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Murder at the Motel - Season 2 Episode 5 -
Sportsmans Lodge
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00:00a motel room had been located while they were attempting to clean the room and what appeared
00:21to be bloodstains throughout the room the bed was pushed against the wall there was a distinct
00:29odor of vinegar in the room I mean a very strong odor that burned the nostrils as you entered the
00:35room it was absolutely horrific the amount of blood that was located in that bathroom and
00:41throughout the motel room they were in a polyamorous relationship there was indications of violence
00:49between all three of them the combination of drink and the seething undercurrent of jealousy made a
00:58powerful potion that got out of hand this girl was so loving you couldn't imagine her getting into this
01:07kind of situation she literally said they're gonna kill me and I said run run
01:28east point florida april 23rd 2016 franklin county sheriffs are responding to reports of a possible
01:51crime at the sportsman's lodge when we arrived at the sportsman's lodge I arrived about the same
02:00time as our crime scene we were directed to room 15 when I got to the room open the door there was a
02:13foul odor of what smelled like vinegar throughout the room and the far bed appeared to have a dark brown
02:20stain which I assumed to be blood the chair to the table was overturned the bed was pushed against
02:29the wall I observed a distinct images of blood stains on about the wall and the mattress they were also
02:40blood in the bathroom the curtain rod was missing there was no curtain and on the shower it appeared
02:46someone had tried to clean the room and didn't clean it completely there were still blood stains on the
02:52side of the tub some on the sink of the bathroom and around the toilet area on the floor and outside of
03:01the room on several spots on the wall parts of the furniture and also by the front door it almost appeared as
03:08as somebody exited the room hastily under one of the beds there was a piece of a stick and some little
03:15splinters of wood that at the time we didn't know what it was that was also collected for evidence purposes
03:23it's clear to police that there has been a violent confrontation
03:31as they continue their crime scene search their powerful blood searching agent luminol reveals a
03:39shocking detail once we applied luminol and then hit the room with a black light there was blood
03:45splatter all over the room the sink the cabinets the wall the toilet the shower the basin of the tub the
03:55side of the tub lit up this was definitely a gruesome crime scene as detectives try to work out what
04:05happened they are urgently dispatched to a nearby park where a woman's body has been found
04:11as I pull into the cul-de-sac I go to the end to the left side there's two cul-de-sacs
04:20the subject that found the body he was standing by his vehicle and pointed to the area where the body
04:27was located myself and my partner responded to assist lieutenant Jones with it it was right in here in
04:36this area but about this far off of the pavement with the rain and all you could tell where she was
04:46bleeding from like I said she had a laceration body was you know in this area about five feet off of
04:52the pavement you could see her from about right here you could tell it was built up but the only reason
05:00that it was not done is because she was thrown right there the initial impression was who is this
05:06individual we have a young female appeared to be in her early 30s that's here in the ditch deceased
05:13our primary focus is to identify her that way we can start telling her story crime scene analysts
05:23make their initial assessments paying particular attention to the condition of the victim's body
05:28there wasn't a lot of blood on the subject that I could personally see at the time and I didn't
05:37immediately move the body or touch the body at a certain point the bruises it was on the body we
05:44had to stop trying to make a complete accurate count they were too many overlapping bruises on her body
05:52we had numerous lacerations on her face around her eye her forehead she met the scene during the course of the
06:00investigation her hands were bagged and preserved for DNA purposes in case she may have scratched the person that
06:08was responsible for her death in my 20 year career I've never seen anyone suffer that type of abuse to a body
06:18there was no idea on the body she was wearing a spandex top and spandex pants there was nothing around the body to give us an ID either
06:29officers then direct their attention to the eyewitnesses to see if they have any discernible connection to the crime
06:37a couple that's still on the scene that actually found the body was completely distraught shaking and very nervous about what situation they had come upon when they located the body
06:50they pulled in here gonna go brim fishing I backed around everywhere I'd be in that shade in that corner right there I got out was gonna pop the trunk and something black caught my eye so I walked over and I said oh my god baby don't get out whatever you do don't get out down 9-1-1
07:08I went back over there about from here to the hood and hollered and screamed hoping she'd move she wasn't breathing really I've been all over the world truck driving and everything and I ain't everything they did at first and to be honest with you until today
07:22with their demeanor and the way they were acting on the scene I believed with the statement that they gave that they had nothing to do with the body that was located at the scene
07:38then detectives make a crucial discovery upon processing the scene we identified almost a perfect boot print right on the edge of the dirt where the dirt is up on the asphalt and we were able to get a print impression of that boot
07:57after conducting the full investigation at the scene the body is removed from the location and transported to the medical examiner's office in Tallahassee
08:12it was determined that she was covered from head to toe in bruises all different shapes sizes some consistent with being hit with objects some consistent with being punched
08:23it was also determined that her clothes that she was wearing was inside out and backwards like somebody dressed her like she was dressed hastily
08:35the injuries were very extensive in my time in law enforcement it was one of the most severe beatings I've ever seen
08:43police now believe that the victim may have been beaten to death at the sportsman's lodge before being left at the dumping site
08:51as police have pieced together the two crime scenes they receive an unexpected call
08:57while we're conducting an investigation in the room we're receiving a phone call from South Florida
09:03from a detective in that area that said they're interviewing a subject that had information
09:08involving a homicide that took place possibly in our community and from that information he identified three subjects
09:15the victim was confirmed through a subject in South Florida that knew the three subjects and he identified the tattoos and a photograph of the female the deceased as Eileen Seiden
09:29the amount of damage that they imposed on her body was completely what I would call overkill really makes you go into overdrive trying to figure out who it could be
09:47is it a single person is it a single person is there more than one person involved and exactly who could have done this type of crime
10:03my sister was extremely gentle and sweet she had a tough exterior but she cared a lot she was very good to little you know cats and creatures and just was very loving
10:20when I was 16 Eileen was eight my mom passed away from colon cancer and she was only diagnosed about six months earlier and it was an aggressive stage
10:37so my mom was 48 when she passed away she was very young and she was very involved in both of our lives
10:46so that was um that was really hard my dad passed away six years later so I took the role of guardianship I would take her to school
11:02I would pick her up until she got a car and we lived together for four or five years
11:08one of the worst parts of your job is to notify a family member that one of their family members is deceased and not being there actually at the scene at the time with her to be able to comfort someone when you give them that information it's heartbreaking
11:26my head was in a tailspin but oddly enough the shock of it takes you to a numb place
11:43almost like shutting off
11:46someone notified me and said did you hear about Eileen I think that uh something tragic happened to her
11:55and then I started searching on the internet this breaks my heart Eileen was my daughter I loved her like more than you can ever imagine
12:07back at the crime scene police believe they have identified one of the other two subjects that were traveling with Eileen
12:15management was able to provide us a credit card receipt and on that credit card receipt was the name Christina Arojo who ultimately paid for the room and who was one of the females staying in the room
12:30they were looking for a third person who was in the room but they did not know their identity
12:37at the motel room we received information from south florida that contained three images of the subjects through department of vehicle information database
12:49the surveillance photos clearly identify two people we had pictures of the subjects that we were looking for that's possibly involved in the homicide
12:56we had pictures of the subjects that we were looking for that's possibly involved in the homicide
13:01Christina Arroyo and Zachary Abel
13:04and Zachary Abel
13:08with their suspects now identified detectives need to locate their whereabouts quickly
13:14options
13:34Hello man this brings right memories
13:36yeah
13:38How much has changed?
13:41No not at all
13:42not at all. That was the bed where most of the blood was located at, on that mattress right
13:49there. Yeah, remember it was shoved against the wall and there was run blood and some type of
13:54chemical, you know, where they... Up to the floor right there. The vinegar and it was all... That's
13:58where the pieces of wood were found underneath the bed right there on the headboard, right toward the
14:02headboard. You just couldn't see until the bed was actually moved out of the way. And there was
14:07nothing covering the beds. Like they took the comforters and sheets and everything off of it.
14:11Yeah, they... Newer looking chair. I don't recall this. Yeah, they were located over there.
14:17It was the bathroom. The blood was all down the side of that tub right there. Yeah, I remember
14:28splatter being on the sink. Yeah, that front of the toilet. Yeah. All in there, on the top of the
14:34toilet where the flush is at. Hasn't changed much at all? No. Much at all.
14:41Smells better, too. Doesn't have that vinegar smell that we smelled. Correct. Coming in here,
14:51that's all you can smell. Detective Jones and Wheeler recall making a crucial discovery in
14:57the trash, which ties the suspects to another restaurant they visited earlier that night,
15:02the Red Pirate. We sent investigators to the Red Pirate and we were able to get surveillance video
15:08of them eating, playing putt-putt, having a good time.
15:13We continued to collect evidence from multiple locations in and around East Point, trying to
15:29establish a story and a timeline of when they arrived and when they left. In the parking lot,
15:35right out front, there was a green tag that was located. It had an alien head on it and I associated
15:42that with the alien vodka that was for sale at 98 Liquors off of Highway 98 here in East Point.
15:47Two of the detectives went down there and obtained video footage of all three subjects going into the
15:53liquor store and obtaining the liquor from 98 Liquors.
16:21Next, police were able to get more information from the Palm Beach County detective who originally
16:28helped identify the victim.
16:31The detective down there indicated that a male came in and told them that he had two
16:38friends arrive at his house, Christina Aruhu and a Zachary Abel, and they should have had a
16:46third friend with them, Eileen Seiden, who was missing. When they arrived, they informed him
16:54that something terrible happened and she was dead.
16:58Detectives also learned that Zachary, Christina, and Eileen were in a polyamorous relationship,
17:05there was a lot of jealousy between them all. Intentions had been rising in the days leading up to the murder.
17:15After a short period of time, the two subjects went to sleep on the male's couch and he immediately
17:24left the residence, made a phone call to Christina Arroyo's father and asked to meet him because
17:30he had some information that concerned his daughter. Christina is the daughter of Tony Araujo, who's a very
17:39high-ranking officer in the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office. She was known to throw that information
17:48around to friends, that she was connected in that regard.
17:57The male leaves and meets Christina's father and advises him that his daughter and Zachary Abel was involved
18:04in a homicide in the panhandle of Florida and there was a female subject deceased. They had dumped her body
18:11in the panhandle and at that point, Christina's father stopped talking with him and advised one of
18:18his investigators to have an interview with the male subject. The witness goes to the Palm Beach County Sheriff's
18:27Office to speak with the detectives there. He claimed that he had video of Christina's confession at one point.
18:37He also claimed that he had video of Zach's confession at one point, but no video was recovered.
18:45Myself and Special Agent Sean Wheeler was at the Franklin County Sheriff's Office,
18:49typing up a warrant for the arrest of Zachary Abel and Christina Arroyo.
18:54Agents were able to determine that Christina Arroyo and Zachary Abel were currently at his house.
19:03He had indicated that Zachary Abel had told him that I came to your house because you're on a boat
19:11and I want you to get me out of the country. So that gave us some sort of urgency because of a possible
19:17flight risk. We requested agents to go start surveillance looking specifically for the vehicle
19:30that Christina Arroyo and Zachary Abel were driving. Our team in South Florida that was observing the
19:36residents observed the two subjects come out loading up the vehicle with luggage and what appeared to be
19:43several other items like they were going to leave the residents. Our agents observed Zach and Christina
19:51leave the residents. They had to stop with a traffic stop and detain them at what point they were then
19:58taken into custody.
20:10How old, you know, how old? I was 31, 30 years ago.
20:18How old, you know, how old? We here stopped with a situation because we can't leave. However,
20:28you very well know if I talk to you to leave your work in the institution right. So I just told you you
20:34have the right to call our penal attorney if we have one president now, are you invoking your
20:41rights to attorney? Yes ma'am. Okay. If you have the right to attorney, we wouldn't have any further
20:54conversation with the parents that now. Okay. Upon their arrest in South Florida, Christina
21:04Aroho gave a statement. In her statement, she claimed that Zachary Abel beat Eileen Saiden to death
21:14and that she woke up to the altercation going on.
21:17Yeah, thank you. How do you make it wrong?
21:20Right, and I'm not, I'm not, I'm not, I'm asking you to tell your story.
21:27Uh, we, over the last years, we received a situation, you know, pretty horrific after all.
21:32So let's go back, let's go back and tell me what we saw.
21:37Sad and really do, you know, don't leave anything out.
21:40I have all to be here, son.
21:42Okay, how did he be here?
21:43He, he has to be here.
21:47He has to be here.
21:48He has to be here.
21:50He has to be here.
21:51He has to be here.
21:54Later in the investigation, Zachary Abel gave a proffer claiming that
22:00Christina was the one that beat Eileen to death.
22:05So they were both in their statements pointing fingers at each other.
22:10They were then extradited from Miami to the Franklin County Jail.
22:26We appreciate that.
22:37With both suspects in custody, police undertake a search of their car.
22:42They find a clear footprint similar to the one where Eileen's body was found.
22:47On the back seat of the vehicle, there was a sandy footprint where it looked like somebody put their foot on the back of the seat to either pull something in the back of the vehicle or pull something out of the back of the vehicle.
23:03Also in the back floorboard were two high top combat style boots that was a perfect match to the shoe print at the body dump scene and the shoe print in the back seat of the vehicle.
23:19With this final link between Zach and Christina and the crime scene, police can now learn about the jealousy within their polyamorous relationship that led to Eileen's murder.
23:29Franklin County Sheriff's Department have arrested Zachary Abel and Christina Araujo with the murder of 30-year-old Eileen Sidon at the Sportsman's Lodge in East Point, Florida.
23:48Through suspect interviews, they start to learn more about the relationship between the three people.
23:53Zach and Christina and Christina and Christina were in a relationship for about a decade prior to Eileen.
24:00They were together, had a used car business largely based on her funds.
24:09Christina was older than Zachary, about a decade older, and the friends tell me that she was known to be in charge.
24:20During the course of that relationship, there had been other females in and out of that relationship.
24:27Eileen was the latest in that.
24:31They met each other through mutual friends, was what we've been told.
24:36Ultimately, Eileen ended up working for Christina and Zachary, who ran the car lot.
24:42Friends have told me that Eileen was not enamored of the three-part harmony here, that she wanted a relationship with Zach, but she eventually acquiesced and went along with it.
25:00There must have been tensions that had lasted the whole time with Christina.
25:08This threesome wasn't exactly an even-steven three-way split.
25:13The likelihood that that would lead to emotional situations is high.
25:18Throughout the investigation and talking to people, we discovered that they were in a polyamorous relationship, and the relationship was not a healthy one.
25:32There was indications of violence between all three of them.
25:37We were able to determine that an argument ensued between Christina Orohu and Zachary Abel.
25:50Eileen sided, and Zachary Abel decided to get in a vehicle and drive north.
25:56They drove straight on through to Texas, where they went out to Texas, under the emphasis of looking to purchase cars, because we've discovered phone calls and text messages with Christina Orohu, with Zach, indicating that she was mad.
26:17They had received hundreds of frantic texts from Christina, many of them angry and abusive and threatening, and for one reason or another, unexplained, Zachary invited Christina to join them in Dallas.
26:40They spent a few days out in Texas, made their way to Pensacola, where they spent the night, and then ultimately ended up in East Point, Florida.
26:47There was a noticeable suspicion that Christina had plotted to get rid of her rival.
26:57Behind Zach and Christina's back, Eileen frantically calls her sister.
27:04It was her calling me from on the road.
27:08I don't remember if it was a pay phone or if it was Zach's phone number.
27:13She literally said, they're going to kill me.
27:15And I said, if you feel that way, but I don't know why she feels that way, I'm like, run.
27:23Run, we'll get you a ticket home, like wherever you want to go.
27:29Run.
27:29I didn't understand why she would say that.
27:32I didn't know the details of who Christina's father was at the time,
27:37and why that was used to intimidate my sister, and she had to quickly get off the phone.
27:43We had a group chat with me and her friends to make sure that everybody was in the loop.
27:51But that was the last time I heard from her.
27:59This girl was so loving and so naive at times.
28:03You couldn't imagine her getting into this kind of situation, except for the fact that she loved love.
28:11She just wanted to be loved.
28:13And I really believe that they took advantage of that.
28:16They arrived in Franklin County, which would be on the 21st of April, 2018.
28:25They stopped at the Red Pirate restaurant located in East Point, Florida, on the side of Highway 98, and had dinner.
28:33After spending time at the Red Pirate eating and having a good time, they asked one of the waitresses where would it be a good place to get a room for the night,
28:43and one of the staff at the Red Pirate suggested the Sportsman's Lodge.
28:48They arrived at the Sportsman's Lodge.
28:51They ended up spending that first night.
28:53They liked the area.
28:55They were going to just spend one night and leave.
28:57They ended up deciding to stay an extra night.
29:03According to the videotapes that was obtained from 98 Liquors, they went to the liquor store the next day,
29:09bought an abundance amount of alcohol, and went back to the room.
29:13And that is the evening that the people that worked at the motel saw them outside partying on the picnic table outside of the room.
29:20I am inclined to think that the combination of drink and the seething undercurrent of jealousy and resentment
29:32made a powerful potion that got out of hand.
29:38The two alleged perpetrators were in jail in Franklin County, and this was in May of 2018.
29:55The trial wouldn't happen until January of 2024.
30:00COVID delayed it.
30:03It was all done by Zoom, and you have to have an in-person situation for a murder trial to happen.
30:13They were initially charged with second-degree murder, but they were ultimately indicted by Franklin County grand jury
30:18and charged with first-degree murder.
30:20So our thought process at the outset was to try the two of them together.
30:23We had the case prepared to go to trial in 2023, and shortly before the trial, I got notified by Christina's attorney
30:35that she wished to enter a plea and cooperate and give testimony for the state.
30:41I believe that she decided that cooperating in hopes of a lesser sentence was her best choice at the time.
30:50I thought it was cowardly, and it was an easy out for her, and that's the type of person she is.
30:57I swear you in. Go ahead, Madam Clerk.
31:01There was no plea agreement in the sense of the state agreed to give her X number of years in exchange for her testimony.
31:09That was not the agreement.
31:10Christina entered what we call a straight-up plea, which means there was no agreement as to what her sentence would be
31:15to second-degree murder.
31:17And the judge was free to sentence her, according to the Florida sentencing guidelines, all the way up to life in prison.
31:26When we first got in the room, she was sitting on the bed closest to the bathroom.
31:31Zachary was laying on the bed closest to the front door of the room.
31:36And when I came in, I had gathered a couple things from the barbecue that was outside food-wise
31:41and brought it in, covered it up, and then I laid on the bed next to Zachary, closest to Eileen.
31:49And I tell her that we're going to take a nap, and we'll get up and get something to eat.
31:58She argues that she's not going to sleep.
32:00She doesn't want to go to sleep.
32:02And I said, well, okay, then do whatever you want.
32:03She said, Christina, guess what?
32:07What happens when she says, Christina, guess what?
32:11I said what, Eileen?
32:13She never had a chance to say anything to me.
32:16Okay, why not?
32:19Zachary got up immediately and went over to her and was in her face and hit her.
32:27He bit her in her nose.
32:29Her statement certainly fit with the physical evidence that we had in the case.
32:36Mr. Abel had, up to that point, invoked his rights and not spoken on what had happened.
32:40So Christina was the only means we had of having any information at that point in time about what happened.
32:46In the courtroom, Zachary didn't show any signs of remorse.
32:50He was very stoic.
32:52I didn't see him show much emotion at all.
32:56When Christina testified against him, she made eye contact with him and just started sobbing on the stand.
33:07You could tell that she really has feelings for Zach, and I believe those emotions were coming out on the stand.
33:17Had Zach been drinking?
33:19Yes, sir.
33:22When Zach drinks, does he act differently?
33:27Yes.
33:29In what way?
33:32He becomes very aggressive, very mean.
33:38He was punching her, so punching her, punching her, punching her, punching her.
33:45And this area, her stomach area.
33:49She's so beat up.
33:52She has, like, her eyes are black because she's swollen.
33:58She's bleeding from her ears.
34:00She's bleeding from her head.
34:03He's just yelling at her, telling her, you always start problems.
34:06You always got to start problems.
34:10When he bit her on the face, they reacted me to get up.
34:14She was kicking him back.
34:16I, I don't, I ended up hitting her, myself, and screaming at her, what, you know, what is going on?
34:30You know, what do you want to tell me?
34:33I don't know what she wanted to tell me.
34:35What happens then?
34:46He picks up his walking stick that he had, this wood walking stick he had.
34:52He hits her several times with it.
34:54And when he was standing over, he had it, and he was putting it on her throat, and he was, had it over her neck.
35:03Her neck right here.
35:05Okay, now, was he doing that with, like, the end of it, or with it later?
35:11No, the whole thing.
35:11Okay.
35:13The whole thing.
35:14When he hit her in the back, though, the stick broke.
35:17She's not dressed at the time, so I go and get her clothing, and I'm helping her put her pants on, and her shirt, while she's still on the floor.
35:36He gets up, and he swoops her up with his arms, and underneath her arms, he gets her up, and lays her down on the bed.
35:46And as soon as she gets laid down on the bed, she throws up, and then Zachary and her went to sleep, and I went to sleep on the other side, though.
35:57So when you went to bed, was Eileen still conscious?
36:03Yes.
36:06So when you laid down, she was alive?
36:08Yes, sir.
36:16You wake up the next morning.
36:21Are you the first one awake?
36:22Yes, sir.
36:24I yelled at them to get up.
36:26We got to go.
36:28I'm trying to get ready.
36:30They're not moving.
36:31I take the sheet, and I take the sheet off of them, and that's when I saw her.
36:38Okay, and what did you notice about her?
36:39She wasn't normal.
36:41She wasn't, her coloring was gray.
36:45She wasn't, she looked horrible.
36:49She wasn't breathing.
36:52Zachary was startled.
36:54He seemed like he was still a little intoxicated.
36:59He jumped over her.
37:02He looked very scared, very worried.
37:07He had his hands on his head, gripping his hair, just asking me repeatedly, did I do this?
37:14Did I do this?
37:14Did I do this?
37:17He went and picked up Eileen and started yelling at me to help him.
37:23I told him, I'm not touching her.
37:27He started screaming.
37:28I mean, he was having, struggling, getting her, picking her up.
37:34And I opened the door to the car for him.
37:38What did Zach do when you opened the car door?
37:40He put her in the back seat of the vehicle.
37:44When he put her in the car, he had her sitting up like a person with a seatbelt on her.
37:51I drove slowly, and he told me to go up this hill.
38:00Neither of us knew what was there, so I was cautiously driving up.
38:04I didn't know what was there.
38:06It looked like a cul-de-sac area, like a partial cemented area, and then the rest was woods.
38:13So, like, all the way to the center before it got to grass, he put his foot inside the vehicle and snatched her up by her arm and her foot and carried her around the vehicle and just swung her into the woods.
38:39The trial lasted approximately a week.
38:45The jury went and deliberated, and then they came back.
38:49I'm nervous every time I get that phone call that the jury has a verdict.
38:53It doesn't matter how big the case is, but obviously in a murder case, it's magnified.
38:58All right, everyone, please be seated.
39:03You appear to have the verdict formed.
39:04Does that mean you are the foreperson?
39:07Yes?
39:08Yes.
39:08Has the jury reached a verdict?
39:09Yes, we have.
39:10Is the verdict unanimous?
39:12In the case of the state of Florida versus Zachary Ray Abel, we, the jury, find as follows as to count one of the indictment, first-degree murder.
39:20The defendant is guilty of the lesser-included offense of second-degree murder.
39:24They came back with guilty on a second-degree murder, which was a one-degree less than what he was charged with, but they ultimately ended up sentencing him to life in prison.
39:37I felt life in prison was a justifiable sentence for the type of beating that Eileen Seiden received.
39:46The verdict was second-degree murder, which is the same criminal charge that Christina had pled to.
39:56While Christina did not have a set term that she pled guilty to, was open-ended, that judge sentenced her to 25 years.
40:08Christina should have had the same sentence as Zach.
40:11The plea deal is basically her turning against him when the whole time she was fighting my sister for him.
40:21So it doesn't make sense, obviously.
40:25It's convenient and lazy.
40:27Just a black heart.
40:29There was a service put together on the beach in Miami.
40:36They brought sunflowers and they put them out on display and they talked about their friendship with her.
40:44I think they were stunned and shocked.
40:48And many of them called to want to keep abreast of what had gone on.
40:54Sweet Eileen, I hear your laugh every day.
40:58I see your face before I go to bed.
41:00When I wake up, that enormously big and beautiful smile that I admired so deeply will never be forgotten.
41:06You are my best friend, my safe place.
41:10I could talk to you about anything.
41:11You never fall short of making me laugh and warming up my heart.
41:15You were taken from me, from all of us.
41:18Everyone loved you dearly.
41:19You're unbroken.
41:20I was kept in the loop and I attended via FaceTime.
41:25I couldn't physically be there.
41:28In order for me to survive in a mental health capacity, I had to protect myself as much as I could.
41:38I'm alone, so my parents aren't here.
41:42I don't have a lot of family support, if anything.
41:45I needed to grieve on my own.
41:48A lot of it is a blur.
41:50A case in this extreme, you think about all the time.
42:00It's been years now since the case has been completed.
42:03The thought of exactly how they left her body, the things that they did to her in that motel room, it stays with you.
42:11It's something you won't forget.
42:14Satanic.
42:15Satanic.
42:16I just can't believe how you could do that.
42:19Torture her.
42:19I mean, words can't express.
42:23I miss not being able to, like, see her.
42:27Like, be an adult.
42:31And having us, like, have an adult relationship.
42:35And seeing her, like, really flourish in her career.
42:38So, I miss, I miss that.
42:43I miss that I can't, you know, have that.
42:47I can't, I don't have my sister anymore.
42:48I miss her.
42:49I miss that.
43:02I miss her.
43:04I miss.
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