WEBVTT 1 00:00:10.480 --> 00:00:15.759 You're listening to Psychology of the Strange, a podcast exploring 2 00:00:15.800 --> 00:00:22.519 the psychology behind fear, folklore, the uncanny, and the unexplained. 3 00:00:23.559 --> 00:00:26.399 This show is brought to you by the dark Cast Network. 4 00:00:27.120 --> 00:00:33.640 Welcome to the dark Side. This winter, the world gets 5 00:00:33.679 --> 00:00:38.079 a little stranger Season two of Psychology of the Strangers. 6 00:00:38.079 --> 00:00:43.759 Here we're traveling into the season of long nights, distorted shadows, 7 00:00:44.119 --> 00:00:47.640 and the old stories people used to whisper to survive 8 00:00:47.759 --> 00:00:53.719 the dark. This time we're exploring winter born omens, creatures 9 00:00:53.759 --> 00:00:58.159 that came from the shoreline, mischief spirits who slip into homes, 10 00:00:58.520 --> 00:01:02.119 and the ancient ritual that blurred the line between the 11 00:01:02.159 --> 00:01:06.640 living and the dead. And as always, we'll step inside 12 00:01:06.680 --> 00:01:12.239 the psychology beneath the folklore, Why certain stories survive, why 13 00:01:12.319 --> 00:01:17.359 winter changes perception, and what these legends reveal about fear, 14 00:01:18.000 --> 00:01:22.319 identity and the edges of the human mind. If you're 15 00:01:22.359 --> 00:01:28.200 ready for a season of liminal spaces, uncanny children, hollow shadows, 16 00:01:28.760 --> 00:01:33.040 and the strange logic of the cold months, then welcome back. 17 00:01:33.920 --> 00:01:37.879 Psychology of the Strange. Season two begins. 18 00:01:38.599 --> 00:01:50.200 Now. Welcome to dark Cast Network, the best of indie podcasts. 19 00:01:51.040 --> 00:01:54.400 I'm Jackie and I'm Jenna of stop who does that? 20 00:01:54.760 --> 00:02:14.400 And you're listening to Rainbow Crimes with hopefully some Unicorn justice. 21 00:02:16.560 --> 00:02:20.280 Hey guys, it's me CJ. Not a whole lot to 22 00:02:20.360 --> 00:02:23.520 report here on the Oregon Coast, So if it's okay 23 00:02:23.560 --> 00:02:26.159 with you, I'm just gonna get into our main case 24 00:02:26.199 --> 00:02:33.080 this episode. Philip Arthur Wahlstead was born and raised in Tucson, Arizona. 25 00:02:33.879 --> 00:02:38.159 His birthday February twenty fifth, nineteen seventy eight. He was 26 00:02:38.159 --> 00:02:42.919 a Pisces. His family described Philip as always being kind 27 00:02:43.080 --> 00:02:47.520 with a quick wit. He was easygoing. He preferred listening 28 00:02:47.520 --> 00:02:50.919 to music, then being outside and playing rough and tumble 29 00:02:51.000 --> 00:02:54.719 with other boys and girls in his neighborhood. As Philip 30 00:02:54.759 --> 00:02:58.000 was growing up, he was particularly close with one of 31 00:02:58.000 --> 00:03:01.879 his female cousins. He was several years older than he was. 32 00:03:02.960 --> 00:03:06.479 In Tucson at the time, the city was pretty conservative. 33 00:03:07.000 --> 00:03:10.520 In fact, I saw it said somewhere that today Tucson 34 00:03:10.680 --> 00:03:14.319 is considered a liberal island in a sea of conservative 35 00:03:15.159 --> 00:03:18.960 Actually sounds like my city. So being gay was a 36 00:03:18.960 --> 00:03:23.039 little bit scary, or it just wasn't spoken of. But 37 00:03:23.120 --> 00:03:26.599 around the age of fifteen, Philip decided to come out 38 00:03:26.639 --> 00:03:30.879 to his family his cousin he was close to wasn't 39 00:03:30.960 --> 00:03:34.719 bothered at all by his admission, although his parents weren't 40 00:03:34.800 --> 00:03:37.879 very happy about it, nor were they supportive of his 41 00:03:37.960 --> 00:03:42.960 sexual identity. Sometime between the ages of sixteen and eighteen, 42 00:03:43.560 --> 00:03:46.599 Philip moved out from his parents' home and he didn't 43 00:03:46.599 --> 00:03:50.120 have much contact with them for a while. Philip did 44 00:03:50.199 --> 00:03:55.520 remain in Tucson. However, during Philip's eighteenth year of life, 45 00:03:55.599 --> 00:03:58.919 he met a man named Jonathan. They met outside a 46 00:03:59.080 --> 00:04:04.719 mostly gay club and Tucson called Ibts. Jonathan found Philip 47 00:04:04.800 --> 00:04:08.120 wiser than his years. He thought he was confident and 48 00:04:08.159 --> 00:04:13.680 well put together, and this combination made Jonathan insanely attracted 49 00:04:13.719 --> 00:04:18.879 to Philip. Plus, Philip had boyishly good looks. Jonathan. I 50 00:04:18.920 --> 00:04:22.160 could not pin down an age on but from photos 51 00:04:22.199 --> 00:04:25.040 of the two of them together, I would say Jonathan 52 00:04:25.160 --> 00:04:28.839 was maybe eight to ten years older than Philip. Thankfully, 53 00:04:28.879 --> 00:04:31.920 the heart doesn't see age as a barrier, and the 54 00:04:31.959 --> 00:04:36.399 two fell in love. They adored spending time with each other, 55 00:04:37.160 --> 00:04:42.120 cuddling while watching movies at home, grocery shopping, running errands, 56 00:04:42.199 --> 00:04:45.759 et cetera. All of that was fun for them as 57 00:04:45.839 --> 00:04:50.040 long as they were together. Jonathan even encouraged Philip to 58 00:04:50.160 --> 00:04:53.759 reach out to his parents to try and mend their relationship, 59 00:04:54.519 --> 00:04:59.160 which Philip did not. Long after that, Philip and Jonathan 60 00:04:59.199 --> 00:05:02.560 were being in vine To holidays at Philip's family home, 61 00:05:03.639 --> 00:05:07.920 the relationship between Philip and his parents seemed to become stronger. 62 00:05:08.519 --> 00:05:12.120 It's believed his parents could see how happy Philip was 63 00:05:12.240 --> 00:05:16.399 with Jonathan and the sexuality of their son, it really 64 00:05:16.480 --> 00:05:21.680 no longer mattered, not nearly as much as Philip's happiness mattered. 65 00:05:23.040 --> 00:05:26.639 Jonathan knew he was in a relationship that he wanted 66 00:05:26.639 --> 00:05:31.439 to last forever. He loved Philip so much, and Philip 67 00:05:31.519 --> 00:05:35.920 loved him. Philip lived in his own apartment for a 68 00:05:36.000 --> 00:05:39.759 time while they dated, and then he moved in with Jonathan. 69 00:05:40.399 --> 00:05:43.800 Philip also nailed down a job with American Airlines as 70 00:05:43.839 --> 00:05:48.680 a reservationist. He was excited because this job allowed him 71 00:05:48.680 --> 00:05:52.199 to fly places places he had never been but only 72 00:05:52.319 --> 00:05:55.399 dreamed of, and the best part, he could fly for 73 00:05:55.480 --> 00:05:59.120 free or at a reduced rate. For a couple of years, 74 00:05:59.199 --> 00:06:03.279 Jonathan Andhilip would take trips to other countries together and 75 00:06:03.279 --> 00:06:06.279 they would have the time of their lives. Some of 76 00:06:06.319 --> 00:06:08.600 the trips they were taking, they were even able to 77 00:06:08.639 --> 00:06:13.519 fly first class, perks of Philip's job. One thing, however, 78 00:06:13.600 --> 00:06:16.079 for Philip, that was not a perk of his job 79 00:06:16.639 --> 00:06:20.000 was having to deal with angry customers, but he did so. 80 00:06:21.040 --> 00:06:24.199 He would also sometimes have to work very late shifts, 81 00:06:24.319 --> 00:06:27.560 not getting home until midnight, and when he'd get home, 82 00:06:27.800 --> 00:06:31.279 his usual routine was to check in with Jonathan, who 83 00:06:31.319 --> 00:06:34.360 normally was in bed by midnight. Then Philip would have 84 00:06:34.399 --> 00:06:37.160 a beer and take a walk in the neighborhood. He 85 00:06:37.279 --> 00:06:41.160 did this to unwine from his workshift. Philip loved the 86 00:06:41.240 --> 00:06:46.879 quiet of the night. It somehow relaxed him. On June eleventh, 87 00:06:46.879 --> 00:06:50.319 two thousand and two, Philip, who was now twenty four 88 00:06:50.399 --> 00:06:54.519 years old, came home from work around midnight. He greeted 89 00:06:54.560 --> 00:06:57.920 a sleepy Jonathan with a kiss. Then he drank a 90 00:06:57.920 --> 00:07:00.879 beer and told Jonathan good night and that he was 91 00:07:00.959 --> 00:07:04.800 going for a walk. Nothing out of the ordinary for them, 92 00:07:05.360 --> 00:07:09.560 and Jonathan fell back asleep. It was now after midnight 93 00:07:09.639 --> 00:07:13.959 on June twelfth, two thousand and two. Jonathan awoke after 94 00:07:14.040 --> 00:07:17.759 the sun came up. Philip wasn't there and it looked 95 00:07:17.839 --> 00:07:21.160 like he had never come to bed. Philip's car was 96 00:07:21.199 --> 00:07:24.680 in the driveway, but there was no sign of Philip anywhere. 97 00:07:25.199 --> 00:07:30.720 Jonathan became very worried. While on his midnight walk, Philip 98 00:07:30.759 --> 00:07:33.360 came across the young couple sitting on a tall gate 99 00:07:33.399 --> 00:07:36.519 of a white truck. The couple was a young female 100 00:07:37.040 --> 00:07:41.959 and her twenty year old friend, possibly boyfriend, David Higdon. 101 00:07:43.079 --> 00:07:46.720 Now you should know that Philip was of a slender build. 102 00:07:47.639 --> 00:07:50.920 He might have been clockable as a gay man, just 103 00:07:51.040 --> 00:07:53.959 from some video that I've seen of how he carried 104 00:07:54.040 --> 00:07:58.759 himself and walked not overly flamboyant, but a little effeminate. 105 00:08:00.240 --> 00:08:04.279 So as Philip is walking by this couple, they all 106 00:08:04.319 --> 00:08:09.120 apparently started talking to one another. Soon the girl goes 107 00:08:09.160 --> 00:08:11.879 and sits in the cab of the truck, and now 108 00:08:12.000 --> 00:08:14.360 David and Philip are at the talgate of the truck, 109 00:08:14.480 --> 00:08:19.399 still talking. A few moments later, David grabs a baseball 110 00:08:19.480 --> 00:08:23.560 bat and he starts swinging it Philip. He knocked Philip 111 00:08:23.560 --> 00:08:27.279 to the ground almost immediately. The girl looked into the 112 00:08:27.360 --> 00:08:31.480 sideview mirror and she watched in horror as David did this. 113 00:08:32.320 --> 00:08:35.080 I truly don't think she expected David to lose his 114 00:08:35.200 --> 00:08:38.440 shit the way he had, But David doesn't stop at 115 00:08:38.480 --> 00:08:43.120 one swing, he continued to hit Philip. Philip was screaming. 116 00:08:43.480 --> 00:08:45.639 He got up and he ran around the corner with 117 00:08:45.759 --> 00:08:49.480 David chasing him. David caught up to him, and he 118 00:08:49.600 --> 00:08:54.240 repeatedly swung the bat into Philip's face, into Philip's head, 119 00:08:54.600 --> 00:08:59.039 and into Philip's body. Although the girl in the truck 120 00:08:59.080 --> 00:09:02.320 couldn't see what was going on anymore, she could hear. 121 00:09:03.320 --> 00:09:07.159 She heard David tell Philip to just go to fucking sleep. 122 00:09:08.399 --> 00:09:12.399 As Philip lay on the ground, beaten, bloody, David checked 123 00:09:12.440 --> 00:09:15.639 Philip's clothing and he robs him of anything he had 124 00:09:15.679 --> 00:09:19.159 on him. Then David runs back to his truck. He 125 00:09:19.240 --> 00:09:22.200 gets into the driver's side, and he and the girl 126 00:09:22.279 --> 00:09:27.080 drive away. A man walking by that same area hours 127 00:09:27.159 --> 00:09:31.000 later called nine one one, saying that he saw a 128 00:09:31.080 --> 00:09:33.679 man lying in the middle of the street and it 129 00:09:33.759 --> 00:09:36.440 appeared the man had been run over by a vehicle. 130 00:09:37.559 --> 00:09:41.720 Police in EMT arrived at the scene. The only thing 131 00:09:41.879 --> 00:09:45.960 left on Philip was his bloody clothing. Even his shoes 132 00:09:46.000 --> 00:09:50.240 were gone, and then with his clothing, the EMT had 133 00:09:50.240 --> 00:09:52.519 to cut it off of him to attend to Philip's 134 00:09:52.559 --> 00:09:56.559 injuries before they took him to the hospital, but emt 135 00:09:56.720 --> 00:10:00.799 couldn't identify Philip's most life threatening injury due to all 136 00:10:00.840 --> 00:10:05.279 the blood. They did determine from his head injuries that 137 00:10:05.360 --> 00:10:08.639 this was not a hit and run accident, but Philip 138 00:10:08.679 --> 00:10:12.759 had been assaulted, although there was nothing on the victim 139 00:10:12.840 --> 00:10:17.679 to identify it was Philip. Police canvas the area looking 140 00:10:17.720 --> 00:10:21.519 for witnesses. They couldn't find any because it happened so 141 00:10:21.639 --> 00:10:25.159 early in the morning, the neighbors in the area were asleep. 142 00:10:26.000 --> 00:10:29.399 They looked for anywhere that might have surveillance cameras to 143 00:10:29.440 --> 00:10:33.960 show them what happened, but again nothing turned up. They 144 00:10:33.960 --> 00:10:38.279 looked for evidence, but all there was was what belonged 145 00:10:38.279 --> 00:10:42.919 to the victim, clothing and blood. While detectives in a 146 00:10:42.960 --> 00:10:47.000 forensic unit were at the scene doing their investigation, they 147 00:10:47.000 --> 00:10:50.320 were informed that the victim had died at the hospital 148 00:10:50.399 --> 00:10:54.840 from his injuries. A detective went to the hospital to 149 00:10:54.919 --> 00:10:58.799 take a look at their victim, and that detective arranged 150 00:10:58.840 --> 00:11:01.960 to get the victims his fingerprints taken to see if 151 00:11:01.960 --> 00:11:06.679 they could identify him that way. Detectives also had pictures 152 00:11:06.720 --> 00:11:09.559 taken in Philip's face to show around and see if 153 00:11:09.600 --> 00:11:13.279 anybody could identify them. Should the fingerprints not be in 154 00:11:13.320 --> 00:11:18.240 their database. The problem with the pictures was that they 155 00:11:18.279 --> 00:11:22.559 didn't look anything like Philip. His eyes were swollen shut 156 00:11:22.639 --> 00:11:25.200 from the beating, and he was black and blue all 157 00:11:25.240 --> 00:11:29.679 over his face. Philip had been hit nearly twenty times 158 00:11:29.759 --> 00:11:36.120 with the baseball bat in his face alone. Investigators got lucky. Somehow, 159 00:11:36.480 --> 00:11:39.600 they got a hit for Philip's fingerprints and they were 160 00:11:39.639 --> 00:11:43.679 able to identify him that way. I guess Philip was 161 00:11:43.679 --> 00:11:47.480 put in the database due to some traffic violation. Now 162 00:11:47.480 --> 00:11:50.279 I'm guessing it might be a dui or a wet 163 00:11:50.320 --> 00:11:55.159 and reckless because people generally aren't fingerprinted for a routine 164 00:11:55.200 --> 00:12:00.799 traffic stop. Again, that's just my theory. Anyway, detectives were 165 00:12:00.840 --> 00:12:04.240 able to track down Philip's parents and they let them 166 00:12:04.279 --> 00:12:08.240 know that their son was found deceased. Philip's mom told 167 00:12:08.279 --> 00:12:11.000 them that he was living with his partner, Jonathan, in 168 00:12:11.080 --> 00:12:15.639 downtown Tucson. Jonathan had heard from a cousin who was 169 00:12:15.679 --> 00:12:18.360 listening to a police scanner about the murder of a 170 00:12:18.399 --> 00:12:21.879 man just blocks from where he and Philip lived. The 171 00:12:21.960 --> 00:12:25.879 cousin asked if Philip was all right, and Jonathan said no, 172 00:12:26.559 --> 00:12:29.720 because Philip didn't return home from his walk last night. 173 00:12:31.159 --> 00:12:34.879 At that moment, Jonathan went to the police station and 174 00:12:35.000 --> 00:12:38.600 he found out that the murdered victim was his Philip. 175 00:12:40.000 --> 00:12:43.720 For several days, police put surveillance out on Jonathan with 176 00:12:43.799 --> 00:12:47.240 the thought that if someone ends up dead, it's usually 177 00:12:47.320 --> 00:12:51.399 their partner. Jonathan went back to the police station and 178 00:12:51.519 --> 00:12:55.840 he talked with detectives. They told him Philip was probably 179 00:12:55.919 --> 00:12:59.720 beaten with the two by four. Although detectives seemed to 180 00:12:59.759 --> 00:13:02.399 know that the damage to Philip had been done by 181 00:13:02.440 --> 00:13:05.679 a baseball bat, it appeared they were trying to see 182 00:13:05.720 --> 00:13:09.960 what reaction Jonathan might have had. As the discussion went 183 00:13:10.039 --> 00:13:14.000 on for about an hour, detectives were starting to realize 184 00:13:14.279 --> 00:13:18.200 Jonathan loved Phillips so much and he was most likely 185 00:13:18.279 --> 00:13:23.080 not their suspect. Jonathan did, however, fill in some gaps 186 00:13:23.120 --> 00:13:27.200 for them, and he created a tighter timeline for the investigation. 187 00:13:28.279 --> 00:13:32.399 Jonathan and Philip's home was searched. Nothing of interest in 188 00:13:32.480 --> 00:13:36.720 this case was discovered there. An article in the weekly 189 00:13:36.879 --> 00:13:39.879 Tucson paper was put out about the murder of Philip, 190 00:13:40.440 --> 00:13:44.559 and flyers were distributed around the city, and almost a 191 00:13:44.639 --> 00:13:48.320 week later, a call came into the police department from 192 00:13:48.320 --> 00:13:52.399 a woman saying that her daughter had information about the 193 00:13:52.440 --> 00:13:56.000 young man who was killed. On June twelfth, a patrol 194 00:13:56.159 --> 00:13:58.279 unit picked the girl up and brought her to the 195 00:13:58.279 --> 00:14:02.879 police station for an interview. The girl was extremely distraught 196 00:14:02.919 --> 00:14:06.879 and tearful. The girl was the one who was with 197 00:14:07.120 --> 00:14:10.559 David Higden in his truck the night David killed Philip. 198 00:14:11.240 --> 00:14:15.039 She told detectives about the attack, and she said she 199 00:14:15.120 --> 00:14:18.679 didn't come forward sooner because she was scared of David 200 00:14:19.120 --> 00:14:21.279 and he had threatened to do the same thing to 201 00:14:21.360 --> 00:14:24.679 hern her kids that he did to Philip if she talked. 202 00:14:25.720 --> 00:14:30.399 What David had stolen from Philip was his watch, his shoes, 203 00:14:30.879 --> 00:14:35.720 his keys, in Philip's driver's license, and after David had 204 00:14:35.759 --> 00:14:38.919 beaten Philip, him and the girl went back to David's 205 00:14:39.000 --> 00:14:41.440 where he lived with an older brother and his dad. 206 00:14:42.519 --> 00:14:45.399 David asked his older brother for advice and how to 207 00:14:45.399 --> 00:14:48.600 get rid of the evidence he had. His brother told 208 00:14:48.639 --> 00:14:51.279 him how and that he should have never brought the 209 00:14:51.320 --> 00:14:55.480 stuff back to the house. But then David used Philip's 210 00:14:55.519 --> 00:14:59.720 driver's license to cut lines of cocaine. Once he was done, 211 00:15:00.120 --> 00:15:04.080 he kept the license in his toolbox. I'm thinking a souvenir. 212 00:15:04.200 --> 00:15:08.279 Maybe the girl ended her interview with the police by 213 00:15:08.320 --> 00:15:12.200 saying she thought David did this to Philip because Philip 214 00:15:12.320 --> 00:15:16.440 was gay, and that was the only reason. And that's 215 00:15:16.480 --> 00:15:20.240 why I mentioned earlier that Philip was somewhat clockable as 216 00:15:20.320 --> 00:15:24.480 being a gay man through his gait or mannerisms or 217 00:15:24.519 --> 00:15:30.200 the way he spoke to David. David knew. After detectives 218 00:15:30.240 --> 00:15:34.519 obtained a search warrant for the Higdon's residence, twenty year 219 00:15:34.519 --> 00:15:37.720 old David Higden was arrested at his home and he 220 00:15:37.840 --> 00:15:41.519 was charged with first degree murder. I guess David didn't 221 00:15:41.559 --> 00:15:46.159 take his brother's advice because the police found Philip Striver's license, 222 00:15:46.559 --> 00:15:49.840 a baseball bat with blood on it, clothing of David's 223 00:15:49.840 --> 00:15:54.639 with blood, and Philip's glasses. This guy, David was not 224 00:15:54.759 --> 00:15:58.519 a good cat. He had prior convictions and he had 225 00:15:58.679 --> 00:16:02.799 even serve some prison time. In fact, David had just 226 00:16:02.919 --> 00:16:08.480 recently been released from prison. His crimes were burglary, drug charges, 227 00:16:08.639 --> 00:16:14.480 and assault. He apparently has quite the temper too. While incarcerated, 228 00:16:14.600 --> 00:16:19.200 he was affiliated with the Aryan Brotherhood. He's a neo Nazi. 229 00:16:19.879 --> 00:16:24.679 David doesn't like Jews, people of color, or gaze. David 230 00:16:24.759 --> 00:16:28.559 has a number of neo Nazi type tattoos on his body, 231 00:16:28.639 --> 00:16:33.480 including a swastika. David was being held now in a 232 00:16:33.519 --> 00:16:37.039 local jail with a one million dollar bond to get out. 233 00:16:37.679 --> 00:16:41.279 His trials started in January of two thousand and five. 234 00:16:41.960 --> 00:16:46.120 It lasted only eleven days, but it took so long 235 00:16:46.200 --> 00:16:49.360 to get to the trial because there were so many delays, 236 00:16:49.360 --> 00:16:54.120 as often happened in these cases. He was found guilty 237 00:16:54.159 --> 00:16:58.840 at first degree murder and robbery. His sentencing trial was 238 00:16:59.000 --> 00:17:03.279 March of five, and David was sentenced to life in 239 00:17:03.360 --> 00:17:08.480 prison without the possibility of parole. I think it's important 240 00:17:08.519 --> 00:17:12.039 to remember that not just Philip's young life was taken 241 00:17:12.119 --> 00:17:15.680 by this complete ass wipe who showed no remorse for 242 00:17:15.759 --> 00:17:21.559 his actions, but Philip's family and Jonathan also suffered so much. 243 00:17:22.720 --> 00:17:26.720 When he was interviewed many years after the trial, Jonathan 244 00:17:26.839 --> 00:17:30.599 basically said that Philip was his person and he's come 245 00:17:30.680 --> 00:17:33.440 to peace with the fact he'll never be in another 246 00:17:33.519 --> 00:17:38.920 relationship again. Jonathan moved away after Philip's murder, but he 247 00:17:39.160 --> 00:17:42.839 was encouraged to come back and visit a memorial for Philip. 248 00:17:43.759 --> 00:17:47.680 The memorial is a bench and a small wall dedicated 249 00:17:47.680 --> 00:17:51.799 to Philip's memory, It's located at the park right across 250 00:17:51.839 --> 00:17:55.880 the street from where Philip and Jonathan lived. Visiting the 251 00:17:55.960 --> 00:17:59.519 site of the memorial was an extremely tough thing for 252 00:17:59.599 --> 00:18:02.839 Jonathan than to do. Looking at the house where he 253 00:18:02.920 --> 00:18:06.519 shared so much joy in love with Philip was also 254 00:18:06.759 --> 00:18:11.319 a very traumatic thing for him. Rest in Power, Philip 255 00:18:12.759 --> 00:18:17.079 our True Crime Quickie. This episode is from Apple Valley, California. 256 00:18:17.160 --> 00:18:22.039 On September seventeenth, nineteen ninety eight, twenty two year old 257 00:18:22.160 --> 00:18:26.880 Lynette Jarvis and her partner Taysha Dody were hitchhiking along 258 00:18:27.000 --> 00:18:32.440 California Highway eighteen. This is located in southern California, in 259 00:18:32.559 --> 00:18:37.400 San Bernardino County. Now, I'm assuming this all took place 260 00:18:37.440 --> 00:18:41.079 in the evening after the sun went down. A man 261 00:18:41.200 --> 00:18:44.519 named David Vance pulled over to offer the women a ride. 262 00:18:45.319 --> 00:18:48.400 Not realizing the man was on a meth high, the 263 00:18:48.519 --> 00:18:53.039 women got into the car with David. As David began driving, 264 00:18:53.480 --> 00:18:58.079 Lynette and Tasha began noticing that their driver seemed kind 265 00:18:58.119 --> 00:19:02.960 of off. Soon, David was yelling at the women, demanding 266 00:19:03.119 --> 00:19:07.839 sex from them. Both women quickly turned David down, which 267 00:19:08.000 --> 00:19:12.240 made him even angrier. He braked and he stopped his car, 268 00:19:12.680 --> 00:19:15.079 and the two women were thankful to get away from 269 00:19:15.119 --> 00:19:19.599 the car and from David, but they were understandably scared. 270 00:19:20.240 --> 00:19:23.200 They ran and they hid in some nearby bushes along 271 00:19:23.240 --> 00:19:28.079 the roadway. Lynette and Tasha remained hidden for a while 272 00:19:28.200 --> 00:19:32.519 after David drove away. Soon they saw lights of another 273 00:19:32.640 --> 00:19:36.079 approaching vehicle and they came out of their hiding place 274 00:19:36.160 --> 00:19:40.200 to flag the car down. It was David again. He 275 00:19:40.400 --> 00:19:43.039 had driven up the road a bit and turned around 276 00:19:44.000 --> 00:19:47.440 when he saw Lynette and Tasha. David stopped his car 277 00:19:47.720 --> 00:19:51.200 and he emerged with a gun. He shot Tasha and 278 00:19:51.240 --> 00:19:54.559 he ran up to Lynette, shooting her point blank, killing 279 00:19:54.599 --> 00:19:59.079 her instantly. He shot Tasha again and then he got 280 00:19:59.079 --> 00:20:03.240 back into his car and he drove off. What David 281 00:20:03.319 --> 00:20:07.440 didn't count on was another passing motorists finding his crime 282 00:20:07.519 --> 00:20:12.279 scene and that Tasia was still alive. Tasha was rushed 283 00:20:12.319 --> 00:20:18.519 to the hospital. Her injuries were critical, but she would survive. Tasha, 284 00:20:18.599 --> 00:20:22.480 being the only living witness to David Vance's crime, was 285 00:20:22.640 --> 00:20:26.680 able to give a description of her and Lynette's assailant. 286 00:20:27.000 --> 00:20:30.160 The police were able to provide a lineup of suspects 287 00:20:30.200 --> 00:20:34.599 for Tasha, and she identified David Vance as their attacker. 288 00:20:35.839 --> 00:20:38.799 David was charged for the attack, for the murder of 289 00:20:38.880 --> 00:20:43.319 Lynette and for the attempted murder of Tasha. After his 290 00:20:43.480 --> 00:20:46.640 trial was over, he was found guilty of second degree 291 00:20:46.720 --> 00:20:50.519 murder and sentence. I couldn't see how long he was 292 00:20:50.559 --> 00:20:53.480 sentenced for, but even if it was a life sentence, 293 00:20:54.039 --> 00:20:57.119 he's most likely out of prison now. He's got a 294 00:20:57.119 --> 00:21:00.920 pretty common name. I wanted to see where he might relocated. 295 00:21:01.359 --> 00:21:05.319 I did see a few David A. Vance's obituaries listed, 296 00:21:05.759 --> 00:21:07.920 but I have no idea if it was the convicted 297 00:21:08.000 --> 00:21:14.240 man of this story. Rest in Power, Lynnette, Live Strong, Tasha. 298 00:21:15.079 --> 00:21:18.119 I do believe we need to check for some sunshine 299 00:21:18.160 --> 00:21:22.039 to end this episode on. It's been announced that the 300 00:21:22.160 --> 00:21:27.759 UK's Southampton will officially host UK's Pride in twenty twenty seven. 301 00:21:28.440 --> 00:21:34.519 Alrighty in ya Southampton. A Texas judge blocked the enforcement 302 00:21:34.599 --> 00:21:40.240 of a law attempting to ban LGBTQ plus student clubs 303 00:21:40.279 --> 00:21:44.960 in three Texas school districts, ruling that these clubs cannot 304 00:21:45.000 --> 00:21:49.839 be banned. Yes, nothing like these school districts taking it 305 00:21:49.920 --> 00:21:54.039 upon themselves to try and shut down the Constitution and 306 00:21:54.119 --> 00:21:58.839 the First Amendment. These kids have the right to peacefully assemble, 307 00:21:59.440 --> 00:22:03.240 and if it's via the Gay Lesbian Trans Alliance Club 308 00:22:03.279 --> 00:22:09.720 on their campus, so be it. USA Rugby just announced 309 00:22:09.759 --> 00:22:13.400 they will now have a men's, a women's and an 310 00:22:13.440 --> 00:22:18.839 open category. This will allow trans athletes to play competitive 311 00:22:18.920 --> 00:22:23.559 rugby should they want to. That's some good progress and 312 00:22:23.599 --> 00:22:28.079 that's about all for this week, except for a joker too. 313 00:22:28.680 --> 00:22:31.960 You know, having gay parents must be tough because you 314 00:22:32.039 --> 00:22:35.279 either get twice the dad jokes or stuck in an 315 00:22:35.400 --> 00:22:40.440 endless loop of go ask your mother why don't robots 316 00:22:40.440 --> 00:22:47.359 have brothers because they have trans sisters. Haha. That's it 317 00:22:47.440 --> 00:22:50.240 for this episode. I love you guys, and you matter 318 00:22:50.559 --> 00:22:54.559 so much. Remember it is not a crime to be 319 00:22:54.720 --> 00:23:09.240 gay or to live your truth, unless you're a murderer.