384: Dirty Duggars Get Dirtier, Letecia Stauch’s Conviction OVERTURNED & Hawaii Attempted Murder Trial

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getting ready for the weekend, but it also means that it is headline highlights day. Where we're going to go through everything that's going on this week in true crime. We have some brand new cases, some updates in cases, some cases. This is that are really pissing me the fuck off.

“I'm going to be honest with you, and actually, that's what I'm going to start with.”

As we go in, that's going to be case number one, but we have a lot to discuss today. And I don't like to discuss it alone. So, it, again, tries to surprise. It's a surprise to, no one ever. Please welcome back to the show.

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Okay. So, we have a lot to go over today. We do a lot to discuss. And I know there's a couple cases. You want to talk about one that I have some thoughts on too.

Regarding, yes. I have a show not be name. I have a lot to say. Okay. And I'm curious to know if it's a hot take or not. Annie has arrived.

Okay. Okay. Well, let's start with what is not a hot take because I know all of you who are listening are going to agree with me when you hear the details of this. And it is the newest update in the hideous gutter troll monster, Latisha Stalk.

“Because if you remember, she was convicted for murdering her steps on Ganon.”

And that conviction has now been overturned.

Now, when I first saw this news break last week,

I literally thought it was April fools. I think I found out on the second. And I was like, is this an April fools? Showed this kid actually cannot be real. The evidence was overwhelming.

The, remember, if you remember the interviews, the body can't footage when she chucked that monster can. And the back of the cop car. This woman, I'm like getting chills right now talking about. I don't know why she makes me so I rate.

And I fucking hate this woman. So let me break down what's going on because this is definitely an update that I did not expect to be sharing, especially in a case like this, but here we go. So as you may or may not be familiar with, this case is one that we have covered before.

So I'm not going to do a full super deep dive into the background. But for those of you who are unfamiliar and have no idea why I'm getting as angry as I am, I am going to quickly recap what happened. So this all started back in January of 2020.

What followed was a weeks of searching. Stories constantly changing. And a lot of suspicion surrounding his step mom, Latisha. Investigators later said that Ganon had been killed inside their family home.

And then his body ultimately had been found later in Florida.

“After being transported, I think it was over 1,500 miles across state lines.”

Latisha was arrested. She was charged and in 2023 she was convicted of first to remurter and she was sentenced to life in prison without parole. Plus an additional 13 years. And that is like skimming the very top line surface of what is truly involved in this case. Because it wasn't, I mean, obviously no murder is just cut and dry,

but like it wasn't just that. There was ongoing torment, emotional abuse. There were videos and audio recordings of Ganon where he thought he was being bad and in trouble for things that he was doing where he had a burn one time. And she was like yelling at him about it.

All he wanted to do was play his video game at time. And in the bedroom, the crime scene photos were horrific. You could see like what happened. And it just goes so much deeper. And don't worry, I am going to be doing this.

I think maybe as a possible reopen, I'm not sure on my second true crime podcast. Ten to life, just so that ahead of this now new trial that's going to be coming up. You can get fully up to speed. But it is a very complex case. And there is so much that goes into it.

“And once you learn about all of that, if you don't already know,”

you'll 1,000 percent understand why I'm so angry.

But the point being that she was found guilty and a major part of that trial was her insanity defense. She claimed that she had dissociative identity disorder that she wasn't the same person. She had multiple personalities, all of these things, however, the jury didn't believe it. So they deliberated for about eight hours and then they came back with the guilty verdict. So at that point, it really felt like, okay, great.

Case closed. Justice served. Gannon's getting justice. His dad is getting justice. This troll disgusting gutter human being is going, you know,

going to be locked up forever or at least for a long period of time. Except as of late last week, it's not case closed. Because as I said, now the conviction has been overturned. A Colorado court of appeals has ruled that Latisha isn't titled to a new trial. And the reason for this, it comes down to something very specific

that had happened with the jury, which I have to say really frustrates me too, because not that it's a technicality, but it's something that it didn't have anything to do with her defense or evidence or anything like that. It was something regarding the jury. According to reports, one of the jurors who sat in on the case had a family connection to the prosecutor's office.

Specifically, the jurors' son-in-law worked for the same district attorney's office that was prosecuting Latisha. An under Colorado law, that kind of relationship can create what's called implied bias, which I think that that goes for a variety of states law, not just Colorado,

but it basically means that the court treats that juror as biased by default.

Regardless of whether they personally say that they can be fair. So during the trial, the defense actually flagged this, and they asked for that juror to be removed. But the judge denied the request. So the juror stayed on the panel, participated in deliberations,

and helped decide the verdict. So now that decision, the judge saying that the juror can stay,

“that's what's now coming back years later.”

Because the appeals court looked at that said, "Uh, no, absolutely not. That was a legal error. You certainly cannot do that." So they ruled that allowing the juror to stay violated Latisha's constitutional right to a fair and impartial jury.

And when it comes to something like juror bias, it's not something that you can obviously just overlook or say that it didn't matter. If a juror who should have been disqualified was allowed to sit on the case, the entire verdict can be thrown out automatically. And in this case, it did get thrown out.

Now obviously this doesn't mean that Latisha is innocent. It doesn't mean that she's being released. It doesn't mean that the case falls apart. And truth be told, I think that there was plenty of evidence we had covered this trial in real time when it was going on a few years ago,

there's no doubt in my mind that she will be found guilty again. Certainly not. But it does mean that the state saw the trial as flawed, and it made this verdict no longer valid. Prosecutors have already responded to this as well,

saying that they are very disappointed with the ruling, but that they still fully intended to pursue justice for Ganon. And they do have some options here. As of right now, the prosecutor is planning to take this to the Colorado Supreme Court

and ask for the decision to be reviewed. And if that higher court disagrees with the appeals court, then the conviction could potentially be reinstated. But if they don't take it up or if they agree with the ruling, then this case does move forward to a full retrial,

which imagine what that means. Like that means going through all of the details again,

the crime scene photos, the audio recordings, the testimony, the insanity defense,

“and leticia's batshit fucking crazy antics.”

The forensic details, everything, and putting Ganon's father and family through all of this again. Ganon's family has also already spoken out, essentially saying that they are preparing themselves to have to relive this process if it comes to that.

Which I mean, just imagine for a moment,

finally getting a conviction.

Thinking that it's over, thinking that the monster who hurt your family is behind bars, but then being pulled right back into it, just a couple of years later. So as of right now,

Latisha remains in custody. Her conviction has been overturned for now, and this case is kind of in that weird in between stage where prosecutors have to decide what their next move is going to be. But either way, the case certainly is not over.

I mean, not even close. I am definitely going to be following this very closely, and I will update you as soon as we know what happens next. But this bitch, I can't push back on my radar. It's so frustrating when people get off on,

like a technical thing, that she's getting off, that she's even granted a new trial. And the waste of resources, time, money.

The emotional distress. Exposing the family to that all over again. And I know that she is just so happy. Yeah, that's what's the most frustrating. I know.

You know what? This is kind of one of those moments. Not that I advocate for vigilante justice, but like, you don't. No, I don't.

But sometimes I do believe that like, jailhouse justice does need to take its course. I mean, there's a reason people believe in karma. True. I just, oh, she, I hate this one.

And she looks like a wet rat every time you see her.

“And then, honestly, have you seen a picture of her?”

Yes. She looks like a wet, greasy rat. And I hate her. I need to take a drink of water. Okay.

To get away over. Well, and you know this one really well. Yeah, I'm about to get pissed off times two. Here we go. Yeah.

Okay. So this next case is currently on trial. We've been following it closely. Any covered it multiple times on Hulu Doc with Nancy Grace. I think you've talked about it on the pod.

And things have shifted in a major way now in the courtroom. Because Gerhard Coneg has taken the stand in his own defense. Now, if you're not familiar with the case, we talked about it a little bit a couple of weeks ago. Also, Gerhard Coneg is an anesthesiologist on trial

for allegedly attempting to murder his wife in three different ways. During a hike in Hawaii. Now, here's the thing.

Defendants don't always have to testify.

In fact, a lot of them don't. Because the second you do, you're opening yourself up to cross examination. The prosecutors can go straight for your story, your timeline, and your credibility. So it's not always the best idea.

But this case in particular has always been about two completely different versions of what happened on that hike. Prosecutors say it was a deliberate violent attack. Gerhard allegedly pushed her toward a cliff, beat her over the head with a rock, and even allegedly tried to use syringes on her. But when he took the stand, he completely tried to flip that narrative.

He told the jury that this was not planned, that it was not an attempted murder. Instead, claims that this was self-defense. That his wife shoved him near the edge of the cliff, and what followed was a physical struggle when he reacted. And really, the entire goal of his testimony was to introduce reasonable doubt.

Reframing the intent and take what the prosecution is calling calculated and turn it into something chaotic, reactive, and unplanned. But remember, the jury isn't just hearing from him. They also heard from his son. And that's where, honestly, the entire tone of the courtroom shifted last week.

Because his son Emil Coneg took the stand and described a face-time call that happened shortly after the incident. And according to his testimony, his father didn't say anything about self-defense in that moment. Instead, he said something very different. Because his son told the court that his dad admitted that he "tried to kill his wife." And not only that, but he described seeing what appeared to be blood.

Hearing his father not talk about coming back, and even making statements about what sounded like final decisions, like telling him to "take care of his siblings."

So just think about that for a second.

Because now the jury is sitting there with two versions of events being told within about 48 hours of each other. One version, the accused person on the stand, under oath saying, "This was self-defense." And another version, according to his own son, in the immediate aftermath saying, "I tried to kill her."

“And that's when you have to stop and ask, "What is the real version here?"”

Because these are obviously two very conflicting stories. And this is where I feel like we have a lot to unpack here. I don't know, at the time of this recording, there has not been a verdict reached. So maybe there will be at the time of this release. I think it was pretty ballsy of him to take the stand.

Because usually we don't see the defendant and take the stand. Because as you point it out, it's an opportunity for the prosecution to just like pummel them. And like completely discredited, like, just, you know, pick apart their story.

That being said, he didn't really, in my opinion, have a strong defense.

“So I think it was kind of a Hail Mary, like, what have I got to lose at this point?”

The cards are stacked against me. And when you look at the evidence and when you hear the 911 call, when you see the photos of an area, like all of these things. So that, I think, is like, I'm going to try to elicit some sympathy wherever I can and just do my best to spend the narrative that I'm trying to spare.

But I would be shocked if people believed it because even if it's true, which he says she was having an emotional affair, they had been in couples counseling. She had said that she believed that it was working. That's why she agreed to go on this hike with him, which, by the way, was her birth then. And then he said, let's take a selfie near this cliff.

She's like, no, I don't feel comfortable. And then that's when he tried to shove her to get her closer to the cliff. That's when he then took the rock and allegedly started bashing her head in. And then reached for the syringes. So even if you were on the jury and you're hearing this guy who seems like,

he's telling the truth. And he's like, you know, we gotten into the spot. She was having an emotional affair. She admitted to it. Then it escalated.

It was a spousal argument that it like erupted into chaos or whatever. What I would be asking as a jurors. Okay, maybe that's believable. But why do you bring syringes with you on a hike? Like why do you have syringes readily available?

And which I will say they have not recovered those to my knowledge.

“I think that there's been some weirdness where they were seen.”

But I don't think they know the contents of them or something like that, but they did find the fanny pack that he had on the hike at his house later. And it had profile in it syringes. And he is an anesthesiologist. He obviously has access to a lot of medications.

But yeah, you wouldn't be hearing that around. No, you're not bringing a syringe of profile with you on a Maui hike. And when you're on, if it's your birthday and you're going for a hike with your husband, who already knows of this affair and already you're trying to work through it. What could have been so heated that came out that you're deciding to talk about at the top of this cliff during it.

I mean, it's not like new information was revealed at this point. I mean, what would have caused some sort of argument to be then self-defense? Well, I think the way he's trying to spin it and he's outright saying some of this, but I think a lot of it is also illustrated in the undertones of what he's saying is that she didn't want to be with him anymore.

Sure. She's trying to push him off the cliff, which it's like just get a divorce. But yeah, both you just get a divorce. No, but then like we see the damage that was inflicted on her with this rock and how bloody she was. And how scary it was when the hikers found her and all of that.

And then yeah, this admission, which his defense used to the line.

So the admission to his son on the FaceTime call, where he basically was crying.

“And it was kind of like, I think he realized that was when he was on foot.”

And there was a full man hunt looking for him for hours. And he felt the walls closing in. His defense is now saying no, no, no, no. And their quote is that was not a confession. That was a mental health crisis.

Sure. Which is like fair. I get you're trying to spin it. But like, let's call it what it is. Well, and then there is the second call where he calls the sentence.

So now he's called his son twice. And in the second call, his main concern was who did you tell that I, about our first call? So obviously he's concerned with guilt. Because at that point, he's like, I'm going to start walking this back.

Yes, exactly. And let me, I've had some time to think of my story. And so calling the son back, asking who he told, then all the sudden the narrative changes. Not only that, but you've got two hikers who are seeing this woman who was just hit over the head with, you know, rocks up. I feel like you've got enough people here who saw the story in real time that anything you're trying to put together.

Self defense is very unbelievable.

I think it's probably like when it first happened and when she started screaming and he fled on foot.

He was probably in fight or flight more so flight like it's time for me to get the hell out of here. Call my son, line things up and then the fight part kick back in like, oh shit. Yeah, I'm going to walk it back in. I'm going to fight this and I'm going to say this and this and this. I'm going to coward.

You do you attack your wife and then you're, you just like, you're going to jump off. The cliff because you can't handle your consequence. Yeah. What a loser. Um, I was going to say too.

I've seen it on social media here and there as some people have been following you. And I haven't really seen anything overwhelming one way or another. I mean, what I have seen mostly is people think he's guilty, but I haven't really seen any comments if people even questioning his guilt. But I also haven't seen people just like steam rolling him for as good. So I would be very surprised if they returned with a non guilty verdict.

Oh, I would be shocked, but there is maybe 5% of me that could maybe see if they get one juror on there who has some sort of doubt who has been in a marital spat before, who has had a cheating spouse before, who knows that sometimes, you know, buying the current to a marriage, there are some fights, things get ugly sometimes.

I don't know, but if that if she came and attacked him, that would be the first thing you say on a phone call. You wouldn't say I tried to take this person and also the syringes explain the syringes for sure. And I just, I felt so terrible for a meal on the stand because I just imagine, I mean, your teenage boy who now is receiving a call about horrific news. I mean, how could you ever even wrap your mind around that in and of itself, but now you have your father who's threatening to harm himself and you're now the responsible parent in the syneria who's trying to talk about it.

Yeah, I'd de-escalate it. You've got two younger siblings that you're living with that you're also concerned with.

“You have this enormous weight of responsibility that you should never have and that was awful.”

And then here I'm curious to know what all of you think and what you think.

Those attorneys was out there first trial.

It honestly felt like a mock trial and I was watching like that. Why do you practice this court? Their questions were terrible. The way they phrased it, they had to redirect themselves so many times. They asked the same thing over and over again.

It really felt like amateur hour and like they were pretending to be attorneys that was really weird. Big Yikes and now watch, they get the not guilty and you're like, they were just gonna smile. I'm curious to know, specifically I didn't, you know, specifically with the sun's testimony. I felt like the way they were leading it was very, they could have been trying to trip them up. But did you catch this with the sun's testimony?

Obviously, I don't know if he supports his dad. If he is, you know, if he forgives him or believes him or anything. But he did refer to him on the stand as the defendant. Yes, not my dad. Like kind of creating that boundary and that separation.

And I thought that that was interesting unless he was maybe I'm overthinking it. He was just trying to be more formal being like, and who was that? The defendant rather than like my dad right there. But I thought that that was interesting. I know.

I don't know. We'll see when the verdict comes. I wonder if there isn't estimated time. So we look right now there is no verdict. So again, this could be completely moved when this releases.

But let's see. We'll soon learn his fate. Let's see what this says. Oh, closing arguments. Yeah, expected on Tuesday.

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There was a healthy amount of people that were like, "Please don't be afraid of death." So disgusting. And they're getting more disgusting by the minute.

“Like, and every time I think about them,”

I'm just disgusting, yeah, so grossed out. So the biggest update right now, again, at the time of this recording, because a couple weeks ago you guys came from my throat, you're like, "Oh, there's new news. I'm like, "Okay, well, I can't really sit in real time."

But the biggest update as of right now relates to what we talked about last week, which was that Joseph Dugger had his bond set at $600,000 back on March 31st. And sure enough, that very same day, disgusting as Dugger bonded out.

Which was just pause there for a second, because the amount that they likely had

to pay to get him out of jail is much smaller than $600,000, but it's also not a small number. It's usually 10% of the total bond amount that needs to be paid to be released. So in this case, that would be 60 grand that needs to be paid up front. And according to reports, his wife Kendra was the one who bailed Joseph out.

But the question was, "Where'd she get that money?"

“Now, Soura says that she actually moved out of their house,”

and that she put it on the market as a rental, and that she's been selling off their personal belongings. Things like trailers, a pressure washer, a wood splitter, even things like a four wheeler, like an ATV. Big ticket items that would certainly have a higher price tag.

Things that realistically, people don't just do usually sell off unless they need that money, or they are upgrading to something better.

And something here also tells me that they aren't going to be buying the newest,

latest and greatest equipment to replace what they're selling. It looks like they need the cash. Now, the reason we even know about this is because of the recorded jail calls between Kendra and Joseph. And some of those calls, they were actively trying to figure out

how to come up with the money that was needed. And when you really do stop and think about it too, these don't sound like things that they are using on a regular basis or really even need, especially if they end up in prison. So I mean, selling them, it's not a bad idea.

You're not going to use a pressure washer when you're locked up. You're not going to use an ATV, right? And a $600,000 bond, even if you're only paying a portion up front, plus the legal fees that you're going to have in multiple states for both of your cases. It's going to add up fast and you certainly are going to be needing that cash money.

But even though he's out now, it's not a back to normal situation, not even close. One of the biggest conditions of his release is that he cannot have unsupervised contact with miners, including his own children. And then you also layer in everything that's going on with his wife Kendra,

because we've talked about that as well on here. According to reports, Kendra also does not currently have her children with her. And allegedly, she can't see them for about a month following that everything that had unfolded. I guess CPS intervened, and it's a month until she's even able to have supervised visits,

“but even that I think is a little bit of a gray area right now.”

But some of this is coming directly from Joseph's sister Anna, who, by the way, is married to Josh Dugger, the foul disgusting human being who was in federal lock-up for all of his CSAM stuff that's been going on. So Anna had sent an email to Joseph the morning after Kendra was arrested.

And Anna said, quote, "She was strong on the phone call, except for when she talked about it being a month before she can see the kids." So a lot of people have been running with this whole thing of like she permanently lost custody. Great, the kids are safe, but just to be clear, that hasn't been confirmed. Not yet anyways.

Apparently, these are just temporary restrictions that are tied to her own charges, and not just Joseph's charges. Which I wanted to just talk about this for a moment too. We talked how Kendra's charges were for false imprisonment and child endangerment, and it was because when the police went to investigate the house

due to Joseph's crimes, they found locks on the outside of the children's doors. And so it was four counts I believe in total, or for each charge. So what I'm hearing now, and again, we're going to vet this confirmed it, but as of right now, it has not been confirmed. But what I am hearing is that it was in addition to those locks on the outside of the doors.

It was also the living conditions in which was happening inside that house.

but obviously not great living conditions for children to be in.

And then the doors are of course one of the things that stood out, most having locks on the outside of them. So, I mean, however you frame it, it is not looking good for either of them. And it's kind of like, there's another expression. I'm thinking like the apple doesn't fall far, but where is it like birds of a feather?

No. Like where it's like, you know that there's bad behavior just bread within this family. Even now, the in laws who are coming into all of it, because it's that cult like mentality. It's the grooming.

It's the hush, hush, stay quiet. If somebody's doing something, you know, we're going to get them private treatment.

“That's why they had sent Josh off to that weirdo camp years and years before his arrest”

when he was touching his sisters. And it's like they tried to just handle it within the family. And it's like, well, no, now more people are coming in.

And here's what I got to said, not trying to shame anybody who may be a victim in this

in terms of like marrying into this family, not the victims they've actually abused. But because they may have grown up in the cult as well. And they could have been brainwashed and they don't know. But like, who the hell is willingly marrying into this fucking family? That's what I was thinking.

I'm thinking that's so sad. Like guilty by association for anybody married in or children or associated with that family. And it's sad, especially for kids who have the stigma then because to your point, I mean, you're not letting your kids go play over at that house. Or probably probably wouldn't even encourage a friendship because who knows what's going to be

said or shared and you just want to shield your children. Totally. Well, imagine like, and I get it. She, I don't know how long she knew the family and grew up with them. Kendra and even Anna, I guess, if we're talking about everybody.

But imagine if like right now I came to you.

And I was like, I'm dating this guy.

His name's Joseph.

“He was on a reality show called 19 kids in counting.”

He has this big family. Like, he's all about family values. He has a little bit of weird beliefs, but like, all this. And his brother is currently in federal lock-up for CCM material. But I really like him.

So I'm going to marry him and have children with him and you let him around. Yeah, I don't know. Like, there's just something. I mean, it's hard because. I know that.

Like, you don't want to think that they're guilty because of their family members behavior. But in situations like this, it is. It is better than to when there is multiple situations within a family. It's one thing when it's just an isolated incident. But when you realize, oh, perhaps this is a result of their environment and how it's.

It's it's in their control, but also there are some of it that just was naturally part of their environment. And probably instilled in them. So he stigmatized and all that. Because even the mom in old interviews with her like, tiny little voice and stuff would say things like, you know,

“like she didn't have a firm grasp on reality.”

No. And she was very much like you follow the mail. They're the patriarchy of the family. You just start there to support them. You're there to have sex with them.

You're there to part like do whatever they need to so they can provide and be the man. And what it could be a coping mechanism too. I've known people who have had some unfortunate family situations where they're. And they have said, like, my mom just kind of disassociated because it was just like easier to. Not acknowledge what was going on.

I just like, yeah, these scumbag people, Josh Joseph even though he hasn't been convicted yet. Kendra too will see what is the truth and what's going on and all of that. I don't know. However, you frame it, it just does not look in good for them. And you have all of these pieces happening at once.

Joseph's out of jail. Kendra has now been separated from the children for a period of time. Their home is no longer functioning as their family home. And somehow it's being turned into like a source of income renting it out, like things off, doing whatever they need to do and just, you know, doing whatever they need to do.

I guess to stay afloat. So for now, this is where things stand at least for this week. But based on how quickly things have been evolving over the last couple of weeks. This is one of those cases where we probably are going to keep seeing updates, even though they may slow down for a bit at some point.

I'm sure that we will continue to see updates come through. So I will certainly keep you all posted with what we learn and what happens. But let's hope nothing new. Let's hope nothing new. Let's hope that look.

I'm all for reunification and getting it people back with their family if it's a safe environment. But this based on what we know and we only know a little fraction of it. It does not feel like just safe environment. So 30 days in my opinion is not enough. They need to go with.

It's hard because like you want to say they need to go with the family. I was just going to say that like it's crazy. And then you like so. It's so sad these poor kids who did nothing but be born into this. And now it's awful.

Well, I'm going to give you one guess as to what state this next case is out of. Give me a give me a headliner hint of what involves a heavy crime state. Florida. Florida really. I can't even tell you for a story on my what is it Floridian.

I love you guys. I know, but it's I'm actually going to be there next week.

Well, this next one has many many layers to it and just keeps getting worse.

“Because it started as a missing person's case in Florida and then quickly turned into something”

that people are comparing to a real life episode of Dexter and not just in a casual way. So here's what we know. Back on March 28th, police in Palm Bay, Florida, were called out to a remote area known as the compound after people noticed vultures circling around an abandoned suitcase.

And when officers got there, they didn't just find one suitcase. They found two and both contained human remains. And when officers got there, they didn't find just one suitcase. They found two, both containing human remains. And inside one of those suitcases investigators found a knife and an Amazon package with a name on it.

Lucas Sandor Jones.

“So almost immediately police had a lead and a lot of questions that needed to be answered.”

And when they started digging into that, everything started to unravel. Because around that same time, a 28-year-old man named Coli Lee Daniel had just been reported missing. And he had last been seen on March 20th going into 19-year-old Lucas Jones's house. That same person whose name was on that Amazon package. Now here's where things start to get strange.

According to the court documents, Coli's parents actually went looking for him that night when he didn't come home. They used to find my iPhone to track Coli's iPad and ended up at Lucas's house. When they went up to the door, asking to see Coli just wondering where he was. Lucas said that he was inside, but he didn't want to come to the door. So Coli's parents refused to leave until they actually saw him with their own eyes.

But Lucas refused to let them in. Police even responded shortly after and again the next morning. But Lucas also refused to let them in and reported that there were no signs of Coli being at the house. So now investigators were working backwards. There were two suitcases found with human remains connecting to that missing person and going back to the last place where that missing person was seen alive.

And again that led them right back to Lucas's house. And when they executed their search warrant, they reportedly found blood inside the home and a knife similar to the one recovered from the suitcases. But then came something else that really shifted everything because a huge part of the case came from Lucas's girlfriend.

At first she gave police a version of events that wasn't entirely accurate.

“But later she came back and changed her whole story and what she told them was honestly chilling.”

She said that Lucas confessed to her telling her quote, "I killed somebody and cut him up." And according to her statement, he didn't just say it, but he explained exactly what had happened. She told investigators that Lucas said he beat Coli with a baseball bat. Then dismembered his body using a knife, cleaver, and saw before placing the remains into suitcases and dumping them at the compound. Which again, lines up exactly with what police found.

The girlfriend's statements don't stop there. She allegedly told police she initially lied because Lucas had coached her on what to say and that she was afraid of him. To the point where she thought she could even be next, she also described they're being blood in the house. Being asked to help clean and even driving Lucas to the compound and seeing him unload containers and leave them there, not knowing what he was dumping. But what was Lucas's motive? Well, according to investigators, this wasn't random. They believe he specifically targeted Coli because he was a registered sex offender.

There are even claims that Lucas had looked up or printed lists of sex offenders in the area beforehand. So when you hear what comes next, just keep that in mind. Because the part that has shocked everyone is that investigators say Lucas allegedly kept some of the victims blood on microscope slides. Which is why some people are drawing comparisons to the TV show Dexter, mostly because of the blood on the slides, but also because of this idea of vigilante justice. And as far as charges go, this escalated very quickly.

Lucas was initially arrested on charges related to tampering with evidence abuse of a corpse and improper disposal of human remains, and he actually bonded out.

But then, just days later, he was re-arrested on a second degree murder charge and is now being held without bond.

At this point, investigators have confirmed this was a homicide involving blunt force trauma and dismemberment. And what investigators who are saying about the motive, there may still be a lot more to this case than what happened just that night. So we'll be following along to see if there's any more answers or explanation as to why he did this. I mean, my first question was, what's the 19 year old doing hanging out with a 28 year old? That's a pretty big difference. And I mean, for a 19 year old to be capable of that kind of violence is scary.

But also, then, when colleagues parents tracked him, they tracked his tablet to Lucas's house, which in my mind would maybe think they were friendly enough to be hanging out like who just brings an iPad over to somebody's house unless you're hanging out or unless you're trying to sell the iPad or something like that.

Why can't I think of the word? Like hatred and hatred and motivation to seek out the registered sex offenders and then bring justice in your own way. So that leads me to think like was there perhaps some sort of past trauma or were they friends and was wholly aggressive toward him. And that, because again, they were hanging out and he was at his house and he brought his tablet over and things like that. It sounds like he pulled the list beforehand.

“I think he had pulled the list to see people, yeah, who were out there.”

But it didn't say that he found Koli on that list, right? Or did he? Yeah, he did. And he was a registered sex offender, which is like, really, to be the motive. So I was thinking like, there's got to be more going on, just as weird. So I wonder what their relationship is.

And whole life for vigilante. Yeah, I mean, there must be some deep rooted reason why you're doing that. Yeah, that's a lot of violence to for a 19 year old. I mean, I've seen way worse at way younger, but like to dismember somebody with a cleaver. And then yeah, to save the blood and microscopes slides.

I've never seen Dexter. I've personally never watched.

I think Jay watched it, but our brother, but I've never watched it. Let me know if we should. I'm always looking for new shows to binge. But yeah, that's disturbing. There must be more to it. Yeah. And other news, I saw some updates when was it?

Shoot. Hi, I'm drawing a blank. I saw some updates on something. I wanted to talk about it, but now I can't remember what it is. Damn it. Did you happen to look up the photos that I was telling you about?

I think that might have been something older or something because, yeah, I didn't really see much of that out there. But I know that there was new information released in Cobra, or regarding like the gag order and, and them now saying, you know, certain things that they were. It's stuff we already knew. Like there was no social media connection. They're like things like that, which we already knew.

That they the prosecution never was able to even determine the correct target and stuff like that.

But there was a case I thought that I saw that I wanted to talk about, but maybe not. I don't know. And that's on getting older, my friends. So thank you for tuning in to another episode. Make sure that you're following the podcast if you are not already. Also, we talked about this a couple weeks ago on headline highlights.

“Remember that case? Was it also Florida? The two girls?”

Oh, yeah, right? It was. Yes. And people are upset because they're being charged as adults. But then you have Anna Keppner's steps on that. Who's being charged as a stepbrother that's being charged as a minor. So people are like not understanding Florida right now.

Well, and even food she was charged as an adult. I think it probably depends on the district and all that. But a couple weeks ago in headline highlights. We talked about this case of the two girls in high school who are plotting their classmates murder. If you remember and listen to that episode, she was planning to murder him so that she could.

Well, we're not reincarnate, but bring back to life the Sandy Hook Shooter Adam. And that she was going to slashes throat in the bathroom stall, smoke a cigarette, bring this guy back to life who she's in love with or whatever. And it's her and a friend of hers that like planned this whole thing together. Point being there was a lot of disturbing images and body cam footage and interrogation stuff.

“And I had said, hey, do you guys want the deep dive on this?”

The deep dive came out this week.

It came out on Tuesday so you can go listen to it right now, but it's on my second true crime podcast feed 10 to life.

But yeah, it's wild. These two girls were like diabolical and the planning and the notes left behind for the parents and just the scheming and plotting. It, it's so scary when you like really. And when you hear the interviews, which we have in the episode with these girls, it is so scary because there's no remorse. I was going to say no remorse. The, I think I said this when we covered it, the audacity. Yes, yes. So that's, it's wild, but that full case deep dive is out right now on the 10 to life feed.

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With a significant other, yeah, caught.

How grim. I know, honestly, like, come on. There's a reason we don't hike.

“We honestly like, oh, why are people the way they are?”

Maybe that's the new tagline. Why are people the way they are?

Amen. Amen. Gonna apply to a lot of people. Yeah. So, yes, merch is out. It's available to publicanieelis.com.

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