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Speaker 1: H a wall street line, shackle change, Oh someome girdy,

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it's calling my name. There is nu mercy and it's

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been a tentery juice as the huge stream game wrangle

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the three.

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Speaker 2: I'm here, be.

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Speaker 1: By me to die inside these walls, inside the wild.

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Speaker 3: Han't went more girls.

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Speaker 2: I Hey everyone, and welcome back to Bloody Angola, A

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podcast one and forty two years and the making the

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complete story of America's Bloody is Prison. I'm Jim Chapman,

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and today I'm going to bring you what is probably

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one of the most requested stories that have ever gotten

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on this show. And it's taken a little while to

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put this one together because there's just not a whole

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lot of information out there surprisingly on this individual. But

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I find I finally got enough to tell you the

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story of Lloyd Bone's Bone, who is really globally known

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as the hearst driver of Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola. Now,

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way back in nineteen seventy one, Bone was convicted and

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sentenced to life in prison when no parole after getting

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in a knife fight with a man in Algier's Louisiana,

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which is near New Orleans, and he killed that man.

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Speaker 4: Sadly.

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Speaker 2: In an interview, he was actually quoted as saying his family,

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which at the time he was married with three children,

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but went looking for this guy despite his family they

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told him to please, don't leave. And he was quoted

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as saying, I went after the guy and never made.

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Speaker 4: It back home.

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Speaker 2: And you hear me a lot saying, your one decision

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away from ruining your life, all of us at any

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given time, one decision away. And he zigged instead of zagged,

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and he ended up with life inside of bloody Angola

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because of it, and Bone is a little bit of

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a mystery. He was known for his solemn role as

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the driver of Angola's horse drawn funeral hearse. Now this

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hearse is a black carriage built by inmates in nineteen

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ninety eight, and it was made to resemble nineteenth century designs.

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It's pulled by two per charrin horses named Diamond and Laddie,

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who are actually descendants of Warden Burrocane's Legit championship horses.

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And what Bone did with driving that hearse, it's a

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vital part of those funeral processions at Angola. It's really

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known as a somber tradition. That those inmates that die

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in prison, they make their way to what's known as

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Point Lookout Cemetery. Point Lookout Cemetery I via that horse

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drawn carriage with Bone driving it. Now, as I've told

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you in the past, ninety percent of the inmates of

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Louisiana State Penitentiary, they're gonna die inside the wire. If

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your sentenced, there's a good chance you're going to be

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buried there if you don't have family on the outside

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that have a funeral plot for you. Now, Bone was

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originally put in that role by Burl Cain himself, and

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it wasn't coincidental. Cain was looking for someone who really

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fit that role. They needed to be respected in the prison,

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they needed to be dedicated to what they were doing,

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and most importantly, they needed to know and recognize the

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importance of that role.

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Speaker 4: And Bone fit the bill.

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Speaker 2: Not only that, but quite honestly, he looked the part, skinny, tall,

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and when he put on that tuxedo and top hat,

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he looked just like what you would picture in your

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mind as the driver of a hearse that was pulled

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by horses. And he took the role seriously. He was

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once quoted as saying, I never forget what I am carrying.

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And the whole goal of this was to give even

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those who have spent their life in prison a dignified farewell,

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a way of saying, you now have served your sentence

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and you're free. And it can be emotional. Even correctional

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officers who attend these funerals and passed wardens who attend

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these funerals, they've gotten tearyot at these funerals. And Bone

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stayed busy. Over forty inmates on average die annually at

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Bloody Angola, and that figure's really held steady for the

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past twenty years. Now, let's talk about the process for

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a minute. And Bone he would go through this kind

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of checklist before these funerals. First, he would make sure

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that the hearse is in working order, that the wooden

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wheels are oiled, that it's totally clean, that the glass

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on the sides of this hearse are clean. Everything had

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to be perfect. He had to make sure that the

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horses were well taken care of, and that the procession

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itself was conducted with the utmost respect. And all of

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the inmates that are buried at Lookout Point are buried

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in wooden coffins crafted by fellow inmates and some of

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the most beautiful coffins anywhere in the world. Now, Boone

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Diddot start out his life and Angola driving the inmates

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to their final resting spots. As a matter of fact,

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in nineteen seventy one, when he got sentenced to life

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inside the wire, there was no system like this, and

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he moved through Angola like everybody else, started out in

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the fields and the intensive heat for years before warden

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Burrollcane took note of him and offered him that job. Now,

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prior to driving the hearse, Bone was a carpenter and

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very skilled at his job. He would produce a wide

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variety of items, including cabinets, dressers, potato bens, etc. But

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it was this craftsmanship, along with two assistants who built coffins,

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that really set him apart. As a matter of fact,

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it was Bone who had the honor of building a

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coffin for the Reverend Billy Graham, and Bone took pride

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in his work. He was once quoted as saying, if

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you've seen what they were buried in before, you would understand.

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And he would say one time that people did not

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realize how demanding the role of building coffins were. He

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said he often worked long hours to meet the state

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requirement that in who died of natural causes be very

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quickly buried because they didn't embond them. On one occasion,

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he actually worked thirty six hours straight to complete a

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coffin for an oversized inmate. He said his most challenging task, however,

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was building a tiny two foot casket for a still

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born child of a prison employee. He would reflect on

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that later in life, and he would discuss the emotional

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toll that particular project took on him, saying the child

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didn't have a chance to live, and while doing all

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of these things kept Bone's mind busy, maybe even helped

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him to forget where he was at for a little while.

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He did say the monotony of prison takes a psychological

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toll on him, and he expressed regret for his crime

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at one point, saying, quote, it's something that weighs on

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your mind constantly, and I have a lot of regrets now.

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Over time, Bone lost touch with most of his family.

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The only relative he could locate was his son, who

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was serving a twenty year sentence in Texas, which, of course,

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he didn't want to see. His son in prison, but

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to complicate it, they couldn't visit each other because they

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were both in separate prisons two states apart. Now, before

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I move on, I want to say that I can't

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find anywhere whether Lloyd.

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Speaker 4: Bone is still alive.

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Speaker 2: I did see some inaccurate information online that said he

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passed away in twenty thirteen, which I know is not

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true because their interviews with him as early as twenty seventeen.

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So if anybody can find out whether he is still alive,

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let me know, shoot me a message. I don't see

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anything on his death, but I don't see anything on

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him being alive either. After twenty seventeen. He just kind

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of disappeared years as far as articles, and if he's

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still alive, he would be very old in his eighties now,

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So let me know if you know anything about that.

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And speaking of him surfacing in twenty seventeen, here's a

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short clup. It's a rare interview with Boom where he

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discusses what herst driving means to him.

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Speaker 4: Listen to this.

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Speaker 5: I read it on my mother and shout shot thing

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out there. She passed for me, Johnny, cain't that up

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and doing? I'll go to church I don't fear no scoop,

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and I come out of you. I've been driving the

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horse for sixteen years. We were sitting in the kitchen

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right here, and I come in to add the trash hank,

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and it was drawing strolls. And I asked two fifty,

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I said, what that is y'all are doing? Said, now,

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I ain't driving no horse. I said, let me see

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him trouble, give me the troullers. I told them in

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the garbage can, I say, I take dinner and and

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I've been driving every since.

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Speaker 3: Hm.

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Speaker 5: And I'm you know, if I'm really dedicated to it,

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cause UH never know. If I die, nobody come get me.

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Somebody got to drive me. I respect to day, I

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respect the dead.

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Speaker 4: Just back to living.

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Speaker 5: And when we have a funerals m I talk while

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an army around. I smoked cigarettes when I climb up

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and got down, talk to more with some focus, hiding

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on the Bible, focus on my house, and some drives.

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And I done told uh the ministers some of the

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press to ask me, uh what I feel when I

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be driving? I say, when I get on the horse,

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my I'm focus all my jobs, tryna get the lot

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of children Wh'm come for the rest of guys. God

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been fired fired around me. H. I told my sister, MM,

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we got a family plot. But if all y'all gone

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and I'm not out and I have to pass away

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and nobody can't take him, you know, find the papers

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or nothing on it, That's where I view it. So

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if they passed it on to my grandchildren and ain't

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you know, but if I die, you got a family plan.

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But if not, I'm embarrassed you. It could be changed

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me a lot. I made a commitment m Rider as

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long as I'm ind you know, I was saying them,

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but it change I made. Look like this is my

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destiny all the out being my head that I'm waiting

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talking long, I'm doing what you want to do.

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Speaker 2: And since we're on the topic of Lloyd's family, let's

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talk about his grandson, Eric Bone, who sadly also ended

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up in Angola.

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Speaker 4: This was in two.

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Speaker 2: Thousand and eleven, and I'm going to tell you first

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about the crime. I have the details on that and

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what led him into Angola, as well as some details

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on the first time he had ever met his grandfather

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Lloyd Bone. So I'm gonna read directly from his appeal,

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which list the facts of the crime. All right, so

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it reads. The victim, Demetrius Jackson, was shot and killed

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outside of Caesar's Nightclub in the early morning hours of

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July twenty fifth, two thousand and nine. Kyron Jackson, the

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victim's brother and member of the Calliope Gang, arrived at

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Caesar's Nightclub with a group of friends between twelve thirty

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and one on July twenty fifth of two thousand and nine.

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Members of the Girt Town Gang, included defendant also known

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as Heavy, and co defendant Sean Floot, subsequently arrived at

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the club and confronted the Calliope Gang. Kiren testified that

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the members of the Calliope Gang had been fussing and

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throwing money up at the Girt Town Gang members. He

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further stated that one of the members of the Calliope

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Gang spit in Seawan's face, leading to a quote big

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old confrontation. Kyen testified the actions of the Calliope Gang

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prompted Sean to tell Kyron quote, I'm going to kill

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you when we get out of the club. At some

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point during this verbal confrontation and unrelated physical altercation took

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place among some other patrons of the club and the

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Girt Town and Calliope members left the club. Kiren testified

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that while he, the victim, and another Calliope gang member

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known as Stink, began walking to the car, a vehicle

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driven by the defendant and occupied by other Girt Town

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members pulled up on the roadway and stopped. Kyen testified

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that co defendant Shawn Flott exited the vehicle and began shooting.

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Kyron ran toward the back of the club, but noticed

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the defendant's car circled the block to apparently see if

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anyone was shot before fleeing the scene. Kiren followed the

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ambulance to the hospital to see his brother, but did

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not provide any information to investigating authorities that night. Officer

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Jacob Tapley testified he was working a detail at Caesar's

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Nightclub on July twenty fifth of two thousand and nine

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when that shooting occurred. Officer Tapley was outside the club

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approximately three hundred feet away when he heard gunshots. Tapley

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testified that he did not witness the shooting, but did

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notice a silver four door vehicle driven away from the

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scene at a high rate of speed. He radioed the

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description of the vehicle into headquarters and ran to the

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victim to render as On cross examination, Tappily testified that

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he never saw anyone getting out of the vehicle and

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never saw any doors open or closed. Further, he testified

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that he never observed the vehicle circled the block or

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returned near the scene. Officer Alton Savage testified that he

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was working in detail a few blocks away from the shooting.

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Savage testified he received the description of an Infinity vehicle

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involved in a shooting over his radio, and within seconds

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noticed a vehicle matching the given description traveling at a

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high rate of speed. Savage activated his emergency lights and

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attempted to stop the Infinity. He further noted the vehicle's

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license plate number and testified that the vehicle appeared to

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contain four occupants. Savage testified the vehicle's driver refused to

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stop at a high rate of speed and continued to

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the interstate, where Savage lost sight of the vehicle near

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the it in slide l exit. A vehicle that matched

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the license plate and description given after the shooting was recovered,

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burned and abandoned.

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Speaker 4: That same day.

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Speaker 2: In New Orleans, Detective Ashing Gibbs testified that he reported

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to the shooting scene at approximately three o'clock am to

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investigate the homicide, but that the bar patrons were either

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uncooperative or stated they did not witness the shooting. The

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only lead provided to Detective Gibbs was the vehicle's license

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plate number, which he learned was registered to an Erica Bone.

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Detective Gibbs and another officer went to Erica Bone's home.

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She told the officers that her mother and defendant her

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brother were the primary drivers of the vehicle. Erica Bone

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provided her mother's address, where the defendant also lived. Detective

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Gibbs subsequently went to the defendant's mother's home. Sandra Bone

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told detective Gibbs she did not know where her son was.

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Detective Gibbs testified that Sandra Bone later contacted him and

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told him that she wanted the defendant to meet with him,

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disclosing that he was at Caesar's Nightclub on July twenty

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fifth of two thousand nine, but declined to provide any

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further details without an attorney. Approximately one week after the shooting,

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detective Gibbs met with Kyraon Jackson, who identified the defendant

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in a photographic lineup as the driver of the vehicle

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involved in the shooting. Detective Gibbs testified that Kyraen went

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back and forth as to the identity of the shooter,

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but ultimately identified co defendant Sean Flott as the shooter

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based upon the information developed during the investigations, officers arrested

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the defendant and co defendant Shawn Flott, and executed search

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warrants of their home. From defendant's bedroom, detective seas photographs

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depicting defendant Shawn Flott and a Darren Jones together, as

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well as a T shirt depicting members of the girt

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Town Gang. They also were covered an Infinity ignition key

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documentation related to the vehicle, a Samsung cell phone with

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a contact number four quote Sean A Holster in two magazines.

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Detectives additionally seized handwritten lyrics to a rap song containing

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the phrase quote I stumped my ass off black Block

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with my forty unquote, which Detective Gibbs testified made reference

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to the Girktown Gang and the idea of killing as

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a hobby. From Shawn Flood's residence, Detective Gibbs recovered a

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forty caliber block handgun in a nine millimeter handgun detectives

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also recovered a second handgun from a vehicle belonging to

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Sean Floyd's father. The weapons seized were tested and none

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of the weapons were consistent with the shellcasings found at

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the scene. Detective Gibbs also testified that Erica Bone provided

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him with the defendant cell phone number. Detective Gibbs gave

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that cell phone number to a supervisor to obtain a

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subpoena for the defendant cell phone records. After the detectives

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received record from Sprint Nextel, they learned the number was

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registered to the defendant's mother, Miss Sandra Bone, and that

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many of the text messages received through the subpoena made

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reference to the shooting at Caesar's on July twenty fifth,

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two thousand and nine. Detective Gibbs testified that the text

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messages made reference to a victim known as Little d

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and also referred to the vehicle being quote long gone.

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Through the defendant cell phone records, Detective Gibbs identified individuals

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who communicated with the defendant following the murder as Sandra Bone,

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Erica Bone, Shai Kivia Bone, and Jasmine Dixon, who all

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testified at the trial. Joseph Trowiki, a records custodium for

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Sprint Nextel, testified the company received a subpoena for records

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related to the phone number and provided documentation reflecting the

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subscriber information a called detail log in a printout of

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text messages sent and received from the data requi t

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WestEd July twenty fifth, two thousand and nine. The records

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demonstrate that the subscriber or owner of the phone is

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defendant's mother, Sandraw Bone. The call detail log reflects incoming

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and out going calls, many of them in the hours

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following the murder. Trowiki testified that Sprint next Tells subpoena

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compliance department produced records of subscriber information and called detailed

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record logs related to additional phone numbers subscribed to various individuals,

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including Shaikiva Bone, Lucilia mclab, Erica Bone, Sandra Bone, and

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Jasmine Dixon. Subsequently, Sprint Nextel Compliance department also produced printouts

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of text messages sent and received on those numbers. The

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defendant's friend, will Kena mcleb testified that she was with

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the defendant on the night of the shooting and the

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defendant dropped her off in his Infinity at approximately one am.

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She further testified that her friend t who was also

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with them at that club that night, used her phone

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to exchange text messages with the defendant after the shooting. Specifically,

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the text messages state all right, love, but don't kick

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that to nobody what I told you not even dared,

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to which Tiya responded what and the defendant stated the

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shit at caesar The defendant's cousin, shaikivah Bone, also testified

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and confirmed that defendant is part of the Girt Town

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Hounds and that defendant was at Caesar's on the night

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of the shooting. Shaikiva called the defendant after the shooting

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because a friend from high school at the club, whose

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name she could not recall, told her that someone had

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shot the defendant. She confirmed that she spoke with the

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defendant at approximately four point forty three a m. And

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that he told her that he had quote a shootout

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and to watch the news and see if his car

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was on it unquote. Shaikiva further admitted that she texted

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a friend after the shooting quote that was heavy and

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dim shooting, to which one of her friends replied who

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said that, to which Shaikivia responded heavy just called me.

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Shaikivya also testified after speaking with the defendant, she texted

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Erickabone and instructed her that he meaning the defendant said,

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if they come back to you say you don't know

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where my car is. My auntie didn't know he had

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the car. Erica Bone, defendant's sister, also testified that the

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Infinity is registered to her name, but that her mother,

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Sandra Bone, and defendant are the primary vehicle drivers. Erica

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testified she learned of the murder at approximately three am,

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when police arrived at her own looking for the Infinity

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and threatened her to provide information about.

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Speaker 4: Her brother's whereabouts.

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Speaker 2: She testified that she did not speak to the defendant

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following the shooting, but admitted that phone records reflect that

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she spoke to the defendant at full four twenty seven

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am for a duration of four hundred and forty one seconds.

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She further testified that she did not recall speaking with

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or texting Shaikivia about the Infinity, but then admitted to

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text messages from Shaikivia's phone and that they reflect that

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she did exchange text messages with Shaikivia concerning the whereabouts

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of the Infinity following the shitting. Sandra Bone, the defendant's mother,

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also testified at trial. Miss Bone testified that she drove

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the Infinity to work at six am and returned after

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eight pm on July twenty fourth of two.

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Speaker 4: Thousand and nine.

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Speaker 2: She stated she did not know whether the defendant drove

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the Infinity the night after she got home. Miss Bone

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first learned of the murders between three point thirty and

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four am from her daughter, Erica Bone. Miss Bone stated

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she attempted to call her son quote two hundred times

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following the shooting, but did not speak to the defendant

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until two days later. During her conversation with the defendant,

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he told her, quote, Mama, don't worry about it. I

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just need a lawyer because they're saying certain things about

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me and I'm on the news. Miss Bone further confirmed

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that the defendant had been shot on two separate occasions

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in April and June of two thousand and nine, but

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that the Infinity was never struck by any bullets. Nina Jackson,

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the victim's mother, also testified. She stated that she and

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her sons relocated to Kentucky following Hurricane Katrina and had

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just moved back to New Orleans, two weeks before her

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son's murder. Miss Jackson testified that her son Kyron called

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her immediately after the shooting and told her that quote

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the man had just shot d. Miss Jackson testified that Sadiki,

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her son's cousin, called her on the other line, crying

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that they had just shot d. Miss Jackson further confirmed

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that approximately two weeks after Kiren spoke with the detectives

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concerning the murder, he was gunned down by the Daker

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shop and was in the hospital for we Forensic pathologists

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performed the autopsy on the victim and testified that the

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victims sustained several gunshot wounds, two of which were fatal

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and located in the victim's right back. On cross examination,

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doctor Mackenzie testified that the victim also sustained a gunshot

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wound to the temple area, which contained a quote burn

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like or stippling area around it, which would indicate the

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gun was fired in close proximity to the victim. However,

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on redirect examination, doctor mackenzie testified that due to the

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depth of the bullet's penetration, it's more likely the stippling

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effect was caused by the bullet's ricochet off of another

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object and not fired from a gun fired close.

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Speaker 4: To the victim's head.

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Speaker 2: Doctor Mackenzie further opined that the lack of burned or

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unburned gunpowder in the stipple abrasion indicated the shooter had

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to be greater than two feet away from the victim.

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Officer Amy Spirawn responded to the crime scene as a

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technician and testified she collected eight forty caliber casings within

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approximately two feet of the pull of blood around the

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victim and a number of projectiles from vehicles part near

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the scenes. Borando also reported to the scene of the

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burned vehicle in New Orleans and testified she found nothing

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evidentiary as far as value inside the vehicle. Gene Roach,

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qualified as an expert in the field of forensic firearms examination,

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testified she examined cartridge casings, projectiles, and three firearms were

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covered in connection with the shooting. Roach testified that her

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examination revealed that all eight forty caliber cartridge casings were

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covered from the scene were fired from the same weapon. However,

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she stated that she was unable to determine whether the

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projectiles which officers were covered in fragments from the victim's

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body and from the scene were fired from the same weapon.

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Roach also to testified that the markeage on the cartridge

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casings were consistent with pistols manufactured by Glock, but opined

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that the cartridge casings were covered from the scene were

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not fired from any firearms seized pursuant to the search

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warrants in this case. Upon conclusion of the state's case,

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the defendant, Eric Bone testified. The defendant recalled the events

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surrounding the event on the evening of the shooting and

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testified he was at Caesar's Nightclub on July twenty fifth

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of two thousand and nine. He stated that the Girt

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Town Gang and the Calliope Gang began fussing at each

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other when three members of the Calliope Gang, including Kirn,

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reached for their waistbands and flash guns at the defendant.

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He further testified that he and Sean decided to leave

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the club to avoid any further confrontation when someone spit

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on Shawn's face. The defendant testified that his car was

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parked across the street from the club. He stated that

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as he drove away, he noticed three individuals, two of

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whom he knew from the Calliope gang. Walking on the street.

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He testified that Kyron first noticed Defendant's vehicle and began

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shooting at it. The defendant testified that no one exited

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the vehicle at any time. He did state as he

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drove away that he heard gunshots coming from the back

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seat of his car. The defendant testified that Sean was

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sitting in the front passenger seat and that one of

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Seawan's friends, named Brandon, was sitting in the back seat.

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When asked why he did not stop after the shooting

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or when being followed by the police, he testified that

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Brandon was in the back seat, pointing a gun to

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his head, instructing him to continue driving, and saying, quote,

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you better not stop. Upon returning to his neighborhood after

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the police chase, Brandon asked the defendant to drive to

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his girlfriend's house. Defendant testified that he gave Brandon the

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keys and walked to his neighbor's house to get a

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ride to a hotel. Defendant explained his theory that Kyraen Jackson,

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the victim's brother filed, called the fatal shot. De Vindant

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explained that Cameron was standing behind the victim and that

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there was no way that the person in my car

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could have shot him in the back.

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Speaker 4: And that's how that read.

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Speaker 2: And that is the grandson of Lloyd Bone that eventually

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gets convicted sentenced to Bloody Angola to life without parole.

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So he goes to Angola and he has a pretty

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famous grandfather there. And I actually watched a documentary where

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they met for the first time, the very first time,

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because obviously Lloyd Bone had been locked up since before

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this kid was born. So they meet for that first

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time as kind of emotional thing, and Lloyd Bone was

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quoted as saying that's the last thing he wanted to

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see was his grandson inside a prison, but that he

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felt like he was going to be okay, and he

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was quoted just saying he's.

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Speaker 4: Got good blood in him.

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Speaker 2: So there you have it, very sought after episode. And

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that is the story of Lloyd Bone's Bone, the hearse

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driver of Angola. I have no idea if he's still alive.

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Somebody tell me that and I'd appreciate it. And check

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I'm Jim Chapman for Bloody Angola, a podcast one and

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forty two years in the making, the complete story of

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America's bloodiest prison Peace.

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Speaker 3: A wall Street.

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Speaker 1: Line, shackle change, Oh, gesome girdie, it's calling my name.

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Speaker 3: There is no mercy and it's been a tentery juice.

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As the Hillstream Game rangold three, I'm.

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Speaker 2: In bed.

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Speaker 5: By mad or die.

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Speaker 1: Inside these walls, inside the wise. And when no girl

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as I know it, soul, bloody anglebody, I a