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<v Speaker 1>Hello.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm ConA Gallagher and I'm Ethan Flick. We're the husband

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<v Speaker 2>and wife team behind the True Crime podcast And Then

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<v Speaker 2>They Were Gone.

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<v Speaker 3>We're a weekly show that covers unsolved missing persons cases.

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<v Speaker 3>Hey there, I'm Samantha and it's now time for Rainbow

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<v Speaker 3>Crimes and hopefully some Unicorn justice.

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<v Speaker 1>Hey there, guys, it's me CJ. I hope this minisod

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<v Speaker 1>find you all healthy both physically and mentally. Wow, the

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<v Speaker 1>week just flew by for me. I don't know about you, guys,

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<v Speaker 1>but I keep myself so busy. I just don't know

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<v Speaker 1>where the time goes. I did take a day last

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<v Speaker 1>weekend to do nothing but veg out, and that was

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<v Speaker 1>so nice. I need a few more days like that,

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<v Speaker 1>I think. And since I was terribly busy this week,

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<v Speaker 1>I knew I could either send this episode out late

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<v Speaker 1>or I could make it into a minisode. And since

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<v Speaker 1>we just wrapped up season nineteen, I decided to make

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<v Speaker 1>it a minisode before we get into season twenty. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't have too much to report here on the coast

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<v Speaker 1>of Oregon. I guess that's good, So let's go ahead

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<v Speaker 1>and get into this case. We are headed to the

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<v Speaker 1>Tampa Bay area of Florida in two thousand and four,

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<v Speaker 1>and we'll try to Atlanta, Georgia. Cheryl Miranda appeared to

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<v Speaker 1>be a white woman, at least from the photo of

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<v Speaker 1>her that I've seen. She was possibly a Portuguese or

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<v Speaker 1>Spanish descent based on her last name of Miranda, and

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<v Speaker 1>she was a fifty six year old Vietnam veteran living

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<v Speaker 1>in Tampa Bay. Cheryl was single and coming out late

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<v Speaker 1>in life at age fifty six. She thought she had

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<v Speaker 1>found her soulmate in forty something year old Tanya Miller.

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<v Speaker 1>Tanya is a black woman. Tanya has at least one child,

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<v Speaker 1>a son who in twenty twenty four was in his

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<v Speaker 1>late teens and named Jabbaris. The only reason I feel

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<v Speaker 1>compelled to speak of their race is because of a

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<v Speaker 1>reviewer who once asked why I don't cover more black people,

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<v Speaker 1>and they said, because black people commit crimes too. So

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<v Speaker 1>to that listener, this is for you to be honest.

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<v Speaker 1>Their races don't really matter to me, but the crimes

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<v Speaker 1>and the victims do.

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<v Speaker 3>So.

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<v Speaker 1>Cheryl was deeply in love, especially in the honeymoon New

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<v Speaker 1>Phaced part of the relationship. Tawn and her son, Jabbaris,

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<v Speaker 1>even moved into Cheryl's apartment with her. Jabbaris, at the

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<v Speaker 1>time was around nineteen or twenty years old. It was

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<v Speaker 1>a happy home at least for a while. Jabbaris, however,

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<v Speaker 1>did not pull his weight around the apartment. He left messes.

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<v Speaker 1>He was a bit defiant, and he definitely made himself

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<v Speaker 1>right at home. Cheryl, with her military background, well, she

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<v Speaker 1>was neat and orderly, contrary to how Jabbaris behaved. Jabaris

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<v Speaker 1>apparently was also involved in gang activity, which really upset Cheryl,

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<v Speaker 1>and these problems she was having with Jabaris became a

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<v Speaker 1>huge point of contention between the couple of Cheryl and Tanya.

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<v Speaker 1>As the weeks and months continued on the relation between

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<v Speaker 1>the two women grew volatile. Now there were a number

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<v Speaker 1>of allegations and complaints from Cheryl that she was being

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<v Speaker 1>physically abused by her girlfriend Tanya. Most of this was

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<v Speaker 1>because of the problem Cheryl was having with Jabbaris, and

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<v Speaker 1>some of it was due to Cheryl feeling that Tanya

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<v Speaker 1>and her son were leeching off of her. Cheryl had

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<v Speaker 1>a nice apartment, she worked and maintained her steady employment

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<v Speaker 1>and a paycheck. Tanya and Jabbaris, well, they seem more

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<v Speaker 1>like freeloaders. In May of two thousand and four, Cheryl

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<v Speaker 1>obtained two separate temporary restraining orders against Tanya. This would

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<v Speaker 1>effectively have Tanya and her son removed from Cheryl's apartment.

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<v Speaker 1>But Tanya she must not have thought the restraining orders

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<v Speaker 1>applied to her. She went against the orders and she

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<v Speaker 1>broke into Cheryl's apartment through a glass sliding door. Tanya

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<v Speaker 1>accosted and assaulted Cheryl. She threatened to beat, stab, and

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<v Speaker 1>kill Cheryl before playing the apartment. Cheryl's sworn petitions claimed

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<v Speaker 1>Tanya had broken into her home through a sliding door,

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<v Speaker 1>struck her in the back, and Tanya had frequently threatened

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<v Speaker 1>to stab her, beat her In January of two thousand

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<v Speaker 1>and five, Cheryl would call a good friend and she

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<v Speaker 1>asked the friend to pick her up at a club.

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<v Speaker 1>When the friend arrived, Cheryl had a bruised and bloody face,

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<v Speaker 1>broken glasses, a swollen lip, and a missing tooth. She

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<v Speaker 1>told her friend she had been in a fight with Tanya.

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<v Speaker 1>It seemed that this relationship between the women was on again,

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<v Speaker 1>off again, as we see so often in intimate abuse connections.

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<v Speaker 1>Cheryl must have agreed to go with Tanya to a

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<v Speaker 1>club and that's where the fight broke out between them.

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<v Speaker 1>Tanya was arrested for breaking the restraining order in for

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<v Speaker 1>the assault of Cheryl, but other than Tanya's arrest, it

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<v Speaker 1>didn't seem our justice system when doing much justice for Cheryl.

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<v Speaker 1>I can't see any jail time Tanya might have served

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<v Speaker 1>for these offenses, but I do know situations that are

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<v Speaker 1>on again, off again, where restraining orders are applied and

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<v Speaker 1>then lifted, they can get pretty tricky. Within a week

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<v Speaker 1>or so, Cheryl was hoping to move out of Florida.

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<v Speaker 1>She wanted to look into Alabama to see if that

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<v Speaker 1>might be a good place for her to get a

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<v Speaker 1>fresh start on a new chapter. Of her life. Tanya

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<v Speaker 1>caught wind of Cheryl's move and she was not happy

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<v Speaker 1>about it, but she did ask Cheryl if her and

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<v Speaker 1>Jabbaris could get a ride with Cheryl to Atlanta, Georgia,

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<v Speaker 1>on Cheryl's way to Alabama. Cheryl was kind enough to

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<v Speaker 1>agree to it, although in all honesty, I personally think

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<v Speaker 1>she was somehow coerced into taking the two. On February

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<v Speaker 1>twenty seventh, two thousand and five, the trio set off

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<v Speaker 1>on their road trip from Tampa Bay. Although Tanya had

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<v Speaker 1>a couple of sisters living in Atlanta, the motive behind

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<v Speaker 1>her and Jabbaris catching a ride with Cheryl was not

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<v Speaker 1>to see her sisters, but rather a much more sinister purpose.

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<v Speaker 1>On February twenty eight, two thousand and five, cell phone

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<v Speaker 1>towers tracked Cheryl's cell phone as it traveled from Tampa

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<v Speaker 1>to Atlanta. During that time, Jabbaris placed dozens of calls

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<v Speaker 1>from Cheryl's cell phone to his friends and relatives in Georgia.

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<v Speaker 1>One such call was made to a cousin explaining that

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<v Speaker 1>he had run out of gas in Fort Valley, Georgia,

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<v Speaker 1>and he asked her to bring him some money so

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<v Speaker 1>they could complete their trip to Atlanta. During this conversation,

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<v Speaker 1>the cousin overheard Tanya's voice in the background reiterating the

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<v Speaker 1>requests for gas money. On March first, two thousand and five,

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<v Speaker 1>Tanya and Jabbaris unexpectedly appeared in an apartment complex on

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome All Road in Atlanta. The apartment was rented by

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<v Speaker 1>one of Tanya's sisters. Jabbaris drove himself and Tanya there

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<v Speaker 1>in Cheryl's white Nissan pickup truck, and the truck remained

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<v Speaker 1>in the apartment parking lot for the next few days

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<v Speaker 1>with the bed of the truck covered up. Jabbaris told

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<v Speaker 1>a cousin that he had gotten into an argument with

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<v Speaker 1>a woman in Florida, but he did not want to

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<v Speaker 1>elaborate on the argument. Several days later, in the very

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<v Speaker 1>early morning of March fourth, two thousand and five, Cheryl's

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<v Speaker 1>white Nissan truck was found by a patrol officer. The

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<v Speaker 1>truck was engulfed in flames off the side of a

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<v Speaker 1>road less than a mile from the same apartment complex,

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<v Speaker 1>near a wooded area. An accelerant had been used to

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<v Speaker 1>start the fire. When the fire department extinguished the fire,

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<v Speaker 1>they found a body in the bed of the smoldering truck.

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<v Speaker 1>The body had been bound at the wrists and the ankles,

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<v Speaker 1>essentially hogtied. It had been choked, stoutbed in the neck

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<v Speaker 1>and head, and beaten to death, then doused with charcoal

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<v Speaker 1>lighter fluid and set on fire. The medical examiner suggested

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<v Speaker 1>that this was a crime of passion, as extreme overkill

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<v Speaker 1>had been the method of the victim's death. Forensic evidence

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<v Speaker 1>established that death had occurred two to four days earlier.

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<v Speaker 1>As well. The medical examiner was able to determine that

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<v Speaker 1>the body had been dead before the fire because there

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<v Speaker 1>was no smoke in the victim's lungs or nasal passages.

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<v Speaker 1>But law enforcement and the medical examiner had no idea

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<v Speaker 1>who their Jane Doe was. They were in a situation

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<v Speaker 1>with the face of the body being unrecognizable, and the

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<v Speaker 1>body was so badly charred third degree burns over ninety

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<v Speaker 1>five percent of it, it seemed nearly impossible to make

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<v Speaker 1>an identification as to who this body had belonged to.

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<v Speaker 1>As luck would have it, however, there was one finger

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<v Speaker 1>still intact and they were able to lift a print

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<v Speaker 1>from it, and that one print was all they needed

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<v Speaker 1>to identify the remains as Cheryl Miranda. Once investigators received

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<v Speaker 1>the information on who the deceased was, they were ready

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<v Speaker 1>to take the next steps, and this was to find

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<v Speaker 1>out who the people closest to Cheryl were. Investigators obtained

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<v Speaker 1>a court order for Cheryl's phone records, and since Jabbaris

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<v Speaker 1>had been using Cheryl's phone to make a number of calls,

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<v Speaker 1>this led detectives to Tanya and Jabbaris's relatives, although they

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<v Speaker 1>weren't sure at first the correlation between the phone numbers

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<v Speaker 1>of these people in Atlanta and Cheryl. The Atlanta police

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<v Speaker 1>also made a call to Tampa Bay and they had

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<v Speaker 1>Tampa Bay Police officers go to Cheryl's apartment to see

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<v Speaker 1>if they could find any clues there. They thought maybe

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<v Speaker 1>Cheryl was murdered in her apartment in Tampa and then

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<v Speaker 1>driven to Atlanta to be disposed of. They were hoping

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<v Speaker 1>the police would possibly find a sign of a struggle,

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<v Speaker 1>but nothing seemed to be disturbed in Cheryl's apartment and

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<v Speaker 1>it turned out to offer nada for the investigation. With

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<v Speaker 1>the phone court order, detectives were able to speak to

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<v Speaker 1>many of Cheryl's friends, both in Florida and in other

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<v Speaker 1>states that she had lived in Tanya Miller. Her son,

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<v Speaker 1>Jabbaris's name kept coming up in their interviews, so detectives

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<v Speaker 1>began researching Tanya and Jabbaris, and they found that the

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<v Speaker 1>mother and son had relatives in the Atlanta area, including

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<v Speaker 1>some in a nearby apartment complex where Cheryl's burning truck

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<v Speaker 1>was located. As detectives come through the phone calls made

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<v Speaker 1>from Cheryl's phone, the Georgia phone numbers were of great

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<v Speaker 1>interest to them. One belonged to a woman named Martina.

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<v Speaker 1>This was one of Tanya's sisters. It was actually the

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<v Speaker 1>sister who lived in the apartment complex where Cheryl's truck

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<v Speaker 1>was found burnt. Martina lived there with her small baby,

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<v Speaker 1>and she told the police that Tanya and Jabbaris had

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<v Speaker 1>been acting strangely since they had shown up. They kept

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<v Speaker 1>asking for ride's places, and she finally told them, why

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<v Speaker 1>don't you take the white truck you showed up in

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<v Speaker 1>and have had parked out in my complex for days.

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<v Speaker 1>Tanya and Jabbaris told Martina that they weren't allowed to

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<v Speaker 1>drive it, and then on March fourth, Martina woke up

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<v Speaker 1>around three a m. To feed her infant. She noticed

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<v Speaker 1>Jabaris wasn't sleeping on her couch like he had been.

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<v Speaker 1>She looked out of her window into the parking lot

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<v Speaker 1>and she saw that the white truck was gone. Come

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<v Speaker 1>later that day, she saw in the news the truck

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<v Speaker 1>fire with a burnt body in the bed of the

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<v Speaker 1>truck near her apartment, and she was able to put

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<v Speaker 1>two and two together again. She confronted Tanya and Jabbaris,

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<v Speaker 1>and she told them, I don't know what's going on

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<v Speaker 1>with you, but you can't stay here anymore. You've got

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<v Speaker 1>with another of Tnya's sisters, Tamala Gibbons. Jabbaris was found

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<v Speaker 1>at the home and taken in for questioning. Tamala had

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<v Speaker 1>identified certain luggage at her home to belong to Jabbaris

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<v Speaker 1>and Tonya. Inside one of the suitcases was Cheryl's phone,

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<v Speaker 1>Cheryl's credit cards, and some pawn shop tickets in Cheryl's name,

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<v Speaker 1>plus hundreds of documents Cheryl had been carrying with her.

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<v Speaker 1>At the police station, Jabbaris was mirandized and he signed

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<v Speaker 1>a waiver to not have an attorney present during questioning.

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<v Speaker 1>While he was being interviewed, Jabbaris admitted to taking custody

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<v Speaker 1>of Cheryl's truck in Florida and that he drove it

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<v Speaker 1>all the way to Atlanta to his aunt's apartment. He

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<v Speaker 1>truck a few days later. Oh g Jabaris, I wonder

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<v Speaker 1>how I magically appeared there, all hogtied and shit, and

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<v Speaker 1>he admitted to taking the truck, pouring lighter fluid over it,

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<v Speaker 1>and lighting it on fire. Tanya was arrested several days

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<v Speaker 1>later at her sister's place and taken to the police station.

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<v Speaker 1>She too had her Miranda rights read, which is kind

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<v Speaker 1>of ironic seeing Cheryl's last name was Miranda, and Tanya

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<v Speaker 1>too waved her rights to an attorney. Tanya told detectives

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<v Speaker 1>that she and Cheryl had been roommates since Cheryl had

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<v Speaker 1>locked her out of their apartment, and then Cheryl went

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<v Speaker 1>and pawned off all her furniture and some other personal items.

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<v Speaker 1>Also found in Tanya's luggage were two ornamental items that

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<v Speaker 1>belonged to Cheryl, and they had been displayed on Cheryl's

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<v Speaker 1>mantle in her Florida home. One was a knife and

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<v Speaker 1>the other was nunchuk. Forensic evidence established that these two

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<v Speaker 1>items could have been the fatal weapons used in Cheryl's murder.

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<v Speaker 1>Both Jabaris and Tanya were charged for the murder and

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<v Speaker 1>concealment of Cheryl Miranda in two thousand and eight. Tanya

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<v Speaker 1>would be found guilty of malice, murder, belany murder, aggravated

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<v Speaker 1>assault in concealing the death of another. She was sentenced

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<v Speaker 1>to life in prison with another ten years tacked on

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<v Speaker 1>for the concealment. Jabbaris was also found guilty of the

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<v Speaker 1>same with arson applied as well. He was sentenced to

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<v Speaker 1>life in prison with another twenty years tacked on for

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<v Speaker 1>the concealment and the arson. Both Tanya and Jabbaris would

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<v Speaker 1>appeal their sentences, because of course they did. After the appeals,

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<v Speaker 1>Jabbaris's sentence remained the same, but Tanya she was given

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<v Speaker 1>another trial in twenty thirteen due to inadmissible hearsay evidence

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<v Speaker 1>that was presented at her original trial. At her second trial,

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<v Speaker 1>she was still found guilty. She again received a life

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<v Speaker 1>sentence with the extra ten years for concealment. Ah, what

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<v Speaker 1>a waste of taxpayers money? Am I right? How twisted?

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<v Speaker 1>Do you and your devil spawn have to be to

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<v Speaker 1>essentially kidnap your ex girlfriend, beat her, torture her, murder her,

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<v Speaker 1>then set her body ablaze. I'd say pretty fucking twisted.

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<v Speaker 1>Poor Cheryl just wanted to start fresh in a different

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<v Speaker 1>state without the ups and the downs of her relationship

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<v Speaker 1>with Tanya. Why couldn't Tania just let her go and

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<v Speaker 1>be happy? Because Tanya was a jealous control freak and

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<v Speaker 1>her apple didn't fall far from her tree. That's the

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<v Speaker 1>best I can come up with. Rest in power, Cheryl.

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<v Speaker 1>I love you guys, and you matter so very much.

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<v Speaker 1>Remember it's not a crime to be gay or to

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<v Speaker 1>live your truth, unless you're a murderer.