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  Speaker 1: In late summer of twenty fifteen, police in Sullivan County, Tennessee,
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  Speaker 1: were called out to a rural address outside the town
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  Speaker 1: of Bristol, tucked away in the picturesque hills. At the house,
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  Speaker 1: they encountered the most horrific murder scene ever witnessed in
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  Speaker 1: the county's history. Three members of the same family had
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  Speaker 1: been attacked in what appeared to be a shooting rampage
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  Speaker 1: inside the small home. The alleged gunmen had fled. What
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  Speaker 1: emerged from this scene were two directly conflicting stories what
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  Speaker 1: had happened inside the family home that evening? Who was responsible?
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  Speaker 2: Hi?
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  Speaker 1: Everyone, Welcome to Just Thought Lounge. I'm Kevin, and here
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  Speaker 1: cases that really make you think, if that sounds like
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  Speaker 1: The case we're about to look at is disturbing on
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  Speaker 1: a few levels. It's the type of story that can't
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  Speaker 1: help but leave thoughts lingering well after it is been told.
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  Speaker 1: So let's take a look. The town of Bristol, Tennessee,
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  Speaker 1: in Sullivan County straddles the border with Virginia. The surrounding
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  Speaker 1: landscape is dominated by hills and forest. Tucked in amongst
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  Speaker 1: the trees are scattered homes, many sitting on secluded plots
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  Speaker 1: of land slightly isolated from the road below. On the
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  Speaker 1: evening of the twenty ninth of August twenty fifteen, on
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  Speaker 1: rural Henson Road, local homeowner Johnny Phillips was awoken by
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  Speaker 1: the sound of gunfire. It was five forty five pm,
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  Speaker 1: but Johnny worked nights. He reported later that he stepped
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  Speaker 1: outside onto his front porch, looked around, heard nothing else,
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  Speaker 1: and walked back inside. It wasn't odd to hear gunshots
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  Speaker 1: in the area, it is a popular spot for us hunting.
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  Speaker 1: It was odd, however, to hear such a quick succession
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  Speaker 1: of shots followed by silence. Another local area resident, Daryl Gray,
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  Speaker 1: was on his patio when the shooting began. He recounted
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  Speaker 1: hearing about ten to twelve gunshots, followed by screaming. It
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  Speaker 1: lasted less than a minute. When the shots ended, Daryl
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  Speaker 1: watched as a man came running down the end of
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  Speaker 1: the drive of the neighboring property number six eighteen, where
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  Speaker 1: the end of the drive met Henson Road. The trees
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  Speaker 1: cleared and the scene became visible. The running man was
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  Speaker 1: attempting to get into a vehicle and drive away, but
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  Speaker 1: it seems an assailant was following boar. Shots were fired
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  Speaker 1: and a car sped off down the road. The narrow
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  Speaker 1: rural road soon filled with emergency vehicles.
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  Speaker 3: We were sitting on our patio and we just heard
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  Speaker 3: a bunch of gunshots and ran out to see what
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  Speaker 3: it was. And five minutes later cops start showing up
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  Speaker 3: and they're snoppers looking for the shooter.
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  Speaker 1: A short time later, a medical helicopter landed in the
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  Speaker 1: field near Johnny Phillips's home, transporting one victim of the
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  Speaker 1: shooting to Johnson City Medical Center. Inside, police from the
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  Speaker 1: Sullivan County Sheriff's Department encountered what they later called the
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  Speaker 1: worst crime scene in the county's history. They found two women,
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  Speaker 1: Lena Marie Rose, fifty seven years old and her daughter,
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  Speaker 1: thirty nine year old Tosha Milhorn, dead inside. Tosha's husband,
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  Speaker 1: James Milhorn, had collapsed from his injuries on the porch
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  Speaker 1: and was airlifted to hospital. He would later succumb to
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  Speaker 1: his injuries. Six children were in the home at the
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  Speaker 1: time of the shootings, five of which were siblings. The
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  Speaker 1: sixth was a visiting friend. A seven year old girl
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  Speaker 1: had non life threatening injuries. None of the children had
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  Speaker 1: been targeted by the shooter, nor otherwise Harp. There was
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  Speaker 1: a call place to nine one one that evening from
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  Speaker 1: yet another sibling, nineteen year old Seth Denton. Seth, nursing
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  Speaker 1: a gunshot wound to his left arm, had managed to
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  Speaker 1: drive his vehicle to a neighbor's home, where he had
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  Speaker 1: placed the call to emergency services. The victims were his grandmother, mother,
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  Speaker 1: and stepfather, but these were not the only adults present
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  Speaker 1: at the home at the time of the shooting. Waiting
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  Speaker 1: for officers in emergency personnel upon their arrival at six
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  Speaker 1: eighteen was Seth's grandfather, Curtis Rose. When police arrived, they
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  Speaker 1: found Curtis armed with his forty five semi automatic in hand.
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  Speaker 1: A second gun, also owned by Curtis Rose, lay sitting
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  Speaker 1: on the bed inside the house. Tosha and James had
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  Speaker 1: been married for about four years. They had two children together.
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  Speaker 1: Each also had children from a previous marriage. All five
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  Speaker 1: of these kids, along with the a neighbor's child, had
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  Speaker 1: been at the house on the day of the shooting.
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  Speaker 1: James Milhorn worked as an emergency medical technician and firefighter
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  Speaker 1: with several departments. He loved old cars and did restoration
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  Speaker 1: and other mechanical work as a hobby. The couple was
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  Speaker 1: remembered as happy, full of humor, and loved by family
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  Speaker 1: and friends. How anyone could have developed a motive to
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  Speaker 1: kill them escaped the understanding of those who knew them.
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  Speaker 1: Tosha's parents, Curtis and Marie Rose, had been married for
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  Speaker 1: forty years and owned the home on Henson Road. The
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  Speaker 1: younger couple had moved in on a temporary basis. They
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  Speaker 1: expected to be there for only a couple of months
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  Speaker 1: while work was being completed on their trailer. In the
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  Speaker 1: chaotic aftermath of the massacre, two very different stories emerged
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  Speaker 1: that claimed to detail what had happened at six eighteen
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  Speaker 1: Henson that evening, but only one was heard that night
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  Speaker 1: at the scene of the murders. The second would not
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  Speaker 1: be told for another three years. At the crime scene,
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  Speaker 1: Curtis Rose recounted to the police how he had been
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  Speaker 1: working inside a trailer behind his home that evening when
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  Speaker 1: his grandson Seth appeared in the doorway and told him
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  Speaker 1: to call nine one one. Something terrible has happened at
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  Speaker 1: the house. The grandfather put down his tools. He did
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  Speaker 1: recall hearing noises from the direction of the home, but
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  Speaker 1: nothing to alarm him. Curtis then headed towards the house.
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  Speaker 1: When he entered, he viewed a grisly scene, his daughter,
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  Speaker 1: son in law, and finally his wife. Ensuring the safety
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  Speaker 1: of the children was his first priority. He ushered them
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  Speaker 1: into one room and away from the scene, and closed
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  Speaker 1: the door. Curtis's next move was not for the phone
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  Speaker 1: to call nine one one. Instead, seeing that his wife
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  Speaker 1: Marie had been killed, he went for his gun. Seth
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  Speaker 1: was by this time, according to Curtis's account, out of
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  Speaker 1: the house and running down the drive. Deducing that his
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  Speaker 1: grandson was responsible for the carnage in front of him,
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  Speaker 1: Curtis went after him. He did at that point also
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  Speaker 1: phone emergency services. Jumping into his own van, the older
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  Speaker 1: man caught up with his grandson at the end of
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  Speaker 1: the driveway. He fired one shot at Seth that hit
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  Speaker 1: the window of his vehicle. The bullet then hit Seth
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  Speaker 1: in the arm. The teenager escaped in his car after
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  Speaker 1: being struck with the bullet. When police arrived, Curtis directed
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  Speaker 1: them to Seth, but the teenager had fled.
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  Speaker 3: I don't really know what all happen to set A
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  Speaker 3: white mail worked his way up here.
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  Speaker 4: Apparently he's a family member, but I'm not sure what
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  Speaker 4: relationship he is.
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  Speaker 1: A manhunt began to track down the nineteen year old,
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  Speaker 1: but was called off when law enforcement realized that Seth,
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  Speaker 1: along with other members of his family, was being treated
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  Speaker 1: at the medical center. Seth Denton was arrested and charged
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  Speaker 1: on six kis, three counts of premeditated murder, and another
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  Speaker 1: three charges in connection to others being inside the house
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  Speaker 1: at the time of the shooting. These were two counts
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  Speaker 1: of aggravated assault and one of reckless endangerment. In February
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  Speaker 1: twenty sixteen, he entered a plea of not guilty after
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  Speaker 1: careful consideration of all the factors involved, including Seth's age
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  Speaker 1: at the time of the shooting. The death penalty was
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  Speaker 1: taken off the table as a possible sentence should he
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  Speaker 1: be convicted of the murders. He was held in custody
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  Speaker 1: on a million dollar bond. Curtis Rose was never considered
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  Speaker 1: a suspect in the murders, despite having walked through the
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  Speaker 1: crime scene. Despite the visible blood on his arm, and
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  Speaker 1: in spite of the fact that he openly told police
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  Speaker 1: that he had fired at his grandson with the intent
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  Speaker 1: to kill him. Detectives later issued a statement explaining Curtis
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  Speaker 1: Rose's behavior. The older man was justified in tail making
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  Speaker 1: aim against a fleeing felon in the midst of a crime.
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  Speaker 1: No charges were filed against him. Curtis's version of events
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  Speaker 1: was adopted by law enforcement and formed the basis of
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  Speaker 1: their understanding of the massacre. This was at least in
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  Speaker 1: part because they found that the physical evidence supported the
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  Speaker 1: grandfather's story. Outside the back door of the home, which
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  Speaker 1: led into the laundry area and the kitchen, a rifle
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  Speaker 1: alongside a camouflage jacket had been discarded on the ground.
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  Speaker 1: This same gun was found to have killed all three victims.
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  Speaker 1: Seven shell casings were found at the scene, and they
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  Speaker 1: matched ammunition that Seth Denton had on his person when
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  Speaker 1: emergency services arrived and rushed him to hospital. The rifle,
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  Speaker 1: the murder weapon, was found to have been purchased by
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  Speaker 1: Seth Denton from a military surplus store in the weeks
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  Speaker 1: prior to the attack. Nineteen year old Robert Seth Denton
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  Speaker 1: who is known by his middle name Seth, had been
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  Speaker 1: largely raised by his grandparents, Tosha. Seth's mother had reportedly
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  Speaker 1: struggled with mental health issues, including bipolar disorder, a condition
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  Speaker 1: that may have also afflicted Seth himself. Seth had opted
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  Speaker 1: to join the army briefly before receiving a general discharge.
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  Speaker 1: He moved back into his grandparents' home for a time,
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  Speaker 1: but as a nineteen year old man, he wanted to
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  Speaker 1: be on his own. Seth moved into a local apartment
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  Speaker 1: that he shared with a roommate. Shortly before the murders,
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  Speaker 1: he was fired from his job at a fast food restaurant.
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  Speaker 1: Things were not going well for Seth, but he had
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  Speaker 1: no criminal history. As far as anyone could tell, he
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  Speaker 1: did not have a violent nature. What he did have,
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  Speaker 1: according to family and friends, was a deep seated hatred
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  Speaker 1: for his mother. After speaking with those close to Seth,
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  Speaker 1: authorities believed they had put the pieces together. They believed
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  Speaker 1: it that Seth drove his Redibuick to six eighteen Henson
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  Speaker 1: Road and parked it at the bottom of the steep
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  Speaker 1: dirt driveway at roughly five forty five pm. He got out,
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  Speaker 1: put on a camouflage jacket, retrieved a semi automatic rifle
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  Speaker 1: from the vehicle and walked up the driveway, passed the
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  Speaker 1: above ground pool, and entered the home. He came through
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  Speaker 1: the back door. It is believed he quickly shot all
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  Speaker 1: three victims in just a matter of seconds. Police did
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  Speaker 1: not know in what order he shot each victim. Afterwards,
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  Speaker 1: he went outside, took off the camouflage jacket, laid it
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  Speaker 1: down with the rifle before walking across the property to
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  Speaker 1: locate his grandfather. Tapping on the window of the trailer
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  Speaker 1: where his grandfather worked, he summoned the older man out,
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  Speaker 1: ostensibly to call nine one one. Seth had roughly one
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  Speaker 1: hundred rounds of ammunition with him, far more than he needed.
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  Speaker 1: Why he had that much ammunition also admittedly unknown to
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  Speaker 1: law enforcement. According to detectives, Seth actively avoided including the
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  Speaker 1: children or his grandfather in the attack. They believed his
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  Speaker 1: primary target was his mother. His grandmother and stepfather may
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  Speaker 1: very well have fallen victim to the massacre simply because
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  Speaker 1: they were there witnesses to the intentional murder of his mother.
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  Speaker 1: Jury's selection was underway in a late twenty sixteen at
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  Speaker 1: the Sullivan County courthouse when that Seth threw a surprise
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  Speaker 1: wrench into the proceedings. After several hours, the judge called
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  Speaker 1: a short break as a matter of process. When court
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  Speaker 1: went back into session, Seth had fired his lawyers.
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  Speaker 5: It was complete surprise.
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  Speaker 2: I didn't say it coming, and obviously it's a disappointment
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  Speaker 2: that we couldn't get the trial off the ground, but
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  Speaker 2: we'll start over.
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  Speaker 1: When the trial finally commenced, the defense team laid out
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  Speaker 1: Seth's version of events. They blatantly accused his grandfather of
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  Speaker 1: the murders and claimed that investigators had botched the investigation
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  Speaker 1: in multiple ways, primarily by ignoring evidence that Curtis Rose,
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  Speaker 1: not Seth Denton, was the shooter.
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  Speaker 5: The proof in this case is going to be that
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  Speaker 5: one person.
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  Speaker 2: Admitted to firing a gun on August on Saturday, August
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  Speaker 2: twenty nine, twenty fifteen. The proof will be that person
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  Speaker 2: is not said. The proof will be that one person said,
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  Speaker 2: Seth Denton fired a gun on August twenty nine, twenty fifteen,
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  Speaker 2: the same person that did, in fact admit to firing
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  Speaker 2: a weapon. Curtis Rose fired a weapon on August twenty nine,
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  Speaker 2: twenty fifteen. Curtis Rose said Seth Denton shot his family.
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  Speaker 2: Curtis Rose called nine one one, and within thirty seconds
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  Speaker 2: of the phone call.
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  Speaker 1: Says Seth Denton did it.
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  Speaker 2: Curtis Rose spoke to the detectives and the proof will
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  Speaker 2: show you that Heath. They knew when they spoke with
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  Speaker 2: him that he said, you all there find sit that
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  Speaker 2: and because I am going to kill him, And they
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  Speaker 2: didn't question him about the shooting at all. So Kenny
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  Speaker 2: Sheriff's office immediately came upon the scene, immediately spoke with
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  Speaker 2: Curtis Rose. They quit asking uncomfortable questions.
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  Speaker 1: Seth's roommate Joseph Whitaker took the stand to establish the
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  Speaker 1: motive for the prosecution. He told the jury how Seth
• 14:45
  Speaker 1: spoke openly about his hatred for his mother. Over the years,
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  Speaker 1: Seth had made multiple threats stating that he would kill her.
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  Speaker 1: Family and friends who knew of these statements, however, viewed
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  Speaker 1: the sentiments as nothing more than teenage anger. They never
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  Speaker 1: expected he would follow through.
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  Speaker 6: He said he wanted to kill her.
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  Speaker 7: Did you say how he wanted to do it.
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  Speaker 6: He said he wanted to go on a rampage. Yes,
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  Speaker 6: I don't know if he ever said that over instant
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  Speaker 6: messaging or anything.
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  Speaker 5: But I definitely remember him.
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  Speaker 2: Saying you no, did you know he said verbally to
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  Speaker 2: you one on one.
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  Speaker 6: Yes, no question about that. No, Yeah, he definitely said that.
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  Speaker 1: Another friend of Seth's, Thomas Miller, said he went to
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  Speaker 1: a military surplus store a few months before the murders
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  Speaker 1: with his friend. Thomas testified that Seth purchased two firearms,
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  Speaker 1: an American built and one grand in a Turkish built Mauser.
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  Speaker 1: He started thanking me for being good friends with him.
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  Speaker 1: I asked what's going on and he nonchalantly explained that
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  Speaker 1: he snapped. He didn't say what that meant. The gun
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  Speaker 1: purchase was later confirmed when the owner of the store
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  Speaker 1: took the stand and verified the serial number on the weapon.
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  Speaker 1: The defense team relied on two central areas of contention. First,
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  Speaker 1: that the investigators at the scene narrowed in on Seth
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  Speaker 1: immediately and then failed to explore or consider any other
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  Speaker 1: versions of the crime. The lead detective did not enter
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  Speaker 1: the house to examine the crime scene. Curtis Rose was
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  Speaker 1: interviewed for his statement, but never questioned as a person
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  Speaker 1: of interest.
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  Speaker 5: After it took the statement from mister Rose outlife the
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  Speaker 5: same and went and did other things. According to the investigation.
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  Speaker 1: The most damning evidence in the prosecution's case was the
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  Speaker 1: testimony of Curtis Rose. Sitting only feet from the grandson
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  Speaker 1: that he had helped raise, who was also the alleged
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  Speaker 1: killer of his wife and daughter. Curtis explained what had
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  Speaker 1: happened on the day of the massacre.
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  Speaker 7: He got an attention. He tacked on the side of
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  Speaker 7: the trail. Law my attention, he said to Colin one.
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  Speaker 8: Where did he go?
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  Speaker 7: He went down our driveway. Uh tore the road and
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  Speaker 7: the kind of walking went running, but he was walking fast.
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  Speaker 7: Uh well, I went, I put the Soliday on everything,
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  Speaker 7: I went back. I went in the house, and then
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  Speaker 7: what happened?
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  Speaker 2: Uh well?
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  Speaker 7: Uh my daughter she was slumped over on the head.
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  Speaker 7: She was on the table, slumped over the table.
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  Speaker 8: You do next?
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  Speaker 2: Uh well?
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  Speaker 7: I go through the house looking for Marie, my wife.
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  Speaker 8: You see her?
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  Speaker 7: I know, I didn't see her other work, And I
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  Speaker 7: finally went back into the went back to the from
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  Speaker 7: my bedroom back into the living room of Saint James.
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  Speaker 7: He was playing on the front porcheek. I don't really
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  Speaker 7: hollered at me or what it was, but he got
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  Speaker 7: my attention. Well, I went into the kitchen and I
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  Speaker 7: found her between the title and the refrigerator.
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  Speaker 2: What was her condition? She was, David. What about your
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  Speaker 2: daughter Tasha?
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  Speaker 8: She was David.
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  Speaker 7: Trust I went to the vagrom to get again. I've
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  Speaker 7: got in the van and then went down to the
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  Speaker 7: bottom of the Broadway. Wow, I was fun killing. Wow
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  Speaker 7: what mawan?
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  Speaker 1: Seth Denton took to the stand to finally tell his
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  Speaker 1: version of events. He testified that on that Saturday evening,
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  Speaker 1: he called his aunt Amanda to verify where his mother
• 18:42
  Speaker 1: was living. At the time. He wished to visit with
• 18:44
  Speaker 1: his grandfather, with whom he was always close. They would
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  Speaker 1: occasionally visit the shooting range together. Seth packed two rifles
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  Speaker 1: and plenty of the ammunition in his vehicle for this reason.
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  Speaker 1: His aunt apparently told him that his mother was not
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  Speaker 1: living at six eighteen, hence there was no chance of
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  Speaker 1: an encounter that would inevitably lead to an argument. So
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  Speaker 1: Seth drove out to the property and.
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  Speaker 6: Told me that she had a house or a trailer
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  Speaker 6: somewhere else. I don't remember specifically, but she told me
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  Speaker 6: that she wasn't there. I was on the impression my mother.
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  Speaker 8: Was not there.
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  Speaker 1: After parking at the end of the drive, he brought
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  Speaker 1: his gun to show his grandfather. They held a brief
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  Speaker 1: discussion about the ammunition. At some point during this brief chat,
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  Speaker 1: Seth testified that he handed the weapon to his grandfather.
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  Speaker 5: Did you rival your grandfather?
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  Speaker 6: It was some point during the course of the conversation.
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  Speaker 6: I really I'm not home, sins.
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  Speaker 8: And then whatever.
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  Speaker 6: I followed him into the house, expecting that we're going
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  Speaker 6: to see he has any turnout amnition, you know that
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  Speaker 6: sort of thing.
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  Speaker 1: Seth outlined what he saw when he went into the house,
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  Speaker 1: apparently behind his grandfather, who was firing the weapon. The
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  Speaker 1: defense provided no logical explanation for what would have motivated
• 20:00
  Speaker 1: Curtis not Seth to commit the murders. Seth testified that
• 20:05
  Speaker 1: his grandfather just snapped, so he ran from the house,
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  Speaker 1: believing that his life was also at risk. On this point,
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  Speaker 1: no one disagreed.
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  Speaker 6: I stepped in the house and and then I heard
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  Speaker 6: the gun shot golf and and where I was standing,
• 20:23
  Speaker 6: you have to take a step for a couple of
• 20:25
  Speaker 6: steps before you can see into the kidsen from the
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  Speaker 6: laundry room, because there's a little bit of a wall here,
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  Speaker 6: and he was standing here and I was behind him.
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  Speaker 6: I can I could see my mother sitting at the
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  Speaker 6: table in like I was. It was sort of had
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  Speaker 6: an angle from the wall. Heare, So I saw my
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  Speaker 6: mother sitting at the table. I shot fired, and and
• 20:43
  Speaker 6: I turned around and ran because I thought he was
• 20:47
  Speaker 6: going to kill me. That's that's what I was. That's
• 20:49
  Speaker 6: what we want throughout aunt of time.
• 20:50
  Speaker 2: Why did you think that?
• 20:52
  Speaker 6: Well, because I just saw him shooting my mother, so.
• 20:57
  Speaker 5: That that's just what I was.
• 21:01
  Speaker 6: Yes, okay.
• 21:02
  Speaker 8: And then walks through the back door and you're walking
• 21:06
  Speaker 8: behind him and you don't even make it at a
• 21:13
  Speaker 8: lond room, No, and Bayang shot.
• 21:19
  Speaker 6: I heard, I heard the boat closed. First, I turned
• 21:23
  Speaker 6: around and I ran back to the bottle on the driveway.
• 21:28
  Speaker 1: The trial lasted eight days and saw the introduction of
• 21:31
  Speaker 1: nearly two hundred pieces of evidence. The testimony of Curtis
• 21:35
  Speaker 1: Rose and his grandson directly contradicted one another. One of
• 21:39
  Speaker 1: them was lying. The gun used was purchased and brought
• 21:43
  Speaker 1: to the property by Seth. The ammunition it's still on
• 21:46
  Speaker 1: him after fleeing the scene. His shoes were covered in blood,
• 21:50
  Speaker 1: but so were his grandfathers. The jury needed to decide
• 21:54
  Speaker 1: without any doubt whether the man that snapped that day
• 21:58
  Speaker 1: was Seth Denton. Jury deliberations ran over two full days.
• 22:03
  Speaker 1: Jurors reported being so exhausted after viewing evidence for five
• 22:07
  Speaker 1: hours on the first day that they requested an overnight break.
• 22:11
  Speaker 1: When they reached out to the judge again on the
• 22:13
  Speaker 1: following day, however, they had reached a unanimous verdict on
• 22:16
  Speaker 1: all six counts.
• 22:20
  Speaker 4: Robert said guilty or rutard. Emotionally, it was draining to
• 22:28
  Speaker 4: all of us. A lot of them made statements that
• 22:31
  Speaker 4: they have to take the next day off just because
• 22:34
  Speaker 4: of the mental stress that it's been, because it was
• 22:39
  Speaker 4: very detrimental to somebody's life. After other laves were taken.
• 22:45
  Speaker 1: Family members gave statements and answered questions during the sentencing phase.
• 22:49
  Speaker 1: Amanda Tosha's sister and aunt to Seth spoke on behalf
• 22:54
  Speaker 1: of the remaining family members, while James's sister spoke for
• 22:58
  Speaker 1: the mill Horns.
• 23:00
  Speaker 7: Disregard that was given on that day is unforgivable.
• 23:11
  Speaker 8: However, we choosed forgo.
• 23:15
  Speaker 1: The jury recommended that Robert Seth Denton be sentenced to
• 23:19
  Speaker 1: life in prison without the possibility of parole, a minimum
• 23:24
  Speaker 1: of fifty one years, do you still believe your client, citizen.
• 23:29
  Speaker 5: I believe that we had a very thorough jury that
• 23:32
  Speaker 5: went through four days of testimony and de liberated for
• 23:35
  Speaker 5: three days and examine one hundred and seventy six items
• 23:39
  Speaker 5: of evidence and did what they were supposed to do
• 23:43
  Speaker 5: and render a verdict. He's disappointed, you know. He believes
• 23:46
  Speaker 5: that the defense that he put on demonstrated a different outcome.
• 23:52
  Speaker 1: Seth is serving otis sentence at the Attorney Center Industrial
• 23:55
  Speaker 1: Complex in Only Tennessee. The Milhorn and Denton children remain
• 24:02
  Speaker 1: in the care of family members, including Amanda and Curtis Rose.
• 24:07
  Speaker 1: Thanks for watching. I'm Kevin. This is just Thatt Lounge
• 24:11
  Speaker 1: and I'll see in the next one.