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Good morning, True Seekers and true crime junkies. Welcome back
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to an episode of Hit the Roadjack Finding the Zodiac.
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Going to start again the show today by introducing Nolan
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del Campo, Attorney at Law.
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Good morning, everybody.
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Good morning, Terry Batcher, one of my great researchers. Hi there,
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how are you doing.
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I'm very well, And I say that as an I
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meant to say hi kids, high a kids in the
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sense all of God's children. Once I'm certainly.
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All are yea. And now we have Harriet Souchet, who
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handles the code solves in this case.
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Oh yeah, good morning, everybody.
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Good morning.
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It's going to be a great week. It is going
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to be an absolute week, So you guys will find
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out later.
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I'm just going to hop right on into the presentation
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at this point, because we're going to pick up where
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we left off. We are going to be talking about
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some of the final unsolved murders that occur in California
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before Jack exits California and we don't see any murders
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for about fourteen months that are unsolved. Now, it's not
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that I'm saying he committed all of these murders that
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we're about to talk about. Harriet kind of fills in
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some of the things that she believes the solves are
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sharing with us in regards to some of these victims.
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A lot of people have believed that other people were
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involved with some of these killings. So kind of does
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make some sense here that not all of these murders
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can be completely attributed to Jack, but based on his proximity,
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he should be considered or at least investigated in regards
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to them. So we are going to start out in
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September thirtieth of nineteen seventy five with Janet Lee Bowman
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from Humboldt. She was found in Eureka. We have letters
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to Eureka from the Zodiac Killer. Do you have any
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information on Janetlye Bowman, Harriet.
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No, but that has I think something to do with
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I think we're going to find that John Walsh and
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Rebe Walsher somewhere is involved with that because there's a
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lot going on in that uh, that county, that regent
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that is evolving them. So I don't I haven't solved anything.
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Was John Walsh from the same was John Walsh from
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the Santa Rosa region.
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Dennis said that when he met with John Walsh on
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a number of times outside of the show that he did,
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that he had connections to Mendocino County and that part
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of you know, Santa Rosa in that area, so connections
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like born there. Well you forgot that, sure, Yeah.
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All right, So I'm gonna just got to read you guys.
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One of the latest This was an article written on
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March seventh of twenty twenty two. Cold case HSU student
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found strangled and raped in a case that may have
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been the work of a serial killer. Rightfully, so I
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shouldn't have this in my presentation because I do not
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believe that the Zodiac killer was a rapist, nor any
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of the crimes that we've looked where a sexual assault
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may have occurred using a different object. So he wasn't
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actually a rapist. He was making it look like they
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were raped versus actually having raped them. But we're going
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to talk about this anyways, because it is another one
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of the Santa Rosa hitchhiker murder type murders. In fall
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of nineteen seventy five, the murder of a San Diego
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woman enrolled at Humboldt State University preceded three other similar
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deaths in Humboldt County that would occur over the next
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nine months. Four women's bodies were found within those nine months,
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strangled in rape. Law enforcement in the public speculated whether
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the deaths were the result of a serial killer. To date,
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the homicides remain unsolved, their similarities unmistakable but definitely proven
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to be the work of only one but not definitively
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sorry proven to be the work of only one perpetrator.
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Over the course of the next few weeks, we at
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URHBB will be covering these cold cases individually. We'll then
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take an in depth look at any similarities or differences,
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as well as possible suspects. The partially disrobed body of
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Janetly Bowman nineteen was found in brush off the side
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of Highway two ninety nine near the Corbel Way station
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east of Blue Lake on October sixth, nineteen seventy five,
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almost forty seven years after her death. Her murder remains unsolved.
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On the morning of October sixth, around eleven thirty am,
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the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office received a letter from an
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anonymous witness who had discovered the body but did not
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want to be involved in the case. The letter, postmark
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on Saturday, October fourth, gave the HCSO directions to Bowman's
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body that was found partially disrobed, hidden in a bush
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off in the Demonstration Forest. Hcso's Lieutenant Roy Simmons said
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that the anonymous tipster was not suspected in the crime.
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According to the San Rafel Independent Journal, Bowman graduated from
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Rhonet Park Rancho Katati High School in nineteen seventy four
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before enrolling at Diversity in Arcada. The five foot two
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inch ninety five pound Bowman lived in Arcada during her
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freshman year at HSU. After completing her freshman year in
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the spring, Bowman had spent her summer in San Diego
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with her mother, Nancy Bowman, who had moved to southern
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California after Janet graduated high School. Bowman returned to Humboldt
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County on September twenty at the nineteen seventy five to
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enrolling classes for her sophomore year at HSU. Upon her return,
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she rented a one bedroom apartment on Pigeon Point Road
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in Eureka. The Bowmen did not own a vehicle and
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was known to frequently hitchhike to get around. The middle
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child of John and Nancy. Bowman was last seen in
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the morning of September thirtieth at the Welfare office in Eureka.
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Witnesses said that she was attempting to hitchhike back to
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her apartment on Pingeon Point Road. A missing persons report
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was filed for Bowman on October third, after her friends
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noticed she had not attended any of her classes that week.
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Lieutenant Simmons said that Bowman's friends told detectives that Bowman
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did not have a boyfriend and did not date. They
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stated that she was very shy. After the anonymous letter
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led to the discovery of Bowmen's body, HCSO told the
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media that there were no wounds visible on the body
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other than bruising on Bowman's face and throat. A subsequent
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autopsy revealed that she had been strangled and probably raped.
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How do they say? Probably raped? All right, well, let
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me finish. Hold on, I said, let me finish. This
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letter sassified her death is rape and strangulation, even though
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the original news reports did not definitively confirm the rape.
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Investigators asked for the public's help and determining if anyone
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had witnessed Bowman getting into a vehicle, suspecting that she
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was murdered by whoever had picked her up hitchhiking. Also
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of interest to investigators were the clothing items belonging to
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the victim that were not located where her body was found.
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Bowman was last seen wearing a homemade red skirt with
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floral pattern on its over straight leg blue jeans. She
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had on a blue down jacket size five point five,
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size five and a half orange Swede shoes, and had
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been carrying a Camp Trails brand green canvas with a
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zipper pocket and tie strings. No leads proved fruitful for detectives,
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leading them to offer a five hundred dollars reward for
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information about the death of Janet Bowman. According to an
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October twenty second article on the Time Standard at the
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time HCSO had a secret witness program to provide anonymity
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by allowing potential witnesses to send information to the HCSO
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through the mail. Witness accounts were written down, including a
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six digit code that the letter writer would include in
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the correspondence and again at the bottom corner of the letter,
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which they would then tear off and keep. If the
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witness account led to the capture of the killer, the
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HCSO would publish the six digit code from the letter
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in the local newspaper, allowing the tipster to collect the reward. However,
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the reward enticement did not result in any substantial leads,
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with the murderers still at large. The Time Standard printed
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an opinion piece titled Extreme Dangers of hitch Hiking. The
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article highlighted the rape and murder of Bowman and the
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probability that the perpetrator was someone that had picked the
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student up while hitchhiking. Paper stated that over fifteen female
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hitchhikers had been raped or sexually assaulted from nineteen seventy
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four to nineteen seventy five. A different article stated that
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the number was over twenty. Janetly Bowman, the granddaughter of
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Reverend Ilian T. Jones, baptized at the age of five,
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was laid to rest just seventeen days after she returned
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to Humboldt County. Her life was snuffed out by a
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killer that was never had to answer for her murder.
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She was just nineteen years old at the time of
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her death. Of course, the HCSO asked that if anyone
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has information to share about this case, please contact our
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crime tip Line at seven oh seven two six eight
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two five three nine, submit information using our crime Online
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crime tip form or email HSO t ip L I
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N E at CO dot Humboldt dot ca A dot us.
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Please reference the case number associated with the case when
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recording information. The case number for the death of Janetlee
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Bowman is one nine seven five zero nine five four three.
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All right, So, now, what were you going to say there, Harriet?
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Oh my god, there is so much anagrammable information in there.
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So my we.
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Can't We can't anagram somebody's article in twenty twenty two.
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We don't even know if that information is correct. We
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don't even know if the information is correct.
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That's what I'm trying to tell you. That's what's been
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reported over the years.
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And then you are and they misconstrue that side.
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That's me And this is in the National Center. I
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think it probably went into the database name this, and
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so there is and that's all sounding a lot like
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what happened with Okay. The Secret Witness Program was also.
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I read a lot of that story. I remember reading
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it because Kim Lindy Allen and the other center rose
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a hitch murders, the dangers of hitchhiking. This is I
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know you find it hard to believe, but there's so
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much of this database that's inable and guess a story
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and then.
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You find out. I understand that, but this is written
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in twenty twenty two. They couldn't report the news straight
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the day it happened, so when we're hearing it go ahead.
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I don't think that's her point. There's also the word eureka,
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and I don't know about the timing of that, but
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that's isn't that in one of the Zodiac killers? What
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do you call it? Postmarks? Yes, yes, I know what
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she's getting at there. She's just saying there's certain phrases
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in certain terms being used.
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I know, but we can't pick or choose those phrases.
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Anonymously or or randomly to ark and back. They harken back,
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Yes they do. There is definitely some some uh connection
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or some type of you know, coincidence between the statements
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that are being made. And I don't believe in coincidences.
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You guys are right. I believe that there's a connection
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between everything. However, what I'm saying is is this is
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from twenty twenty two and they couldn't get the news
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street when it happened. You know, everybody reports something completely
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different about the case. So who are we to determine
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what is true and what is not and what will
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form a message? Is all I'm saying. That's all I'm
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saying that that's.
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How you figure it out, because if it comes up
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with the same names John Edward Walsh Junior or Vee
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Walsh and Cocaine and Sam g and Conna, that's how you.
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But I think you could if you put it right,
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things out you couldn't come about this.
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You're not getting this. You're you're not getting this because
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John Edward Walsh from or Bay Walsh are still around
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and they're doing a lot of stuff. But anyways, so
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we'll get past that. I'm just saying that it can
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you can find a whole bunch of information that just
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see it matches facts and figures that have now evolved.
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But anyways, that's what.
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You want to hear. A little side note all this
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when you said to where cocaine? I didn't know this,
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but I learned the other day that the Secret Service
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found cocaine in the White House during Biden's administration. They
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wanted to strike. I was just on the news yesterday,
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was on the assassination at tamp footage, and I didn't
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had never heard that before. Thank you very much for
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the deep state news. But anyway, that's all that I thought.
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I know where she's I know where herriot's going from.
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About that, I get that.
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I feel like I watched in a documentary with Bush
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them trying to bust somebody over cocaine. Dream was that
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the Iron Contra scandal, Like they were trying to set
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somebody literally up right outside of the house.
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Yeah, yeah, money it was. It's a it's a cash crop,
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that's why.
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Yeah, and it was under Reagan, under Reagan Reagan, but
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I'm Republican, but I admit it. I'm seeing a lot
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about Reagan. I mean, he's got a dark side. He
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was the ultimate cocaine cowboy. The cocaine was slowing, it