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<v Speaker 1>It brought back sleepless nights for me after you called me,

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<v Speaker 1>I dreamt about it. The sounds of their voices, the

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<v Speaker 1>looks on their faces. That's a trauma that I can't

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<v Speaker 1>wrap my head around, but I sure heard it.

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<v Speaker 2>San Angelo, Texas, July fourth, nineteen eighty eight. Shane Stewart's

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<v Speaker 2>Camaro was parked just outside of town at O. C.

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<v Speaker 2>Fisher Lake. Shane and his girlfriend Sally McNelly reclined on

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<v Speaker 2>the hood, looking into the night sky. They dreamed aloud

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<v Speaker 2>about their future together, a fresh start. That night, they

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<v Speaker 2>never came home. Their bodies were found four months later.

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<v Speaker 2>What happened to Shane and Sally is still a mystery,

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<v Speaker 2>but there were witnesses and warning signs.

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<v Speaker 1>She said, you don't hear from us in a couple

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<v Speaker 1>of months than my dad and.

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<v Speaker 2>I recall telling them, you guys better be careful. You're

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<v Speaker 2>going to piss off the wrong people.

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<v Speaker 3>We talked about.

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<v Speaker 1>Could have been satanic, Possible, could have been a drug

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<v Speaker 1>deal in went south. Possible, could have been they were

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<v Speaker 1>out there and they saw something they weren't supposed to see.

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<v Speaker 2>Shane and Sally loved hanging out with their friends. Speeding

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<v Speaker 2>around San Angelo at night. But at some point their

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<v Speaker 2>mischief with friends crossed over into something much darker, much

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<v Speaker 2>more dangerous. Shane and Sally worried they were in over

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<v Speaker 2>their heads.

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<v Speaker 3>This is the devil's playground down here, and you have

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<v Speaker 3>to be very careful. Me and my brother told him

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<v Speaker 3>just leave that one alone, Just live your life. Leave

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<v Speaker 3>it the fuckalo.

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<v Speaker 1>You don't want to find him.

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<v Speaker 2>It's just there's something ominous about this whole case. For

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<v Speaker 2>thirty five years, Shane's father, Marshall, has been searching for

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<v Speaker 2>answers and struggling to understand how so many people could

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<v Speaker 2>hold these secrets for so long.

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<v Speaker 4>You have that memory of I was there and I

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<v Speaker 4>saw this, and I'm guilty. Whatever the reason that you

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<v Speaker 4>can't come forward, were you in an altered mind state?

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<v Speaker 4>Have you done bad things since that point in time?

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<v Speaker 4>You need to act like an adult and deal with

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<v Speaker 4>the consequences and let these families have the closure that

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<v Speaker 4>they're really looking for.

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<v Speaker 2>My name is Rob Demko. My reporting partner Karen Jacobs,

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<v Speaker 2>and I started looking at this case five years ago.

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<v Speaker 5>Marshall took us out to where it all happened.

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<v Speaker 4>Looking for evidence, anything that was oble. This is eight

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<v Speaker 4>eight and we call it the Lake Road.

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<v Speaker 5>And he showed us where to look. We interviewed investigators

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<v Speaker 5>and knocked on suspects doors, track down Shane and Sally's friends,

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<v Speaker 5>and pretty much called everyone involved.

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<v Speaker 2>Hi, Carol, this is Rob Demka. I'm a journalist here

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<v Speaker 2>in Texas and what Hi. This is Rob Demka. Hi,

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<v Speaker 2>this is Rob Demka. Okay, thanks Carol. I appreciate its godless.

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<v Speaker 5>We also have a good idea of who's telling the

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<v Speaker 5>truth and who isn't. Even the investigators have become targets.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't want to slander of anyone, but I want

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<v Speaker 1>to be honest with you.

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<v Speaker 3>They don't want to have to go back and say, oh,

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<v Speaker 3>look at all these dirty cops we had, that we celebrated,

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<v Speaker 3>that we gave awards to.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, you mentioned a name to me that we need

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<v Speaker 1>to talk about. And there are some things about this

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<v Speaker 1>that are just not right.

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<v Speaker 5>And the trail has taken us far beyond the town

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<v Speaker 5>of San Angelo, Texas.

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<v Speaker 2>That's the advantage in finding people hearing the Philippines.

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<v Speaker 5>People love to talk well.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, if I could get enough to get a

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<v Speaker 3>Warren on him, I could extradity while they were saying,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, might as well be on the moon.

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<v Speaker 2>This is a story about two teenagers who are trapped.

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<v Speaker 2>It's also about betrayal and revenge.

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<v Speaker 5>And it's about a parent search for answers because someone

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<v Speaker 5>out there knows exactly what happened and why.

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<v Speaker 1>And so that's where I say the value of podcast,

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<v Speaker 1>like what you're doing, is that someone listening to it

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<v Speaker 1>may say, wait a minute, I know that guy.

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<v Speaker 3>So I almost backed out of this. I really did,

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<v Speaker 3>but I can't do that, not for myself. I'm not

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<v Speaker 3>going to do that. And these other girls deserve it too.

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<v Speaker 3>It deserves justice. These guys all me to go to jail.

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<v Speaker 2>Everyone at all from Texas Monthly. This is Shane and Salad,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, and asks the small screwed case I've ever

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<v Speaker 2>seen is that?

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah?

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<v Speaker 2>Coming March nineteenth,