June 13, 2025

Crime Wire Weekly 6/13/25 | U.S. Marshal’s Enact “RAM” to Hunt Travis Decker, Man Arrested After Tossing Raccoon In Bar (Preview)

Crime Wire Weekly 6/13/25 | U.S. Marshal’s Enact “RAM” to Hunt Travis Decker, Man Arrested After Tossing Raccoon In Bar (Preview)

In this episode of CrimeWire Weekly, hosts Jim Chapman and Kelly Jennings discuss a series of trending crime stories, including the U.S. Marshal’s Enact specialized unit to Hunt Travis Decker, A Kentucky Man Arrested After Tossing Raccoon In Bar, A 24 Yr Old is Caught Enrolling In High School and much more!

*This is a preview, links to listen to the full podcast by following "Crime Wire Weekly" are below.

Topics
01:08 Louisiana Man Charged with Murder After Leaving Daughter in Hot Car
04:26 Texas DOJ Worker Arrested for Slipping Girlfriend Plan C Pill
08:17 Update on the Washington Manhunt for Travis Decker
15:20 "Devil in the Ozarks" Grant Hardin Apprehended After Escape
19:52 Alabama Chiropractor allegedly poisons soon to be ex-wife
25:12 24 year old enrolled in an Ohio High School arrested
27:13 Kentucky man arrested for releasing raccoon in bar.
31:13 Mother, son, and local cop arrested in dog killing in Louisiana


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24 year old enrolled in an Ohio High School arrested
https://abc7chicago.com/post/24-year-old-man-pretends-teenager-ohio-high-school-arrested-police/16485910/
Grant Hardin captured after manhunt https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/06/07/devil-in-the-ozarks-grant-hardin-how-caught/84087281007/
DOJ Worker arrested for slipping abortion dug into girlfriends drink https://www.foxnews.com/us/doj-worker-faces-capital-murder-charge-allegedly-slipping-abortion-drug-girlfriends-drink
Mother,son,local cop arrested in dog killing
https://www.wbrz.com/news/mother-son-local-cop-accused-of-killing-burying-neighbor-s-dogs/ US Marshals enact RAM to catch Travis Decker
https://www.foxnews.com/us/us-marshals-escalate-manhunt-fugitive-dad-wanted-daughters-murders
Kentucky man arrested for releasing raccoon in bar.
https://people.com/kentucky-man-arrested-releasing-raccoon-inside-bar-getting-banned-11752326
Chiropractor allegedly poisons soon to be ex-wife and himself. https://www.foxnews.com/us/chiropractor-accused-poisoning-wife-lead-during-divorce-now-claims-he-victim-too-report
Man arrested after leaving daughter in hot car for over 9 hours
https://abcnews.go.com/US/1-year-girl-dies-after-left-hot-car/story?id=122686880

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In Texas, a Department of Justice worker is arrested for

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allegedly slipping an abortion drug into his pregnant girlfriend's drink.

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In Louisiana, a father faces murder charges after leaving his

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one year old daughter in a hot car for nine

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hours after a drinking binge. And in Kentucky, a man

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is arrested for releasing a raccoon inside of a bar

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after he was banned entry. These crime stories dominated the

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headlines this week, and we have our comments on those

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stories and more today on Crime Wire Weekly. I'm Jim Chapman.

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And I'm Kelly Jenny.

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And it is Father's Day weekend, So before we get started,

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I want to wish all of my fellow dads a

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very happy Father's.

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Day, absolutely, and I want to wish my sweet husband

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happy Father's Day. Thank you for being my boo boo duddy.

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Oh lord, We're going to start off with not a

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good father here in Louisiana. First, a Louisiana father was

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charged with second degree murder after allegedly leaving his twenty

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one month old daughter inside a hot car for more

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than nine hours. Joseph Boatman, who is thirty two, of Hammon,

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was arrested this past Sunday after the child died outside

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a home. This was in Madisonville. Detect Us with the

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Saint Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office Major Crimes Unit learned that

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Boatman had strapped the toddler into her car seat inside

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the vehicle after picking her up from a family member's residence.

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This was shortly after two thirty a m. Sunday, which

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was the first thing that kind of stood out to me.

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That's a heck of a time to pick up your daughter.

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After stripping the toddler into the car seat, Boatman goes

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back inside the residents and he never returned to the vehicle.

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It was also learned that prior to that, Boatman had

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consumed multiple alcoholic beverages. Police said they responded to this

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home shortly before noon on Sunday after a family member

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located the girl unresponsive inside that vehicle. Temperatures in the

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area around that time were above ninety degrees. The Saint

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Tammany Pair of Sheriff for Randy Smith said, quote, this

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is a devastating loss and no family ever wants to

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face when a child is left in a vehicle, especially

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on a day when the heat and index climbs to

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over one hundred degrees, the outcome can turn deadly in

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just a matter of minutes. This case involved compromised judgment

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and the result was heartbreaking. Now, the website no Heatstroke

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dot com actually tracks the deaths of children inside hot

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cars in the United States, and it said this was

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the fifth instance this year already, and we're early in

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to summer. There's been in a case in New Mexico, California, Maryland,

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and New Jersey. And the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

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set on its website a child's body temperature rises three

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to five times faster than an adults. When a child

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is left in a vehicle, that child's temperature can quickly

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rise and the situation can quickly become very dangerous. What

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I would term a horrific statistic. In twenty twenty four,

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thirty nine children died of heat strokes in vehicles. That

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was up thirty five percent from twenty twenty three, So

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one the wrong direction.

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Yeah, that's terrible. I am not that animals anyway are

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in comparison to human lives, but just yesterday, I'll let

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my pups outside do use bathroom. They were outside, maybe

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maybe twenty minutes. And when I came back, when my

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little Frenchies was panting really hard and kind of struggling.

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I mean, it was that hot, and that was not enclosed,

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and that was on a patio with fans on, and

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I brought her in and I had to lay her down,

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and I got ice packs even to kind of cool

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her down, which they're known, you know, for that type

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of situation. But to think of how that child suffered

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in that car, could not get out, that's something that

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that's torturous. That's absolutely torturous. All right, Well, let's go

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on to Texas Gym and the Justice Department worker was

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charged with capital murder for allegedly slipping an abortion drug

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into his pregnant girlfriend's drink without her consent, forcing her

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to lose her baby. Justin Banta, which is a thirty

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eight year old information technology staffer, was taken into custody

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Friday following an incident that unfolded at a coffee shop

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and I guess that's Terrant County. The victim reported that

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her boyfriend intentionally added plan C, commonly known as the

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abortion drug, to her drink in order to force her

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to have an a abortion without her knowledge or consent.

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Police said, and look, guys, I wasn't familiar with Plan C.

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I'm not even gonna lie. So I had to look

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this one up. And there is a difference between Plan

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B and Plan C. Plan B is an emergency contraceptive

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that prevents pregnancy, while Plan C is the one that's

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used to terminate and exist in pregnancy. So I wanted

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to explain that if you weren't familiar either. In addition

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to a capital murder charge from the Texas Rangers, Banta

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was booked on one count of tampering with physical evidence.

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The victim told investigators that she and Banta were in

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a romantic relationship in September of twenty twenty four when

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she discovered that she was pregnant. Now this is a

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police quote. The victim informed Banta of the pregnancy, who

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proposed to cover the cost of an abortion and suggested

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they order the Plan C online. The victim informed Banta

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of her desire to keep the baby. Police added on

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October seventeenth, twenty twenty four, when the victim was approximately

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six weeks pregnant, she went for a sonogram, where she

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learned that the baby had a strong heartbeat, displayed good

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vital signs and was said to be healthy by her doctor.

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The woman said that she then met with Banta at

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a coffee shop later that day, and Banta gave her

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a drink he purchased prior to her arrival. Security camera

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footage showed she consumed the entire beverage. The next day,

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the victims stated she began to suffer from extreme fatigue

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and heavy bleeding, prompting her to visit the emergency room.

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The victim reported she lost her baby on October the nineteenth,

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which she believed was a result of the drugs Banta

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had previously placed in her drink at the coffee shop

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without her permission, and that was from the Parker County

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Sheriff's Office. Police said they interviewed Banta and collected his

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cell phone as evidence. During the interview, Bana admitted to

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buying the abortion pills on his phone and said he

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knew investigators wanted to talk to him about the woman's miscarriage.

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Sheriff's investigators believed Banta, who works at the IT department

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of the US Department of Justice, later accessed the phone

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remotely and performed a reset. Thereby deleting crucial evidence related

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to the case. Banta was released from Parker County Jail

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on Friday after posting a five hundred thousand dollars bond

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with a capital murder charge and a twenty thousand dollars

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bond for the evidence tampering charge.

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I'll tell you what, one of the most horrific stories

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that I've ever come across is that one right there

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as you're read it. That is absolutely disgusting. He basically

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killed he did, he committed feet aside. This lady apparently

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wanted to have this child and he slips her a

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pill to kill the child. Absolutely disgusting.

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But you know there's a case of this. There's a

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famous forensic files if anybody here watches them, and I

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really I should do an episode on this one. But

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I believe it was in Canada that there was a doctor,

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his name was Maynard something, and he had a wife

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and was messing around with this other woman who got pregnant,

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and then they caught she the same thing happened. He

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slipped her the pill. Okay, he's a doctor. Well, she

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told police. Police didn't believe her, and so she ended

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up setting up her own camera in a little firefighter

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like figurine, and he came over again and caught him

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on camera slipping another pill. It's called cidatech which is

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used to soften the cervix, and that he did the

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exact same thing. So not unheard of, but definitely devious

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and completely and totally uncalled for. All.

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Right, now, last week we told you about a breaking

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news story. It was regarding the man hunt for a

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father in Washington State. He was wanted from the murder

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of his three children, and we're going to give you

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an update on that manhunt. So, as of this recording,

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Travis Decker is still evating capture, but his days may

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be numbered. The US Marshall Service is activated its Elite

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Rapidly Advanced Manhunt program. Its acronym is RAM, and this

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program is in an urgent search for Travis Decker. The

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RAM program is designed to expedite the capture of violent

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fugitives through real time intelligence, coordination and rapid deployment of

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specialized teams. So at this point, more than one hundred

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officers from federal, state, and local agencies are actively involved

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in this man hunt. And these tactics include aerial surveillance.

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They have tracking dogs and backcountry patrols, and Marshall Services

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actually offering a twenty thousand dollars reward for information directly

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related to Deckers arrest. Now. The US Marshall's continued involvement

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comes as the Sheriff's office confirmed that they have assumed

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the role of the lead investigative agency in these girls' killings,

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and a clarification issued Wednesday, the department shared that the

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when that chat this is a tough one to say,

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when a chatty, let me see the police department, when

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natchi Police Department is no longer the lead agency in

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the killings. And if y'all want to crucify me on Facebook,

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have at it, baby, I've got big shoulders. The shift

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in jurisdiction comes as the investigation continues to focus on

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rugged wilderness areas within the county where Decker was last seen.

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And that's a lot of the problem with locating this

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guy is the terrain is just treacherous. This is Washington State,

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very mountainous type area, and so there's a lot of

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hiding spots. Quite frankly, on Tuesday, June tenth, authorities announced

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they were zeroing in on the Army veteran, so apparently Monday,

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June ninth, the agency received a tip from a group

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of hikers and they said they saw a man who

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appeared kind of evasive when they saw him, look like

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he didn't want to be seen. He looked very unprepared

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for hiking, if you will, and he was near what's

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known as Ingles Creek in the Valley High areas, and

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it was very late at night. As you can imagine

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a lot of these escapes, they move at night because

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of obvious reasons. I'm going to quote here the Sheriff's office.

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They said they recently received a tip from a hiking

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party who stated they spotted a loane hiker who appeared

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to be ill prepared for trail in weather conditions and

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appeared to be avoiding others. Authorities subsequently acted on that

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tip and they did spot a lone off trail hiker

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from a helicopter. He was near lake and he ran

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from that site when the helicopter passed. Search teams were

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able to establish a trail and they deployed canines, several

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canines throughout the area that led them to Ingles Creek,

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which he probably jumped in the creek and got the

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scent off of him right. The wooded area is located

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approximately thirty miles from what's known as Rock Island Campground,

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and that is the boy where the bodies of Decker's

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three daughters, Peyton nine, Evelyn eight, and Olivia five were

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found on June second. So, as we reported to you

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on last Friday's episodes, these bodies were found three days

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after they did not return to their mother following a

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court approved visit with Decker, and authorities have noted that

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Decker is a former Army infantryman and he has survival skills.

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He may have used his rugged survival skilled tactics to

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evade capture. Authorities previously described him as dangerous, warning residents

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not to approach him and describing him as armed. Quote,

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this is someone with military training who's lived off the

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grid before. We're dealing with a highly capable survivalist who

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may be using the terrain to his advantage. That from

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the Sheriff Mike Morrison. So kJ with all this technology

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these days, how does anyone stay on the run this long?

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Well? Hell ask New Orleans because they still looking for

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those two cut out of the jail. You know, I

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this is not like the movies. This is not where

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you know, you just go up in a helicopter or

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shoot some heat flear and oh look there's somebody moving.

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It's way more complicated than that. And also where do

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you even start to search in that area? Lots of manpower,

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lots of time. The dogs can get a scent, and

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then that scent like you know, he hits the waterway, well,

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then the scent is cut. So even if he picks

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up on the other side, that again is another whole

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you know, bag of worms when they get over there

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and then they have to pick up on a scent

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and try to go. And dogs aren't infalluable. There is

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a valuability rate where they're not always going to be perfect.

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People aren't perfect, and so this is really going to

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have to come down to sightings, I think, and locating

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that area, making it smaller, trying to, let you know,

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making it smaller and smaller until they finally can get him.

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But if he's been living in that area off the grid,

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then he knows it well yeah, and that's probably one

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of the issues, the bigger issues, i'd say.

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I said, the terrain is not. I mean, this guy

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ain't hiding in the middle of a bat room. You know,

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an urban area where you know all your side streets

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and it's really easy to spot somebody. I mean, he's

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picture being in the middle of just nothingness, and that's

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where he's at. So you're right. I mean, it's gonna

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come down to someone actually spotting. And the frustrating thing

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is they soil. Yeah, the head and the helicopter had

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a beat on him and he slipped through their cracks.

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And I'm sure no one's more frustrating than the police

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are right now that uh, there was a good shot

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at him, But look, you can't stay out there forever.

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You're gonna run out of food eventually.

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He seems to be so mentally ill at this point

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based on everything that I've read, and even the mom

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before this happened, or when the kids were still missing,

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was saying, you know, he was a good dad his kids,

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He was involved until he broke and so I'm not

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convinced this will end very well.

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Yeah, I'm not either. This will probably be one of

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those shootout situations.

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If I'm guessing either that or he you know, maybe

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he'll just go until he can't anymore because he's.

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Just well not after what he did. Square.

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Yeah, I mean, I'm not pressed either way. All right,

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Let's move on to Arkansas. Grant Harden, an escaped Arkansas

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inmate known as the Devil in the Ozarks, has been

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taken into custody. The Izard County Sheriff's office this past Friday.

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Said Harden is a convicted murderer and rapist, and he

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was reported missing from prison on May twenty fifth. Harden

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was taken into custody by county authorities just a short

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distance from the North Central Unit in Calico Rock. The

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Arkansas Department of Corrections said Harden managed to escape by

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impersonating a law enforcement official. He passed off as one.

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In dress manner caused the corrections officer operating a secure

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game to open the gate and allow inmate Harden to

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walk away from the North Central Unit. Board of Corrections

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member Benny Magnus said Harden was captured about a mile

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from the unit in the woods with the help of

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specialized border patrol units. Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Arkansas

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can be relieved that he has caught thanks to the

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great work of local, state and federal law enforcement Arkansas

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can breathe a sigh of relief and I can confirm

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that violent criminal Grant Harden is back in custody. Sanders said,

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I'm grateful for all law enforcement who contributed to his

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capture and give special thanks to the Trump administration and

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Secretary Christinoum, who sent a team from Border Patrol that

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was instrumental in tracking and apprehending Harden. A twenty twenty

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three television documentary titled titled Devil and the Ozarks drew

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national attention to Harden. Harden had been serving a thirty

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year sentence for murder in the fatal shooting a fifty

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nine year old James Appleton, for which he was arrested

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in twenty seventeen, and he was also serving a fifty

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year sentence for raping an Arkansas elementary school teacher in

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nineteen ninety seven. What do you think?

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I think that it's pretty good that we actually have

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one that got caught after covering one still on the

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loose and look grand Harden stone cold murderer, period and rapist.

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But I mean, this guy will kill you as quick

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as a look at you. What made him so dangerous

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on the run. Keep in mind, he's a former chief

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of police. He knows how law enforcement works, and so

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it made him difficult to catch. To start with, the

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way that he escaped, total black eye for the state

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of Arkansas. I mean, you put on a freaking uniform

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and walk right up the front door. You didn't jump

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a gate, someone opened it for you. And this is

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a very high profile inmate. This is not This is

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not somebody that was arrested for jaywalking. This is a

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guy that was a chief of police. He dominated the

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Arkansas headlines. You think we're here in Louisiana, it would

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be equivalent to Derek Todd Lee being let out of jail.

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I mean, how the hell he got out? Yeah, And

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I'm crazy.

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I'm curious about this too, because I mean, we have

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what's called out of area in prisons and jails. I mean,

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there's an area you're allowed to be in. And it

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seems like not only was he out of area number one,

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number two where you got that uniform from. There's going

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to be more to this. There's gonna be more.

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Well it was, from what I understand, it was homemade.

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He made it.

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Yeah, but but officer uniforms in no way shape or

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form will resemble what an inmate wears. So how he

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got anything that would even resemble an officer? Where did

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that come from? Because all inmates, for example, at Angola,

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your inmates are going to be in like the chambray

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blue top or a white T shirt and jeans, or

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they may be in they have clubs out there. They

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might be in a club T shirt or something like that.

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But they're not going to be in a button down,

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blue starched with a patch uniform. It's nowhere near the same.

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And so I am curious to know how was he

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in that area? I mean, it sounds like he walked

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out into a sally port? Is that what it was?

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Operating a secure gate to open the gate to all out? Yeah,

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so let him out? What that either completely and totally

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inept employees. And another thing is based on my experience

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in jails, because there's so many employees and sometimes they're

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so large, they'll have employee boards up on the up

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on the wall and they'll have pictures with names of

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employees and you can kind of validate. So this was

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absolute lapse in security and they better have a talking

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to with those employees.

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Yeah, yeah, that I agree, And I'm sure some policy

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is going to change and some heads are going to

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roll over that situation. We're glad to see grain Harden

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back behind bars. Look, I research and cover a lot

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of crime, and when I came across this, I'm like,

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the links people will go to over a divorce is

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just amazing. Wait till you hear this an Alabama Cara practor.

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He is accused of attempting to kill his wife by

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lacing her pills with lad and he is insisting he

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was also a victim of being poisoned, So let me

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