she disappear. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: So let's get into the timeline though. Okay, So it
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  all starts back on March ninth of last year. Okay,
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  Kaylana was staying with a friend of hers, Brittany, in Silsby, Texas. Right,
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  and during the day she starts acting really confused and
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  witnesses saw her just walking around the neighborhood even knocking
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  on people's doors even though she knew the code to
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  get into Britney's house. Interesting, and that's where this whole
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  medication idea comes in, because her parents suspect that an
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  increased dosage of zoloften Riddlin may have triggered this disorientation.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. And I'm not a medical professional or anything, but
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  just thinking about the interaction between those two, yes, seems
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  like it's something to at least consider.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, for sure, Like what's happening in her mind during
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  all this?
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  Speaker 3: Right, and so to add to all this confusion, Yeah,
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  later that day, kayle Anna gets into her car and
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  starts driving really erratically, and she has these incoherent phone
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  conversations with Brittany Okay.
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  Speaker 1: Her friend in Silsby, and a friend in Austin. And
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  at one point she's like, yeah, I'm just out here
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  getting groceries. But it's clear from the conversation that she's
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  not making any sense.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it sounds like she was having some kind of
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  break from reality totally.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, She's like completely disconnected. Then later that night, around
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  ten pm, she calls a friend in Austin again asking
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  for directions. Oh but during the call, she says she
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  doesn't know what day it is, so again and like
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  really deeply disoriented and lost in her own world.
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  Speaker 2: Right, and again it just kind of comes back to
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  the potential side effects. Yeah, you know when you mix
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  these medications, especially if you don't know how they're going
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  to interact. Yeah, potentially.
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  Speaker 1: It's a very sad and confusing situation.
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  Speaker 2: It is.
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  Speaker 1: We're talking about a young woman who's clearly in need
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  of help, but she's lost in this fog of confusion.
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  Speaker 2: Right.
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  Speaker 1: But it doesn't stop there, Oh no, Kayalana ends up
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  in Hockley, Texas.
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  Speaker 2: Hockley, Texas, and she's.
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  Speaker 1: Caught on a doorbell camera following this young man into
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  his driveway.
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  Speaker 2: Oh wow, and she asks him what does she ask?
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  Speaker 1: Where she can naps because she's so tired. So to me,
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  this really stood out because it's like she's looking for
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  somewhere safe.
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  Speaker 2: But she can't really articulate it.
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  Speaker 1: She can't say it.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, like she just needs to sleep.
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  Speaker 1: Wow, that's so sad.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it is very sad.
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  Speaker 1: So she needs help but can't really ask.
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  Speaker 2: For it, right, And it just gets weirder because she
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  drives around for hours, stopping in various driveways just seemingly
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  looking for a place to sleep. Wow. And then finally,
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  around three point thirty in the morning, Okay, she parks
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  in a driveway on Seagan Trail trail, and this is
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  where things get really interesting.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, what happens?
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  Speaker 2: So this resident, Kelsey, calls the police because Kayalana is
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  acting erradically outside her home. Okay, And you can actually
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  see the whole thing unfold on Kelsey's doorbell camera. Oh wow.
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  And Kayalana is just behaving really strangely, like she's sleepwalking
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  or in a trance or something. And then the police
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  arrive and they try to wake her up. Yeah, but
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  she becomes startled and really disoriented and she can't communicate clearly.
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  Speaker 1: And so this is where things get really debated in
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  the case. Instead of getting the help that she clearly needs,
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  Kaylana tries to drive away, but her car is blocked in,
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  so she drives to the front yard. So it's like
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  this chaotic and terrifying situation for everybody I can imagine,
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  and the officers are trying to stop her. They even
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  use like a two by four to break her car window.
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  What But this just freaks her out even more. Yeah,
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  of course, and so she speeds off into this field
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  and the police chase her on foot.
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  Speaker 2: Wow. So what do you think was going through her
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  mind at this point?
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  Speaker 1: It's impossible to know, but I can't imagine it was
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  anything good.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, she must have been so scared.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, souit is oriented and her car eventually gets stuck
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  in the mud about a half a mile into the woods,
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  and then she just abandons the car, leaves all her
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  belongings behind.
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  Speaker 2: Wow, And she.
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  Speaker 1: Runs towards Spring Creek. Spring Creek witnesses see her crossing
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  the creek, running through fields.
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  Speaker 2: Running through people's yards, heading towards Decker Prairie Rose Hill Road,
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  and then she vanishes. She's just gone gone. And here's
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  where the police response gets really strange. What do they
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  canceled the missing person report?
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  Speaker 1: What?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah? And they press felony charges against her, evading arrest
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  and attempting to assault a police officer with a motor vehicle.
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  Speaker 1: Seriously for a missing person.
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  Speaker 2: I know, it's crazy, that's wild. So that's the question, right,
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  was she truly a threat in this clearly altered state,
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  or did the police overreact and potentially hinder the search
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  for her? Right?
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  Speaker 1: Because now instead of looking for a missing person, they're
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  looking for a criminal.
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  Speaker 2: Exactly. Wow, So did they make the right call? Tough question?
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  Yeah it is, and we're going to explore this a
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  lot more as we keep going.
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  Speaker 1: I can't wait.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, can you imagine what her family was going through?
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  Speaker 1: With all these charges, You'd think it would be impossible
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  to even find her.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it was a very complicated situation for sure.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: But you know, despite all that, Kil and his family
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  they never gave up hope.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, they really didn't.
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  Speaker 2: They were really something. They rallied the whole community that
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  organized all these searches, just pursued any lead they could find.
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  Speaker 1: They even held a vigil where they sang a song
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  that she wrote, Oh wow, called wake Up Oh My Soul.
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  Speaker 2: That's beautiful.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, it's really sad, and thankfully all their efforts did
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  lead to something. What happened eventually Harris County re added
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  her to the missing person's list. Oh that's good, huge
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  relief for the family. Yeah, but what about the charges, right?
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  Did they ever drop those?
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  Speaker 2: Unfortunately not really, charges remained in place. But once she
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  was reinstated to the missing person's list. Okay, Texas sick
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  with search was able to rejoin the search.
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  Speaker 1: Now for our listeners who might not know, Yeah, can
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  you explain what Texas Equi Search is.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. So they're a volunteer search and rescue organization that
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  specializes in finding missing persons. Have an incredible team. Yeah,
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  all these dedicated people who bring so much experience to
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  these cases, right, and in Kalana's case, they brought in
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  some really interesting technology, like what underwater drones?
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  Speaker 1: Whoa really underwater drones? Yeah that's crazy.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, they're really cool.
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  Speaker 1: What do those even do?
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  Speaker 2: So they're super sophisticated. One of the volunteers actually described
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  them being able to go up to like three hundred
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  feet underwater. Wow, they have cameras, sonar, even an arm attachment.
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  They can retrieve objects.
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  Speaker 1: Really that's incredible.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, they're really like a game changer for these kinds
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  of searches.
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  Speaker 1: So they use these to search the creek.
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  Speaker 2: Then, yeah, they searched the whole area really thoroughly. Okay,
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  but unfortunately they didn't find anything conclusive.
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  Speaker 1: Man, that's got to be a tough pill to swallow.
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  Speaker 2: It is, but it's just amazing to see how dedicated
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  these volunteers are. They really give hope to these families
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  in such desperate situations.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, their dedication is incredible, it is. But there were
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  some other roadblocks for her family too.
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  Speaker 2: Oh really, what happened with her car? Her car?
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  Speaker 1: So they optioned it off without the family's knowledge seriously
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  or consent?
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  Speaker 2: No way.
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  Speaker 1: You know, it's unbelievable.
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  Speaker 2: How was that even possible?
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  Speaker 1: I know, it's like this crazy bureaucratic nightmare.
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  Speaker 2: Wow.
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  Speaker 1: So the family had been trying to get her vehicle back,
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  but they were told that they needed power of attorney
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  and by the time they got all the paperwork figured out,
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  the car had already been sold.
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  Speaker 2: Are you kidding me? I know, it's awful.
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  Speaker 1: It's like insult to injury. You know, you're dealing with
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  this disappearance and then you have to fight to even
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  get your loved one's belongings back.
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  Speaker 2: It's heartbreaking, it is, especially when you're dealing with these
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  complicated legal processes totally.
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  Speaker 1: And it really feels like the system is working against them.
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  So with all these twists and turns.
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  Speaker 2: What questions are still left unanswered?
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  Speaker 1: Well, I think the biggest one is where did she
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  go after crossing Spring Creek? Right? Did somebody pick her up?
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  Is she still out there.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. And what about the medication. Did that really play
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  a part in her disappearance, because her family is convinced
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  it was.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, it's a big one.
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  Speaker 2: And it's like a reminder that we really need to
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  be more open about mental health.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, for sure.
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  Speaker 2: And understanding how medications can affect people. Yeah, because there's
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  so much stigma around these issues.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, and that can prevent people from seeking help exactly
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  when they need it.
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  Speaker 2: And what about the charges we got to talk about those.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, were they appropriate given the circumstances. Did their actions
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  actually complicate the search? Yeah, potentially delay getting answers.
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  Speaker 2: It's tough, it is, but we need to make sure
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  people experiencing a mental health crisis are getting the help
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  they need, absolutely, instead of being treated like criminals. You
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  couldn't have said.
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  Speaker 1: It better myself, And in this case, really brings all
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  this to light, Yeah, it does. It's not just about
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  finding her, it's about understanding the system and how to
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  make it better for everybody. So this deep dive has
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  been a roller coaster. It has from the heartbreaking details
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  of Klana's disappearance to the inspiring efforts of her family
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  and the volunteers. But there's just still so much we
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  don't know there is, and yet there's still hope, right,
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  You never know, someone somewhere might have a piece of
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  this puzzle exactly, that could lead to a breakthrough. So
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  what can our listeners do to help?
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  Speaker 2: Well, Honestly, even if you think you don't know anything,
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  any memory, any observation, no matter how small, could be crucial.
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  So if you've been touched by this story, share it,
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  talk to your friends, post about it online.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, reach out to anyone you think might have information.
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  Speaker 2: You never know, you might scark a memory or lead
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  to a clue.
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  Speaker 1: That's what we need right now.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, more eyes, more years, more minds working together. Yeah,
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  it's been months since she disappeared, I know, but we
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  can't give up.
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  Speaker 1: Hope, and her family certainly hasn't.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, they're still searching, they're still hoping, they're still waiting.
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  Speaker 1: We can all support them.
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely.
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  Speaker 1: It's easy to get lost in all the details of
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  this case. It is the medication, the police response.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, all the twists and turns.
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  Speaker 1: But it's really important to remember that this is about
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  a real person, right, Kana Kalana, a daughter, a friend,
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  a musician.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, a life full of potential exactly. It's easy to
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  forget that sometimes, Yeah, it is when you get caught
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  up in all the details.
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  Speaker 1: We've talked a lot about the investigation, but I'm curious,
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  from your perspective, having looked at so many missing person cases,
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  what stands out to you about Kaylana's story.
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  Speaker 2: Honestly, what gets me m hm is the love and determination. Yeah,
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  of her family and friends. I mean, they face so
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  many obstacles, huh, so much frustration, right, and yet they
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  never get up. They never give up, they keep fighting
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  for answers.
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  Speaker 1: They keep her memory alive.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, And I think that's really powerful.
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  Speaker 1: It is. I remember reading this quote from her friend Brittany.
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  Speaker 2: Oh.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, she said, to know Kay is to love her
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  because Kay loved everyone.
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  Speaker 2: That's so sweet.
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  Speaker 1: Even if she barely knew you, she loved you and
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  she would make sure you were okay. Now it's our
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  turn to make sure she's okay. That's beautiful, I know,
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  it really is.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, and it says so much about her. Yeah, and
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  the impact she had on people.
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  Speaker 1: Really makes you think. It does what would you do
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  if someone you loved?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it's vanished under these crazy circumstances. You don't know,
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  it's a tough one, it is. It's a question we
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  all hope we never have to answer.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, but it can happen to anyone, right, And I.
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  Speaker 2: Think it really shows how important community is, you know,
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  supporting each other, yeah, during tough.
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  Speaker 1: Times, especially in a crisis like this.
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely, And I think.
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  Speaker 1: This whole thing just reminds us to be more compassionate,
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  more understanding, and you know, really advocate for better mental
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  health resources.
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely, we need to break down the stigma around mental health.
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  Speaker 1: So that people feel comfortable seeking help before it gets
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  to this point, be for it's too late, and we
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  really need to look at how law enforcement responds to
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  these situations.
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  Speaker 2: Right, how can we make sure that people are getting
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  help instead of being punished.
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  Speaker 1: That's the big question, it is, and it's something we
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  need to seriously think about for sure. This deep dive
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  has been a journey. We've uncovered so many details, explored
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  the medication, the police response all and through it all,
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  we've seen the incredible hope and love from her family
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  and friends.
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  Speaker 2: And that's what we need to remember.
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  Speaker 1: Yes we do.
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  Speaker 2: Despite all the mystery, the unanswered questions, set back, there's always.
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  Speaker 1: A chance, always a chance for answers.
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  Speaker 2: A possibility for resolution.
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  Speaker 1: So as we wrap up here, Yeah, what's one thing
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  you want to listeners to take away?
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  Speaker 2: You know, just remember that even the smallest detail can
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  make a difference. So if you've been touched by this story, yeah,
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  talk about it, share it, share it, keep her memory alive.
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  Speaker 1: Right, You never know what tiny things, yeah, could lead
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  to that breakthrough exactly. Someone out there might hold the key.
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  They might to bring in Kayalan a.
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  Speaker 2: Home, and we can't give up until we find her.
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  Speaker 1: So if you've learned something new today, share this. Yeah,
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  don't let her be forgotten.
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  Speaker 2: Keep the conversation going.
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  Speaker 1: And to Kaylana's family and friends, right, we are sending
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  you our love and support.
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  Speaker 2: We're all rooting for you.
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  Speaker 1: You're an inspiration to us all you are and we
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  haven't given up hope. Neither have we and neither should. You.
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  Speaker 2: Stay strong.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you all for joining us on this deep dive.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you for having me.
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  Speaker 1: We hope it's made you think, feel and maybe even
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  inspired you to make a difference.
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  Speaker 2: That's what it's all about.
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  Speaker 1: And most importantly, yeah, we hope it brings us one
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  step closer, one step to finding Klana Turner